Visit by London Mining Network

Today we are being visited by Kerima who has 2 workshops to deliver. These workshops are aimed at ages 10 plus, if your YP can engage they are welcome to join us. If they are 8 or under they will need an adult with them.

One is a Phone Cycle Game

How much does your smartphone really cost?

LMN  deliver educational workshops in schools and in the community based on a board game depicting the lifecycle of a smart phone. Focusing on phones is a tangible way to transform the dark, often abstract, world of extractivism into a relatable problem with potential solutions.

Made in 2017 by LMN education worker, Kerima Mohideen, the PhoneCycle game is not just a game but a collaborative learning workshop. The aim is to raise awareness of and stimulate conversation about the social and environmental impacts involved in producing, consuming and disposing of phones and to discuss what we can do about it.

Life Above The Coal

This workshop is based on the true story of two frontline communities in Colombia who have been resisting the
impacts of a massive open cast mine on their lands and livelihoods for over thirty years.
Frontline communities are already being severely impacted by the effects of climate change and may have limited
access to the resources that could help them mitigate those effects. Many have, for decades, been directly and
adversely affected by the mining and drilling carried out on their land including by those companies most
responsible for carbon emissions. We in the UK have benefitted from this. The coalmine in this story provides coal
for UK power stations. Since 2000 it has been part-owned by BHP, one of the top 20 fossil fuel firms behind one
third of carbon emissions since 1965.
In order to keep this accessible for schools, some of the story has been omitted, most importantly the story of the
struggles of the workers at the mine for better wages and conditions. It should be noted that their union, Sintra
Carbon, supports the communities who have been evicted or face eviction and who are opposed to the relocation
of the river as the mine expands. These communities in turn have supported the miners` strikes. There is solidarity
between people with seemingly opposing interests.