Nottinghamshire | Nottinghamshire Climate Chaos Newswire Archive

Everybody's Talking (about climate change) Greenweeks Event in the Square

03-06-2007 01:34 | Climate Chaos | Nottinghamshire

An all day family event in Old Market Square with loads of stalls, activities and ideas for tackling climate change. For young and old alike.

Organised by the The National Trust and Nottingham City Council.

npower announce plans for 1650MW Gas power station in Notts

30-05-2007 17:13 | Climate Chaos | Nottinghamshire

A journalist forwarded the details of this to me asking for a response from any climate activists I might know.

One of my first thoughts was that presumably the plant is going to be built using a lot of cement...

Green Festival [in the rain] Arboretum Park

27-05-2007 23:11 | Climate Chaos | Culture | Nottinghamshire

The annual Green Festival, was held in the Arboretum on Sunday 27th May, between 12 - 5pm.

Review of Climate Change Exhibition at the Castle, Nottingham

23-05-2007 14:06 | Climate Chaos | Culture | Nottinghamshire

Yesterday me and a couple of mates decided to go to the exhibition 'Exposed' at Nottingham Castle. Organised by the National Trust, the exhibition features a number of photographers who through their work have tried to document the various effects climate change already has in the UK. Although the exhibition was a lot about the National Trust and how climate change effects their buildings and gardens, it was an interesting look at some of the less visible changes happening today. The exhibition is free for city residents (take proof) and definitely worth seeing.

Rattcliffe 11 to face courts

21-05-2007 18:57 | Climate Camp 2006 | Climate Chaos | Nottinghamshire

11 people have been charged with aggrevated tresspass for entering Rattcliffe on Soar power station on the 10th of April

Activists target M1 - Press Release

Here is a copy of a press release sent widely to the mainstream media - for info and interest.

Energy Beyond Oil Talk Posters and Flyers

14-05-2007 18:10 | Climate Chaos | Nottinghamshire

Please download and distribute these Energy Beyond Oil posters and flyers

Wind turbine building course, June 8th - 10th

12-05-2007 11:54 | Climate Chaos | Education | Technology | Nottinghamshire

Want to build your own wind turbine? v3power is running courses to show you how. v3power is a recently formed Nottingham based social enterprise organization, dedicated to providing affordable renewable energy solutions.

Wakey Wakey Peak Energy Tour comes to Nottingham

09-05-2007 11:11 | Climate Chaos | Nottinghamshire

The Wakey Wakey Spring Energy Tour, a tour about the upcoming Oil and Energy crisis and its relationship with Climate Change will be coming to Nottingham. Tuesday 22nd May at 7:30 at The Sumac Centre.

'Grand' opening of new A612 Tues 8th 2.30pm

06-05-2007 14:34 | Climate Chaos | Nottinghamshire

The county council are pleased to announce the opening of yet another piece of 'concrete over the countryside', namely the new A612. The opening ceremony will take place at the Victoria Road Junction (nr Morrisons) on Tues 8th May at 2.30pm.

Activists needle shareholders over E.ON nuclear power

05-05-2007 21:49 | Climate Chaos | Nottinghamshire

It's not just in Nottingham that people are getting angry over E.ON's energy generating practices. Indymedia Germany have just reported that anti-nuclear activists have been demonstrating outside and inside the annual meeting of E.ON's stockholders in Essen, Germany. A coalition of environmental groups protested against E.ON’s plans to expand nuclear power production. Countries where E.ON is planning new nukes are Finland, Great Britain, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria.

Berridge Labour SUV nonsense!

03-05-2007 09:38 | Climate Chaos | Nottinghamshire

Berridge Labour have chosen a huge SUV as their campaign vehicle - a good indication about the depth of their environmental credentials!

Climate Change Solutions Symposim

29-04-2007 07:30 | Climate Chaos | Nottinghamshire

The Nottingham Student Peace Movement will be holding a symposium on solutions to climate change on May 1st.

maydaymayday - have clowns will travel

26-04-2007 14:26 | Climate Chaos | Palestine | Nottinghamshire | Sheffield

we now have only 11 days to go until the first show of a tour that will take us from nottingham to nablus, G8 to gaza and maybe back again?

what follows is the hot off the press latest news on who 'we' is, what we've been doing / plan to do and WHY WE REALLY NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO MAKE THIS WHOLE THANG HAPPEN!!

THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE FOR PEACE AND THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT ACTIVELY TRYING TO MAKE PEACE SO PLEASE SUPPORT IT IN EVERY WAY YOU CAN AND PASS ON TO ALL NETWORKS

ta very much

Act against greenhouse gas emissions by the livestock sector

25-04-2007 16:14 | Animal Liberation | Climate Chaos | Nottinghamshire

The livestock sector presents the greatest threat to the planet as it generates 18% of all greenhouse gases, which is more than the transport sector.

mayday meltdown

the ASBO centre & pedalpoweredclowns invite you to Mayday Meltdown - a day of low impact fun, festivity and exchange

This is to celebrate
that the clownchaos is finally leaving for G8 / palestine, the rising of Spring and our Asbotic community.

may 7th 12 - 12

featuring:-
a winding procession, picnic cabaret, workshops, streetparty, volleyball, soundsystems, bands, cafes, spoken word, chillout spaces, guerilla gardening, info + discussions, cinema, games, spectactors

donations only - all donations help support your local palestine circus :-) the bar proceeds support the asbo community space

Spring Into Action debrief meeting, Tuesday 24th, 8pm

22-04-2007 23:17 | Climate Camp 2006 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Nottinghamshire

There will be a "Spring Into Action" debrief meeting this Tuesday 24th, 8pm at the Sumac Centre in Nottingham.

Concerned about Climate Change? Spring Into Action Now! - an audio piece

21-04-2007 23:01 | Climate Camp 2006 | Climate Chaos | Nottinghamshire

Folk from around the east midlands gathered in Nottingham for a week of workshops, discussion and action around the issue of climate change. The event was organised under the banner of 'Spring Into Action', and besides a lot of talking, the week ended with some succesful direct action. This is what some of the participants had to say... The piece is about 8 minutes long and uploaded in mp3 and ogg/vorbis format. You can also listen to the stream: