Manchester Ecology Newswire Archive

Activists occupy Australian consular offices over logging

Robin of Sherwood, 14-07-2004 11:34

Activists have occupied the Australian Consular Offices in Manchester, England in a protest against old growth logging in Australia Read more | 9 comments >>

new M6 toll motorway comin' at'cha?

cyclist, 07-07-2004 19:23

new M6 toll motorway from Birmingham to Manchester?
Stop them being silly, now! Read more | 2 comments >>

Pictures of Merseyside blockade

gull, 02-07-2004 12:04

Some low-light level pictures of the blocade at Merseyside.

One choice comment came from employee who suggested that people from Manchester were not local and therefore had no right to protest there despite his far from local depot supplying to shops as far away as Leeds and Lancaster. Read more >>

DoSummat: Dissent!

DoSummat, 16-06-2004 11:45

DoSummat is the Manchester contact for the Dissent Network and we've had a busy few months. Read more | 1 comment >>

Nine Ladies activists confront Lord Edward

ss, 04-06-2004 12:47

Visitors to Haddon Hall, North Derbyshire, were today alerted to the intention of its owner, Lord Edward Manners, to destroy a large area of natural habitat adjoining the famous Nine Ladies stone circle through opencast quarrying. Read more | 3 comments >>

Earth First! Summer Gathering dates

EF! summer gathering, 27-05-2004 17:15

Earth First! Summer Gathering: a place to share skills and ideas on
direct action for people & planet.

Dates & roughly where EF! Summer Gathering announced - contact us for flyers to distribute Read more | 9 comments >>

Lovelock and Global Warming

Hermes, 24-05-2004 10:30

James Lovelock, Nuclear Power and Global Warming Read more | 5 comments >>

Campaign saves Platt Fields from development

Beanie B, 24-05-2004 09:56

U-turn on green haven car parks
CAR parks will NOT be built on two historic city-centre parks after plans were dramatically withdrawn. Read more | 5 comments >>

Get Clued Up about Climate Change night

DoSummat, 21-05-2004 09:43

Do summat present the third of the monthly get clued up events:
'get clued up bout climate change'

Tuesday 25th may, from 7pm til midnight at the Green Room on Whitworth Street. The event features music.. film.. fun and know-how with the common theme of climate change Read more >>

Marshalls - Ripping the heart out of the Peak District

Red, 18-05-2004 12:23

A small group of dedicated protesters struck another blow at Marshalls PLC at their Mansfield Woodhouse storage depot on Monday 17th May.
A protestor managed to lock on to the gates despite struggling with security guards that Marshalls now have to employ, due to previous actions against them over their plans to quarry at the Nine Ladies and rip the heart out of the Peak District
Read more | 2 comments >>