By Rachael Hayman

At the end of November we co-organised our second People’s Kitchen event with Oxfam Bath. This time we focused on our ‘global’ community in Africa in light of the UN climate talks in Durban. Rachael and Shane cooked some tasty African-themed food using entirely surplus goods acquired through Fareshare Bath, part of the wider Fareshare South-West group and Janine Woodward of Oxfam South West gave an insightful talk on how climate change is affecting Africa. Were even able to link up with Tom, a Green Vision member who was lucky enough to be at the UN climate talks in Durban, for a video conference to find out in real time how the climate talks were progressing.

It was a great afternoon spent learning about our ‘global’ community, sharing ideas on how we can support and empower them to take action and  of course eating! Check out Tom’s post as he reflects on his time spent at the climate talks.

Photo: Shane (far left) and Rachael (far right) chat to the Mayor of Bath and the Mayoress with a member of Oxfam Bath.

Green Vision member Tom Youngman recently returned from the United Nations climate talks in Durban, South Africa. Tom was in South Africa for three weeks, working with other young people from across the globe to push governments for a fair, ambitious and binding deal on climate change.

He’s recently written a blog post about his time at the United Nations conference. From Tom’s blog:

Three weeks ago, I made this video. I was exhausted, husky and, if I’m honest, disheartened. I’d just spent two weeks at the United Nations climate talks in Durban, South Africa. They were the best weeks of my life, but that it has taken me until now to write something about it says it all.

Click here to read on.