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Upcoming campaigns, events and meetings:
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1) ART NOT OIL REACHES ABERDEEN ON TRAIL OF BP PORTRAIT AWARD, DEC-JAN ‘07
2) CLIMATE CAMP 2007 PLANNING MEETING, 13/14.1.07
3) LOW-IMPACT LIVING INITIATIVE COURSES, JAN-FEB ‘07
4) SUMMER OF INTERNATIONAL DISSENT AGAINST HEAVY INDUSTRY, 6.7.07
5) SHELL GAS FLARING JUDGEMENT – ONE YEAR ON
6) FARM OCCUPIED FOR ECO PROJECT/CLIMATE ACTION ZONE, BATH
7) STUDENT SIT-IN HALTS LSE OIL BARON'S LECTURE, LONDON, 22.11.06
8) NEW OPERA CREATES 'SOUNDTRACK FOR THE ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE'
9) SAY NO TO OIL PRODUCTION IN ECUADOR'S YASUNI NATIONAL PARK
10) CYCLES OF UPRISING JOURNEY, USA
11) REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR WIND FARM PROPOSAL IN SCOTLAND

Recent happenings:
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12) SANTAS VS. EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION DROP IN ON LONDON, 16.12.06
13) BLOCK THE BUILDERS MONTHLY BLOCKADE AT ALDERMASTON, 11.12.06
14) CLIMATE CHAOS AND AVIATION: GIANT ISSUE – GIANT LETTER, 4.12.06
15) BLACKOUT CHRISTMAS, 4.12.06
16) LONDON RISING TIDE’S ‘COMUTINY GARDEN’ BEGINS, 19.11.06
17) PIPELINE-DWELLERS FIGHTING GAS PIPELINE END PROTEST, CARDIFF, 14.11.06
18) 11TH ANNIVERSARY OF KEN SARO-WIWA MURDER MARKED WORLDWIDE, 10.11.06
19) EASYJET SHUT IN DAY OF ACTION VS. SHORT HAUL FLIGHTS, 6.11.06

Other stuff:
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20) RADIO SHOW PROFILES CAMP FOR CLIMATE ACTION 2006
21) ‘TRADING TREES’: RADIO 5 LIVE INVESTIGATION INTO CARBON OFFSETTING
22) CLIMATE DENIAL BLOG: A COLLECTION OF CLIMATE-RELATED ADS
23) 2 BRILLIANT CLIMATE-RELATED MUSIC VIDEOS

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Upcoming campaigns, events and meetings:
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1) ART NOT OIL REACHES ABERDEEN ON TRAIL OF BP PORTRAIT AWARD, DEC-JAN ‘07
With the BP Portrait Award exhibition providing the highest quality
greenwash for BP at the Aberdeen Art Gallery, Art Not Oil presents a truer
portrait of the oil industry and its impacts at the Belmont Cinema Bar, 49
Belmont Street, Aberdeen, from December 21st 2006 until January 17th 2007.
Art Not Oil also focuses on Shell's sponsorship of the Natural History
Museum's 'Wildlife Photographer of the Year' exhibition and the Belmont
will be playing host to the 'Shell's Wild Lie' counter-exhibition, a
powerful collection of photographs which lay waste to Shell's pretence of
sustainability.
www.artnotoil.org.uk, www.shelloiledwildlife.org.uk

2) CLIMATE CAMP 2007 PLANNING MEETING, 13/14.1.07
In August of this year hundreds gathered near Selby to confront the UK's
biggest CO2 emitter: Drax coal-fired power station. The Camp for Climate
Action was an inspiring 10 days of learning, sustainable living
and direct action to challenge the causes of climate chaos. There is
already much enthusiasm for organising another Camp, so come and get
involved on 13th/14th January at The Common Place in Leeds (see
www.thecommonplace.org.uk for directions).
 leeds@climatecamp.org.uk. See also www.climatecamp.org.uk.

3) LOW-IMPACT LIVING INITIATIVE COURSES, JAN-FEB ‘07
“Low-Impact Living Initiative (LILI) is dedicated to helping protect the
global environment by promoting sustainable alternatives to various
aspects of everyday life.”
The courses are:
How to make biodiesel, Pruning & care of old fruit trees, Open source
computing, Heating with wood & Low-impact smallholding
LILI, Redfield Community, Buckingham Road, Winslow, Bucks, MK18 3LZ
(01296) 714184; www.lowimpact.org

4) SUMMER OF INTERNATIONAL DISSENT AGAINST HEAVY INDUSTRY, 6.7.07
“The campaign to defend Europe's vastest remaining wilderness continues.
After the direct action camps in Iceland in the summers of 2005 and 2006
against the Karahnjukar dam and ALCOA's aluminium smelter, the Saving
Iceland campaign moves on to bring industrialisation of Iceland to a halt.
A new camp in Iceland will commence on July 6th 2007”
 http://www.savingiceland.org/

5) SHELL GAS FLARING JUDGEMENT – ONE YEAR ON
“Last year you wrote to Shell to ask them to obey the ruling by a Nigerian
court in 2005 to produce a detailed plan of action showing how they will
stop gas flaring in the Iwherekan Community, Nigeria, by April 2007. They
continue to show no sign of actually taking any action. Keep the pressure
up on Shell - tell Shell to stop making excuses and stop gas flaring.”
 http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/corporates/press_for_change/email_shell/index.html

6) FARM OCCUPIED FOR ECO PROJECT/CLIMATE ACTION ZONE, BATH
A 100 acre farm near Bath has been occupied and plans are to set up a
climate action zone, eco project and get the organic farm up and running
again. There is a court case underway that may not come to be heard until
the New Year. During this time mediation and negotiations are still being
carried out with the landlord to discuss a number of possible options
including the farm being run as a co-op. Space for projects workshops
events etc. is available and direct action activist support is needed
asap.
www.circlecommunity.org; 07769 791387.

7) STUDENT SIT-IN HALTS LSE OIL BARON'S LECTURE, LONDON, 22.11.06
“LSE students this evening demonstrated their opposition to the
appointment of current BP Chair, Peter Sutherland, as the prospective
Chair of LSE Court of Governors by staging a mass sit-in and halting a
public lecture that he was due to give at the university.”
LSE students' petition against Sutherland's appointment:
 http://www.petitiononline.com/lsesuth/petition.html
Article featuring controversy of Sutherland's appointment:
 http://www.london-student.net/content/view/330/29/

8) NEW OPERA CREATES 'SOUNDTRACK FOR THE ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE'
'New opera ‘And While London Burns’ has been described as a compelling
collision of thriller, opera and guided walk that dramatically explores
London's Square Mile and its role in climate change. An 'opera for one',
it takes the audience equipped with an mp3-player on a walking audio
adventure through the skyscrapers, streets and alleyways of the City,
experiencing it through the eyes of a city worker. The audio tour explores
the role of companies including BP, Royal Bank of Scotland and Swiss Re in
fuelling climate change. This unusual work catapults the climate crisis
from the cold realms of science and economics into the emotional world of
culture. Produced by PLATFORM, the track is downloadable for free and can
be experienced at any time of the week.'
 http://www.andwhilelondonburns.com

9) SAY NO TO OIL PRODUCTION IN ECUADOR'S YASUNI NATIONAL PARK
After an earlier successful campaign to halt oil road construction,
Rainforest Portal is sending the message that oil extraction and protected
areas do not mix.
Email the President of the Republic of Ecuador here:
 http://www.rainforestportal.org/alerts/send.asp?id=ecuador

10) CYCLES OF UPRISING JOURNEY, USA
'Cycles of Uprising is an interactive, bicycle village, folk music show,
circus, dance party and adventure that celebrates historic and future
uprisings for personal empowerment, social liberation and environmental
health and justice. We are biking from St. Louis to New Orleans during
hurricane season to shed light on changing weather patterns and the
precarious situation climate change puts people in, especially those who
do not have a choice about where they live.'
 http://www.thistlespace.com/uprising.htm

11) REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR WIND FARM PROPOSAL IN SCOTLAND
Register your support for the proposed wind farm at:
 http://www.lochluichart-windfarm.com/howToHelp.asp

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Recent happenings:
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12) SANTAS AGAINST EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION DROP IN ON LONDON, 16.12.06
‘Santas Against Excessive Consumption went out to play for the second year
running on Saturday December 16th 2006, dropping in on the Shell-sponsored
Natural History Museum (NHM) on the way to the consumer hell that is
Oxford Street.’
 http://www.londonrisingtide.org.uk

13) BLOCK THE BUILDERS MONTHLY BLOCKADE AT ALDERMASTON, 11.12.06
Block the Builders is using non violent direct action to physically stop
the building work at Aldermaston where the UK government will be able to
build a new generation of nuclear weapons. There was also a blockade at
Faslane by activists from the Trident Ploughshares campaign on the same
day.
 http://earthfirst.org.uk/actionreports/node/2078, www.blockthebuilders.org.uk

14) CLIMATE CHAOS & AVIATION: GIANT ISSUE – GIANT LETTER, SOMERSET,
4.12.06 Climate activists from Southwest Climate Action stormed North
Somerset Environment and Planning Offices to protest against the planned
expansion of Bristol International Airport. The planners were taken aback
by the style of delivery when presented with a giant letter, but as the
protesters explained, “climate change is a giant issue”.
 http://earthfirst.org.uk/actionreports/node/2066

15) BLACKOUT CHRISTMAS, 4.12.06
December the 4th 2006 was the last Blackout.
 http://www.blackoutlondon.net

16) LONDON RISING TIDE’S ‘COMUTINY GARDEN’ BEGINS, 19.11.06
‘This project is a squatted, politicised, enchanted, food-growing space in
the heart of the urban craziness of London.’
 http://www.londonrisingtide.org.uk/node/66

17) PIPELINE-DWELLERS FIGHTING GAS PIPELINE END PROTEST, CARDIFF, 14.11.06
Safe Haven Group & Cardiff Rising Tide are fighting a National Grid
pipeline that will pump Middle East gas arriving in LNG super-tankers at
the Pembrokeshire docks across Wales into England.
Protesters 'asked to leave pipe':
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6148854.stm

18) 11TH ANNIVERSARY OF KEN SARO-WIWA MURDER MARKED WORLDWIDE, 10.11.06
Having attended the unveiling of the first of two creations commissioned
by Remember Saro-Wiwa (see www.remembersarowiwa.com), London Rising Tiders
headed across town to the Natural History Museum, to keep Saro-Wiwa's
memory alive in a slightly more confrontational fashion inside the Shell
Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.
htt://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/11/355752.html

Later, a Shell station in London was shut down twice by London Rising
Tide, Rhythms of Resitstance and friends, in solidarity with people of
Mayo resisting the company’s plans.
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/11/355720.html?c=on#c160842

Mayo solidarity actions also took place or have taken place since then at
Shell stations in Reading, Edinburgh, Bradford, Manchester and Brighton.

Communities around the world took part in an international day of action
against Shell to commemorate the lives and deaths of the Nigerian writer
and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others who were executed 11 years ago
on this day.
 http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/corporates/news/saro_wiwa_2006.html

19.) EASYJET SHUT IN DAY OF ACTION VS. SHORT HAUL FLIGHTS, 6.11.06 …and
loads of other actions took place:
 http://www.planestupid.com/Docs/newsletter6.rtf

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20) RADIO SHOW PROFILES CAMP FOR CLIMATE ACTION 2006
'The Two Degrees Show took a flashback to August and the Camp for Climate
Action which initiated high-profile direct action against Drax - the UK's
biggest single point source emitter of carbon dioxide and Europe's biggest
coal-fired power station. The Camp also involved over 150 workshops
covering everything from peak oil to permaculture. The programme featured
three interviews with people who played a lead role in establishing the
camp as a low-impact event in terms of energy (virtually all power
supplied by renewable sources), food (vegan, locally-sourced), sewage
(waste returned to local farmers as a fertilising resource) and waste
water (made safe for returning to the land using a grey water system).
Climate Radio shows (including The Two Degrees Show) are now archived at
 http://www.coinet.org.uk

21) ‘TRADING TREES’: RADIO 5 LIVE INVESTIGATION INTO CARBON OFFSETTING

BBC Five Live has broadcast a programme on the carbon ‘offsetting’. The
programme discusses the Carbon Neutral Company and Climate Care, how
different 'calculators' bring up very different numbers and why planting
trees to 'offset' is a scam. There are also some 'sound bites' from George
Monbiot and Greenpeace and some wiggling by Mike Mason (Climate Care) on
their co-operation with Land Rover/Ford.
You can still just (as of 19.12.06) catch it here:
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/fivelivereport.shtml

22) CLIMATE DENIAL BLOG: A COLLECTION OF CLIMATE-RELATED ADS
“A collection of adverts that reflect climate change in some aberrant,
bizarre way - whether they are in outright denial, extreme greenwash, or
reaction.“
www.climatedenial.org
Please send contributions as scans to  george@coinet.org.uk or snail mail a
hard copy c/o COIN, 16B Cherwell Street, Oxford OX4 1BG, UK and it will be
scanned for you.

23) 2 BRILLIANT CLIMATE-RELATED MUSIC VIDEOS
Dr Octagon, ‘Trees’:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtsdtNdk5ao
Eric Prydz Vs Floyd, ‘Proper Education’:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CivLKzRo48Y&eurl

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