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Climate Action News Sheet, 73 November 2007

Frisbee Caff | 11.11.2007 22:46 | Climate Chaos | Ecology

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CONTENTS:
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UPCOMING ACTIONS AND EVENTS:
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1) WILD LIE EXHIBITION PURSUES SHELL TO ABERYSTWYTH - 10-17.11.07
2) FREE FILM SCREENING OF ‘THE WARNING’ - LONDON, 12.11.07
3) TOTTERDOWN ART TRAIL - BRISTOL, 16-18.11.07
4) OXFORDSHIRE ECO-HOUSE OPEN DAYS - 24-25.11.07
5) BANNER PROTEST AT BIOFUELS CONFERENCE - LONDON, 27.11.07
6) CRITICAL MASS DATES AND UPDATES – OCT/NOV 2007
7) CLIMATE CHANGE BIKE RIDE / NATIONAL MARCH - LONDON, 8.12.07
8) BEYONDTV FESTIVAL - SWANSEA, 28.11.07-2.12.07
9) CLIMATE CAMP EXHIBITION ON TOUR - WINTER 2007
10) LOW-IMPACT LIVING INITIATIVE COURSES - WINTER 2007
11) PLYMOUTH ENVIRONMENT CENTRE ART EXHIBITION – NOV/DEC 2007
12) EARTHFIRST MOOT / NEW ACTION UPDATE - WINTER 2007
13) FOSSIL FOOLS DAY - 1.4.08
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RECENT HAPPENINGS:
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1) SONGS OF FREEDOM AT OPENING OF SHELL'S WILD LIE EXHIBITION - 27.10.07
2) NATIONAL DAY OF LOCAL ACTION VS. ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND - 15.10.07
3) PEOPLE'S BLOCKADE OF WORLD'S BIGGEST COAL PORT - AUSTRALIA, 3.11.07
4) GREENWASH GUERILLAS DISRUPT "CARBON TRAITORS" IN NEW YORK - 30.10.07
5) BP EXECUTIVE PIED AT EUROPE'S LARGEST BIOFUELS EVENT - 17.10.07
6) CAMP HOPE, GLOUCESTER - 20-21.10.07
7) PLANE STUPID AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT - 8.10.2007
8) GREENPEACE PROTESTORS SHUT DOWN POWER PLANT - 8.10.07
9) TOTAL BLOCKADES - OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2007
10) NUFFGLOBAL FILMS - NOVEMBER 2007
11) ESCALATING DEFLATION CAMPAIGN AGAINST 4X4S IN SWEDEN – OCT ‘07
12) DIRECT ACTION NEWS FROM GREECE - 7-15.10.07
13) BATH BOMB, ISSUE 4 - NOVEMBER 2007

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UPCOMING ACTIONS AND EVENTS:
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1) WILD LIE EXHIBITION PURSUES SHELL TO ABERYSTWYTH - 10-17.11.07
Immediately after hosting the 2006 Shell Wildlife Photographer exhibition
(organised by the Natural History Museum and BBC Wildlife magazine)
Aberystwyth Arts Centre is showing our counter-exhibition; 'Shell's Wild
Lie'.  http://www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk/whatson/exhibitions/
'Shell's Wild Lie', has been put together as part of London Rising Tide's
'Art Not Oil' campaign, and features photographs and illustrations that we
consider give a truer snapshot of the disastrous effects that Shell and
the whole fossil fuel industry have on our planet:
 http://www.artnotoil.org.uk/gallery/v/Shell/
Book it yourself, and tell the Museum and BBC Wildlife what you think:
 m.dixon@nhm.ac.uk, cc’ing to  feedback@nhm.ac.uk,
 wildlifeletters@bbcmagazinesbristol.com &  info@artnotoil.org.uk

2) FREE FILM SCREENING, THE WARNING - LONDON, 12.11.07
The first UK screening of the award-winning film "The Warning" will be on
12th November, 8pm at Passing Clouds Works in Dalston, east London. This
documentary charts the struggle of Siberian communities to protect their
sacred lands from predatory oil companies. Passing Clouds is behind 'Uncle
Sam's', which is on 438 Kingsland Road. Get there from Shoreditch /Old
Street on the 242, 243, 67 or 149 buses.

3) TOTTERDOWN ART TRAIL - BRISTOL, 16-18.11.07
Including art, films and exhibitions connected with climate change and
peak oil. www.frontroom.org.uk

4) OXFORDSHIRE ECO-HOUSE OPEN DAYS - 24-25.11.07
Are you planning to renovate your house in the most environmental way
possible? Do you want to slash energy bills and make your house warmer and healthier?
Are you selling your house and want to improve its poor energy rating?
Do you want to prepare for life in the climate change century?
18 eco-houses in Oxfordshire are opening their doors to the public to
share the techniques, products and possibilities of eco-renovation. This
is a superb opportunity to see a wide range of approaches and talk to the
house owners directly about their experiences.
www.ecovation.org.uk
www.coinet.org.uk

5) BANNER PROTEST AT BIOFUELS CONFERENCE - LONDON, 27.11.07
This will take place outside the Biofuel Finance and Investment World
Conference at Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington High Street (near High Street Kensington
tube station) on Tuesday, 27th November, 12 noon to 2pm.
Biofuel investment means more global warming, more deforestation, more
people going hungry because of higher food prices and food shortages, and
more human rights abuses and refugees as agribusinesses take control over
ever larger areas of land.
www.biofuelwatch.org.uk

6) CRITICAL MASS DATES AND UPDATES - OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2007
Sheffield; last Friday of the month, 5:30pm at the University Concourse.
London; last Friday of the month, 6:00pm under Waterloo Bridge by the NFT,
South Bank. Next ride November 23rd 2007.
 http://criticalmasslondon.org.uk/main.html
For reports on the October rides see;
 http://earthfirst.org.uk/actionreports/node/6274

7) CLIMATE CHANGE BIKE RIDE / NATIONAL MARCH - LONDON, 8.12.07
Saturday 8 December, Cyclists assemble 10am Lincoln's Inn Fields. Cycling
to Parliament Square to link up with main march to US Embassy, (timed to
coincide with the UN climate talks in Bali).
Marchers assemble 12 noon Millbank for main march. [Westminster Tube]
2.30 pm Rally at US embassy. Speakers include Chris Huhne MP, Michael
Meacher MP, Caroline Lucas MEP, Zac Goldsmith, George Monbiot.
The National Demo in London will be one of many global climate
demonstrations taking place on the 8th.
 http://www.campaigncc.org

8) BEYONDTV FESTIVAL - SWANSEA, 28.11.07-2.12.07
Undercurrents will host the 8th annual BEYONDTV festival of political
documentaries, animations and music videos from inspiring media directors.
All films will have a theme of social or environmental activism. Hosted in
the very heart of Swansea, BeyondTV promises to be an entertaining week
with all proceeds going to to support the charity work of undercurrents.
 http://beyondtvfestival.clearerchannel.org/whatisbtv

9) CLIMATE CAMP EXHIBITION ON TOUR - WINTER 2007
The Climate Camp exhibition documents in sound, words, installations and
images the life, workshops and direct action of those ten busy days in
August. It examines the issues and thinking of people who seek to stop the
world sleepwalking into a disaster that is manifestly preventable, but
hugely profitable for a powerful few. This exhibition will be touring UK
cities threatened by regional airport expansion.
Workshops, talks and film screenings will appear at
 http://www.minimouse.me.uk/show as they are confirmed.
Photographs from the show are a selection from those to be seen at
 http://www.minimouse.me.uk/photographers.html

10) LOW-IMPACT LIVING INITIATIVE COURSES - WINTER 2007
LILI will be running 10 courses at a new venue called Unstone Grange (nr.
Sheffield) and 28 one day courses at Hackney City Farm in London. For the
full range of courses for 2007-2008, see;
 http://www.lowimpact.org/courses.htm

11) PLYMOUTH ENVIRONMENT CENTRE ART EXHIBITION – NOV-DEC 2007
Plymouth Environment Centre is holding a fund-raising art exhibition and
auction at the B-bar in the Barbican Theatre, Plymouth.
Exhibition - Friday 23rd November to Thursday 13th December 2007
Auction - Thursday 13th December 2007 starting at 7pm
 http://plymouthenvironmentcentre.org.uk/art_auction.php

12) EARTHFIRST MOOT / NEW ACTION UPDATE - WINTER 2007
To download the EF! Action Update and for advance notice of the Winter
Moot (February gathering of eco-activists) see;
 http://earthfirst.org.uk/actionreports/node/6347

13) FOSSIL FOOLS DAY - 1.4.08
The site is now running and will be filling up with images, ideas,
graphics, posters, links...
Check for updates on what promises to be a memorable day of action.
 http://www.fossilfoolsday.org

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RECENT HAPPENINGS:
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1) SONGS OF FREEDOM AT OPENING OF SHELL'S WILD LIE EXHIBITION - 27.10.07
15 or so folk from all over Carbon Town gathered today to sing a new hymn
of hope to an oil-free future in the co-opted cathedral that is the
Unnatural History Museum, where the heartbreakingly beautiful Shell
Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition has just opened. Gradually
the singers were removed, gathering again on the pavement outside with
images from the Shell's Wild Lie exhibition and more songs. Spirits were
high, and responses from the public lovely and heart-warming. No police
were present.
It still looks as if the campaign to get Shell kicked out as sponsor might
bear fruit - we'll find out very soon if its 2 year contract will be
renewed. Let's keep the pressure up!
For a full report and what you can do to help, see;
 http://risingtide.org.uk/node/231
 http://www.artnotoil.org.uk//content/view/39/1/
For a short film of the action, see;
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/10/384607.html

2) NATIONAL DAY OF LOCAL ACTION VS. ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND - 15.10.07
From Edinburgh to Cornwall, blockades to invisible theatre, polar bears to
treacle tarts; RBS felt the sting today. All in all there were 32 actions
across the country including firsts for several groups. Everyone is
delighted with the phenomenal response to the day of action...except RBS
of course! The actions highlighted their role as one of the world's
largest funders of climate-wrecking oil and gas extraction. For full
reports on the various fantastic protests see;
 http://risingtide.org.uk/node/230
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/10/383812.html
 http://earthfirst.org.uk/actionreports/node/5176

3) THE PEOPLE'S BLOCKADE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST COAL PORT - AUSTRALIA,
3.11.07
Rising Tide Australia estimate that about 400 people came to Horseshoe
Beach, Newcastle and that about 250 entered the shipping channel to
blockade the world's biggest coal port with canoes, kayaks and inner
tubes. This was a fantastic show of community determination to take action
against Australia's biggest contribution to climate change, despite
resistance from government and industry. As well as being a powerful and
symbolic action, the protest succeeded in disrupting coal exports from
Newcastle Harbour.
 http://www.risingtide.org.au/peoplesblockadereport

4) GREENWASH GUERILLAS DISRUPT "CARBON TRAITORS" IN NEW YORK - 30.10.07
Rising Tide North America’s Greenwash Guerrillas paid a surprise Halloween
visit to the Carbon Market Insights conference in New York City. Posing as
delegates, two protesters took the stage at the exclusive event and
presented the 700 attendees with a "Deed to the Atmosphere" denouncing
Carbon Trading as a sham approach to the fossil fuels crisis. The action
was the first in the US to target the growing Carbon Trading industry.
 http://risingtidenorthamerica.org/wordpress/category/front-page/

5) BP EXECUTIVE PIED AT EUROPE'S LARGEST BIOFUELS EVENT - 17.10.07
A stunned audience gasped as a cream-pie was launched at BP Biofuels’
Europe & Africa Director Oliver Mace, while activists swarmed the stage
and handed out leaflets to attendees. One of the protesters D-locked
himself to the podium, telling delegates "we need to reduce our
consumption now – technological fixes are not the answer." Panic alarms
were then set off around the room and the conference was halted.
There was also a demo outside the event and a lock on blockade at a D1
refinery. D1 are one of the biggest traders in biofuel specific crops.
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/10/384123.html
 http://earthfirst.org.uk/actionreports/node/5205
 http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/expoprotests.php

6) CAMP HOPE, GLOUCESTER - 20-21.10.07
Camp Hope took place in a field opposite the entrance to Gloucestershire
Airport on the weekend of 20/21 October 2007. Activists set up the camp in
protest at the proposed expansion and increased aviation at Staverton in
Gloucester. Workshops and discussions included those given by; Bicycology,
Plane Stupid, Seeds For Change, Stop Bristol Airport Expansion and
Biofuelwatch.
 http://www.myspace.com/campofhope

7) PLANE STUPID AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT - 8.10.2007
Activists from Manchester Climate Action and Manchester Plane Stupid
blockaded the security check-in of terminal 3 of Manchester Airport.
Passengers were denied access to the departure lounge by seven activists
locked together using arm-tube devices. Leaflets and train timetables were
handed out. Two banners were unfurled reading, Manchester City Council...
supporting climate chaos and Domestic flights cost the Earth. The action
was inspired by the Camp for Climate Action.
 http://www.planestupid.com/?q=content/climate-change-activists-blockade-domestic-flights

8) GREENPEACE PROTESTORS SHUT DOWN POWER PLANT - 8.10.07
Greenpeace campaigners staged a dawn raid at a power plant which could be
the site of Britain's first new coal-fired station for 20 years.
More than 50 activists said they wanted Prime Minister Gordon Brown to
reject the proposal for the Kingsnorth site, on the Hoo Peninsula, in
Kent. After entering the site, one team locked on to conveyor belts while
another team climbed to the top of the chimney.
 http://greenpeace.org.uk/tags/kingsnorth

9) TOTAL BLOCKADES - OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2007
A wave of demonstrations against the oil giant Total and its role in
supporting the brutal regime in Burma have taken place in London,
Bradford, Cardiff and Oxford. While not strictly climate-based, these
protests keep the spotlight on criminals like Total. Aung San Suu Kyi,
Burma’s pro-democracy leader, said that "Total has become the main
supporter of the Burmese military regime." She told the French weekly Le
Nouvel Observateur that "Total knew what it was doing when it invested
massively in Burma while others withdrew from the market for ethical
reasons”.
 http://earthfirst.org.uk/actionreports/node/5122 & 5137, 5204, 5207 & 6346

10) NUFFGLOBAL FILMS - NOVEMBER 2007
NUFFglobal film festival supported a project to produce 25 short films on
different aspects of climate change made by young film-makers from around
the world. For more info and to watch the clips online see;
 http://nuffglobal.net/

11) ESCALATING DEFLATION CAMPAIGN AGAINST 4X4S IN SWEDEN – OCT ‘07
One thousand 4x4s have now been disarmed by The Indians of the Concrete
Jungle! The campaign is spreading like wildfire, prompting national debate and
furious aggression among SUV-owners.
 http://asfaltsdjungelnsindianer.wordpress.com/

12) DIRECT ACTION NEWS FROM GREECE - 7-15 OCTOBER 2007
 http://directactiongr.blogspot.com

13) BATH BOMB, ISSUE 4 - NOVEMBER 2007
For the 4th edition of Bath's premiere radical tabloid see;
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/11/385124.html

Frisbee Caff

Additions

additional info - eco demo in Bath

12.11.2007 08:13


On Saturday 1st of Dec, Bath Activist Network will be having a 'Party for the Planet'. We will be meeting at Abeey courtyard in Bath at 12, from where we will be going around town saying hi to a few of our favourite climate criminals (exact locations revealed on the day!). Wear pink, wear black, bring cake, bring anger - all welcome!! We are working hard on our shiny new pedal powered sound system, which will hopefully be ready for the day!
We chose the date of the demo to be deliberatley close to the national climate change march in London - the hope being to highlight radical alternatives to climate change, provide a more radical alternative to the London demo and get away from those damn RESPECT banners! See y'all there!

Bath Activist Network
mail e-mail: bathactivistnet@yahoo.co.uk
- Homepage: http://www.myspace.com/bathactivistnetwork


Climate campaingers oppose meddling with the oceans

12.11.2007 12:54

See also this report about an acton against technofixes last week

 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/11/385368.html

On Monday 5th November climate change campaigners from Camp for Climate Action, Rising Tide and BioFuel Watch took action against geo-engineering (deliberate modification of Earth's environment on a large scale) companies who are hoping to make a great deal of money from carbon credits by encouraging the growth of phytoplankton in the oceans . They claim this will 'sequester' carbon dioxide, a technology known as 'ocean seeding'.

The campaigners held a demonstration outside a meeting of the London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes. The meeting is deciding on the response by the Convention to the attempts to commercialise the technology. They gave out leaflets to delegates calling on the London Convention to take strong action against this dumping of toxic material, and held a banner reading 'Toxic Dumping: No Climate Solution'.

Video footage here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7fTF863d2w

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