UK Indymedia - UK Ecology Newswire Archive

Sea Shepherd Evening

25-11-2008 00:10

As part of the regualar Cinema Pacifico film series at Nottingham Uni, this Friday we will hosting a speaker from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, one of the most interesting and active ecology and animal welfare groups around.

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CLIMATE MARCH 2008 - Global Day of Action

24-11-2008 15:47

CLIMATE MARCH 2008
SATURDAY 6 DECEMBER
Part of a Global Day of Action on climate, see www.globalclimatecampaign.org - last year 70+ countries were involved.
www.campaigncc.org

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Tell E.ON to f off! - Protest

24-11-2008 13:31

As part of 48 hours of nationwide action against E.ON, called for by the Camp for Climate Action, Rising Tide, Plane Stupid and Campaign against Climate Change, Nottingham students are calling a demonstration outside E.ON's city centre offices (Mount St, NG1 6PG).

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23rd November issue of Manchester Climate Fortnightly out

23-11-2008 21:29

Manchester Climate Fortnightly is a newsletter published by a small collective in Manchester, covering all subjects related to climate change in the Northwest of England (and a few places beyond...)
Below are some samples articles from the November 23rd issue. The rest of the newsletter, and previous editions, are available for download via the following link-
www.manchesterclimatefortnightly.info. You can also subscribe by emailing info [at] manchesterclimatefortnightly.info with "subscribe" in the header

We lead with the story that although Manchester City Council has stated it aims for Manchester to be Britain's greenest by 2010, it has actually slipped further down in the annual rankings of Forum for the Future (these rankings are under review, but a great leap forwards for our sunny city
would be a surprise...)

Our second story is on the “Climate Change Foundation”, a proposal that has so far received scant coverage in the mainstream press.

All the usual features are here too-
a Calendar bursting with events, including Sat 29th's Chomsky at 80, www.chomskyat80.org.uk
a Digest of local, national and global news (with more on the website)
Campaign updates “Read All About it” and other goodies.

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Public Meeting: Nafeez Ahmed - Food Crisis and Peak Oil

20-11-2008 16:41

Monday - 24th November 2008 - 6pm

Sir Alexander Fleming Building
Lecture Theatre 2
Imperial College London
Exhibition Road
London
SW7 2AZ

http://imperial.absoc.co.uk/

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Transition Towns movement: Premature Triumphalism?

20-11-2008 14:57

Following is an article by John Michael Greer, (reposted from

http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2008/11/premature-triumphalism.html ) about the Transition Initiative (

http://transitiontowns.org/ ), which has been responded to by Rob Hopkins in his blog post, Responding to Greer’s Thoughts on ‘Premature Triumphalism’ (

http://transitionculture.org/2008/11/20/responding-to-greers-thoughts-on-premature-triumphalism/ ).

The conference presentation that John Michael Greer make reference to doesn't appears to be available online in audio or video format but there is a PDF of the slides (

http://www.communitysolution.org/pdfs/Brownlee-Transition.pdf ) and a Word file of notes (

http://www.communitysolution.org/docs/Brownlee-TransitionNotes.doc ) available on the conference web site (

http://www.communitysolution.org/08conf.html ).

Previous article on the Transition Initiative on UK Indymedia include Keith Parkins on Transition Towns (

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/10/410292.html ) and Rob Hopkins on “The Rocky Road to a Real Transition”: A Review (

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/05/398866.html ).

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Nepal to Export 25 monkeys 'soon'

20-11-2008 14:47

Yesterday morning we received the sad news that Nepal plans to export 25 rhesus
macaque monkeys at somepoint 'soon', The story was reported in the Himalayan
Times, Nepal's main English newspaper and the government have since failed to
respond to enquiries from Nepal or elsewhere.

You can read the full story here:

http://www.gatewaytohell.net/news/2008/18_11_NP.htm

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Germany: how to block a nuclear waste train in 3 easy days

18-11-2008 19:42

Nature walks
//some personal experiences at the Castor blockades, plus summary of actions

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Direct Action; Brazil, UK, Uruguay, USA, Mexico, Netherlands, Sweden & France

17-11-2008 16:51

11th-16th November

ALF RAIDS BRAZIL'S BIGGEST UNIVERSITY (Brazil)
PHEASANTS & PARTRIDGES LIBERATED, HATCHING PENS DESTROYED (UK)
WALLS PAINTED AT RESEARCH FACILITY (Uruguay)
TRICK OR TREAT AT HOME OF PRIMATE VIVISECTOR (USA)
"STONES SPOKE FOR US" (Mexico)
HUNTING PLATFORMS CHOPPED DOWN (Netherlands)
FIRE DESTROYS CARS AT HOME OF NYSE DIRECTOR (Netherlands)
PHONES TORN FROM TELMEX BOOTHS (Mexico)
LOCKS GLUED, WINDOWS ETCHED AT BURGER KING (USA)
SABOTAGE IN ÖREBRO (Sweden)
ANIMAL RIGHTS MILITIA VISIT VIVISECTOR (USA)
LIVESTOCK TRUCKS PAINTED, CIRCUS ADS DESTROYED (Netherlands)
EXPLOITIVE SHOPS STAINED WITH BLACK PAINT (Mexico)
BUTCHERS WINDOWS DAMAGED (Uruguay)
ANIMAL RIGHTS GRAFFITI (France)
FUR SHOP SABOTAGED (Sweden)

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Climate suffragettes stormed the municipal city council!

16-11-2008 11:07

On November 12th, 2008 at 5.15 pm. six climate activists dressed in period costumes as suffragettes complete with big hats, marched into a municipal city council meeting in Gothenburg, the second largest city of Sweden.

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The Asian Brown Cloud: Global Climate Chaos and Tropical Glaciers

14-11-2008 17:16

A blog report about "newest" climate threat - the Asian Brown Cloud - combined with recent data about tropical glaciers in the Andes in South America. Alarming figures.
Posted here with active links to sources:

http://colonos.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/the-asian-brown-cloud-global-climate-chaos-and-tropical-glaciers/

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An Environmental Revolution is Required!

14-11-2008 03:47

Our choice of diet is critical to the survival of the planet.

http://www.ecoveggie.org.uk

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Radioactive Reds!

11-11-2008 23:45

Nuclear industry greenwash using Squirrel Nutkin

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No rest for the wicked, No surrender for the animals!

11-11-2008 19:14

Friday 6th of November saw Gateway to Hell activists in Belgium publicly launch a new initiative to stop all experiments on Non-Human Primates, (NHPs), in Belgium...and thus make Belgium the first country to entirely ban invasive primate research.

Please support their campaign.....

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Raw Power: Correa’s Totalitarian, Industrial, Extractivist Ecuador

11-11-2008 19:07

Over the last few years Ecuador has been undergoing a series of transformations that misleadingly have been labelled as (neo-)socialism with an environmental sensibility. The main architect behind the project, which is really nothing other than industrialist, progressivist routines of old, is called Rafael Correa.

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Activists rename Dublin Street after victim of Shell

11-11-2008 17:56

Activists in Dublin renamed the street where the Shell office is after Ken Saro Wiwa.

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Direct Action; Mexico, Colombia, Italy, Spain, UK & USA

11-11-2008 17:03

4th-10th November

MORE TELMEX PHONES VANDALIZED (Mexico)
DOG RESCUED FROM VIVISECTION (Colombia)
FALSE BOMBS LEFT ON DOORSTEPS OF EXPLOITERS (Mexico)
INCENDIARY ATTACK ON BURGER KING (Mexico)
URBAN ART AS A METHOD OF STRUGGLE (Mexico)
POULTRY COMPANY HIT BY STINK BOMB (Mexico)
2000 MINK RELEASED FROM CAGES (Italy)
CHICKENS RESCUED, IN MEMORY OF BARRY HORNE (Mexico)
BOAR LIBERATED, FOR BARRY (Spain)
FREEDOM FOR THOUSANDS OF MINK (Italy)
WINDOWS SMASHED AT BARBECUE RESTAURANT, FISH COMPANY (Sweden)
BARCLAYS BANK GLUED SHUT (UK)
PHEASANT PEN CUT UP, GROUSE BUTTS TOPPLED (UK)
TELMEX PHONE BOOTHS SABOTAGED (Mexico)
ANTI-BULLFIGHT GRAFFITI (Spain)
BIRDS SAFE FROM HUNTERS, FARMERS (Italy)
VEHICLES SABOTAGED AT UCLA? (USA)

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Castor: Big Blockade in Gorleben removed

11-11-2008 13:11

On Saturday, 8th November, several hundred people began a blockade of the main gate of the temporary disposal site in Gorleben by sitting on the street. The action began directly after the Big Demonstration against the Castor transport, held in Gorleben. The blockaders, who numbered over 1000, were not removed by the police until Monday afternoon - 2 days after their action began. Wood and rope constructions, including numerous unmanned tripods and several tents, supported the crowd, as well as several tractors, and two activist climbers who hung a banner between two streetlamps directly over the Main Gate.´

It was relatively easy for the public (or fellow activists) to approach the blockade even into Monday afternoon, just before the blockade was removed. There was a huge police presence but it seemed that most cars could pass without being checked or even stopped. To see this lively crowd felt impressive and the atmosphere was bright and happy.

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