28-01-2008 19:04
An interview with Plane Stupid on the nature and future of the influential anti-
Plane Stupid is a well-known and very successful anti-aviation campaigning organisation which regularly catches headlines, and promotes direct action targeting the fastest growing cause of climate change: aviation. The group came together in 2005, when a group of activists disrupted an international aviation conference using rape alarms attached to helium balloons during the key note speech. A group has formed in Scotland, which in January breached the security of Edinburgh airport and blockaded a private jet company that fuels the conspicuous consumption of the very rich. The following is an interview conducted via email with Robbie Gillett, one of the founding members of Plane Stupid.
21-01-2008 10:17
Jet-set waltz off while the planet burns
Over twenty environmental protesters have this morning breached security at Edinburgh Airport and blockaded the entrance to the private jet company, Greer Aviation.Full Story | 1 addition | 8 comments >>
28-12-2007 12:36
Another list? Well, yes, but one that actually addresses the root of the environmental degradation we are causing. This is one new year's resolution that is worth keeping.
6 Things You Must Do
Another list? Well, yes, but one that actually addresses the root of the environmental degradation we are causing. This is one new year's resolution that is worth keeping.
17-12-2007 15:56
Rising Tide International is calling for a day of action against the fossil fuel industry on April 1st 2008...
FOSSIL FOOLS DAY!
Fossil Fools Day, April 1st 2008
Rising Tide International is calling for a day of action against the fossil fuel industry on April 1st 2008... FOSSIL FOOLS DAY!
12-12-2007 00:25
What Better Time? Issue One out now!
What Better Time? is a free news sheet from the Scottish Climate Activist Network. Issue one is out now, get em while they're hot (actually after the demo on Saturday they're a bit wet and soggy).
Just some photos of a rainy march in Glasgow
22-11-2007 16:39
I have just got off the phone after speaking to Neil Hobday, the Project Director for the proposed Trump Golf links golf resort development in eastern Scotland. I would like to say that he seemed a reasonable man, but that would be untrue because despite trying to interest him in the views of the rest of life on the irrepairable damage that will be caused to 1400 acres of pristine sand dune habitat, he was clearly stuck in the lie that the economy was far more important than our life support system.
Screw Wildlife - Let's Play Golf!
I have just got off the phone after speaking to Neil Hobday, the Project Director for the proposed Trump Golf links golf resort development in eastern Scotland. I would like to say that he seemed a reasonable man, but that would be untrue because despite trying to interest him in the views of the rest of life on the irrepairable damage that will be caused to 1400 acres of pristine sand dune habitat, he was clearly stuck in the lie that the economy was far more important than our life support system.
20-10-2007 17:37
Simply cutting the ivy off at the bottom with small pruning saw which takes minutes or less, saves the tree+local wildlife & helps stop climate change.
I saved 5 trees in less than 5 minutes today near woodborough park sherwood, you can save hundreds in a hour or so.
Be a Guerilla Forester,like Mr Hood!
Guerilla Foresting in the hood
milliona of mature & semi-mature trees die in the UK alone every year due to ivy starving the trunk of light. When ivy reaches the top of a tree or its crown, it usually dies & often falls over which is a serious health & safety risk.Simply cutting the ivy off at the bottom with small pruning saw which takes minutes or less, saves the tree+local wildlife & helps stop climate change.
I saved 5 trees in less than 5 minutes today near woodborough park sherwood, you can save hundreds in a hour or so.
Be a Guerilla Forester,like Mr Hood!
05-09-2007 18:05
Tara Tara Tara- 'avinit new film on schmovies.
A film of recent Tara activity from an activist recently returned-WATCH IT NOW.
19-08-2007 13:53
The Camp for Climate Action started last week as hundreds of climate activists squated land near Staines under threat from Heathrows expansion. People from Scotland came down to lend a hand...
Climate Camp Scotland Bario - Gettin in amongst it
The Camp for Climate Action started last week as hundreds of climate activists squated land near Staines under threat from Heathrows expansion. People from Scotland came down to lend a hand...
18-08-2007 06:44
North Pole ice thinner than ever
The ice layers on the North Pole are thinner than ever before. The melting is going far more rapidly than foreseen by the researchers, head of the Norwegian Cicero Center for International Climate and Environmental Research says.
04-08-2007 12:02
Extreme weather puts spotlight on climate crisis
More extreme weather events are being reported around the globe, killing many thousands and making millions homeless. Simon Hardy argues that capitalism, a root cause of climate change, cannot even handle the misery and suffering which results.
31-07-2007 19:17
31 July 2007
Twenty three year old British Saving Iceland activist Miriam R. has been arrested by the Icelandic police. She was protesting against the Icelandic government's support for heavy industry, in particular Rio Tinto Alcan's Straumsvik smelter in South-West Iceland. Reports suggest she is still being held by the police. (1)
UK Greens Back British Environmental Activist Imprisoned in Iceland
31 July 2007 Twenty three year old British Saving Iceland activist Miriam R. has been arrested by the Icelandic police. She was protesting against the Icelandic government's support for heavy industry, in particular Rio Tinto Alcan's Straumsvik smelter in South-West Iceland. Reports suggest she is still being held by the police. (1)
31-07-2007 19:02
Saving Iceland demands that:
*The activist currently in prison is either moved to a womens prison with a full apology or released immediately for lack of state resources.
*All stolen passports must be released immediately, according to international law.
*An end to the criminalisation and state harassment of environmental activists.
State Harassment of Saving Iceland Activists
Saving Iceland demands that: *The activist currently in prison is either moved to a womens prison with a full apology or released immediately for lack of state resources.
*All stolen passports must be released immediately, according to international law.
*An end to the criminalisation and state harassment of environmental activists.
31-07-2007 18:56
Both National Broadcaster RUV and TV station Stod 2 claim that no SI
prisoner is being held. Both news departments quote the police as a
source for this.
This is typical of the kind of massaging of the truth that both the
Icelandic police and media are used to getting away with.
Icelandic Media Lie that No SI Prisoner is Being Held!
Both National Broadcaster RUV and TV station Stod 2 claim that no SI prisoner is being held. Both news departments quote the police as a
source for this.
This is typical of the kind of massaging of the truth that both the
Icelandic police and media are used to getting away with.
31-07-2007 11:08
This image shows that it is not from the exaust of the engine but from the wings that the spray lines are being sprayed from. look closely and you can see the lines from the wings:
Chem-trails NOT Contrails!
This image shows that it is not from the exaust of the engine but from the wings that the spray lines are being sprayed from. look closely and you can see the lines from the wings:
03-07-2007 15:36
Agrofuels - time for a reality check
The rush for ‘biofuels’ is already causing serious damage. Far from being sustainable, the spread of what are more accurately called ‘agrofuels’ – liquid fuels produced from biomass grown in large-scale monocultures – is compromising biodiversity and fuelling human rights violations. The argument that these ‘biofuels’ will mitigate climate change is unproven – indeed, the destruction of rainforests, peatlands and other ecosystems to make way for agrofuel plantations will accelerate global warming.
28-05-2007 17:41
Biofuels protest in Aberdeen
Aberdeen Campaign Against Climate Change held a protest inside the auditorium of the All Energy conference in Aberdeen on Wednesday 23rd May. They unfurled anti-biofuels banners and interrupted a speech by US Ambassador to the UK, Robert Tuttle, in which he was praising the efforts of the US to fight climate change and was claiming that biofuels are part of the solution.
26-05-2007 22:34
Hamburg street chaos
G8 Critical mass disrupted by police and St Pauli fans take over streets of Hamburg.Full Story | 2 additions | 1 comment >>
