UK Ecology Newswire Archive
Beyond Hope and Doom: Time for a Peak Oil Pep Talk
03-03-2008 11:18
Awareness of Peak Oil, Climate Change, impending global economic implosion, topsoil depletion, biodiversity collapse, and the thousand other dire threats crashing down upon us at the dawn of the new millennium constitutes an enormous psychological burden, one so onerous that most people (and institutions) respond with a battery of psychological defenses-mostly versions of denial and distraction-in an effort to keep conscious awareness comfortably distanced from stark reality. I discuss this in "the Psychology of Peak Oil and Climate Change," chapter 7 of Peak Everything, where I conclude that the healthiest response to dire knowledge is to do something practical and constructive in response, preferably in collaboration with others, both because the worst can probably still be avoided and because engaged action makes us feel better.Full article | 1 addition | 2 comments
Japanese Whaling Fleet Confronted By Sea Shepherd
03-03-2008 10:05
The crew deployed over two dozen bottles of rotten butter sending a stench throughout the whale killing ship that will remain for days. The crew also threw packets of a slippery chemical onto the deck of the Nisshin Maru. This will make it very difficult to cut up whales. The substance becomes even more slippery with water so it will be difficult to wash it off the decks.
Big Green's Corporate Investor
02-03-2008 12:53
The Big Green Gathering say that the festival can only survive with investment from Stuart Galbraith's "Kilimanjaro Live Ltd". Profit-sharing with this AEG backed company is surely bad enough, but according to the article below the BGG directors are also prepared to consider sponsorship by BP!Interview With Nottingham Activist In Southern Ocean On Board Sea Shepherd Ship
02-03-2008 12:40
Dan is an activist from Nottingham who has joined the crew on board the Sea Shepherd vessel Steve Irwin in a bid to stop the illegal whaling activities of the Japanese near Antartica. The mission, named Migaloo, started last December and after refuelling in Melbourne last month, the Sea Shepherd crew is back in the oceans, have managed to track down the whaling fleet and have been in hot persuit of its main vessel, the Yushin Maru No. 2 for the last week. Accoring to one of the crew onboard the ship "the weather is getting colder and we are getting many hours of darkness now. The Antarctic winter is creeping up on us. The seas are getting rougher and we are getting blizzards." We joined Dan via sattelite phone to ask him about his adventures..
Sea Shepherd Aussie Crew Prepared to Be Taken as Prisoners to Japan
02-03-2008 10:40
Report on Sefton Park 24th February 2008
01-03-2008 17:31
The Camp for Climate Action Will be Held in Hyde Park Says the Evening Standard
01-03-2008 05:32
"Eco Warriors plan to hold the next climate camp in Hyde Park near Buckingham Palace, according to a leaked memo received by the Evening Standard" was the story splashed across two pages of the first edition of the London newspaper on Friday, 29 February 2008.BBC London broadcast exactly the same story later in the day, in spite of the fact that the national meeting of the Camp for Climate Action in Nottingham, which is planning to vote on the location for this summer's climate camp this weekend, had not even started yet.
Jeff leurs sentence reduced to 10 years! Release date December 2009!
29-02-2008 11:26
This is excellent news considering that his release date would have been sometime in 2024 !! It would mean Jeff has another 2 years and would be able to get back to his family in relative freedom.Children's Revolution and New Youth Movement Could Save Humanity from Extinction
28-02-2008 22:15
A new youth movement is beginning to emerge in Britain as university students spearhead a drive to recruit other students to the environmental cause, and there are now plans for young people from all over Britain to come together and join forces to lend support to a massive new Children's Revolution campaign.
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On top of Houses of Parliament roof
27-02-2008 10:54
Anti-Heathrow expansion protesters have climbed on to the roof of the Houses of Parliament next to Big Ben.2 UK Actions: McDonalds & Sequani Labs Supplier
26-02-2008 22:21
from the Western Animal Rights Network:
http://www.animalliberation.co.uk
Paddy´s Day of Action Against Shell
26-02-2008 20:58
This year´s St Paddy´s day, 17th March, has been called as an International day of action against shell, in solidarity with the people of Rossport.Manchester Crtitical Mass and After Party This Friday
26-02-2008 19:32
Critical Mass Bicycle RideFriday 29th February
6pm Central Library M1
Bike ride around the city to celebrate the bicycle
Thousands say no, no, no to Heathrow expansion
26-02-2008 17:13
Last night's Stop Heathrow Expansion rally showed the strength of opinion against environmentally disastrous plans to build a third runway.Ratcliffe Power station Climate Action, The Verdict
26-02-2008 12:38
Lismullen Woods near the Hill of Tara under threat from M3 Motorway
26-02-2008 01:27
The Lismullen Woods near the Hill of Tara in Ireland are now under threat from the M3 Motorway, which has now expanded to cover the woods and unexcavated archaeological structures there.Full article | 1 addition | 1 comment
Virgin Atlantic boss Richard Branson acknowledges peak oil
25-02-2008 19:55
http://globalpublicmedia.com/ , Sir Richard Branson told journalist David Strahan that aviation could be made “truly sustainable” at the launch of test flight fuelled in part by coconut oil. But the Virgin boss conceded that meaningful supplies of alternative fuel might not be available before the advent of peak oil, which he said could happen within six years.
Urgent seeds alert!!!!!! Genetic heritage under threat
24-02-2008 22:46
The French seed-saving organization Kokopelli has recently been fined 35,000 Euros for saving seeds not on the EU list, after being taken to court by the seed merchant Baumaux. Meanwhile, there is a severe risk of a disastrous directive being adopted by the European Union concerning seeds of conservation varietiesSea Shepherd Finds Japanese Whaling Fleet: They Are On the Run Again
24-02-2008 14:29
The Japanese whaling fleet is on the run again. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship Steve Irwin re-located the Japanese whaling fleet at 0600 hours this morning, February 23, 2008.
Support Bhopal Survivors
23-02-2008 18:08
Bhopal Survivors marching on Delhi to get Indian PM to honour pledges