UK Ecology Newswire Archive
Venezuela: Sowing prohibition for GMO
13-08-2004 15:55
Venezuela president Hugo Chavez announced a sowing prohibition for genetically manipulated organisms on venezuelan soil - and in favor for the cultivation of the indian Yuka quit a contract with the multinational corporation MONSANTO.An indigenous seed bank is to follow.......
Jailed US Eco-Activist in danger
12-08-2004 11:24
This emergency alert is on behalf of imprisoned forest activist Tre Arrow, known to authorities as Michael Scarpitti. He was arrested for his suspected involvement in an arson attack on logging trucks in Eagle Creek, USA.How ExxonMobil funds the climate change skeptics
10-08-2004 23:39
Update on Weymouth anti bypass protest site
09-08-2004 14:21
Protesters have set up a new camp on proposed route of Weymouth relief road. They urgently need tools and support!Sheffield's regeneration: there is an alternative
09-08-2004 11:35
A New Master Plan for Sheffield, called "Creative Sheffield", is being hailed as the way forward for the City by Labour, Lib Dem and Tory Councillors. Bernard Little argues that there is an alternative...BOC LEGAL INJUNCTION
08-08-2004 12:23
A critical legal analysis of the BOC injunction has been carried out
Explorations Beyond Sustainability - Permaculture NetTogether
04-08-2004 13:56
Preparations are warming up for the “Permaculture NetTogether”, a major celebration of permaculture in Britain. The event will consist of a groundbreaking design school and convergence. The weekend is being billed as a perfect opportunity to both look back on the past achievements of the permaculture movement, in Britain and abroad, and to set the agenda for the future.Eviction Alert - Two Mile Coppice, Weymouth.
03-08-2004 16:03
Eviction Alert: Two Mile Coppice, Weymouth, Dorset. A recently established protest camp, to stop the destruction of an ecologiocally rich habitat has been served it's papers. The Eviction could happen anytime from Thursday.URGENT - support eco-prisoner Tre Arrow
03-08-2004 14:18
Please email, phone, write to attorny general of BC, Canada in solidarity with eco-activist Tre ArrowInternational Day of Action - August 10 -against rocket burning plant in Russia!
01-08-2004 11:39
International Day of Action on August 10th. Protest and resisitance against rocket burning plant in Perm/Russia.Save the Danube Delta!
28-07-2004 19:12
Ukraine will continue building a navigational canal in the Danube River Delta. A senior Ukrainian Foreign Ministry official has confirmed the construction of the canal, despite a European Union call to halt work amid fears the waterway could harm the environment.Environmentalists and other members of the Ukraininan, Romanian, and international community have initiated a protest. The online petition can be signed at:
http://www.petitiononline.com/RomDelta/petition.html .
We need people eating…
28-07-2004 17:12
Hello,Due to amazing achievement which was reached by our vegan restaurant – that people are bringing more food than they are eating - we’re calling you! Liberate us! – ‘Come and eat!’:-)
Profit over Science
27-07-2004 16:32
"The shortsighted criminality of capitalist society is clear. Mentally deficient and motor handicapped babies will be born because the political state is an instrument of powerful industrial interests, rather than the representative of most of the nation's people."Greenpeace responds to Tory anti-windfarm statement
26-07-2004 15:08
M.Howard today launched an attack on Wind farms in the UK especially onshore.Greenpeace has responded. Other groups will be featured on newsprogs tonight-including
BBC newsnight.
Sunday Free Cafe at Bilston Glen Protest Site, 1 august
26-07-2004 14:51
On sunday, August 1, we're having another Sunday free cafe. Come down and hang out (rest after the rts?), drink some tea and eat some food. Everything is free of charge. All day event. From Edinburgh, take bus 37 or 37A towards Penicuik and get off at the first bus stop in Bilston. Go through the gate next to the bus stop and follow the path that leads to the camp. See you in the glen!Shaw Forest saved, but new threat to Coate
25-07-2004 19:15
Animal Rights Protest at Spirit of the Horse
24-07-2004 20:55
Spirit of the Horse is not wanted in Brighton. Animal Rights activists demonstrated at each of the shows in Hove.Kings Lynn The Walks - Heritage Lottery Project
24-07-2004 19:10
Critique of proposed bid for Heritage Lottery Funding to restore the Walks. The proposals envisage the removal of a total of 244 mature trees now with others to follow in 15 years. There is little sign, despite assurances from Heritage Lottery Fund that the proposals will take account of environmental/ecological/bio-diversity issues. The message once again is clear. Trees are the price of heritage lottery cash.Hyde Park Unity Day 7th August 2004
24-07-2004 17:31
The 2004 Unity Day in hyde park is on woodhouse moor on saturday 7th augustthere will be the usual ace line up of music, entertainment and other local talents.
get down there and support this ace, free, not for profit event
for more informatio see
http://www.unityday.com/