Shell is the third largest oil company in the world. It is also the new sponsor of the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. On wednesday 18th of October, as guests began to queue up outside the museum's main gates for the awards opening ceremony, London Rising Tide activists turned up armed with banners, boiler suits, animal costumes and a Shell Wildlie counter-exhibition, all bent on ending Shell’s sponsorship deal with the Natural History Museum [Report and Photos]
The action was received with wide support by the assembled crowd. Many agreed to register their disgust once inside the museum, and to sign up to London Rising Tide's statement opposing the sponsorship deal.
Past London Risisng Tide Shell Actions: Carnival shuts Shell station on County Mayo Day of Action | Ogoni & Bogoni Solidarity vs. Shell | Greenwash Guerrillas Target Shell Chairman's Lecture.
Related links: Statement to End Shell's Sponsorship Deal | Art Not Oil | Natural Petroleum Gallery | Rising Tide UK.
Roving version of the Shell's Wild Lie counter-exhibition
Meanwhile Shell, along with the Irish state, continues with an on-going attempt to devastate a remote coastal area of county Mayo (Eire) with a toxic refinery and a high pressure production gas pipeline. Read full the IMC-UK report Community under siege in Mayo and see updates on IMC-Ireland and IMC-Mayo.
Background Links: Shell in Mayo | Rossport Solidarity Camp Website | Shell To Sea Campaign | Shellspeak: Media Mechanics and Financial Dynamics | IMC-UK's Rossport Solidarity page.
