UK Indymedia - UK Ecology Newswire Archive

Turtle slaughter protest - Tesco AGM, 29th June, Westminster, London

18-06-2007 21:57

Tesco are butchering turtles on their counters in China. Decapitating and mutilating these animals, and allowing customers to take them home for boiling alive. Tesco are IGNORING their 'humane standards' policy in China. Help us stop this NOW!

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Geiger Counter Shootout At the OK Corral

18-06-2007 11:16

"I told General Lee on March 19 to stop lying to the [Hawaiian] Legislature. And, I told him I would get him and I did on April 21 in south Kona with those high radiation monitor readings from Pohakaloa. And it wasn't just me, the citizens who have supported and followed through are the real strength of all of this. The media has to deal with these global voices now because they are the 'shot heard round the world.'"

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Common Ground Garden - EVICTION RESISTANCE! Wed 20th June, 9.30am, Reading.

17-06-2007 21:10

// Common Ground Community Garden Eviction Resistance!

// FUCK THE EVICTION, SAVE THE GARDEN!

// WEDNESDAY 20TH JUNE

// Meet at 9.30am, in Common Ground Garden, through the alleyway next to the Womens Information Centre, at the bottom of Silver Street, Reading.

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Help Stop the Nuclear Nightmare

17-06-2007 11:11

The campaign to stop a second nuclear power station from being built at Wylfa, north Wales have launched an on line petition at

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/nonuke/

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Climate activists glued to doors at airport : Pictures 2

17-06-2007 01:36

On the afternoon of Saturday 16th June, climate campaigners glued themselves to the doors of the short-haul East Midlands airport to draw attention to the environmental impacts of flying as part of a European day of action on short-haul flights called by pressure group Airport Watch.

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Climate activists glued to doors at airport : Pictures 1

17-06-2007 01:30

On the afternoon of Saturday 16th June, climate campaigners glued themselves to the doors of the short-haul East Midlands airport to draw attention to the environmental impacts of flying as part of a European day of action on short-haul flights called by pressure group Airport Watch.

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Climate activists glued to doors at airport

16-06-2007 13:37

Climate campaigners this afternoon glued themselves to the doors of the short-haul East Midlands airport to draw attention to the environmental impacts of flying as part of a European day of action on short-haul flights called by pressure group Airport Watch.

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Straw Bale work on eco-building in St.Anns: Part 19

16-06-2007 07:33

Work is continuing at EcoWorks with the Straw Bale building. The fitting of the window frames, was the end stages of the 'final enclosure' of the building

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Straw Bale work on eco-building in St.Anns: Part 18

16-06-2007 07:25

Work is continuing at EcoWorks with the Straw Bale building. The fitting of the window frames, was the end stages of the 'final enclosure' of the building.

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GM Victory! Hull down! One more pota't'go!

15-06-2007 14:39

Following extensive local and national resistance, BASF (the company trialing the GM potatoes), announced last month that they would not be conducting a GM potato trial in Yorkshire this year!

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EXXON PROPOSES BURNING HUMANITY FOR FUEL IF CLIMATE CALAMITY HITS

15-06-2007 11:30

This is a repost of a Press Release by the Yes Men. I didn't think they could do this stuff anymore.

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Seed Bombing with All Tomorrow's Particks - Glasgow

14-06-2007 23:13

Come and build your own seed bomb and catapult it into the proposed Tesco site. We provide the seeds, the soil and the clay while you provide the imagination to turn Partick into what you would like it to be.

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Award winning film duo join forces over climate change

14-06-2007 20:59

2 welsh women turn their lens towards the environment.

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Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill [NAIL]: A Video

14-06-2007 10:13

Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill [NAIL]

This video shows it is a national issue, affecting many people and their communities.

There has been a large campaign, with much support over recent times. A planning application to extend the operation of the Eastcroft Incinerator in Nottingham was denied. WRG, the operators of the plant, appealed. This process has now been stopped and a new application has been lodged.

Now, folks have to go round again.

The film explains the background and dangers.

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Liverpool Permaculture Society Film Screening Details Changed

12-06-2007 23:25

Liverpool Permaculture Society are trying to raise awareness around the issues of Peak Oil & Climate Change & to promote organised community response & planned Energy Descent in the face of these challenges.

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Complaints lodged with EU against the Irish State

12-06-2007 23:11

The Tara Foundation has lodged complaints with the European Commission against the Irish State over the M3 Motorway in Co. Meath and the onshore gas refinery at Ballinaboy, Co Mayo

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june 29 critical mass summer party BBQ

12-06-2007 17:53

on friday 29th of june it is the next amazing critical mass in manchester!!!

meet 6pm central library.

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Greenpeace Bio Fuel Campaign

12-06-2007 13:31

Greenpeace, along with a number of other environmental groups have launched this campaign to raise awareness of the potentially detrimental effects of bio fuel in terms of deforestation and loss of habitat:

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Europe’s carbon-trading scheme

12-06-2007 00:50

Conflict over global warming took centre stage at the G8 summit with the European countries Britain, France and Germany taking the moral high ground in pressuring the United States to make a commitment to cuts in emissions.

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edited audio report from world naked bike ride

11-06-2007 17:27

on sat 9th june, hundreds and thousands of bare bottoms paraded the streets of london on their bikes.
um, why?