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Nottingham Spring into Action :: Big Sprout Day Out 1

08-04-2007 11:08

Spring into Action activities continue, with Saturday being the 3rd day of activities. Some folks were performing in our new shiny Market Square to entertain, but also, to inform people about these events, and the issues around climate change.

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Brum's spring Critical Mass

07-04-2007 11:50

Over thirty people turned up in the early evening sunshine for mass last night in Birmingham's city centre. The ride was great, with no intervention from the cops and no sign of any psychotic car drivers.

A group of skaters and bmx-ers joined us on Broad Street and we finished up in Balsall Heath at the Epic Skate Park for some refreshments.

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Bulgaria: The New Rospuda on Bulgarian Territory?

07-04-2007 11:16

In Bulgaria, it's also possible to seriously endanger important protected terrain, and the situation is strikingly similar to that of the Rospuda bypass in Poland. In the protected Stranja National Park for the last one and a half years there has been construction work on a leisure village. The Bulgarian Green Party is demanding the immediate ceasing of the construction, and the European Green Party supports this demand.

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Nottingham's April [Extra] Critical Mass and Bike About

07-04-2007 01:34

On Friday 6th April, Nottingham's Critical Mass Bike Ride started from a NEW Meeting Point in the Market Square. This ride was an extra one! Normally, it is the last friday of every month. This event was added as part of the 'Spring into Action' programme [see below].

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Straw Bale work on eco-building in St.Anns: Part 16

07-04-2007 00:30

Work is continuing at EcoWorks with the Straw Bale building, with this the second day of the 'Spring into Action' activity.

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Climate Change: Corporate Criminals ExxonMobil (Esso) Targeted in Surrey

06-04-2007 20:28

Photos and brief report from Campaign Against Climate Change's 'Expose Exxon Day' at the UK headquarters of the world's largest oil company.

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Stagecoach: Take customers money & their health!!!!!!!!!!

06-04-2007 19:21

dodgy nano feul additives, described by many scientists as the most dangerous way to use nanotech, an experiment on us all, but one international trade union stands up in the food sector

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Help Save The Liverpool Garden Festival Site!

06-04-2007 14:28

Langtree McLean have been cutting their way through trees at the former Garden Festival site in Liverpool, even though they don't have planning permission yet and they don't own the site yet!

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Polish ecologists still under surveillance...

06-04-2007 12:01

A letter, sent to all Polish police headquarters about an order to investigate and gather information about opponents of building the bypass through Rospuda Valley has already been circulated around the Internet.

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Spray Building 'spring into action' open for business

05-04-2007 23:15

Here in Nottingham, A 'free space' has been made available and is now prepared for use. There will be many workshops here and at the other locations around town.

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Straw Bale work on eco-building in St.Anns: Part 15

05-04-2007 22:26

Activity is continuing at EcoWorks with the Straw Bale building

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River Barrages are an Expensive Burden on Nature and Communities

05-04-2007 21:29

An analysis of the potential economic and environmental costs of the Preston Vision Board's 'Riverworks' Barrage scheme, in the light of the experience of the people of Cardiff and the highly expensive Cardiff Bay Barrage.

Barrages are an expensive burden on nature and on communities, but make substantial profits for greedy developers.

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Spring into Action’s Climate Camp , Day 1 at JB Spray factory

05-04-2007 20:44

Spring into Action’s Climate Camp first day of workshops at the JB Spray building Russell Street, Radford, Nottingham

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Regional Economics Against Climate Change

05-04-2007 17:21

Modern industrial society faces a dilemma. On one hand, people of industrial countries do not want to abandon their assets and habits or way of living. On the other hand, the climate problem ends up in the destruction of humanity if emissions continue as in the past.

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NOTRE PLANETE TERRE BIENTOT CLIMATISEE ?

05-04-2007 15:55

Toutes les études importantes publiées récemment prévoient que le changement climatique - annoncé voici plus de trente ans par plusieurs rapports officiels, des personnalités et des associations écologistes - est inéluctable et qu’il sera beaucoup plus rapide que prévu précédemment. Pour contrer une catastrophe imminente, des équipes de scientifiques renommés, appuyés par des politiciens, ont conçu des projets de refroidissement artificiel de la Terre dignes de la science fiction, qui inquiètent de nombreux climatologues. L’expérimentation de certaines de ces nouvelles technologies pourrait avoir déjà commencé

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Shell Poisoning Erris Water Supply: Don’t Mention The Water, Part Two

04-04-2007 22:11

The second short movie (a work-in-progress cut of the feature movie Policing The Pollution).
This film documents the visible pollution leaving the Shell Corrib Gas Project construction site.

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Climate Camp 'spring into action' open for business

04-04-2007 21:35

Climate Camp 'spring into action' open for business

A 'free space' has been made available and is being prepared for use. There will be many workshops here and at the other locations around town.

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Shell Poisoning Erris Water Supply: Don’t Mention The Water, Part One

04-04-2007 19:32

The first of a two part short film (from an in-progress feature movie called Policing The Pollution) investigating the pollution of Carrowmore Lake, the water supply for over 10,000 Erris people in County Mayo. The polluter – Shell. Local resident John Monaghan and myself look over the water tests and confront Mayo County Council.

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