Events
People & Planet runs several events each year across its network.
Shared Planet is the largest student campaigning conference in the UK. Previous speakers have included Shiv Malik, Peter Tatchell and Caroline Lucas. In 2012, Shared Planet was held at Sheffield Hallam University and will be held in London in 2013.
Summer Gathering is a yearly camp which prepares student activists for the year ahead with training, workshops, bonfires and a ceilidh.
Each spring, a series of regional Student Activism Weekends are held across the network, to bring together members to participate in People & Planet's democratic process. These events include the election of student members to the Management Committee and deciding which new campaigns the network will focus on. The Student Activism Weekends replaced the annual decision making conference, The Forum.
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