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Birmingham students take action against RBS

People & Planet Birmingham | 18.10.2007 20:14 | Climate Chaos | Birmingham

On Monday 15th October over 30 students from the University of Birmingham flooded their campus NatWest branch (who are wholly owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland) in protest at their disproportionate and unsustainable funding of oil and gas projects and the contribution this is making to climate change as part of the 'National day of local action against the Royal Bank of Scotland'.

Students enter the bank...
Students enter the bank...

There isn't enough room to fit everyone in!
There isn't enough room to fit everyone in!


At around 1pm a group of around 30 students from the University of Birmingham People & Planet society, some dressed as oil workers and bankers, entered the University of Birmingham NatWest branch. Once inside the 'bankers', imitating RBS's own 'Oil and Gas team', gave a sarcastic presentation entitled 'Climate Change; We make it happen' to staff and customers of the branch, which equated the banks high 'embedded emissions' with high turnover, dismissing the environmental impacts. Afterwards the group set off round campus giving mock career presentations in social areas to large numbers of bemused staff and students.

The action was one of over 20 actions taken as part of the 'National day of local action against the Royal Bank of Scotland' which was called by London Rising Tide. You can find a full breakdown of the days events here:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/10/383812.html .

People & Planet Birmingham

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  1. p&p — Justin
  2. Heh — anon
  3. cynical? — Justin