UK Ecology Newswire Archive
Liverpool Critical Mass this friday 29/4
28-04-2005 13:30
RELAUNCH OF LIVERPOOL CRITICAL MASSTHIS FRIDAY, APRIL 29TH
MEET 6.30PM, CHINATOWN GATE
Rising Tide Climate Change Day 3 Demo - TODAY (thursday 28th)
28-04-2005 04:36
Rising Tide Climate Change Day 3 Demo - TODAY (thursday 28th)Support Needed thursday 28th London, st. james square
27-04-2005 23:13
thorn in BP's side is still firmly wedged in trees after two days and nights opposite their offices in st. james square, london with gorgeous banner and tree bark for company.BP treesit goes into second night of occupation - get down there now!
27-04-2005 13:37
A lone climber from London Rising Tide is spending Wed night up a tree opposite BP - we need people outside the BP office, 1 St. James' Square, through the day, evening and night even.text from rising tide banner drop leaflet
27-04-2005 11:31
Look up – the trees opposite BP’s HQ in St. James’ Square have been occupied by a group of concerned citizens. They have hung (with any luck) a banner reading 'BP fuels climate chaos'Some will stay the night and greet BP workers for the second time tomorrow morning, to urge them to try to find a less destructive job, and to underline the company’s complicity in the climate crisis we’re all facing. They also hope to inspire others to take direct action for the planet and its people.
Pictures from Rising Tide climate chaos banner outside BP HQ
26-04-2005 22:38
photos from BP banner drop
26-04-2005 16:47
BATH PEACENIK PIRATE GATHERING - DROP ANCHORS NOT BOMBS!
26-04-2005 16:46
Celebrate mayday with the Peacenik Pirates in bath. Activities include info stalls, music, poi lessons and bucaneer antics. DROP ANCHORS NOT BOMBS!Candlelit vigil at Rochdale Town Hall...
26-04-2005 14:59
Piles of crushed asbestos factory of immediate concern...
26-04-2005 14:32
Official concern has been raised about large piles of crushed rubble on the site of the former Turner Brothers asbestos factory.
Climate campaigners scale Prescott's roof + fit solar panels
26-04-2005 12:48
26th April 05
Greenpeace volunteers fitted solar panels to John Prescott's roof and hung a huge banner across his house this morning that says: Oi 2 Jags! Hit targets, not voters.
The Deputy Prime Minsiter is putting Britain's climate change targets at risk by failing to make UK homes more energy efficient. According to the UN, climate change kills 150,000 people every year, and Tony Blair has described the threat as the gravest we face.
Concerned Squirrels target 'Blair Petroleum' in tree protest at record profits
26-04-2005 11:32
Protesters have today occupied trees outside BPs corporate HQ to protest the company's parlous environmental and social record, on the morning that they announce highest ever profits for their first 2005 quarterly financial results.Landless Movement against Green Desert needs support
26-04-2005 06:38
letter from a friend travelling in South America; concerning a settlement of the Movimento Sem Terra (MST, landless workers' movement) in Brasil that is fighting the growing ecological menace of eucalytpus monoculture as part of their own struggle for land and justice. We all need to know about this situation, and they all need our support. thanks.Fuel Protestors Considering G8 Summit Action?
26-04-2005 01:02
Report in yesterday's Transport News Network, following the short blockade / picket of Shell's Stanlow oil refinery in Cheshire. Plans for high-profile demonstrations to demand a cut in fuel prices will be discussed at a meeting in Edinburgh today (tues).Re G8 see report below:
Derby G8 arrestees' bail dropped
25-04-2005 15:30
The 12 people arrested at the Derby G8 protests last month have had their bail dropped.saturday club 4x4 antics
25-04-2005 05:14
Voting for global justice (not party political)
24-04-2005 06:12
Voters in 21 constituencies have the option of voting for a candidate who has signed a pledge to implement the Simultaneous Policy (SP) alongside other governments. This campaign is gaining cross-party support and now is the ideal time to encourage politicians to sign the pledge.Greens Oppose Eco Disaster in Warwickshire
20-04-2005 14:09
Stratford Green Party members have been shocked and horrified by a last minute through the back door proposal to try and get a 2000 metre of River Avon frontage extending across a 64 hectare site of extreme natural beauty and diversity at the edge of a Warwickshire village turned into a gravel quarry for at least 10 years to supply the ever greedy building trade.rabble rousing for SOS Iceland
19-04-2005 15:08
At the rampART - 15-17 Rampart Street, London E1 2LAFriday 22nd from 8pm to 11pm
LONDON ISN'T VENICE... YET! Environmental Comedy Spectacular
19-04-2005 13:38
Free performances: 26 April - 2 MayA brightly clad troupe of masked Venetians are travelling long the river Thames and London canal network looking for a new home after floods have engulfed Venice. Alighting rom their boat, they make their way to numerous performance locations accompanied by an accordion and singing Italian love songs.