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To Lobby UWTSD to Affiliate to Electronics Watch as part of their Climate Emergency Action

by Deleted User 10 July 2020, 19:22

Category: National Issues

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The SU has alrady passed the Idea of Lobbying UWTSD to affiliate to Electronics Watch, but this has so far been ignored by the University. With the news that UWTSD is declaring a Climate Emergency and the acknowledgement that action and responsibility has to be taken, it seems only natural that affiliating to Electronics Watch be part of the steps towards this. The University have said "Today we are clear there is a climate emergency which will require immediate and radical action by our University." This action needs to account for the humanitarian issues that are inseparable from Climate Change and the impact the University's part in consumerism plays. UWTSD should use this purchasing power regarding the electronics used accross all our campuses and offices and take the step to use this as a positive action against the Climate Emergency declared.

For the SU to lobby UWTSD in taking this step would show solidarity with students and with the workers who make the technology we use.

The Press Release states that the SU will be working with the University in the development of an action plan, so the affiliation to Electronics Watch should be a central part of this planning.

thanks :) 

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