Climate Camp 2007

repost from climatecamp.org.uk, 19 March 2008: The Evening Standard is having to publish a front page article this evening over the sensationalist lies it told about the Climate Camp. Similar bollocks was spouted by the Daily Telegraph (no surprise there). Somehow, the WOMBLES started getting blamed for all the crazy plots dreamed up by the journos. So no change there then either. The text of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) adjudication is below this article. more

No Borders Camp Meeting - 19 August, 1pm @ LARC +++ reposted from imc-uk, 17.08.2007: Something very sinister is happening in your back garden... Want to find out more? A 'guided tour' of the nearby detention centres (prisons for migrants) can be organised on request from the Climate Camp! Interested? Call 07933 309853 more

Latest information on the Heathrow Camp for Climate Action's location, what the pigs can and cannot do if you try to enter the camp, information on BAA's legal injunction - and what it could mean for you.  more

from email, 9 August 2007: "Disarm DSEi will be having a meeting on Wednesday 15th August 2007 at Climate Camp at 6.30pm. The meeting will be held in the London Barrio. The meeting will be about plans to disrupt DSEi (the world's largest arms fair) when it meets in East London from the 11th-14th September..." more

reposted from imc-uk, 09.08.2007: Everything you needed to know but didn't have a clue what to ask about Heathrow's injunction against protesters. Designed for the lay person, it is essential reading for climate campers. more

imc-uk, 06.08.2007: High Court judge Mrs Justice Swift has been reported to have found in favour of BAA. However as the details emerge it appears BAA have gained very little and Climate Camp itself is unaffected. Three of the four groups are now injuncted, Plane Stupid, NoTRAG and HACAN. Airportwatch, the group that included 5 million or so people has, not surprisingly, been let off the hook... more

from infoshop, July 26 2007: This August thousands of protesters will target the aviation, coal, nuclear, mining and natural gas industries on both sides of the Atlantic during coordinated Camps for Climate Action. Taking place in London (1), Washington State (2) and North Carolina (3), the camps will bring climate change campaigners together with local communities for a week of education, sustainable living and direct action against the root causes of climate change. more

from imc-uk, 26.07.2007: "Airport officials are attempting to legally block the heads of two campaign groups and their members from taking part in a week of protests against Heathrow. more

There was an excellent article recently on Indymedia UK detailing what happened when people who are helping organise the Climate Camp at Heathrow airport 14th - 21st August 2007. "I've lived here twenty years, and at fifty years of age I've got to say I'd given up. I've said to my wife, what will happen will happen. But tonight you lot have changed my bloody mind!" more

04.07.2007, from email: Everyone is being asked to help send out invitations to attend the Camp for Climate Action near Heathrow Airport from 14 to 21 August 2007. Here is the latest message from the Climate Camp networking crew... more

from imc-uk, 18 June 2007: Why Heathrow? The area is the centre of the aviation industry, the big pushers of aviation expansion and the third runway so the focus remains firmly on the corporations. In terms of climate impact (CO2 plus the additional effects of emissions at altitude) Heathrow is even bigger than Drax.  more

Information on forthcoming environmental direct action, plus info on recent events.  more

Holding the camp at Heathrow aims to highlight the lunacy of the government's airport expansion plans, target industry giants profiteering from the climate crisis, and raise awareness of the need to fly less.

The camp will also support local residents in their long-term struggle against the building of a third runway and the destruction of their communities.

There will be a day of mass direct action aiming to disrupt the activities of the airport and the aviation industry, but in the interests of public safety there will be no attempt to blockade runways. more