At 7.30am this morning, around 60 protesters set up the site of Wales' first Climate Camp on the edge of Merthyr Tydfil, next to the controversial Ffos-y-Fran opencast coal mine. read full story / add a comment

Come to the next rising tide meeting, listen to and share camp stories, get inspired and motivated for action for climate justice and on root causes of climate chaos. All welcome.

At Kebele Monday 24th August 2009
7.30pm

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Between 20th-21st September Climate Rush are going to be plodding into town on their horse drawn cart as part of their September roadshow (http://www.climaterush.co.uk/whatnext.html). They will be holding a couple of events/actions and want as many Bristol locals involved, both in the actions themselves and with ideas and input. The main event will be a critical mass from 5pm on the 21st, ending with a massive game of capture the flag at a secret location... read full story / add a comment

Coal, gas, oil, and atomic energy is destroying the planets livability and therefore the last forty-five years of ecological green revolution has brought into being the high and low tech tools to put in place wind, tidal, and solar power that transforms to electricity and is more power than society can use. No more blackouts. This non-pollution solution provides work for all and forever more. Viva socialist liberation. End pollution wars, not endless wars for more pollution. Coal itself is a dirty fossil fuel in that it burns out the atmospheres' oxygen and leaves carbon dioxide, and we cannot live on carbon-dioxide. The bosses of coal however, have created a fraud called 'clean coal' to green wash the genocidal features of burning coal. Solar is the path to liberation and will free the miners from dying early from blacklung read full story / add a comment

Royate Hill Community Allotment and Orchard regular bi-monthly workday
1st August
11am-4pm (we usually start cleaning up around 3 or 3:30pm)
map: http://www.kebelecoop.org/images/flyer_permaculture_may...8.pdf

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Louise Rutterford and Martin Fodor will be presenting information on the 'how, where and what' of saving energy and carbon in the home. The aim of the workshop is to enable residents to prioritise the most financially beneficial and environmentally effective options available. The session will link in with the grants and support that are out there to help people to start making changes to their homes, including those in rental properties.

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A worker from the Vestas factory in Newport on the the Isle of Wight will be coming to Bristol this Friday July 31 to give a first hand and up to date account of the occupation and their fight to keep the plant open and save 600 jobs and the production of the wind turbine blades.

Bristol Temple Meads Railway Club, Friday 31 July 12 midday to 1pm (apologies for short notice) read full story / add a comment

Can local action groups realistically fight the vested interests of the government and developers in order to save our green spaces? read full story / add a comment

SchNEWS delves into the machinations of the Avon & Somerset Police and Mendips Council campaign which closed down the Big Green Gathering. This article appears in the revised edition of SchNEWS issue 685... read full story / add a comment

There are plans for the fluoridation of Bristol tap water. The government argues this will increase levels of dental health. This is believed by many to be an unnecessary and possibly dangerous mass medication, especially to children and people with certain medical conditions. If people want to add fluoride to their diet they can buy it in toothpaste, mouth wash and other products. They have a choice. When fluoride is put into our drinking water, the freedom to choose is taken from us. It is our right to decide what medication we ingest. The final decision on fluoridation should rest with water consumers - we the people. At present this power lies with the local health authority.
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There are plans for the fluoridation of Bristol tap water. The government argues this will increase levels of dental health. This is believed by many to be an unnecessary and possibly dangerous mass medication, especially to children and people with certain medical conditions. If people want to add fluoride to their diet they can buy it in toothpaste, mouth wash and other products. They have a choice. When fluoride is put into our drinking water, the freedom to choose is taken from us. It is our right to decide what medication we ingest. The final decision on fluoridation should rest with water consumers - we the people. At present this power lies with the local health authority.
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It seems people are needed to show solidarity with the workers on the Isle of Wight who have occupied their factory (the only one in the UK producing wind turbines..) trying to prevent its closure. Getting there doesn't seem too tricky. Anyone up for it? read full story / add a comment

July’s Film Night at the Pierian Centre is Oliver Hodge’s inspiring documentary Garbage Warrior. This account of one man’s fight to develop green housing was nominated for Best British Documentary 2007 – and it throws down a challenge to how we live and where we’re headed. read full story / add a comment

Good night out for a good cause read full story / add a comment

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Climate activists plan Wales’ first Climate Camp

Direct action camp to open near Merthyr, 13-16th August
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Cornwall’s Eden Project is under sustained fire for supporting the French energy giant EDF Energy. EDF is promoting something called Team Green Britain Day, an annual event to promote a more sustainable lifestyle. The project is being promoted in association with the Eden Project to the surprise of environmentalists. read full story / add a comment

Seagulls stalk Bristolians at every turn. These once-benign creatures are locked with us in a power struggle to rule Bristol's Georgian streets. Who will win? read full story / add a comment

Bristol’s carbon footprint is around 2.3 million tonnes CO2 per year - or 6 tonnes per capita.

The major sources are energy use in homes (37%), industrial and commercial energy use (35%) and road transport (18%).
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How can Bristol get on the green transport wagon? One innovative new scheme being piloted by the First bus company throughout Bristol may have the answer. Dubbed ‘The Chipper', a single decked 1998 Dennis dart bus has been designed to run on waste oil left over from fish and chip restaurants. read full story / add a comment

Meeting at the Kebele Social Centre, Robertson Road, Easton to plan and prepare for events and Climate Camps over the summer - come along and get involved. Also hear about recent and coming events in the long running struggle at Rossport in Co Mayo, Ireland against Shell's gas pipeline development. read full story / add a comment