Ramblings of a Disorientated Mind

The ramblings, and occasional sanities, of a 20-something geekess from the UK

I quite like this E-Petitions thing

on January 5, 2007

This site is basically where you can sign petions online. From the site: “The e-petition service is within its remit to build websites which give people simple, tangible benefits in the civic and community aspects of their lives”

I’m a very strong beliver in the whole making yourself heard about things you blive in, but I’m terminally lazy, so this site is perfect. I’ve already signed several:

* To remove VAT from environmentally friendly products.

* Encourage the reduction of household waste by requiring producers to pay for the disposal costs of their products and packaging

* Scrap the £12 billion road building programme and invest the money in alternative transport

* Create areas of the seas around Britain where all commercial fishing is banned for ten years to allow stocks to recover

* Tax energy inefficient light bulbs

* Make software patents clearly unenforcible

* Review VAT on energy efficiency products and services

* Fast track global climate change policy

* Treat climate change as a national emergency

* Ban the use of new materials in the manufacturing of disposeable carrier bags, and used recyled materials instead

* Introduce tax breaks to encourage the adoption of bio-fuels

Okay, so they’re all environmental things atm, but I’m going off to sign some more :)

EDIT: I’ve signed a couple more:

* Reduce or take away benefit from people who show no itention of working

* provide subsidised courses for thousands of young people who have been failed by the Education system.

* Put in place guidelines to stop Homophobic bullying.

* ban non-residents parking near schools

* Introduce the teaching of British Sign Language in all UK schools.

* Abolish all faith schools.

* reform of the Sex Education delivered in schools.

* cease the creation of more faith schools, take existing public-funded faith schools from the control of religious bodies and convert them to unbiased schools for all.

* Increase funding for extra curricular activities in schools like music, art and sports.

* prevent the use of creationist and other pseudo-scientific propaganda in Government-funded schools.

* Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) a foundation subject in all primary and secondary schools

* Abolish all faith schools and prohibit the teaching of creationism and other religious mythology in all UK schools

I’ve also signed a lot more but I can’t be bothered to list them all.

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