CONTENTS:
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UPCOMING ACTIONS AND EVENTS:
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1) CLIMATE BLOC AT FASLANE – 26/27.4.07
2) INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DIRECT ACTION VS. CLIMATE CHANGE & G8 - 8.6.07
3) SUSTAINABLE MERTON EVENTS - April/May 2007
4) DIRTY WEEKENDS IN SPRING 2007 - 21 April, 5 May,12 May 2007, London
5) INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CONFERENCE - London, 12th-13th May
6) DISRUPT SHELL'S AGM! – 15.5.07, London & The Hague
7) STRATEGY GATHERING FOR CLIMATE ACTION - 26-28.5.07, London
8) LOW-IMPACT LIVING INITIATIVES ONE DAY COURSES - Summer 2007, Winslow, Bucks.
9) EUROPEAN DAY OF ACTION ON AVIATION - 16.6.07
10) TRANSPORT 2000'S SARDINE-MAN
11) BIOFUELWATCH EMAIL ACTIONS
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RECENT HAPPENINGS:
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1) BATH CLIMATE CAMP: DEMO AND PARTY SET TO CONTINUE AFTER EVICTION - 19/4/07
2) SILENT PROTEST AT NATIONAL PORTRAIT AWARD EXHIBITION, BRISTOL - 15/4/07
3) AIRPORT RUNWAY SEIZED BY CLIMATE ACTIVISTS IN SWEDEN - 14/4/07
4) WELSH ANTI-PIPELINE CAMPAIGN - A busy time on the pipeline...
5) POLAR BEAR VISITS THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR DESTROYING ITS HABITAT - 22/01/07, Bradford
6) RISING TIDE HELPS DEFEAT NORTH CAROLINA OIL POWER PLANT! – 2.4.07
7) CORPORATE CRIMINALS EXXONMOBIL TARGETED IN SURREY – 5/6.4.07
8) IPCC REPORT – 6.4.07
9) LOW CARBON BOAT TRIP - Easter 2007
10) SPRING INTO ACTION STOPS POWER STATION OPERATIONS! - 10/4/07, Nottingham
11) SHEFFIELD M1 PROTESTORS ARRESTED - 17.04.2007
12) PERMACULTURE ASSOCIATION E-BULLETIN - APRIL 2007
13) SHELL POISONING ERRIS WATER SUPPLY - A short film
14) ‘SHELL’S WILD LIE’ EXHIBITION ON TOUR!
15) SHELL (AGAIN!) TO SPONSOR THE GUARDIAN'S CLIMATE CONFERENCE, 11.6.07, London
16) RECLAIM POWER – ‘Voices from the Camp for Climate Action’ DVD
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UPCOMING ACTIONS AND EVENTS:
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1) CLIMATE BLOC AT FASLANE - 26/27 April
Environmentalists blockade is being planned for April 26, coalition with FOE, Greenpeace, etc... RT Scotland to speak on the platform, RT Scotland to do a blockade on the 27th. Would be great if RT folks from around the country wanted to come as well.
Recent events have included a protest by locals complaining that the Faslane 365 protestors have been holding up local traffic... A banner with "We all want to return to normal, but nuclear weapons are not normal" was hung in reply. On 1 April, Over 50 people from Nottingham and Derby successfully blockaded the base for four hours!
Also, recent prosecutions have arisen from the use of lock-ons containing materials that the police have deemed dangerous...in this instance old tin cans - beware!
Any ideas for some form of collective event to end Faslane 365 at the end of September?
 info@faslane365.org or ring 0845 45 88 365 with any feedback or ideas.
Contact Jane for info. re. camping at  coulportcamp@tridentploughshares.org

2) INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DIRECT ACTION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE & THE G8 - 8.6.07
Currently on the front page of the RTUK website.
You can now download:
1 - Call Out Translations into German, Dutch and Portuguese (more to come - French, Italian, Japanese).
2 - The flyer (in English and German) is also downloadable - along with a poster image.
3 - Critical Mass bike rides are also now being planned for the day.
Take to the streets before the sea does...download flyer from website.
Please make good use of these resources,both in the U.K. and beyond...and enjoy yourselves!
www.risingtide.org.uk;  http://risingtidenorthamerica.org.
 info@risingtide.org.uk and  contact@risingtidenorthamerica.org

3) SUSTAINABLE MERTON EVENTS
Merton Green Drinks. 6.30pm THE SULTAN PUB, 78 Norman Road, South Wimbledon, SW19 1BT. Every second Wednesday each month. Meet for fun, contacts, alcohol, info, gossip, inspiration, business and pleasure.
Monday May 14th - 'Less is a Four Letter Word' 7.30pm at the William Morris Meeting Rooms
William Morris House, Broadway, Wimbledon SW19 1SD. Informative talk.
For more information on all of these free events email or call 020 8540 0622
 sustainablemerton@cooptel.net

4) DIRTY WEEKENDS IN SPRING 2007
Improving your composting skills and experience!
11-1pm on: 21 April,5 May and 12 May 2007 At Forest Recycling Project on the Hoe Street/Baker’s Avenue corner, E17 (alongside the weekly organic market stall.)Subsidised compost bins available.
Contact Forest Recycling Project with any questions: Tel: 020-8539-3856
 Email-info@frponline.org.uk

5) INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CONFERENCE
Saturday 12th/Sunday 13th May 2007, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2.
Organised by the Campaign against Climate Change in conjunction with the London School of Economics and Political Science.
An impressive line up of speakers from around the world and including climate experts, MP's and representatives from many environmental groups.
Seminars & workshops include; Climate Science, Climate Change and Development, Is Climate Change now the World’s Greatest Human Rights issue?, Climate Change Teach-in for Children, Green Taxes v Carbon Rationing, Climate Change & Aviation, Raising Awareness in Eastern Europe, Bio-fuels, Climate Disinformation...
www.campaigncc.org

6) DISRUPT SHELL'S AGM!- May 15 2007 Hammersmith & The Hague
The Annual General Meeting of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be held at Circustheater, Circusstraat, The Hague, The Netherlands at 11.00 am (Dutch time) on Tuesday May 15, 2007, with an audio-visual link to a satellite meeting place at Novotel London-West Hotel and Convention Centre, 1 Shortlands, Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom at 10.00 am (UK time).
www.earthfirst.org.uk

7) M FOR MEDIA MALARKEY - the SchNEWS Alternative Media Gathering, May 11-13th 2007
Cowley Club, 12 London Rd, Brighton, BN1 4JA
This event is a coming-together of those involved in web, video, print, photography, and radio in alternative/independent media, and for those wanting to get involved! Starting on Friday evening and going through to Sunday evening, there will be a range of discussions, hands-on practical workshops in the various media, as well as stalls and screenings throughout the weekend to showcase what's currently being produced.
If you need accommodation, contact SchNEWS, who need to know numbers as soon as, so please give them fair notice.
Event will be free/donation, vegan food available during the weekend. tel 01273 685 913
email  schnews@brighton.co.uk / www.schnews.org.uk

8) STRATEGY GATHERING FOR CLIMATE ACTION - 26-28 May, 491 Gallery, Leytonstone, London
(With introductory session on the evening of Friday 25th May.)
Organised by people inspired by the Camp for Climate Action, this will be an overview of what is happening in climate politics internationally and in Britain, what the mainstream campaigning groups are focussing on, solutions for a post-carbon future, movement-building, in-depth look at different sectors of the economy, such as energy, transport, housing, the financial sector.
Includes speakers from Cornerhouse, Greenpeace, Platform, Corporate Watch and Fern.
The cost is £30 (£15 conc). Please send a deposit of £15 (£7.50 conc) to: Albedo, c/o. ECRA Publishing Ltd, Unit 21, 41 Old Birley Street, Manchester M15 5RF, (cheques payable to: J. Lawson.) Vegan meals provided at the venue. Let them know if you need a bed!
 albedo@riseup.net

9) LOW-IMPACT LIVING INITIATIVES-ONE DAY COURSES
Keeping Chickens: June 6; £60
Peg Loom Weaving: June 13; £70
Natural Dyeing: July 11; £60
Rag Rug Making: September 19; £50
Rush Weaving: September 26; £50
LILI, Redfield Community, Buckingham Road, Winslow, Bucks, MK18 3LZ (01296) 714184 www.lowimpact.org

10) EUROPEAN DAY OF ACTION ON AVIATION - Saturday 16th June
Campaigners across Europe will be taking part, on the theme that short distance flights should be reduced. To find out what is happening in your area, or take part or set something up yourself, email  info@airportwatch.org.uk

11) TRANSPORT 2000'S SARDINE-MAN
As part of Transport 2000’s Growing the Railways campaign, simple links to email your MP demanding better (and less congested)train journeys.
www.sardineman.org.uk

12) BIOFUELWATCH EMAIL ACTIONS
1. Sign petition and take part in email alert against the planned destruction of Mabira rainforest in Uganda for sugar cane.
2. Email Indonesian President about how Indonesia's Biofuel Expansion on Rainforest Peatland accelerates Climate Change
3. Demand that Tesco cuts its ties with Greenergy, a biofuel company which sells 'deforestation diesel' from South-East Asia and Latin America.
You can find all three alerts on  http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/alerts.php

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RECENT HAPPENINGS:
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1) BATH CLIMATE CAMP: DEMO AND PARTY SET TO CONTINUE AFTER EVICTION - 19/4/07
Bath Climate Camp was evicted by a large numbers of police from Bath and Bristol and London metropolitan, including helicopter and mounted police. The police operation involved random stop and searches at the train station and on the streets - The reason for the eviction? Section 63 of the Criminal Justice Act - the protesters were apparently using the demo as a pretext for a free rave!
However the demo planned for Friday at Land and Marine HQ, was set to continue as was the Party Against Petrol - meeting 12 noon at Bath Abbey.
www.myspace.com/bathclimatecamp

2) SILENT PROTEST AT NATIONAL PORTRAIT AWARD EXHIBITION OPENING, BRISTOL - 15/4/07
People from Espacio Bristol-Colombia and Bristol Rising Tide picketed the Royal West of England Academy with a visual memorial of some of the people killed by the army and right-wing paramilitaries in the BP-controlled area of Colombia. The gallery is currently exhibiting the National Portrait Award exhibition which is sponsored by BP. The protestors stood silently in front of the gallery for two hours, holding copies of portraits from the exhibition with the faces removed, to signify the face that the faces of the murdered and disappeared are rarely seen. Public support and understanding was overwhelming, with people being visibly moved or angered to learn of BP’s activities.
www.bristol.indymedia.org
The Art Not Oil exhibition will visit the Kebele centre -  http://www.kebelecoop.org - to coincide with the BP visit to the city.
www.artnotoil.org.uk

3) AIRPORT RUNWAY SEIZED BY CLIMATE ACTIVISTS IN SWEDEN - 14/4/07
On 14 April, activists broke into Bromma Airport in Stockholm to occupy the runway for half an hour. The scheduled flight to Gothenburg – a short distance indeed – was delayed, and other planes had to divert their landings. The ten activists, linked by chains and carrying a huge banner which read “Stop domestic flights”, managed to enter the airport and runway without being detected. The ten were arrested and charged with aggravated trespass. The action was carried out by Climax, a group in Stockholm formed only two weeks ago and inspired by Plane Stupid and Rising Tide! The action of 14 April, coinciding with the enormous National Day of Climate Action in the U.S., was the first of its kind to occur in Sweden."Global action against global warming!" - right on!
www.klimatet.org.

4) WELSH ANTI-PIPELINE CAMPAIGN - MARCH/APRIL UPDATE
The last week of March was a busy one on the pipeline...
Friday: Judge rules Cilfrew terminus of pipeline is ‘unlawful’ – and suspends all further work!  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6510957.stm
Saturday: Footage from the Carnival against the pipe
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/366819.html
Sunday: Claire finishes Bike the Pipe! www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/03/366720.html
Monday: Machinery-sitting activists have delayed work around the tree camp in Penport near Brecon for two days. No eviction yet but help urgently needed: www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/366818.html

5) POLAR BEAR VISITS THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR DESTROYING ITS HABITAT - 22/01/07
Bradford witnesses the unusual sight of a placard-waving polar bear.
The “You fly, I die” placard was aimed at those selfish people that continue to fly. The bear visited a variety of travel agents in the city and then made his way to the Thomas Cook call centre, where local residents (inspired by The Camp For Climate Action) had erected a banner and were busy posting the windows with stickers. The police (politely) asked who wanted to be arrested, and five people decided to continue their important public-spirited work through the courts. The bear went home for tea and biscuits.
 http://earthfirst.org.uk/actionreports/node/2283
www.climatecamp.org.uk

6) RISING TIDE HELPS DEFEAT NORTH CAROLINA OIL POWER PLANT – 2.4.07
‘Asheville Rising Tide (ART) is celebrating a victory today in the defeat of Progress Energy's oil fired power plant proposed for Woodfin, NC. After a public hearing on April 2,the Woodfin Board of Adjustment unanimously voted against the power plant, dealing a major blow to Progress Energy. Numerous local groups, including ART, started mobilizing against the plant after it was announced in late 2006. The campaign included call-ins, petitioning, community teach-ins, and direct action. ART is not backing down yet. Progress Energy can still appeal the ruling in court, and if that fails they may very well target another, probably less organized community, to build their plant. ART will continue to keep the heat on Progress Energy until the proposal is completely off the drawing board.’
 risingtide@mountainrebel.net
www.risingtidenorthamerica.org

7) CORPORATE CRIMINALS EXXONMOBIL TARGETED IN SURREY – 5/6/4.07
Around 100 people turned up on a gloriously sunny Good Friday at ExxonMobil (Esso)'s UK headquarters in Leatherhead, Surrey for an Easter action organised by Campaign Against Climate Change. The vigil and protest ran for 24 hours, starting from Thursday early evening. There was a chilled-out festival vibe on Friday, with colourful costumes and banners, live acoustic music, speakers, poetry, food stalls and face-painting.
www.campaigncc.org
For more on Exxon:
www.exxonsecrets.org, www.exxposeexxon.com, www.campaigncc.org/stopexxon.html

8) IPCC REPORT - 6/4/07Brussels, Belgium.
This was the second of a series of four to be released throughout 2007. "What this report shows is that we are simply running out of time." Stephanie Tunmore, Greenpeace International Climate and Energy Campaigner. Some of the reports key findings include:
It is likely that climate change will induce mass extinction of species within 60-70 years.
Over the next decades the number of people at risk of water scarcity is likely to rise from tens of millions to billions.
Huge numbers of people in the Asian Mega-deltas will be at risk due to sea level rise, storm surge and river flooding.
Scary stuff...act now!
www.ipcc.ch

9) LOW CARBON BOAT TRIP - EASTER 2007
Starting on Easter Day, Mukti Mitchell will be sailing his small (15’)boat around Britain to promote low carbon lifestyles. He’ll be calling at many coastal towns & cities, doing talks along the way.
www.lowcarbonlifestyle.org

10) SPRING INTO ACTION STOPS POWER STATION OPERATIONS! - 10/4/07
Climate activists from around the East Midlands managed to stop operations at Radcliffe on Soar Power Station after climbing onto conveyor belts and dumper trucks inside the plant. The power station is the 3rd biggest emitter of CO2 emissions in the UK. The blockade lasted for 3 hours and 11 people were arrested all of which were later released. The action was part of 'Spring Into Action' - a week of workshops, entertainment and actions around the issue of Climate Change in Nottingham.
A spokeswoman for the protesters said: "Putting pressure on individuals to reduce emissions when companies like E.ON are profiting from this polluting industry is obscene and irresponsible. We should not be burning coal in the 21st century."
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/367623.html

11) SHEFFIELD M1 PROTESTORS ARRESTED - 17.04.2007
Eight people were arrested and houses were raided yesterday before a planned action against M1 widening in South Yorkshire could take place. According to the mainstream media three women and five men were arrested on suspicion of committing Public Order offences and were later released on bail, the arrest were made before the activists could stop any work and the 'incident' did not disrupt traffic.
www.earthfirst.org.uk with a link to activist security guide

12)PERMACULTURE ASSOCIATION E-BULLETIN - APRIL 2007
Includes information about courses, groups, projects and much more. Tel: 0845 458 1805
Email:  office@permaculture.org.uk Web: www.permaculture.org.uk

13) SHELL POISONING ERRIS WATER SUPPLY - A short film
A short two-part film has been released investigating the pollution of Carrowmore Lake. This being the water supply for over 10,000 people in County Mayo.
The polluter? – Shell (now there's a surprise!)
 http://www.corribsos.com/
 http://www.indymedia.ie/mayo

14) SHELL WILD-LIE EXHIBITION ON TOUR!
Our ‘Shell’s Wild Lie’ (SWL) exhibition is currently in Belfast to coincide with the showing there of the Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. SWL will be at Synergy on May 11th in London, possibly at Shell's AGM on May 15th, various locations over the summer and will be the first exhibition after Shell Wildlife at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre in November. (We're looking for help finding further images for SWL, and with general upkeep.) We are continuing to contact judges, venues and the BBC Wildlife Advisory Panel in relation to Shell's involvement and have been getting some encouraging responses.
www.shelloiledwildlife.org.uk, www.risingtide.org.uk

15) SHELL TO SPONSOR THE GUARDIAN'S CLIMATE CONFERENCE, LONDON, 11.6.06
...However, we have recently learned that Shell is to be the major sponsor for The Guardian's Climate Conference, this summer. This is just the latest attempt to greenwash the public into forgetting that Shell continues to destroy habitats and livelihoods across the globe. On the one hand the company appears concerned about climate change, while with the other it continues to follow an aggressive policy of increasing its oil extraction. Rising Tide UK is planning appropriate action, possibly involving the ‘Shell’s Wild Lie’ exhibition.
You can contact The Guardian to let them know how you feel about this. Please do!
 letters@guardian.co.uk,  environment.editor@guardianunlimited.co.uk
& cc. to us:  info@risingtide.org.uk

16) ‘RECLAIM POWER - Voices from the Camp for Climate Action’ DVD
The cine rebelde collective based in Freiburg / Germany have just produced this 62min documentary film. It was made with the co-operation of activists from the Camp, including Rising Tide. The DVD has just made it to the UK, so the film will start spreading in activists circles in the coming weeks and in the run up to the Camp 2007.
You'll find a synopsis, photos and a short trailer for download here:
 http://www.cinerebelde.org/site.php3?id_rubrique=166〈=en
Get your copy now - email info at risingtide.org.uk

The next Camp for Climate Action planning meeting is in London on May 19/20; www.climatecamp.org.uk