We talk about compassionate alternatives to immigration detention existing, but it’s often not clear what this actually means!. This blog from the King’s Arms Project lifts the lid on their compassionate, community based alternative to detention.
Read More - A Community-Based Alternative to Detention: The Advice Service Read MoreIntroducing Save Our Swirled!
Save Our Swirled is more than just our newest “swirled-class” flavour: it’s a climate change message you can’t ignore.
Since the very beginning, Ben & Jerry’s has been a company with a passion for social justice. We’ve advocated for a broad range of causes over the years, and climate change is one we take particularly seriously... While we’ve been working tirelessly at cleaning up our own act and spreading the word around the world, we recognise that there’s power in numbers, and know that our passionate fans hold the greatest potential for positive change!
And what would a Ben & Jerry’s activism campaign be without a chunky, swirly, euphoric flavour of its own? That’s right; we created a flavour to bring attention to this historic issue, and to send out our own SOS for our planet... It's called Save Our Swirled, and features raspberry ice cream, marshmallow and raspberry swirls, plus dark and white chocolatey ice cream cones – the sweeter side of activism, and unlike any Ben & Jerry’s flavour before it! In the words of Chris Rivard, the Flavour Guru behind Save Our Swirled, “It’s sweet and refreshing with a chocolatey finish; truly a great flavour.”
Now available worldwide, look for Save Our Swirled in 500ml tubs or at your local Scoop Shop
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But how do we tell the climate change story using ice cream? Dig out a chunky spoonful and you can’t help but notice the unique dark and white chocolatey ice cream cones that appear to be melting. Our stance on climate change and our ice cream is one in the same: if it's melted, it's ruined!
2015 is a critical year for climate change; later this year, leaders from around the world will gather in Paris, France for the UN Climate Summit— a meeting we hope will produce a legally binding agreement to keep global warming in check. After all...if it’s melted, it’s ruined.
As the world prepares for the Paris Climate Summit in December, 2015, our friends at Avaaz need millions more to join the climate movement in demanding action from our nation’s leaders. Add your voice to their petition and help them deliver the loudest message yet. A global shift to 100% clean energy by 2050 and complete phase-out of carbon pollution isn’t just nice, it’s a necessity. Learn more about how you can support climate change. Learn more about how you can support climate change.
Join the Climate Movement!
Join Avaaz, Ben & Jerry’s and millions of citizens from around the world who are calling on leaders of the developed nations and the United Nations to tackle climate change at the upcoming summit in Paris. Our goal is for international leaders to work towards 100% Clean Energy by 2050. This ambitious goal is in line with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC’s) stated need for the elimination of all carbon pollution within the next 85 years. Learn more about the petition.
It’s Pride Month and people are celebrating up and down the country. But, as this guest blog highlights there’s No Pride in Immigration Detention - whatever month it may be. Get the full scoop from Qussai Ramzi - a member of Rainbow Migration’s campaigns advisory group - on why we need to come together this Pride and call for the end of detention for all LGBTQI+ people.
Read More - No Pride in Detention: End the Detention of LGBTQI+ People Read MoreYou’ve probably heard of Priti Patel’s plan to forcibly send people to Rwanda - you know the one that even Conservative MP’s are calling ‘ugly’ – but with the first flight planned for Tuesday 14th June, we need to do everything we can to stop this going ahead.
Read More - 6 things you can do to stop the Rwanda Plan right now. Read More