World Ecology Newswire Archive

'Carteret Islanders are victims of climate change, we do not emit greenhouse
let alone drive cars on the island, do not
have an airstrip on the island, yet we have become victims of others doing'.

Probably get there by the end of next year on my yacht.

Four seal hunters drown during hunt

TWO WOMEN PROTEST BISON SLAUGHTER IN YELLOWSTONE PARK
March 26, 2008

20-22nd March

HUNDREDS OF MINK FREED FROM CAGES (Ireland)
DAMAGE AT BUTCHER SHOP (Switzerland)
BUTCHERS PAINTED (Mexico)
TAXIDERMY SHOP DESTROYED BY FIRE (USA)

Alongside the various general risks such as international crises, "anti-fur" protestors are also mentioned. A "sector-specific risk", according to the company management, "are the attempts by anti-fur activists to disrupt operational processes".

Tonight's show features: Reclaim Your Food (Brixton), Manchester No Borders, SmashEDO, the London Climate Action Group, a new play and some kickin' tunes from Lomax & Lung Collapser.

So make sure you tune in for our 'Resurrection Special'.

One World
Whatever you dream you can do begin it.
Boldness has genius, power & magic in it.
Begin it now.

On March 13th, an international group of actifvists managed to block the World Biofuels Market in Brussels, Belgium.
More info on  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/03/393768.html

All-Irish environmental and social justice movement Gluaiseacht were in London for the weekend, and on St Patrick's Day itself gathered outside the Shell HQ at Waterloo, bringing with them a very large pipeline.
Pictures © Peter Marshall, 2008, all rights reserved.

A €35,000 fine on Association Kokopelli for selling traditional seed varieties sets a dangerous precedent and could force this important seed-saving organisation out of existence.

The IPCC estimates global warming to be between 2.4 and six degrees by the end of the cnetury. Recent research is putting warming on the order of four and 7.6 degrees C. This is 'dangerous' warming that will cause runaway feedback processes leading to a warming of ten to fifteen degrees over the next couple of centuries; the lifetime of your grandchildren.

"The whole experience has been tough, but all the kind and strengthening
words and wise thoughts from strangers made it much easier!"
(Former Swedish Animal Rights Prisoner)

"The Norwegian ALF, Dyrenes Frigjøringsfront, has claimed responsibility for several actions against fur shops in Oslo this year. Other groups of anonymous activists have also taken action against almost every fur shop in Oslo."

Summary: 15 attacks at fur shops, some of which were return visits, and 1 home visit at an owner of a fur shop. Is Oslo going to be the new Stockholm for the ALF?

Thursday morning, 08.00. Activists make an attempt to block all 7 sets of entrance doors and 2 gates to the World Biofuels Market held in Brussels this week. All but one set of doors succeeded. The action ended after 3 hrs with three people arrested, who were released after a few hours.

Reports from; Mexico, New Zealand, Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, Spain & UK

March: 5-12th
ALF LIBERATE 130 HENS IN WEEK OF ACTION (New Zealand)
TIRES SLASHED ON BUTCHERS VAN (UK)
KFC HIT WITH PAINT, WINDOWS ETCHED (Mexico)
BAD MONTH FOR STOCKHOLM FURRIERS (Sweden)
WINDOWS SMASHED AT HUNTING SHOP (Germany)
SLOGANS ETCHED INTO RESTAURANT WINDOWS (Mexico)
SLOGANS PAINTED AT UNIVERSITY (Netherlands)
ANTI-HUNTING ACTION (Spain)
ALF HIT ANOTHER KFC (Mexico)
RESTAURANTS SABOTAGED (Mexico)
5 HUNTING TOWERS DESTROYED (Germany)

Having been banned from saying their new hybrid is 100% Guilt Free, Lexus are now claiming you can live a Lexus Life, and still be green. This has to be seen to be believed.

Reports from the International Whaling Commission 3 day intercessional meeting in London say that commercial whaling may be allowed but the scientific loophole which has allowed Japan to whale in the Antarctic may be closed. This would allow Japan to whale commercially in the north Pacific regulated by the IWC. The meeting also rebuked Sea Shepherd over "Safety at Sea".

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was honoured today to receive an official acknowledgement of our efforts from the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) Intersessional Meeting on the Future of the IWC, held in London.

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s ship, the Steve Irwin, has broken off its pursuit of the Nisshin Maru to focus on the harpoon vessels to the south. At 1200 hours, Sea Shepherd changed course and began to head due south, as the Nisshin Maru continued westward. Contact was broken off with the Japanese factory ship at 63 degrees, 42 minutes south and 124 degrees, 56 minutes east.

“We have chased the factory ship for a solid week as they ran full out, back and forth across the Southern Ocean,” said Captain Paul Watson, Founder and President of Sea Shepherd. “After a chase of 1,776 nautical miles and three confrontations, I’ve decided to go investigate what the Yusshin Maru No. 2 is doing. We still have a working tracking device on that ship, so we know that it is less than half a day away and probably up to no good.”

This summer the Camp for Climate Action will pitch its tents outside Kingsnorth coal-fired power station in Kent for a week of education,
sustainable living and direct action.

Everyone is invited to the camp, which is now part of an international movement, with eight climate camps on four continents planned for this summer.