"Camp Hope" took place in a field opposite the entrance to Gloucestershire Airport on the weekend of 20/21 October 2007.
Some of the visitors to the camp travelled from across the country, and others are local residents. Local organisations, such as Cheltenham Friends of the Earth and the Gloucester Green Party were represented, as well as protest groups such as Stop Bristol Airport Expansion and Plane Stupid. The majority of visitors on Saturday attended the talks and workshops, and a number stayed overnight, camping in sub-zero temperatures. A large yurt, complete with wood burning stove, provided surprisingly comfortable accommodation for many of the campers.
Over the weekend the campers were visited by BBC and ITV camera crews, radio reporters and journalists from the local newspapers.
Workshops and discussions were given by :
About me: Stop Staverton Airport Expansion is a coalition of groups including Concerned Residents Against Staverton Expansion, Cheltenham Friends of The Earth, Gloucestershire Plane Stupid and Gloucestershire Greenpeace. Staverton Airport want to increase the usable length of their runway and increase services.
The IPCC tell us that we need to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 90% or face catastrophic climate change. In the face of this, it is clear that we cannot continue to let airports expand due to the environmental impact of aviation, the UK's fastest growing source of CO2 emissions.
Who I'd like to meet: People who can help the ongoing campaign to stop airport expansion.
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SILENT BUT DEADLY. Did you know that farmed animals produce more greenhouse gas emissions (18%) than the world's entire transport system (13.5%)? Or that nitrous oxide from animal manure is around 300 times as damaging to the climate as carbon dioxide? Or that methane ( cow and sheep farts/burps to you and me) has 23 times the global warming impact of carbon dioxide? MAKES YOU THINK DOESN'T IT? The only genuine way to cut down these harmful emissions is to stop eating meat. To find out more visit www. vegsoc. org/environment , or order your free booklet on 0161 925 2000, green@vegsoc.org. It's not just a lot of hot air.
VEG4LENT Reviving the ancient Christian Tradition of abstaining from meat consumption during Lent, we respectfully invite all Christians to use VEG4LENT as a period of reflection and prayer for all those currently condemned to the slaughterhouse.
As a contemporary adaptation of an ancient tradition, we politely urge each participant to adopt a vegetarian diet for each and every day between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday.
Lent is a sacred and spiritual period for Christians the world over. Greater empathy with Christ, gained during the Lenten period, allows us to be more receptive to the needs of our neighbour. As Christ taught us our neighbour is s/he who suffers. Are there any who suffer more than those condemned to the slaughterhouse?
now is time to get shit 2gevva fast, whatever u was thinkin of doing do it now, impending economic crash and a whole sequence of undealt with mistakes since 9/11 (and before) may be about to come smack us in the face... time to get the teams together and make the teams work... BUY solar panels, 12 volt batteries, invertors, sound system, means of production, blank CDs, CD press, printers... avoid debt, banking system, trainers, bling, guns, drugs and selfish people...
OIL at over 100 dollars a barrel, many cold people in the UK right now, there gonna be many unpaid gas bills... this is cos of HUBBERTS PEAK (google it or "peak oil") a calculation done in the '90's which shows that global fuel supply would peak somewhere between 2004 and 2008... hence the iraq war focus on iran etc.
the times, sky, the sun and murdoch monopoly media public enemy number ONE (with donald rumsfeld, dick cheney, wolfowitz neo-con gang a close second)
o-i-l.org, operation infinite love, sat feb 16th, meet picaddilly tube... run by a gal called venus (see vidz on page) who says "oil is not the most precious resource, love is" - so turn up to that to link up with the hippy sections
political sections meet on street on march 15th stop the war coalition (stopwar.org.uk) for which certain big london punk bands are putting together sound systems
rhythms of resistance (political samba) will be at both
Hey, hi from Northants and thanks for the add. Keep fighting. We hope you'll enjoy Take the Red Pill (www.ttrp.co.uk). Register and let us know. Respect! redpillboy.
Saturday 15th December Meet 12 noon at Ledbury Train Station Speakers + Vegan Food!
We will more information as and when we get it including transport pickup points and more. If you are coming down in a bus please email us with the details of where pickups are : group@animalliberation.co.uk
If you need to contact us please phone 01452 539673 or email using the above email address.
Last weekend did bring hope that this issue is not yet over. What is happening at this airport is mirrored across the country, and that has to be tackled too.
Saturday 15th December Meet 12 noon at Ledbury Train Station Speakers + Vegan Food!
We will more information as and when we get it including transport pickup points and more. If you are coming down in a bus please email us with the details of where pickups are : group@animalliberation.co.uk
If you need to contact us please phone 01452 539673 or email using the above email address.
Thanks for adding me to your friends Camp Hope. It's nice to "meet" people who can also see the bleeding obvious - our climate needs serious help, NOW! I need your help to develop my radical new solar photovoltaic technology based on plant molecules. Any help gratefully received, in whatever form it takes. For more information please visit the website:
