London Ecology Newswire Archive

12-03-2006 15:01

Cruelty Free Food Tasting Evening

Do you want to improve your health, the environment and reduce animal cruelty? Come along on 7th April to find about becoming vegan. For only £1 there will be free vegan tasters, an informative talk and cookery demo, info stalls, and goodies to buy. Read more >>

02-03-2006 10:24

Protecting the Right to Water - tonight, Friends' House, London

Hear from a Brazilian campaigner about the impact of Nestle's water bottling activities and from leading UK organisations on why we need to protect water as a human right and a public good. Read more >>

01-03-2006 12:54

Bialowieza Forest Action in London

This is a call for action in London to save the last natural forest in Europe. Read more >>

27-02-2006 11:39

Sustainable Communities Action Forum London - Saturday 4th March - 6pm

at...
St Matthias ( Covergence ) Centre, Bullivant St, London E14 0ER.
DLR: All Saints. Buses: 15, 108, 115, 277, D6, D7, D8. Read more >>

24-02-2006 19:08 | 1 addition

tesco protest update!

Just come back from site... Read more >>

24-02-2006 10:24 | 1 addition

movie of last saturday's wonderful shell petrol station blockade in islington

sorry it's taken so long! but it's a proper little film that hopefully captures the afternoon. it's nearly fifteen minutes long, but this compression makes it only 10.8 Mb, so it's just about do-able even on dial-up if you're patient. Read more >>

22-02-2006 21:56

Audio report recorded at the Anti Shell Pipe line Protest

Listen to the a report recorded during the dynamic protest by Rising Tide which closed the Shell garage on upper Street for a whole four hours, hoorah! Read more >>

22-02-2006 17:37

Olly Carter at the high court to save the trees and stuff Tescos.

Anyone who thinks that Judges and Barristers dress funny should check out Olly's legal team. Read more >>

22-02-2006 13:58

Anti-Tesco Tree Camp Loses in High Court as More Campaigners Target Tescos

Wed Feb 22nd: Campaigners have been in the high court today over a protest camp in Shepton Mallet, where around 30 people have been defending trees against Tesco's plans to build a new supermarket. Read more >>

21-02-2006 12:22

Feb 23rd, London Rising Tide - Rubbish, consumption & climate chaos.

On Feb 23rd LRT will play host to Heather Rogers, who's just written a book called 'Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage'. She will show a 20 minute film and lead off a discussion looking into rubbish, consumption, climate chaos, capitalism and whatever else catches our eye. Read more >>

19-02-2006 11:06 | 1 addition

More photos from Shell Occupation in Islington

Photos from the Occupation of the Shell garage on Upper Street, Saturday February 18, 2006. Read more >>

18-02-2006 21:59 | 1 addition

London Shell Petrol Station Blockaded

Today 40 activists fom Rising Tide, Rhythms of Resistance and other groups shut down a Shell petrol station in Islington, London in solidarity with the International Day of Action against Shell's onshore pipeline in County Mayo, Ireland. Read more >>

17-02-2006 14:49

tree protest

tree protest started against tesco! go join him! Read more >>

14-02-2006 22:25 | 1 addition

'FUNERAL DEMO' OF ICELANDIC NATURE AT LONDON EMBASSY

Icelandic London Embassy is targeted by environmentalists protesting against the Karahnjukar dams and the multinational aluminium invasion of the last great pristine wilderness of Europe. Read more >>

13-02-2006 16:39

movie of saturday's 'operation-infinite-love' event at picadilly circus

if you can't see this mp4 format movie then download it to your computer and try watching it with VideoLan VLC player, available free on the net for all operating systems. VLC lets you see most formats without messing about with codecs and all that, so is well worth downloading. Read more >>

12-02-2006 22:05

From Seeds to Fruit - Growing futures for Southend on Sea

A one day gathering for therapeutic horticultural projects, community gardens, school gardening and 'green' clubs, allotment societies, local small businesses (eg, growers, nurseries, cafes, wholefood shops, etc) and environmental and health promoting organisations in the Southend on Sea area. Read more >>

07-02-2006 17:37

Kashmir Earthquake Benefit

solidarity night for KASHMIR EARTHQUAKE DISASTER
Friday 10th Feb 7pm-2am
@Occupied Social Centre 21 Russel square
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05-02-2006 20:32

GREENWASH GUERILLAS TO GREET BP CHAIRMAN, CHATHAM HOUSE, LONDON, 7.2.06

There is rising concern about the flood-threatening levels of greenwash that will be seeping from The Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA), also known as Chatham House (1), this coming Tuesday February 7th 2006, when BP Chairman Peter Sutherland will be speaking there on 'The future of the World Trade Organisation in addressing sustainable development’ (2). (What we like about these guys is their bone dry sense of humour.) With delicious yet appalling irony, February 7th is also likely to see BP announce record quarterly profits. Read more >>

01-02-2006 11:53

call to stop all airport expansions across the uk!

Airport expansion is nearly on us, and we have to get networks running in order to defeat these multi billion pounds projects! cutting through our country side, building new roads to supply them, and of course, CLIMATE CHANGE!
hit them where it hurts! the pocket!!!! Read more >>

29-01-2006 15:09

AGAINST BECHTEL AND CROSSRAIL - PLEA TO SHARE INFORMATION

Bechtel will use a money making transport scheme Crossrail causing social, financial and environmental harm to communities in the East End of London. Please share information on Bechtel and Crossrail. Original story on

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/01/332456.html?c=on#c140623 Read more >>