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2 The Link Magazine • August 2005
Trade, aid and protecting the environment

Peatmoor Community
School marked the start of
the G8 conference with a
moving playground assem-
bly singing a song recorded
by the children called
'March for Justice.'
Headteacher Terri Pea-
cock said global citizenship
was a major issue at
Peatmoor, arising from the
close links developed with
Dihlabeng School in South
Africa. "We held our own
demonstration to show sup-
port for a better deal for
poorer countries."
Two campaigners for animal and human rights, the environment and
Third World issues, from Toothill, joined thousands of others in
Edinburgh to make their views heard before the G8 conference in
July.
Anish Harrison, '^ of climate change. She
right, and her mother said, "there is a close link
Marilyn joined the : between meat produc-
'Carnival for Full En- tion, environmental de-
joyment' to give out struction and poverty
leaflets. But their cam- and starvation in the
paigning was cu - Third World. But we
short when the police cannot rely on world
kept protestors J leaders to change things,
penned up for hours. ; it is essential that each
For Anish the out- and every one of us takes
come of the G8 was 3 responsibility for our
very disappointing, own lifestyle and its ef-
particularly in terms "- - feet upon the planet."

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