The Big Issue’s Future Generations Pledge has already attracted cross-party support, now Lord John Bird is looking beyond politicians to help spread his future-thinking message.
We launched the pledge last week to ask politicians on the campaign trail to consider the impact that decisions made in the present have on the future.
It is part of Big Issue founder Lord Bird’s campaign to enshrine a Future Generations Act in UK law. This campaign will continue post-election when he reintroduces his private member’s bill to Parliament.
Good afternoon discussing #FutureGenerationsBill with @johnbirdswords and many others. Why would any party manifesto not include such a promise? pic.twitter.com/WMyVhRyqIe
— Brendan Martin (@BrendanFMartin) November 13, 2019
But in the meantime, Lord Bird has been spreading his message to more than 40 organisations in his “Shaping the Campaign for a Future Generations Act” event.
The University of Westminster gathering, hosted by the Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development, allowed Lord Bird to lay out his vision and the reasons behind it to organisations including UK Student Climate Network, WWF-UK, Carnegie Trust UK, IPPR, Intergenerational Foundation.