Nottinghamshire Ecology Newswire Archive

On Saturday 3rd December, a community day was held in Sneinton, Nottingham, to raise awareness of the proposed expansion of the Eastcroft incinerator and promote recycling through fun and games. Sneinton's Rubbish Day Out was an event organised by the local community and the NAIL campaign.

Critcal Mass is a regular event. The meeting point in Nottingham is the Savoy cinema on Derby Road in Lenton, on the last Friday of every month now at 5.30pm. It is becoming a more popular event with many more riders turning out each time ..... This time, we headed off into the city centre, via 'The Park' [to annoy the rich folks living there :-) ] and Castle Boulevard. We had a sound system trailer on tow, with some chunes to peddle to.

Critcal Mass is a regular event. The meeting point in Nottingham is the Savoy cinema on Derby Road in Lenton, on the last Friday of every month now at 5.30pm. It is becoming a more popular event with many more riders turning out each time ..... This time, we headed off into the city centre, via 'The Park' [to annoy the rich folks living there :-) ] and Castle Boulevard. We had a sound system trailer on tow, with some chunes to peddle to.

Incinerators make me sick!

At 8am this morning 30 campaigners from NAIL protested outside the Environment Agencies offices on Scarrington Road, off Ladybay Bridge. We greeted the employees of the EA as they arrived for work, we handed them flyers, waved banners and placards and delivered them a letter.

We are demanding action to be taken over the highly polluting, emission breaching, cancer causing incinerator, which has had 27 known pollution breaches over the past 4 years.

Just a reminder that there will be another Critical Mass bikeride on Friday, 25th November. We will be meeting at the Savoy Cinema on Derby Road at 5.30pm - Come and join the fun !

Here a flyer to download and distribute !

Be part of a Local Group to oppose the M1 widening, come along to a meeting and find out more.

Day of recycling fun in Sneinton to oppose incinerator expansion

On Saturday 3rd December a large community day will be held in Sneinton, Nottingham, to raise awareness of the proposed expansion of the Eastcroft incinerator and promote recycling through fun and games. Sneinton's Rubbish Day Out is an event organised by the local community and the NAIL campaign.

Artists will work to put new use to waste materials as lantern making, basket weaving, banner painting and wallet making workshops will take place throughout the day. Other activities include poetry, speakers, live music and refreshments from the new Sneinton community cafe collective.

“It will be a day to show people there are better and more positive ways of dealing with waste other than incineration. “ *

Sneinton's Rubbish Day Out will be held at the Old School Hall, Windmill Lane, Sneinton, Nottingham. Workshops and info from 11am – 4pm. Admission free. Live music from 6.30 until midnight ₤2. Parking on site available.

We have all been enjoying the greatest party the world has ever seen: the great oil party, but we have to sober up and face the fact that the party is coming to an end.

The Government wakes up to peak oil? Well maybe not yet

With the government failing and unable to take action on the greatest issue facing our planet, climate chaos, we have to create a grass roots solution

Here is a list of the dates and venues for the Rossport solidarity speaking tour

This weekend, at a venue in Forestfields people from accross the country came together to discuss the issues and ways of oposing the expansion of heavy industry in Iceland.

A careers fair takes place on Mon & Tue at which BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Caterpillar, Shell & others will attempt to recruit graduates. Help us give their whole stories.

Rossport Solidarity Camp speaking tour.
Nottingham Venue at 7 pm on 10th November
International Community Centre 61b Mansfield Rd
Nottingham

MONSTER HOUSES BEING BUILT ON RARE MEADOW FLOODPLAIN BY NOTTINGHAMS RICHEST MAN WHILST 600,000 RESIDENTIAL HOMES LAY EMPTY IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE ALONE.

Nottingham Critical Mass Bike About in the city
Critcal Mass is a regular event. The meeting point is the Savoy cinema on Derby Road in Lenton on the last Friday of every month now at 5.30pm.
It is becoming a more popular event with 60 or so riders this time. More than last event ...

JUST A REMINDER - there is a screening of Still We Ride at Broadway Cinema in Nottingham at 6PM on Wednesday. SWR is a 37 minute doc about the ongoing (still after 1 yr!) police crackdown on bicycling and free speech in New York City. Two of the directors from the US will be on hand to answer questions and chat.

Once again we’re turning transport into a big free day of fun, games, music, art and all sorts of entertainment.

Come to The Big Day Out at Nottingham Castle on Saturday 24th September, from 11 am to 5 pm and see for yourself.

Download the flyer:
 http://www.thebigwheel.org.uk/media/bdo_08_2005.pdf

View Flash presentation:
 http://www.thebigwheel.org.uk/pages/what.html#

The M1 carries huge volumes of traffic (some sections up to 160,000 vehicles per day). There is congestion at peak times. The widening is proposed to "reduce congestion and improve both safety and journey time reliability". But the plans are already flawed. When the proposals for the widening were originally agreed, it was noted that the only way to lock in the benefits would be to employ road-use charging. This has not been mentioned in the current documentation. In addition, independent research has shown that you can't build your way out of congestion, road widening and new roads simply encourage more traffic. The government's own studies confirm this. With traffic already predicted to increase by 50% by 2011, there is an urgent need for more long-term sustainable solutions rather than a road building programme that will further accelerate this increase.

The DEMAND Campaign Group on behalf of the residents of the East Midlands
Region has taken part in the Juliain Worricker programme on Aircraft Noise to
be broadcast this Sunday at 10am until 1pm 25th September 2005 on BBC 5 Live.
This programme explores aircraft noise particularly from night flying and
the Government's involvement. The DEMAND Campaign Chairman Steve Charlish was
interviewed last week, next to Nottingham East Midlands Airport at 2am in the
early hours against a backdrop of totally excessive aircraft noise and
activity," further " it has to be one of the noisiest places in Europe in the
middle of the night" and "potentially disturbing thousands of innocent
residents with every flight across the region".