Biofuels far from the panacea to petrol prices and climate change, have added to the global food price hike by taking land previously occupied by food crops. A study by the University of Minnesota found that growing biofuel on converted rainforests, peat lands, savannas or grasslands created up to 420 times more carbon dioxide than it saved. read full story / add a comment

The rights to West Hinkley wind-farm have been sold off to Electricite de France who have already announced their intention to build one or two nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point. read full story / add a comment

Bristol No Borders are calling for support when they picket the
International Organisation for Migration's Offices, at 10 Park Street,
Bristol. Groups outside Bristol can find addresses of other IOM offices at
the bottom of this message. read full story / add a comment

Foie gras is on the out in Bath - with only a couple of isolated bastions of animal abuse still selling the stuff. We can persuade them to remove it from their menus - but we need your help! Activists nin Bath have been demoing on the ground - but concerned peeps in Bristol and beyond can help by contacting the resteraunts. read full story / add a comment

Hinkley Point B has been warned by the nuclear regulator that it faces being shut down this year if it does not fit a last resort shut-down system at an estimated cost of over £100 million. read full story / add a comment

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The Earth and its inhabitants are being raped of their natural resources by the Corporate-State Complex. This is why for the Day of Climate Action we sabotaged this smooth operation in the early hours of April XX. read full story / add a comment

A few examples & Communiqué. read full story / add a comment

A vacant city centre building, the Little Theatre in Colston Street, was occupied this morning by homeless Bristolians as part of a co-ordinated day of action round the world. read full story / add a comment

On 15th April, the mandatory biofuel blending (RTFO) comes in, meaning that 2.5% of fuel sold at the pump must contain agrofuel. The Government is promoting this as yet another false technical fix for climate change, despite it's Chief Scientist's doubts about their sustainability. read full story / add a comment

The Arts Council has announced support for a big community event at Bristol’s Colston Hall on 30th April. “A Passage to Bristol” is a celebration of the diversity and talent that makes the city such an exciting place to live. read full story / add a comment

Before the mining multinationals arrived in the Colombian region of Southern Bolívar, state-linked paramilitaries paved their way with the murder of two members of the regional Farmers and Mining Association, FEDEAGROMINESBOL. After playing football with the decapitated head of one of their victims, they stuck it on a post, facing towards the mines. Then they informed the community - many of whom made their living as small-scale miners - they’d come to hand over the mines to the multinationals. read full story / add a comment

New free English language courses for anyone who needs help talking English. read full story / add a comment

The well-known Kebele Bike Workshop, serving the community for more than 11 years, was ripped off by a former volunteer earlier this month.
Harvey Tadman, who over the past year had been heavily involved in the daily operation and organization of the bike workshop, and also well-known through Critical Mass and the St. Werburghs’s Bike Project, emptied the workshop’s account on 14 March. read full story / add a comment

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Please join Animal Aid on Wednesday 26th March at 12 noon (for a couple of hours) outside Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage shop, to tell the celebrity chef and his customers that if they genuinely care about chickens and other farmed animals, they would go veggie. read full story / add a comment

Madge Dresser will be at the Pierian Centre at 11am on Sunday morning to talk about the new book she's co-authored with Peter Fleming. The Books & Buns Morning is a laid back start to the Sunday of the Pierian Centre’s Journeys Festival - coffee, croissants and a chance to chat to authors of books on Journeying! It’s free – it’s fun – and it’s a fabulous chance to see the Journeys art exhibition at the same time! "Bristol: Ethnic Minorities and the City, 1000-2001” is part of the national 'England's Past for Everyone' initiative funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund under the aegis of the Victoria County History Project at London University's Institute of Historical Research. read full story / add a comment

Diana Warner walked from Bristol to Westminster last year to protest against the occupation of Iraq. She met support and hospitality along the way, but the greater part of her journey has been taking place since she came back. Diana speaks about this inner pilgrimage as well as the outer journey on Sunday 16th March as part of the Pierian Centre’s Journeys Festival. read full story / add a comment

A Message to the Sea is an extraordinary project, being launched on Sunday 16th March at the Pierian Centre’s Journeys Festival. It’s a participatory performance by Gri Gri Zero, visiting and investigating the living legacy of the Atlantic Slave Triangle - and forming part of their Sameboat Project..

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Protesters will be picketing Shell garages in Bristol on St Patrick's Day. The actions are part of an international day of action in solidarity with residents of Rossport, County Mayo, Ireland who are fighting the oil company's plan to build a potentially devastating onshore oil refinery and high pressure pipeline in their remote and environmentally sensitive region.
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