Nottinghamshire Indymedia

Events

Startpage

> UK Indymedia
> Global Indymedia

> Guidelines
> Chatroom
> About Us
> Security

> Projects
> On Ya Mobile
> Local Weather

Support Us

We are an all volunteer collective and receive no regular funding. Please consider donating.


Local Events

This events wire is no longer being updated. Please use the new site to publicise events.

More local events on Veggies/Sumac Diary


Freedom of Information

Search archives

Topics

Analysis
Animal Liberation
Anti-militarism
Anti-racism
Bio-technology
Climate Chaos
Culture
Ecology
Education
Energy Crisis
Free Spaces
Gender
Globalisation
Health
History
Indymedia
Iraq
Migration
Ocean Defence
Other Press
Palestine
Repression
Social Struggles
Technology
Terror War
Workers' Movements
Zapatista

Kollektives

Birmingham
Cambridge
Liverpool
London
Oxford
Sheffield
South Coast
Wales
World

Other UK IMCs
Bristol/South West
London
Northern Indymedia
Scotland

IMCs


www.indymedia.org

Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video

Africa

Europe
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
brussels
bulgaria
calabria
croatia
cyprus
emilia-romagna
estrecho / madiaq
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
liguria
lille
linksunten
lombardia
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
napoli
netherlands
northern england
nottingham imc
paris/île-de-france
patras
piemonte
poland
portugal
roma
romania
russia
sardegna
scotland
sverige
switzerland
torun
toscana
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia

Latin America
argentina
bolivia
chiapas
chile
chile sur
cmi brasil
cmi sucre
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso
venezuela

Oceania
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
perth
qc
sydney

South Asia
india


United States
arizona
arkansas
asheville
atlanta
Austin
binghamton
boston
buffalo
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
dc
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
sarasota
seattle
tampa bay
united states
urbana-champaign
vermont
western mass
worcester

West Asia
Armenia
Beirut
Israel
Palestine

Topics
biotech

Process
fbi/legal updates
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech

Climate Camp: Down With the Eastside

Notts IMC | 08.08.2008 18:20 | Climate Camp 2008 | Climate Chaos

From 3rd-11th August 2008, the Camp For Climate Action is being held in Kingsnorth, Kent near the proposed site of the first coal-fired power station in the UK since 1984.

Notingham residents are amongst those participating in the camp, organising themselves as part of the Eastside "neighbourhood" which also includes the good citizens of other Eastern parts of the country including Derby, Cambridge and Norfolk. Unfortunately, a Nottingham man is among those who have fallen victim to overzealous policing and was arrested, accused of "possession of a bladed article" (hardly an unusual situation for a camper).

Newswire: Riseup! Radio #8 - September Show | Riseup! Radio #7 August Show – Climate Camp Special | Climate Camp Location & Route (from Nottm or Anywhere) | Nottingham Riders Set Off For Climate Camp | Sumac Climate Action Garden Party: The Pictures 2 | Sumac Climate Action Garden Party: The Pictures 1 | Sumac Garden Party | Climate Camp Jingle

Notts climate features since last camp: Derbyshire Opencast Mine Squatters: Eviction Imminent | Free Food in Nottingham | Coal On Hold - Derbyshire Coal Mine Site Occupied | Campaigners Trespass on Proposed Coal Mine Site | New Old Coal for Notts | Fossil Fools Take On E.ON In Nottingham | Convictions For Activists - Climate Criminals Walk Free | 'Clean' Coal On Trial | Biofuels Conference Disrupted At Concerns Over Multi-National 'Greenwash' | Nuclear No Answer To Climate Change | DIY V3 Wind Turbine Workshop

National features: Climate Camp - Quick Links | Climate Camp: Kingsnorth Power Station Breached | Climate Camp: How The Police Radicalized An Entire Generation | Climate Camp Day 6: Action Spreads Across South East | Heathrow to Kingsnorth Climate Caravan 2008 | The not-so-secret 'guide to policing protest' | Climate Camp: Site Taken

Links: Climate Camp | Climate IMC | Eastside Climate Action | Network for Climate Action | Days of Climate Action | Workshop programme | Notts Indymedia Climate Camp 2008 topic page



Nottingham has a very active movement against climate change and there's been a huge amount of stuff happening in and around Nottingham since last year's camp.

One of the biggest climate-related stories has been the court case of the Ratcliffe 11. In April 2007, they had entered Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station and locked onto equipment, forcing it to stop for several hours. The action, part of the Spring Into Action week of events around climate change sought to raise awareness of coal's contribution to global warming, but also to have a direct impact on the amount of CO2 being put into the atmosphere.

After a number of hearings, the court case took place in January. The defendants called an expert witness; a climate scientist, and Royal Society Research Fellow, in an attempt to prove to the court the scale and imminence of the threat that climate change poses.

One of the defendants had the case against him dropped due to lack of evidence, but the remaining ten returned to court on February 25th for the judgement

In October, activists targetted Europe's largest ever bio-fuels conference which taking place at Newark showground. there was a protest outside the event, while inside, BP's CEO was pied. Protesters were concerned about the way agro-fuels have been presented as a solution to climate change while they drive deforestation exacerbating the problem at the same time as pushing up food prices at the expense of the world's poorest people.

In the run-up to the climate camp, climate activists called for three days of action around climate change at the start of April, May and June. In Nottingham "Fossil Fools Day" was marked by a blockade of power company E.ON's offices on Mount Street in order to stop workers getting into the office in the morning. After negotiation it was agreed with police that people would unlock themselves at 10am and be allowed to leave. However, a few minutes before the deadline, the police arrested two people who were locked onto the front entrance. While under arrest, both had their homes raided by police.

The second day of action to coincide with Mayday wasn't marked in Nottingham. The third, drawing out the links between climate change and the food we eat, took place on June 3 to coincide with UN Conference on World Food Security and Climate. In Nottingham, climate campaigners and animal rights activists came together to distribute free food in the rain outside Victoria Centre. This have been only one of a number of other free food giveaways in the city (the most recent happening on July 31st), with more planned and a Food Not Bombs group in the pipeline.

One of the biggest climate related issues in the area has been the Lodge House open cast coal mine site near Smalley in Derbyshire. The campaign against the proposed open cast coal mine began with a mass trespass in May followed by a noise demo at the offices of UK Coal. Concerned that this as insufficient, campaigners occupied the land squatting a disused farm building. After a first farcical court hearing, the owners were able to secure a legal notice for eviction which they decided to enforce while climate camp was taking place and activists' attention was focused elsewhere.

There has been a huge amount of work done in preparation for the climate camp by local activists both in organising the whole site and in ensuring that things were ready for the Eastside neighbourhood. Transport has been arranged, equipment sorted and money raised. The latter was the inspiration for the hugely successful and sure to be repeated Sumac Garden Party, which saw several hundred people enjoying music and food in the sun in the Sumac Centre yard.

Notts IMC

Download this article in pdf format >>
Email this article to someone >>
Submit an addition or make a quick comment on this article >>