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Pascua Lama Project

18-05-2006 07:41

VERY URGENT!

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more pictures from sunday 14th at Sharphill

18-05-2006 06:53

view across the fields to the woods
More pictures from sunday at Sharphill

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Camp for Climate Action - Cambridge Group

17-05-2006 22:35

Tonight at CB1 Cafe on Mill Road, a group met for the second time to plan for actions and events before, during and after this summer's Camp for Climate Action.

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Spoil BP's BTC party

17-05-2006 15:49

Georgia: House in Dgvari village - local residents say it collapsed due to BTC
Protest BP's launch of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline - 1,000 miles of human rights abuses, ecological destruction and climate chaos.

5pm Friday 26 May 2006 - outside BP's HQ - St James Square, SW1Y

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British mining company Monterrico Metals involved in human rights violations

17-05-2006 12:17

The British mining company Monterrico Metals owns the Rio Blanco copper/molybdenum deposit, located in Northern Peru. Rio Blanco will become Peru's second largest copper mine. The project threatens farmers and biodiversity. Confrontations with the police close to the mining site resulted in casualities on two occasions. The AXA group is the largest investor in Monterric Metals. According to Netwerk Vlaanderen, institutional investors that respect bacic human rights in their investment policy should disinvest from Monterrico Metals.

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The Ethical Living Revolution Comes to Liverpool!

17-05-2006 03:02

Post Plastic is a new arts group formed in Liverpool to promote sustainable lifestyle alternatives and particularly stylish yet conscious fashion in Merseyside. This is happening with the first large scale ethical fair and fashion show on the 27th of May 2006 at the Metropolitan Cathedral.

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Sharphill green Festival

16-05-2006 18:13

On June 4th there will be a Sharphill mini green festival, following on from the Nottingham Green festival.

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July 15 - Day of Action against Climate Change and G8

16-05-2006 17:19

A call to action from Earth First! Climate Caucus and Rising Tide North America
July 15th 2006 -- Direct Action for Climate Justice.
International Day of Direct Action - Rise Up Against G8 Policies - Target Fossil Fuel Industries in Your Town or Bioregion.

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G W's bicycle...

16-05-2006 16:09

This is a repost from today's all important bike news - bikebiz.co.uk
 http://www.bikebiz.co.uk/daily-news/article.php?id=5569
Seems as if Trek are onto a hearts and minds campaign in the White House. Maybe it is time for a well known UK cycle manufacturer to help Tony 'on his bike'.

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Cornish Minibus to Climate Camp

16-05-2006 13:32

We are organising a minibus to get people to the Climate Camp from Cornwall.

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The people vs Leeds City Council this Wednesday

15-05-2006 18:19

Two separate campaigns fighting the Council's undemocratic and ill-thought plans for Little London and Woodhouse will unite on Wednesday in an unprecedented show of strength.

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Sharphill Woods 'Eco-Protest' :: What's going to be lost, Landscape Piccys

15-05-2006 17:35

Went for a walk with Tim around the fields, so he could show me, on the ground, what area the development will affect.

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Climate Change Teach-in/Conference

15-05-2006 17:27

CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE - SATURDAY 3 JUNE

9.45 am - 6.00 pm
London School of Economics
Admission Free

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Sharphill Woods 'Eco-Protest' :: Some More Piccys

15-05-2006 15:03

The BBC having gone, here are some pictures of folks at the camp. Chillin' on a sunday afternoon.

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Sharphill Woods 'Eco-Protest' :: BBC Politics Show Visits

15-05-2006 14:12

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If you go down to the woods today ...... you'd be sure of a big surprise...... well no bears found, but the cameras of the BBC 'Politics Show' in the East Midlands were there.

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Sounds on the Downs, 7th June

15-05-2006 10:31

Sounds on the Downs is a free festival planned to take place on the downs at the University of Nottingham (near Derby and Lincoln Halls) on Wed 7th June, 2pm-10pm.

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2nd Southend Critical Mass ends with 3 arrests

14-05-2006 22:00

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Southend on sea’s second Critical Mass took place last Friday night. After being threatened with arrest (obstruction of the highway) on the first Mass, everyone was left wondering if the 2nd ride would take place.

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Hands Across the Hill

14-05-2006 20:44

Local people call for protest against the proposed Sharphill housing development in West Bridgford Nottingham.

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Peak Oil is so trendy!!!

14-05-2006 18:34

If there was no climate change, if oil was infinite, where would the infinite supply of oxygen come from for the car-drivers grand carbon-dioxide creating project? All considered, running out of oil might be no bad deal...

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July 15 International Day of Direct Action against Climate Change and the G8!

13-05-2006 22:54

July 15th will be an International Day of Action Against Climate Change. As G8 energy ministers promise trillions in new subsidies to the industries destroying our planet and our future, we will take action to shut them down! This is a call for autonomous, decentralized actions appropriate for your town, city, or bioregion.