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Welcome…to your Studentsʼ Union Green Guide 2009/10.

We decided to write the Green Guide because there are so many things to do and see in Nottingham that the student bubble can hide you away from and because we strongly believe that the way you live your life has an impact on not just you but on the entire world.

The facts are out there and 95% of scientists agree:

• Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide • Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas • Greenhouse gases warm the Earth. This is bad news…• If thatʼs not enough then at the very least everyone admits that supplies are limited and we need to start moving away from coal and oil quickly to avoid a catastrophic, sudden scramble for the last few remaining resources on Earth.

As you will become aware the Green Guide is not just about being ʻeco friendlyʼ or ʻgreenʼ but, as much as anything, itʼs about looking outside the ʻboxʼ and experiencing some of the alternative fun that Nottingham has to off er. Inside youʼll fi nd reviews of places to go eating, drinking and dancing, tips on how to live an ethical and green lifestyle, and much more.

If you want to get further involved in the Environment & Social Justice movement at Nottingham, please feel free to drop us an email and weʼll be more than happy to point you in the right direction.

Matthew Butcher & Thomas WilliamsEnvironment & Social Justice Offi cers 2008/09 and 2009/[email protected]

Disclaimer: This guide

is intended only for

information and does

not represent the views

of the Studentsʼ Union

or the University.

Past campaignsHereʼs the low down on some of our key campaigns of recent times:

StarbucksIn September 2007 the Hallward Library Café started serving Starbucks coff ee. Students who objected to Starbucksʼ policies and practices staged a campaign and proposed sites for future Starbucks outlets on University property have now been scrapped.

Free HichIn May 2008 a University employee and a student were arrested under terrorism legislation for possession of the ʻAl Qaeda training manualʼ, an open sourced, declassifi ed document which was being used for research purposes. Shocked at the repressive nature of the Universityʼs actions, students called for guarantees on academic freedom. When one of the men was held for over 30 days and threatened with deportation, a support group formed and campaigned for his freedom. They managed to stop the fast-track deportation and ensured that a fair trial took place.

Ethical InvestmentStudents who were outraged by the Universityʼs involvement with the arms trade managed to pass a Union Council motion which ensured that the Studentsʼ Union would actively engage with the University to work towards an ethical investment policy.

RecyclingAfter an eff ective campaign, students secured recycling bins in all fl ats at Broadgate Park and the big metal recycling bins you see dotted about campus today.

Occupation for GazaShocked by the brutal suppression of the Palestinian people by Israel in Gaza over Christmas 2008, a mass movement of student occupations broke out across the country. In Nottingham occupiers called for academic aid to be sent to Gaza University and for an end to the Universityʻs involvement with the arms trade. The campaigning students were evicted on a snowy Sunday night in January but kept up the caampaign, calling for ʻbooks not bombsʼ to be sent to Gaza.

Want to know more?If youʼd like to get involved with the Student Environmental & Ethical Network (SEEN), any of the Studentsʼ Unionʼs societies that deal with environmental or ethical issues, or the Student Volunteer Centre, visit: www.su.nottingham.ac.uk.

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Buy local - Itʼs simple. Local food hasnʼt travelled as far, it tastes fresher, it supports local farmers and it has less food miles (the amount of carbon emitted by transporting it). Buying seasonal food ensures that what youʼre eating is tastier, fresher and less likely to have been grown using energy-consuming greenhouses or fl own from across the world. To get an idea of what to eat when see www.bbc.co.uk/food/in_season.

Buy Fairtrade – Itʼs easy to forget while youʼre desperately shopping around for the cheapest, greenest products that there are many people in the developing world whose livelihoods depend on us. Some products (like tea, coff ee and rice) canʼt be grown in the UK so when you buy them make sure they have the Fairtrade logo. The Fairtrade mark ensures that the farmers who have produced the food have been paid a basic minimum wage. This gives the farmer and their family a better standard of life and allows them to avoid exploitation.

Only boil what you need – Itʼs estimated that, on average, we boil twice the volume of water needed every time we make a cuppa, which means twice as much energy. With a 3kW kettle thatʼs the same as wasting the energy of around 50 light bulbs. And think how many cups of tea you drink during a single day!

Put on a jumper rather than turning the heating up - Itʼs that simple. If youʼre still cold, put on another one!

Shower rather than having a bath - A standard length shower will use 1/3 of the water a bath does.

Fill the sink to do the washing up rather than letting the tap run - It might seem like it never stops raining but the reality is that in Britain weʼre looking at a year-on-year decrease in available water while demand continues to rise.

We could go on but we donʼt want to bore you! If you feel youʼve taken these basic steps already, why not sign up to the 10:10 pledge? Everyoneʼs aiming for a 10% cut in emissions by 2010 and individuals can join in too. See www.1010uk.org for more details and to join one of the most exciting, empowering movements for change in recent years.

Information sourced from: Leeds Green Guide, Carbon Trust, biggreenswitch.co.uk.

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How to be an ethical student

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Buy a bike - Help to cut the 120 million tonnes of CO2 that the road transport industry produces each year.

Use the train, not the plane! – Itʼs possible to catch a train to almost anywhere in Europe and Asia. If youʼre going to study in China why not catch the train through Russia for a real adventure! See www.seat61.com for more information.

Eat less meat – Eating meat is energy ineffi cient. Animals require vast fi elds to graze on which could be used to grow more staple crops to feed more people. The industry uses carbon intensive equipment and a cowʼs belching and farting give off methane, a greenhouse gas thatʼs 20 times stronger than carbon dioxide.

Ditch the standby button - It uses up to 60% of the energy that a fully operating appliance would and for what purpose?

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Itʼs easy to make excuses; to say ʻI canʼt aff ord to be ethical, or ʻI donʼt have timeʼ or just ʻI canʼt be botheredʼ, but we, as students, have to realise that how we live our lives doesnʼt only aff ect us and those immediately close to us. Our actions have an impact on the whole world. The more we drive and fl y the hotter it gets in Africa and the hungrier African farmers get. When we buy unethical clothing we could be propping up the child labour market. Buying from local shops can help protect our high streets and local jobs.

Little actions by students can go a long way towards changing the world we live in. Youʼll know many of these things already but ask yourself honestly, are you really doing them?

Youʼll fi nd more information on many of the tips mentioned here later in the guide

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Walkingʼs old. Get off your feet and on your arse!

Five amazing pros for ditching your car, the bus or walking, and getting a bike:

Cheaper - Even better, itʼs freeMore reliable - You canʼt miss a bike, just get on it and goLightens the load – Get a basket and heavy bags wonʼt weigh you down Faster – You canʼt get stuck in a traffi c jamNo more parking space nightmares – Just door-to-door transport

All in all, lifeʼs a lot easier when you put the fun between your legs!

Where to get a bike• The Post Offi ce in Dunkirk• Beeston (on the High Road)• A shop called Aladdinʼs (round the corner from Derby Grove)• At a bike auction on campus (hopefully coming early 2010)• Rent one (from the University for up to a month starting autumn 2009)• eBay• Gumtree• Or any other bike shop…

Where to rideBusinessUniWant to get to campus without the perils of cruising down Derby Road? Go off -road. Check: www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/sitemap/services/transport_and_streets/cdt_cycling.htm for routes.

PleasureWollaton Park 30 seconds from campus, just off Derby Road, and absolutely stunning.

Town Get on the canal towpath all the way to town.

AttenboroughPossibly the best way to spend a summerʼs day (or a winterʼs day for that matter). Either get on the canal and head away from town (west) or get on the city side of the river at Trent Bridge and follow it, past ploughed fi elds, rolling hills, country houses and overnight fi shermen. Both routes go to Beeston Marina and then to Attenborough Nature reserve.

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Cycling

Critical MassOn the last Friday of the month,

at Market Square, join loads of

other cyclists as they reclaim

the roads and go for a gentle

cruise around Nottingham.

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So, itʼs the end of another hard term of exams, essays, lectures and nights spent in the Hallward Library and what better way to celebrate than a holiday? Tempting as it might be to jet of to sunnier climes, did you know that all the carbon savings youʼve made over the year, all those times youʼve cycled instead of driven to campus, bought your food locally and worn fi ve jumpers instead of putting the heating on could be eclipsed by just one long-haul fl ight?

A return fl ight to Thailand, for example, releases over two tonnes of CO2 per passenger - more than most non-fl yersʼ carbon footprint for a whole year. The air travel industry is the fastest growing polluter and itʼs predicted to account for at least a third of all emissions by 2050. Indeed, whilst individuals and governments actively try to cut emissions from all other areas, there are planned airport expansions at Heathrow, Stansted, Edinburgh, East Midlands, London City, Gloucestershire, Bristol, Carlisle, Kent, Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Aberdeen, Southend, Gatwick and Manchester – and thatʼs just in the UK! Itʼs clear that the battle over air travel will become one of the most important of our times.

The last twenty years have seen massive changes in tourism; for the fi rst time the whole world is open to everyone. If we want to save the planet, we have to substantially cut the amount of fl ights we take on a yearly basis. Justifying taking a fl ight by believing it would take off anyway is false. If thereʼs no demand the planes wonʼt take off and carbon will be saved.

Itʼs not all bad news though. Nowʼs the time to start getting creative with your holidays again:• Make travelling part of the adventure – go overland • You can get as far away as China on the train. Check out

www.seat61.com to discover how to get just about anywhere without fl ying

• Discover the UK. Explore the Peaks, hire a narrow boat or cycle to Scotland. The possibilities are endless!

For more information on stopping the dependence on fl ying and supporting a transition to sustainable travel, have a look at these websites:

http://airportwatch.org.ukwww.planestupid.comwww.airplot.org.uk

Sustainable travel

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Daphneʼs Handbag63 Mansfi eld Rd, NG1 3FN 70ʼs gear and retro toys. I Dress Myself2nd fl oor, 32-40 Carrington Street, NG1 7FGEco-friendly and ethical screen printer with special edition t-shirts, badges and bags designed by artists from around the UK.

Oxfam 19 Market Street, Nottingham, BG1 1FFBooks and music

16-22 Goose Gate, Hockley, Nottingham, NG1 6HXClothes

Vintage Warehouse82-84 Lower Parliament Street, NG1 1EH

Non-supermarket food shopping

Natural Food Company37a Mansfi eld Rd, NG1 3FBA small but well stocked whole foods shop with a good selection of frozen and ready-to-eat food. They always have something diff erent.

Rosemaryʼs Health Foods6 Lincoln Rd, NG1 3DJThe largest, most central and cheapest health store in Nottingham. Lots of vegan and organic food with a small selection of ready-to-eat foods.

Chocolate Utopia30 Friar Lane, NG1 6DQDelicious handmade chocolates with varieties suitable for vegans.

Out of this World29 Villa St, NG9 2NY0115 943 1311A really nice organic shop in the heart of Beeston.

Kaya Food Centre85-89 Alfreton Road, NG7 3JL0115 978 2624A huge Turkish supermarket with a café and lots of interesting food.

Lenton Food Co-opThe Lenton Centre, Willoughby St, NG7 1RQ0115 941 2422Between 12pm and 2pm every Wednesday you can get a bag of locally produced fruit and veg for just £3 at the Lenton Centre, close to the Crocus Café.

Screaming Carrot42 Foxhall Rd, Forest Fields, NG7 6LJA vegan bakery selling a delicious selection of cakes and pasties. They have a small selection of dry and frozen wholefoods, including Fairtrade and organic produce. They take orders for special occasions (which are delicious and excellent value for money) and they have an organic vegetable box system.

Or you can always skip your food… Every year, 20 million tonnes of food is thrown out by homes and supermarkets; enough to meet half of Africaʼs food import needs. While some of this food clearly is not edible, a great deal is discarded simply because it has missed its best before date or does not meet the stringent aesthetic standards set by shops and the consumer. And where does it end up? Yep, landfi ll. Growing numbers of people are opting for the back gates of supermarkets instead of the front doors as an act of personal choice. By skipping food, unnecessary waste is prevented, money is saved and a bit of an anti-consumerist statement is made along the way.*

* Please note: ʻSkippingʼ is a bit of a grey area

legally. Technically, it could count as trespassing

or theft, though prosecutions are pretty much

unheard of. Weʼre not recommending it, weʼre

just telling you about it.

There are plenty of shops around Nottingham that off er a wide range of environmentally friendly fruit and vegetables, cooking items, chocolates and baked goods. Your power as a consumer is one of your biggest holds over the world in which we live. Changing something as trivial as where you shop or which brand you buy really does make a diff erence. Make sure you only buy what you need and never throw anything away.

Fairtrade shops in Notts

Iguazu102 High Rd, NG9 2LFFairtrade gift shop in Beeston.

Fairtrade Souq8 Gibb St, NG10 1EEFairtrade gift and jewellery shop in Long Eaton.

Fairtrade @ WilfordSt Wilfredʼs Church, Main Rd, NG11 7AJRun by volunteers in Wilford. There are luxury seats, complementary snacks and more.

Crocus Café Church Square, NG7 1SLNot just a beautiful café but also a shop with a selection of Fairtrade juices and chocolates.

The Green Box37 Chaworth Rd, NG2 7AENatural household products.

Second hand shops in Notts

Selections Box59-61 Alfreton Road, NG7 3JL Bits and bobs Inspire Nottingham Community Shop207 Mansfi eld Road, NG1 3FSClothes

Fancy Dress Bank11-15 Alfreton Road, NG7 3JEClothes

Second Chance 379 Aspley Lane, NG8 5RRClothes

Change of a Dress294 Broxtowe Lane, NG8 5NBClothes

Good as New 2126 Chilwell Road, Beeston, NG9 1ESBits and bobs

Déjà vu121 High Road, Beeston, NG9 2LHClothes

Renaissance31 Wollaton Road, Beeston, NG9 2NGClothes

YMCA Beeston Charity Shop103 High Road, NG9 4ATBits and bobs

5 Trinity Walk, NG1 2ANBits and bobs

Remar UK171-175 Radford Road, NG7 5EHBits and bobs

Sue Ryder Care63 Nottingham Road, NG16 3ALBits and bobs

Shopping

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The Maze www.themazerocks.com At the top of Mansfi eld Road. Promoters such as Skaville (ska), Iʼm Not From London and Damn You! (guitars), Cosmic American (folk and blues), Nottingham Punk Club (erm…punk) and Musika (gypsy and latin) put on good nights. There are lots of other band and comedy nights too!

The Alley Café Barwww.alleycafe.co.uk A great vegetarian café during the day, the Alley Café stays open late from Wednesday to Saturday hosting diverse events such as poetry, fi lms, percussion and art exhibitions. See p.13 for more information.

Golden Fleecewww.myspace.com/goldenfl eecenottingham A great pub on Mansfi eld Road which serves a variety of real and guest ales, world beers, choice wines, cocktails, organic spirits and Fairtrade coff ees as well as vegetarian and vegan food. Often hosts open mic music sessions, DJ sets and quiz nights.

Hand and Heartwww.handandheartgallery.co.uk A lovely pub set into the caves on Derby Road near Canning Circus. It hosts bands, acoustic gigs, club nights and art exhibitions and serves local and real ale. There are lots of vegetarian options on the menu too.

The Art Organisationwww.taonottingham.co.uk A great social and creative space that hosts poetry, music, comedy and cabaret events. Many events have free admission and they have a bring your own booze policy!

Sumac Centrewww.veggies.org.uk/sumac/bar-1.htmlThe fantastic Sumac Centre serves local vegan beers on Saturday nights. Itʼs a community centre that runs events in a friendly, laid back atmosphere.

FestivalsSounds on the DownsKeep a look out for the Studentsʼ Unionʼs ʻgreenʼ festival, Sounds on The Downs, which happens every June at the University Park Downs. Itʼs one big party featuring live acts, activist stalls, DJ sets and creative chaos. This is ten times better than the Summer Party! Keep a look out for details nearer the time.

Going outSo, for those not inclined towards Oceana and its ilk, there are lots of good opportunities to party in Nottingham. We donʼt have the time or space to chat about them all so weʼve selected a few of the best in terms of their ethical-ness and party quality!

NightsDemowww.demoproject.org.ukSet up by Notts Uni students nearly four years ago, Demo aims to raise awareness and money for various local, national and international social justice and environmental projects. Their nights feature live bands, DJs, acoustic sets, poetry and decoration. They play everything from ska and drumʼnʼbass to funk and folk. Demo takes place at various venues across town so look out for it!

Futureproof www.myspace.com/ukfutureproof Progressive dubstep and electronica. Expect lovely deep bass and beeps.

Psyclewww.psycle.info On the second Saturday of every month. Psytrance dominates but you can also expect to hear dʼnʼb, techno, ska, reggae, balkan and all that.

RubberDubwww.myspace.com/rubberdubphase1 Jungle and dubstep with a dash of reggae and hiphop.

VenuesMoog www.moognottingham.co.uk Nice bar off Alfreton Road, just down from Canning Circus, which has a wonderful café in the early evening and various good, usually electronic-oriented, nights.

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• The Alley Café BarCannon Court, Long Row West, NG1 6JEA groovy veggie café/bar which many non-veggies love too. Try the daily special meal for less than £5. The restaurantʼs quite small and itʼs usually packed at lunchtimes and weekend evenings, so arrive early to get a seat. See p. 11 for more information.

• Veggies (Sumac Centre) 245 Gladstone St, NG7 6HXA volunteer-led community/social centre promoting vegan catering and supporting campaigns for animal rights, environmental protection and social justice. They cater for events and festivals that share the same ethos. They also use minimal packaging, no artifi cial colouring, fl avouring or preservatives, and use only fresh, organic and local produce.Veggies events: • Peopleʼs Kitchen – 6:30pm onwards every Saturday (to be confi rmed). Diff erent groups of volunteers cook each week. £3 donation. Vegan cuisine. • Sumac Brunch Club – 12-4pm every Sunday. A vegan brunch for £3.50 or less. Volunteers are needed if this club is to keep running! • Small World Kitchen – last Friday of every month, 7-8pm. Traditional African vegan food provided by the Womenʼs Group of the Notts Refugee forum at the Sumac Centre. Find out more at www.veggies.org.uk.

• Squeek23-25 Heathcoat St, NG1 3AGA vegetarian restaurant with vegan options on the menu. Beautifully presented food and moderate but fi lling portions. They have a new menu each month. Deals include a two course meal for £13.95 and a three course meal for £15.95.

• Dottyʼs197 Mansfi eld Rd, NG1 3FSA groovy, retro-styled café with an outside seating area. Vegan options include soup of the day, falafel and salad in pitta, baked potatoes and sandwiches with vegan fi llings, cupcakes, Fairtrade coff ees and soya lattes.

• Crocus Café Lenton Shopping Centre, Church Square, NG7 1SLAn amazing volunteer-run vegetarian café and bakery which uses Fairtrade and local produce. Delicious and generously-sized main courses can be had for just £4 and soup of the day is £1.50. They also serve breakfast ʻtil 11am. There are vegan options and people with food intolerances are catered for too. Open late for events on Thursday nights.

• Café Nomad118 Hucknall Rd, CarringtonA small veggie café/restaurant. Dishes range from takeaway snacks and burgers to full meals. They serve a great selection of vegan options. A three-course meal with drinks is approximately £10. Booking is recommended in the evening and on weekends.

Thereʼs a vast range of great restaurants in Nottingham. The majority of us relish the idea of eating good food, but how often do we actually consider the impact our choices have on the environment?Restaurants currently consume around a third of all commercial energy, produce huge ʻfood milesʼ, and are big producers of both organic and non-organic waste. Whatʼs more, enjoying more exotic dishes can often lead to a bigger carbon footprint as many high-quality foodstuff s are fl own into the UK all year round from distant parts of the world. To make matters worse, changes to make the catering industry greener have, so far, been rather slow - partly due to a lack of governmental legislation and partly due to a lack of interest from consumers and restaurant owners. Having said that, many restaurants have ʻgone greenʼ by making simple changes such as recycling, buying local produce and using energy effi cient lighting and appliances. In fact, some are right on your doorstep.

• Mm... Deli:610 Mansfi eld Rd, Sherwood, NG5 2FS 99% vegetarian with a wide variety of unusual foods. They deliver buff et lunches, cater for events and you can eat in or takeaway.

• Broadway Bar/Mezze Bar 4-18 Broad St, Hockley, NG1 3ALLocated in the The Broadway, an arts/cultural cinema popular with arty types. There are always vegan options, including the popular ʻPop My Cherryʼ vegan cakes. You can get discounts if you buy your cinema ticket and meal at the same time. Thereʼs also a range of decent beers, spirits and fruit juices and Monday night is curry night.

• Mayfair Chinese Restaurant79 Mansfi eld Rd, NG1 3FNSimple and cheap with delicious vegan options and large portions.

• Kayal8 Broad St, Hockley NG1 3ALFeatures south Indian food which is quite diff erent from normal Indian restaurants. They understand the needs of vegans and have a sister restaurant in Leicester which is completely vegetarian. Try the business lunch for £6 consisting of dosa, chutneys, rice and three curries (with a vegan option).

• Lee Rosyʼs Tea Shop 17 Broad St, Hockley, NG1 3AJAn amazing variety of teas. They serve and sell soya milk and vegan cakes too.

Green restaurants

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Thank you…The Green Guide would not have been possible without the hard work and devotion of the following people who gave up their free time to sit in a windowless offi ce (which has a bad smell) and edit the whole thing.

The amazing people who helped are:• Owen Devine (who is solely responsible for the front and back cover artwork)• Jeannine Moros-Noujaim• Rachel Godfrey• Shayani Weeresinghe• Lizzie Balcombe• Charlotte Manicom (for the map)• Charlotte Nicol• Charleene Conception• Penny Dale• Tom Bennet• Jack Jack• Chloe Cheeseman (for getting us the budget)• Musab Younis• Michael Collins

We are also indebted to all the great green and ethical websites, publications and the like that we trawled through to get all the information.

We hope that you wonʼt just throw this guide into the (recycling) bin and forget about it. Go out, enjoy Nottingham and ʻbe the change you wish to see in the worldʼ.

Student banking is a multimillion pound industry for many of the top corporate banks and theyʼll be after your graduate debts. Itʼs important to realise that your choice of bank can have serious ethical repercussions and that this is one area where your power as a consumer can make the world a better place.

RBS-Natwest is one of the most popular student banks and it prides itself on being the UKʼs ʻNo 1 bank for fi rst year studentsʼ1. However, RBS is also ʻthe primary UK bank fi nancing new extraction of fossil fuels, the use of which is accelerating the planetʼs atmosphere towards its climate tipping point.ʼ2 It has been fi nancially responsible for numerous environmentally damaging projects, for example, drilling for oil in the Long Lake Tar Sands in Canada3. In fact, RBS once prided itself on its reputation for being the ʻOil and Gas Bank.ʼ

Whilst weʼve singled RBS out for criticism here itʼs not the only bank with dubious environmental or ethical policies. Other well known high street banks invest your money in repressive regimes, the arms trade, and even fox hunting4. Weʼre not calling for a return to keeping money in shoe boxes – we just want to let you know that there are alternatives:

The Co-op Bank: In 1992 the Co-op bank launched an investment policy which remains unique on the high street today. This means that the bank ʻwill not invest in businesses that operate in areas of concern to [their] customersʼ5 including the arms trade, fur trade and multinationals with a poor environmental record, illustrating that it is possible to operate in a business environment with ethical principles. The bank also has a very decent student account which includes a £1,400 overdraft.

The Tridos Bank: The ethos of the Tridos bank is to ʻhelp create a society that promotes peopleʼs quality of life and that has human dignity at its core. To enable individuals, institutions and businesses to use money more consciously in ways that benefi t people and the environment and promote sustainable development.ʼ6 They turn away business from unethical companies and actively invest in local communities, renewable technologies, organic farming, etc.

Ethical banking

1 http://www.natwest.com/microsites/personal/student08/why.asp 2 The Oil and Gas Bank: RBS & the fi nancing of Climate change, p5 3 http://peopleandplanet.org/ditchdirtydevelopment/tarsands 4 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/10/383516.html 5 http://www.goodwithmoney.co.uk/servlet/Satellite/1193206368149,CFSweb/Page/GoodWithMoney 6 http://www.fairinvestment.co.uk/ethical_banking.aspx

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