I am starting to think that the Students Union Committee are either comedians or pansies......
Examples:
"Battery Eggs"
THIS UNION NOTES:
1.In a battery cage system up to 5 hens are kept in each cage, stacked up to 6 tiers high with as many as 70,000 hens in one windowless shed. Hens have less than the area of an A4 sheet of paper to themselves.
2.Hens confined to battery cages are not able to perform their natural instinctive behavioural activities such as dust bathing, nest building, perching, flapping or stretching wings, scratching claws, walking, running or even standing properly.
3.More than three quarters of eggs produced in the UK come from chickens confined to battery cages.
4.The RSPCA is calling for the UK government to ban all battery cages.
5.There are alternatives to battery eggs, such as free-range and barn eggs.
6.That many students do not want to buy products containing battery eggs.
THIS UNION BELIEVES:
1.The battery cage system, though legal, is cruel and unnecessary.
2.There should be options available for students who do not want to purchase products containing battery eggs.
3.Providing free-range eggs, and barn eggs approved by third parties such as the RSPCA (Freedom Food), will improve the welfare of hens.
THIS UNION ADVISES:
1.UNU Services Ltd. to replace all products containing battery eggs with those using free-range or barn eggs, or provide alternatives using free-range or barn eggs where this is not possible.
2.UNU Services Ltd. to stock free-range eggs.
3.UNU Services Ltd. to highlight products that do contain battery eggs.
THE UNION RESOLVES:
1.To lobby Catering and Residential Services to replace products containing battery farmed eggs with those containing free-range or barn eggs.
. "CLIMATE CHANGE"
THIS UNION BELIEVES:
1.That climate change is the largest single ecological threat to the planet, with the balance of evidence suggesting a discernible human influence (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).
2.That by burning fossil fuels, namely oil, coal and gas, wealthy countries including the United Kingdom are responsible for 80% of greenhouse gas emissions, causing climate change. (People and Planet)
3.That as a consequence of climate change: inhabited Pacific island nations such as Tuvalu are under threat from rising sea levels, forcing emigration, Alaska annually loses an area of ice the size of the Netherlands and by 2015, Mount Kilimanjaro will have lost its entire ice field. (Greenpeace)
4.That the oil company Esso and its parent company Exxon-Mobil refuses to invest in renewable energy, opposes the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions and is a major contributor to climate change.
5.That student choice should be sole influence on their future career.
THIS UNION NOTES:
1.Our Policy on “Environmental Responsibility”.
2.The International “Stop Esso” campaign, encouraging the boycott of Esso.
3.Student Groups do not always have a choice, or control, where they obtain petrol. This could be due to an unavoidable need to fill up, use of external companies or other reasons.
4.That petrol obtained from any filling station could potentially have been sourced through Exxon-Mobile.
THIS UNION RESOLVES
1.To raise awareness of the “Stop Esso” campaign and issues of climate change.
2.To encourage student groups to avoid the use of Esso filling stations, and where possible use alternative suppliers.
3.To, in conjunction with the University Careers Advisory Service, inform students of alternatives to working in the petroleum industry, particularly Esso / Exxon-Mobil.
THIS UNION MANDATES
1.The Environment & Social Justice Officer and all Student Activities Officers to work together to inform student groups of the reasons why this Union disagrees with the practices of Exxon-Mobil.
.........I do not know what to say..
Examples:
"Battery Eggs"
THIS UNION NOTES:
1.In a battery cage system up to 5 hens are kept in each cage, stacked up to 6 tiers high with as many as 70,000 hens in one windowless shed. Hens have less than the area of an A4 sheet of paper to themselves.
2.Hens confined to battery cages are not able to perform their natural instinctive behavioural activities such as dust bathing, nest building, perching, flapping or stretching wings, scratching claws, walking, running or even standing properly.
3.More than three quarters of eggs produced in the UK come from chickens confined to battery cages.
4.The RSPCA is calling for the UK government to ban all battery cages.
5.There are alternatives to battery eggs, such as free-range and barn eggs.
6.That many students do not want to buy products containing battery eggs.
THIS UNION BELIEVES:
1.The battery cage system, though legal, is cruel and unnecessary.
2.There should be options available for students who do not want to purchase products containing battery eggs.
3.Providing free-range eggs, and barn eggs approved by third parties such as the RSPCA (Freedom Food), will improve the welfare of hens.
THIS UNION ADVISES:
1.UNU Services Ltd. to replace all products containing battery eggs with those using free-range or barn eggs, or provide alternatives using free-range or barn eggs where this is not possible.
2.UNU Services Ltd. to stock free-range eggs.
3.UNU Services Ltd. to highlight products that do contain battery eggs.
THE UNION RESOLVES:
1.To lobby Catering and Residential Services to replace products containing battery farmed eggs with those containing free-range or barn eggs.
. "CLIMATE CHANGE"
THIS UNION BELIEVES:
1.That climate change is the largest single ecological threat to the planet, with the balance of evidence suggesting a discernible human influence (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).
2.That by burning fossil fuels, namely oil, coal and gas, wealthy countries including the United Kingdom are responsible for 80% of greenhouse gas emissions, causing climate change. (People and Planet)
3.That as a consequence of climate change: inhabited Pacific island nations such as Tuvalu are under threat from rising sea levels, forcing emigration, Alaska annually loses an area of ice the size of the Netherlands and by 2015, Mount Kilimanjaro will have lost its entire ice field. (Greenpeace)
4.That the oil company Esso and its parent company Exxon-Mobil refuses to invest in renewable energy, opposes the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions and is a major contributor to climate change.
5.That student choice should be sole influence on their future career.
THIS UNION NOTES:
1.Our Policy on “Environmental Responsibility”.
2.The International “Stop Esso” campaign, encouraging the boycott of Esso.
3.Student Groups do not always have a choice, or control, where they obtain petrol. This could be due to an unavoidable need to fill up, use of external companies or other reasons.
4.That petrol obtained from any filling station could potentially have been sourced through Exxon-Mobile.
THIS UNION RESOLVES
1.To raise awareness of the “Stop Esso” campaign and issues of climate change.
2.To encourage student groups to avoid the use of Esso filling stations, and where possible use alternative suppliers.
3.To, in conjunction with the University Careers Advisory Service, inform students of alternatives to working in the petroleum industry, particularly Esso / Exxon-Mobil.
THIS UNION MANDATES
1.The Environment & Social Justice Officer and all Student Activities Officers to work together to inform student groups of the reasons why this Union disagrees with the practices of Exxon-Mobil.
.........I do not know what to say..
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