genetics
genetic engineering
Fearing Protestors, Tree Biotech Conference Cancels Visit to GE Tree Test Plot 2nd May
EF! confronts GE tree scientists on the high seas in Charleston, SC in 2007
Indigenous Hawaiian’s Take on Monsanto and GMOs 15th April
Young residents of Molokai, Hawaii, protest GMOs as part of a month-long series of actions against biotech chemical companies. (WNV/Imani Altemus-Williams)
Field liberation trial coming up in Belgium
Next GM potato-trial: April 2nd 2013, from 8 A.M. on, Justitieplein in Dendermonde. You are warmly invited to come and support the 11 activists that are resisting the unjust sentences in the ‘GM potato trial’. This time, you are not only welcome to show your support, but also to contribute with all your experience, knowledge...
World’s Longest Treesit Campaign, Update from Bilston Glen
Yesterday, people involved in the campaign to save Bilston Glen sent an update stating, “We have new information from the Midlothian Council and it would seem likely that the road is being redirected along a different route, one that does not go through Bilston Glen.
EF! Winter Moot 2013: 22-24th February, near Preston
A weekend get-together for people involved in ecological direct action, from fighting opencast coal, fracking, GM, nuclear power to road building. There’ll be discussions and campaign planning – with the emphasis on the tactics and strategies we use, community solidarity and sustainable activism.
USA: Protesters Blockade Monsanto Seed Facility in California
GM sunflowers - Faucheurs Volontaires in action
2 September 2012
Press release
In the early hours of 2nd September, a hundred Faucheurs Volontaires (voluntary reapers of GM) from all over France simultaneously decontaminated 8 test fields in the Isère region and 1 in the Drôme.
Netherlands: destruction of potato GM trial site
Two GM potato trial fields at the University of Wageningen were destroyed by activists in July and August 2012.
The potato trials were for mildew resistance. They were in Lelystad and Valthermond. It was only recently, on 16th August, that the destruction was discovered. The action has not been claimed.
Earth First! Summer Gathering Update - programme, directions, website and more
It’s only weeks until the Earth First! Summer Gathering begins.
Five days of workshops, info sharing and learning new skills, 1-5 August.
Agriculture Action Camp 5-10 July Den Bosch NL
From the 5th till 10th of July in Den Bosch in the Netherlands, ASEED will organize a 6 days long camp. The camp will involve workshops, trainings, discussions, and action, for good ecological initiatives, an alternative food chain, alternatives to industrial farming, and against gentech and meat industry, and more..
GM wheat trial vandalised
Sunday 20 May 2012
Scientists are assessing the damage after a GM wheat trial was vandalised at the Rothamsted Research centre in Hertfordshire.
The GM trial, conducted by scientists from Rothamsted Research in Hertfordshire, aims to see whether transgenic wheat can repel aphids in the field.
Shut Down the Corporations: Report from F29 actions against ALEC
29th February 2012
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