Glossop's own Earth Summit is being organised by the Glossop Greenpeace Campaign Group and Friends of the Earth - while 60,000 delegates from around the world gather in Johannesburg for the International Conference on Sustainable Development.

The theme of the evening is 'Think global, act local', a mantra which came from the first Earth Summit in Rio ten years ago.

Speakers include Leslie James, local Friends of the Earth Air Pollution campaigner, Janet Millar, Greenpeace Area Networker for Derbyshire, and Martin Porter of the Glossop Greenpeace group.

Leslie has been in the press recently after highlighting the potentially toxic emissions from Glossop’s Carpenters factory.

Janet has been an active Greenpeace campaigner for a number of years and has taken part in a number of high-profile Greenpeace actions in the last couple of years, including blocking the Edmonton Incinerator in Islington and occupying a ship carrying illegally logged rainforest timber at Tilbury docks.

The evening will also be a chance for people to bring along their own concerns and to discuss issues that are of interest to them, as well as to meet other local campaigners and activists.

Martin Porter said: "The interplay between global concerns and local action is a fascinating part of environmental campaigning. Even if the recent floods in Glossop weren’t caused by climate change, they certainly give us a warning of what might be in store.

"One of the main stumbling blocks to an international agreement to prevent climate change is the intransigence of the oil company Esso, and people have been able to show their opposition to Esso here in Glossop when Greenpeace held a Stop Esso day in May.

"Similarly people who don’t want to see US hormone-fed meat imported into Britain from the US can act by supporting local butchers and local farmers. Hopefully people will find that being able to act locally stops them feeling powerless in the face of the myriad threats to our world.”

Anyone who wants more information about the evening can contact Martin on 07712 094603

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