East Midlands

East Midlands

Climate Action in Dover

Dover climate action 1Dover climate action 24.11.2007
In the early hours of sunday morning, climate activists made a bold statement about global warming by dropping a banner from a four-storey bulding.

Autumn EF! Action Update out - and advance notice of the Winter Moot, 22-24 February (gathering of eco-activists), Nottingham

EF! earth fist logoThe latest issue of the quarterly EF!AU was dished up at the Anarchist Bookfair - bursting at the seams, it had to be turned into a bumper issue, with a round-up of the actions around the time of the Camp for Climate Action, plus loads of action reports from around the world since then - from pieing oil executives, blockading garages & airports, polar bears locking-on, sabotage, prisoners, occupied spaces, digger-diving, GM crop-trashing, to cake and the cunning use of mung beans (oh, and of course, much much more).

BP Executive pied as Europe's largest BioFuels Event disrupted, Blockade of D1 Oils & demo outside exhibition

BP speaker pied at Biofuel conference
BP biofuel conference stage invasionBiofuel lock-on17th October, 2007

Worldwide Day of Action Against McDonalds 16th October

Dying for a burger (London McD demo)
14th October 2007 early demo report: nearly 30 people took part in the London leg of the worldwide anti-McDonald's day. It started at noon at the Leicester Square McDonald's. There was a Ronald McDonald attacking a person dressed as a cow. The cow went down well with the kids and even some adults! Lots of leaflets were handed out and the public seemed to be receptive on the whole. Also, the police were noticeable by their absence. The demo moved onto the Shaftesbury Avenue McDonald's and finished at about 3.30.

15th October - Nationwide Day of Local Action against Royal Bank of Scotland - Truro...

RBS action day flierInspired by the Camp for Climate Action? Don't wait till next year to take part in collective direct action against the causes of climate change. At this year’s Camp, the Rising Tide network called a Day of Local Action against RBS, major backer of the aviation industry, key funder of the Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) pipeline currently tearing up the Welsh

New Earth First Action Update OUT NOW!

EF! AU logo 1The printed EF! Action Update is back again! After a bit of a lull a new editorial collective is in place and ready to roll. We have just produced a summer edition in time for the Camp for Climate Action, where you can pick up printed copies.

Sixteen Metre Banner Dropped from Edinburgh Crags to Promote Heathrow Climate Camp

3rd August:
Edinburgh climate camp banner dropDuring rush-hour this morning, activists dropped a 16 metre long banner from the Edinburgh Crags to promote Climate Camp. The banner read 'This planet has no emergency exits', and then gave the website for the climate camp: www.climatecamp.org.uk.

Bacton, Norfolk. Locals show solidarity with Shell to Sea

bacton3.08.2007
Today a small group of local campaigners visited Shell's processing plant at Bacton on the North Norfolk Coast to demonstrate solidarity with communities struggling against Shell in Co. Mayo, Eire. Bacton is one of the major landfall locations for North Sea gas in England and Shell's refinery has been included in the recent SOCPA legislation.