Avonmouth Coal Terminal Banner Drop

Submitted by Toadministrator on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 13:53

Avonmouth docks targeted for international day of climate action
12 October 2010

 

This morning activists from Bristol and Bath Rising Tide dropped a banner reading 'Import Coal: Export Poverty' from Avonmouth bridge near the docks, as part of a global week of action for climate and environmental justice.

 

The Royal Portbury Docks contains one of the largest coal import terminals in the UK. There are currently plans to build several new coal power stations in the UK, and 71% of coal used in Britain is imported.

 

Avonmouth docks targeted

 

Aberthaw Power Station Blockade

Submitted by Toadministrator on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 13:45

Activists blockade Aberthaw power station
Fossil Fools Day 2008
3 April 2008

10 Bristol activists are blockading Aberthaw coal power station, the worst polluter in Wales. This is a joint effort with Bath, Cardiff and Oxford activists to draw attention to a major UK company behind climate change. Numerous actions have been taking place over the week to disrupt major climate change contributors as part of Fossil Fools Day.

Santas Against Excessive Consumption take to the streets of London **new pictures added**

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/28/2010 - 12:34
Santas Against Excessive Consumption take to the streets of London **new pictures added**We at London Rising Tide love Christmas – reconnecting with family and friends, the rosy glow of happiness that spreads through the country as people have a chance to get closer to whatever and whoever’s most important to them. The frosty weather that envelopes us and makes us appreciate what we have all the more, and the sound of people drawn out of their houses to play in the snow. We can’t spend all our time scheming plans to topple the climate criminals working to turn our world and environment into a machine for their profit, and Christmas comes as a welcome break.

Homeless Polar Bears at RBS

Submitted by Toadministrator on Sun, 12/26/2010 - 17:20

Climate refugee polar bears blockade the Oil Bank of Scotland
15 October 2007

A group of ‘climate refugees’ blocked the vehicle entrance to the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Corporate Offices at Temple Quay to shine the spotlight on climate criminals RBS, the self-proclaimed ‘Oil and Gas’ Bank. Six people from Bristol Rising Tide for Climate Action in polar bear costumes locked themselves together and prevented all vehicles entering the RBS branch. This was part of a National Day of Local Action against the Royal Bank of Scotland called by those hugely concerned with the devastation to the climate, planet and people.[1]

Not a Climate for Cuts

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:28
Not a Climate for Cuts

Rising Tide has never believed that national governments are capable of truly and fairly tackling climate change. This is partly because they refuse to accept the root causes and partly, as people have seen in Germany, even an elected "Green" Party is quickly co-opted into mainstream political approaches. So over the past ten years, rather than lobbying, we have focused our attention on tackling these root causes and building grassroots alternatives to the crisis. Our analysis – that climate change is intimately connected to social justice struggles and indeed, is a product of global inequality – has gained ground during that time.

6th Annual LRT "Santas Against Excessive Consumption", Saturday the 18th December

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 12/06/2010 - 12:58
6th Annual LRT "Santas Against Excessive Consumption", Saturday the 18th December

Crass Xmas commercialisation - aren'tcha just sickovit?

Well, here's the antidote: a Christmas fluffy-ish singing action - brave entrepid counterculture guerrilla warriors don Santa Suits, sing anti-consumerist and anti-capitalist Xmas carols and leaflet for more mindful attention to love, gifts, and climate change - in Oxford Street, the heart of the shopping district, on one of the busiest shopping days of the year!

Londoners Go Mad About Nothing for Buy Nothing Day!

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 12/06/2010 - 12:37

Boxes2On a chilly Saturday afternoon on 27th of November, Oxford street shoppers were distracted by the launch of London Rising Tide's sales and advertising team's new product, Nothing(c).

We decided to mark the annual Buy Nothing Day this year by giving out a thousand free samples of '˜Nothing' to the desperate shoppers scrabbling for the latest must-have item. On our stall we had Nothing for everyone: “ Nothing for Men, Nothing for Women, Nothing Lite, Nothing for Those who have Everything and Nothing - Now with even Less. A cheeky flyer explaining the authenticity of our product and giving a link to the Buy Nothing Day website was given out along with the box of Nothing.

Not a Climate for Cuts

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/03/2010 - 10:42

cutsgraphicRising Tide has never believed that national governments are capable of truly and fairly tackling climate change. This is partly because they refuse to accept the root causes and partly, as people have seen in Germany, even an elected "Green" Party is quickly co-opted into mainstream political approaches. So over the past ten years, rather than lobbying, we have focused our attention on tackling these root causes and building grassroots alternatives to the crisis. Our analysis – that climate change is intimately connected to social justice struggles and indeed, is a product of global inequality – has gained ground during that time.

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