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Following the Burma VJ film premiere, The Co-operative is campaigning to free political prisoners in Burma. This includes five people from the film who courageously demonstrated during, and filmed, the 2007 protests in Burma. The individual activists in the Burma VJ film took a great personal risk to get this story out to the world. The ruling military junta remains uncompromisingly intolerant of free speech, and consequently a large number of the journalists and activists in the film now face prison sentences of up to 65 years.
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our ethics in action video
This short film celebrates the difference our members, colleagues and customers make to communities in the UK and across the world.
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Stop Toxic Fuels
Toxic Fuels, our campaign in partnership with WWF-UK, aims to raise awareness of an emerging global trend to extract oil from unconventional fuels, such as tar sands and shale oil. Such exploitation threatens global efforts to avoid dangerous levels of climate change and risks local ecological disaster.
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Read a blog from our recent trip to see the tar sands in Alberta, Canada.
Vanishing of the Bees
Bees are dying in worryingly large numbers and no-one knows for certain why. In the UK alone, bees contribute £165m a year to the economy through pollination, and play a crucial role in pollinating some 90 commercial crops worldwide. To address the disturbing issue of bees dying out, The Co-operative has launched Plan Bee.
Read more about Plan Bee and what you can do.
Vanishing of the Bees is the latest film to be distributed by The Co-operative. The film is an eye-opening account of the shocking truth behind the declining bee population.
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Campaign success for Marine Reserves Now!
With once common fish species such as common skate and Atlantic halibut now listed as 'critically endangered', our seas are in urgent need of protection. We've been campaigning in partnership with the Marine Conservation Society for a strong Marine Act, including a duty to introduce a network of marine reserves. On Thursday 12th November this Act became law. Now we're asking you to vote for where you want reserves to be sited.
Find out more about our Marine Reserves Now campaign.
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The Co-operative campaigns, and embraces theatre and film, to generate debate and motivate people to take action on a range of important issues.
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