Campaigners up and down the country are trying to stop public access land from going under the hammer as UK councils seek ways to plug the Government funding gap. JAN GOODEY reports
… Environmental vandalism? Campaigners regroup to stop the Great Downland … Jan Goodey | 15th March 2017 Activism Campaigning Protest Conservation SSSI downs 6.jpg Campaigners up and down the country are trying …
With a government seemingly intent on pushing through the latest road-building programme via its localism agenda campaigners are readying themselves for combined resistance using legal experts, alliance groupings and direct action
… programme via its localism agenda campaigners are readying themselves for … 29-30), John Stewart, who led the successful campaign to stop the third runway at Heathrow … before at Oxleas Wood [1993] and if this campaign goes national it can happen again. …
'The success of Vegans Support the Farmers shows both vegans and farmers have a hunger for real solutions and a better future for us and our families.'
… Meet the next generation of food campaigners Jan Goodey | 30th April 2024 | … and our families.' A series of new youth-led campaigns is shedding light on the skewed UK … including Hastings, Leeds and Manchester. Campaigners pick up essentials, then, without …
Campaigners are pledging to go to prison, if necessary, for blocking oil refineries up and down the country this spring as part of the Just Stop Oil campaign.
… Picks screenshot_2022-02-21_at_09.53.44.png Campaigners are pledging to go to prison, if … this spring as part of the Just Stop Oil campaign. Just Stop Oil - the campaign to stop all new fossil fuel …
Insulate Britain are prisoners of conscience raising public awareness of immediate action required to combat climate crisis
… are expressing an interest in joining the campaign group Insulate Britain following its civil resistance campaign when numerous motorways and major … in people prepared to cross the line and join campaigns of material disruption, with large …
As fracking hits the headlines UK protests against the practice of blasting natural gas from shale rock are on the increase. Jan Goodey reports on the latest flashpoint in the urgent - and escalating - anti fracking battle
… process in their area. Summing up the local campaigns, Ben Johns from UK-based campaign group Frack Off told the Ecologist: … means the frack fluids mix stays unknown. Campaigners here though fear that Sussex and …
Akashi is a grassroots campaign that gives a bigger voice to black and minority ethnic groups on climate change issues
… Project shilpapic.jpg Akashi is a grassroots campaign that gives a bigger voice to black … in several Asian languages), is a grassroots campaign which started out in 2005 together … Hindus or others may feel uncomfortable, campaigners are encouraged to hold them …
There's a shift occurring in the stewardship of the UK's National Parks - a move towards legislating for greater freedom to plunder the Parks' natural resources for financial gain with conservation of natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage taking a back seat. JAN GOODEY reports on the looming threat to the National Parks in Wales
… Development Snowdonia Society save our rivers campaigners - photo credit rob litherland.jpg … from Plaid Cymru... plus people power. Campaigners from Save Our Rivers, the … of the report is highly likely unless campaigners can lobby successfully for …
Is HS2 just a vanity project that will gobble up £200bn, promote aviation and trash 108 ancient woodlands. The Ecologist investigates.
… protestors allegedly at their hands. Trespass Campaigners claim that police and security … to the exploitation of migrants. Although campaigners argue that is what HS2 is doing by … ‘situational awareness’. Labour Stop HS2 campaigners at Denham have questioned whether …
In a perfect storm, Middle England is joining forces with climate activists to say no to fracking and the UK's much-talked about shale gas boom
… water supplies . Tom Leveridge, Senior Energy Campaigner for the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) said: … support the recently formed direct action campaign, Frack Off. One speaker from the …
Opponents say the controversial bypass will damage ancient woodlands, disturb wetland birds and impact on protected areas - and it's just one of 22 similar schemes currently awaiting approval. Jan Goodey investigates
… and promoting local authority enterprise. The Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) is … build our way out of congestion.' Devolved campaigning What do other interested parties … action with local communities encouraged to campaign in cases where ancient woods come …
Nicola Peel's new film Blood of the Amazon tells the story of the world's largest environmental lawsuit and investigates how the oil industry threatens a fragile rainforest environment. By Jan Goodey
… Tribes Nicola Peel Texaco Mushrooms Campaign Hero 4nicola-with-facepaint.jpg … Ok so what's been the scariest experience campaigning, apart from that military … of a Greenpeace and The Wilderness Society campaign in 2004]. With that in mind, for most …
One of the country’s longest standing tree-camps is determined to see off Tesco, its planned new hyperstore and allied £3bn development at Titnore Woods, Durrington, near Worthing.
… open days and 'free cafes'. On the whole the campaigners have sought to live in harmony … one of our last bits of rainforest.’ Campaigners haven’t had it all their own way, … for an 800-space car park. According to the campaigners, the development as a whole will …
… more . Just Stop Oil began its relentless campaign in April 2022 with a series of oil … social housing. Following Insulate Britain’s campaign a year earlier, there are now a … Caroline Rance, a climate and energy campaigner for Friends of the Earth Scotland, …
The UK's fracking protests are working says Jan Goodey who has been reporting for the Ecologist from Balcombe since the first of the protestors turned up to stop the drills
… 12 months and counting thanks to successful campaigning by the Forth valley Against … bill of £2.3m since the Lock the Gate campaign began at the end of July, residents … movements a day each flanked and preceded by campaigners. Ewa Jasiewicz of No Dash for Gas …
Speakers at last weekend's march emphasised the need for uniting the fights for environmental and social justice.
… justice movement saw more than 3-4,000 campaigners march through central London last … Roberts, fracking direct action campaigner whose recent prison sentence was … Allen, Frack Free United; Claire James, Campaign against Climate Change. This Author …
Landscapes of Freedom mass trespass demands access to, and an end to blood sports on, Brighton and Hove City Council-owned land.
… hard-won designation, down to years of fierce campaigning, the downland is still mainly out … Hayes is the co-founder of the Right to Roam campaign, and illustrated the dramatic posters … mental health and that’s one reason why we’re campaigning for a greater Right to Roam over …
'For the rich, much much less, while for the billions who lack the basics: more good food, better housing, abundant clean water...'
… anti-racist, indigenous and pro-migrant campaigns. In the zone between is social … Leigh Phillips, an anti-environmentalist campaigner and contributor to Spiked , presses … narodniki ? By and large, they will join campaigns for unionised ‘ green jobs ,’ but …
Two Councils at the front line of fracking protests - Greater Manchester and West Sussex - have pension funds investing in the major fracking operators - while decisions on planning applications to frack are pending.
… spreading tentacles Lawrence Carter, energy campaigner at Greenpeace UK said: "After the … their money in clean energy. The Green Light Campaign has been set up specifically …
Liz Truss's decision to overturn the fracking ban in the UK is reigniting grassroots resistance.
… manager for Shell, and her Tory leadership campaign was part-funded by beneficiaries of … How will the anti-fracking movement respond? Campaigners in Lancashire, Tina tells me, are … between today and 2011 when the original campaign began), relates Clara Paillard of the …
Greater Manchester Authorities has launched an immediate probe into its investments after an investigation by The Ecologist revealed it was funding the company behind the world's biggest, and most controversial, coal mine. JAN GOODEY reports.
… public opposition. More than 2,000 campaigners took part in a protest at Bondi … when a court in Brisbane threw out green campaigners’ and a local landowner’s appeals …
Crude oil may be running out, but Brighton's transport revolution is powering up. Jan Goodey meets Tom Druitt, the driving force behind the Big Lemon Bus
… working with the company on a promotional campaign that will include the restaurants … frequent service and launching a promotional campaign along the way, with investment for …
Crude oil may be running out, but Brighton's transport revolution is powering up. Jan Goodey meets Tom Druitt, the driving force behind the Big Lemon Bus
… working with the company on a promotional campaign that will include the restaurants … frequent service and launching a promotional campaign along the way, with investment for …