A while ago, prompted by a load of Hub members sending details about numerous Carbon "offsetting" companies to the Hub list, I wrote The Carbon Con. One of the comments I got was from tav of green.tv "well said! wish more people would think like this." Thankfully it seems more people do now indeed think like this. Going through the news that I've aggregated on the Commons Creation site, I ended up reading a member's blog, which in turn led me Dougald Hine's excellent blog where I saw this … [Read more...]
Commons Creation meeting
The first Commons Creation meeting took place on Sunday 21st January: So far I've got some great groups signed up to the collective: Peace Not War: https://peace.fm The Synergy Project: https://thesynergyproject.org OneTaste: https://onetaste.co.uk Movimientos: https://www.movimientos.org.uk/ (site down!) they bring together all the Latin America solidarity groups and do regular monthly events with film and music. This is just the beginning, but together these groups already regularly … [Read more...]
The Carbon “Offset” Con
Here is the text of an e-mail I sent out earlier today: Sorry to smash the illusion folks, but I've done considerable research into this and carbon "off-sets" are a con. We cannot neutralise, nor "off-set", carbon we have already emitted (or are about to emit by driving, flying etc.) by giving someone £7.5/per tonne of carbon we emit. We cannot consume our ways out of trouble by simply buying a few carbon credits each time we fly, or even by totting up our total carbon footprint for the year … [Read more...]
TODAY: rampART FREE COMMUNITY CINEMA
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH (2006) Al Gore goes on the campaign trail to persuade audiences to reverse the effects of global climate change. "Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb. If the vast majority of the world's scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever experienced." GLOBAL … [Read more...]
Free ‘Peak Oil’ conference in London, 15 July 2006
The agenda is available here as a PDF A free-to-attend conference looking at many aspects of Peak Oil is taking place on Saturday 15 July 2006 at the BedZed development in Hackbridge, just outside London. The event, Peak Speak 2, is the follow up to the successful Peak Speak 1, held at the same location last year. Organised by PowerSwitch.org.uk, and run in a friendly and informal manner, it is designed to give plenty of opportunity to discuss an issue that will dominate the 21st century – the … [Read more...]
Indymedia Film Festival 7th – 15th July
Via Indymedia London Not been invited to the G8 this year? Never mind, indymedia's hosting an eight day film festival in London venues with no obligation to buy a gallon of Coke or a bucket of popcorn. Please note the revised listing that now substitutes Sat 8'th for previous Thurs 6th. g8filmfest2 Each day follows a theme ranging from debt to climate change to terrorism, kicking off on Friday 7th - the first anniversary of the London bombings - special screening with "The Power of … [Read more...]
Amsterdam prepares for global warming…
Ceridwen on Amsterdam and global warming: …in the Jordaan, one of the favourite tourist spots of the city. This man’s arm was broken in a squat eviction that took place there yesterday. By the time these cops get their pension the Netherlands will probably not have much longer to exist as a country. It will be under water and millions of Dutch refugees will be pouring over the border into Germany saying sorry they kept asking for their bicycles back but could they please have a house, a job … [Read more...]
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