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Occupy protests: a four step guide to bypassing high-street banks
Brett Scott
8th December, 2011
You've read about the Occupy Wall Street and London protests and you know about corporate greed (and the banking bail-out) but how can you do something about it? more...
Counterpower: Making Change Happen
Mark Newton
17th November, 2011
Can political movements past provide lessons for future protest? According to Tim Gee’s Counterpower they most definitely can - and the result, says Mark Newton, is truly inspiring more...
Occupy the Streets: voices from inside the London protest
Catuxa Argibay
26th October, 2011
It started in Wall Street but has now spread to cities all over the world. The Ecologist visited the London demonstration against financial greed and inequality to hear what activists had to say... more...
What looting has to do with trashing the planet
Harriet Williams
15th August, 2011
Recent riots and looting across the streets of England is a mini-tragedy of the commons, says Harriet Williams. If only some of the evironmental damage we cause everyday was as immediately visible and socially unacceptable more...
Activists square up to coal mine threatening 'Lord of the Rings' site
Sarah Bentley
3rd May, 2011
Sarah Bentley reports from the activist camp standing in the way of an open cast coal mine in Shropshire in an area said to have inspired Tolkien's Middle Earth more...
Climate activists need to protect their right to protest
Frances Wright
21st April, 2011
Following the High Court judge ruling that police 'kettling' tactics at the G20 protests were illegal, Climate Camp legal advisor Frances Wright argues that protestors need to be more aware than ever of their rights more...
Climate Week is too cosy with EDF, RBS and Tesco - join an activist group instead
Danny Chivers
17th March, 2011
Danny Chivers, author of the all-new No-Nonsense Guide to Climate Change, gives his verdict on the upcoming RBS-sponsored Climate Week more...
Dow Chemical in the dock as activists confront corporate spies
Tom Levitt
25th February, 2011
Chemical giant dismisses allegations that it inflitrated Greenpeace in an effort to undermine its direct action campaigns more...
Revealed: how energy firms spy on environmental activists
Rob Evans and Paul Lewis
15th February, 2011
Leaked documents show how three large British companies have been paying private security firm to monitor activists more...
Do aggressive and subversive police tactics put-off environmental protesters?
Tom Antebi
9th February, 2011
With the recent spate of police aggression, intimidation and infiltration of the environmental movement, the Ecologist asks if these tactics are turning people away from protests? more...
Climate activist trial collapses over use of undercover police officer
Tom Antebi
10th January, 2011
The second trial of activists accused of planning to occupy Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station has collapsed after the use of undercover police officer Mark Kennedy was revealed more...
Activist families: the parents and children protesting against climate change
Sarah Bentley
21st December, 2010
Can families play a frontline role in the fight against climate change? The Ecologist meets the parent-child activists who believe they can more...
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Climate activists face jail over Ratcliffe coal plot
Tom Levitt
14th December, 2010
Protesters claim attempts to shutdown E.ON's Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station were 'necessary in the fight against climate change' but could still face a maximum of three months in jail more...
The Ecologist guide to video activism
Eifion Rees
23rd November, 2010
The video camera is the weapon of choice for activists and campaigners around the world, with campaign films an effective way to get a message across and fight back against mainstream media bias. Here's our guide to taking your stand... more...
Climate protesters block the Coryton oil refinery in Essex
Felix Gonzales
19th October, 2010
A film runs through the highlights of last weekend's protest at the Coryton oil refinery in Essex, UK more...
Undercurrents: the campaign film pioneers still setting the agenda
Eifion Rees
5th October, 2010
Eifion Rees reports on the video journalists producing environmental and social justice films that influence public opinion - and consistently get closer to the issues than the mainstream media more...
Climate activism: is the trial more important than the protest?
Andrew Hickman
25th August, 2010
As nine climate change activists are fined by a Scottish judge for breaking into Aberdeen airport, we look at how courtroom manoeuvres form a crucial part of the package more...
Police to pay compensation to Kingsnorth climate camp protesters
Ecologist
11th June, 2010
Kent Police admit stop and search operation was a violation of human rights and agree to pay compensation to three protesters more...
How to shut down a Shell petrol station... in style
Felix Gonzales
17th May, 2010
On 15th May, protesters shut down the Islington Shell petrol station for five hours in a non-violent, 'party at the pumps'. Watch the video to find out more... more...
Deborah Doane: a Conservative government could inspire activism
Tom Levitt
20th April, 2010
The pioneering World Development Movement (WDM), celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Its director Deborah Doane, says it now is considering more direct forms of protest more...
Is the climate change movement splintering?
Bibi van der Zee
25th February, 2010
Climate change activists are regrouping post-Copenhagen – and some are reasserting their radical roots more...
Blackwashing: do NGO tactics risk long term public trust?
Tom Levitt
1st January, 2010
Instead of making exaggerated claims about species becoming extinct, NGOs could make progress on issues like deforestation by collaborating more closely with companies, reports Tom Levitt more...
The struggle to report on Tibet's environment
Andrew Wasley
1st May, 2009
Reporting from the frontline of environmental activism, Andrew Wasley takes a closer look at the environmental situation in Tibet. more...
CASE STUDY: protesting without making a sound
Jonathan Rowe
6th April, 2009
John Francis spent 17 years walking... in silence. His pilgrimage is testament to the fact that you don't have to speak to be heard and that the tools to combat global warming are in all our hands. more...
CASE STUDY: changing our perspectives through art
Jon Hughes
1st January, 2008
Sometimes, choosing not to think like a scientist can be a good thing. Jon Hughes sits down with the Harrisons, environmental activists and conceptual artists more...Members
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