Manchester Uni students protest against tree trashing and multi-storey carpark
Teresa Green | 28.10.2004 10:20 | Ecology | Free Spaces
Students protest against the university’s most ironic development ever –
destroying the largest remaining green space on campus to build an
Environment and Development building…..
destroying the largest remaining green space on campus to build an
Environment and Development building…..
Yesterday lunch time around thirty students held a protest on at the largest
area of green space left in the university.
AS well as Indymedia, there was interest from corporate media too – the
Metro and Manchester Evening News.
The University was going to hold a “consultation” about the building this
afternoon. (by “consultation” they mean asking people what they want the
building to look like, not whether they want a building or where they want
it etc.)
However this was moved to next week when the University heard that there
was going to be a protest.
The “consultation” will now be held on Wednesday 3rd November at 9.30am in
the architecture and Planning building. Students think this was
deliberately chosen since it is reading week and there are likely to be
few students around to go and object to the plans.
PICTURES AND AUDIO TO FOLLOW LATER - (TECHNOLOGY PERMITTING :7 )
area of green space left in the university.
AS well as Indymedia, there was interest from corporate media too – the
Metro and Manchester Evening News.
The University was going to hold a “consultation” about the building this
afternoon. (by “consultation” they mean asking people what they want the
building to look like, not whether they want a building or where they want
it etc.)
However this was moved to next week when the University heard that there
was going to be a protest.
The “consultation” will now be held on Wednesday 3rd November at 9.30am in
the architecture and Planning building. Students think this was
deliberately chosen since it is reading week and there are likely to be
few students around to go and object to the plans.
PICTURES AND AUDIO TO FOLLOW LATER - (TECHNOLOGY PERMITTING :7 )
Teresa Green
e-mail:
oneworld (at) riseup.net
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indymedia seems to be working!!!! - attempting to post pics one by one.....
04.11.2004 02:54
poster
“shocking plans uncovered
KEEP ON THE GRASS!
University IGNORES its own Environmental Policy.
14 storey car park + yet another building.
Site clearance has already started –
WITHOUT planning permission!
Destruvtion of rare and mature trees.
Mosque will be destroyed used by over 1000 students..
University’s most IRONIC development yet;
Environment and Development Faculty destroys largest green space.!
teresa green
pic3
04.11.2004 03:49
trees and building
The bulding on the right is the architecture and planning buliding - AKA the UGLIEST building on campus.....
the trees on the left are some of the ones that the uni want to cut down
TG