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Battle over Kingsnorth coal plant won
Energy utility E.ON have announced they’re putting on hold plans for a new coal power station at Kingsnorth on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, England. Seems they’re freezing construction plans for at least 3 years. This comes after intense direct action targetting E.ON’s headquarters & power plants, including the Camp for Climate Action in August 2008. Copyright Mike…
9 Oct 2009 admin -
Feral Trade: a different value system
This evening I went to hear Kate Rich and Rasha Shaheen present the Feral Trade project. Kate and Rasha are about to embark on a trip to Iran, attempting to open up a new grocery trade route. The Feral Trade project trades goods along social networks: transporting consumables like coffee from El Salvador, sweets from…
6 Oct 2009 jane -
The Bristol bus boycott & other stories
On Sunday afternoon, Virtual Migrants presented a performance and talk: The Centre Cannot Hold, Part 1. The performance examined the social inequalities around the issue of climate change. The following discussion looked at why those most effected are largely not the industrialised economies causing it; the connections between environmental crises and migration; and local Bristol…
6 Oct 2009 jane -
Finding the edges
The C Words season has plunged straight in at the deep end, with full and intense discussions that have explored some of the key issues that will frame the next eight weeks. There’s been a lot of talking, but it has felt like an important way to begin: introducing the complex and diverse groups and…
5 Oct 2009 jane -
C Words Slow Travel weekend, An Epilogue
The C words opening was advertised as a slow travel weekend. Sustrans’ art and the travelling landscape opened their Slow Travel Agency for business, while visitors and collaborating artists were encouraged to arrive by foot, bike, boat, bus and train. I arrived home around 02:30am on Monday morning having taken almost eight hours to travel…
5 Oct 2009 jane -
C Words launches
C Words started today at Arnolfini, Bristol with a wonderful launch day of exhibitions, discussions, introductions and food. The season began with a fascinating discussion around recuperation. The day has been driven by ideas and conversations. The highlight for me was the extraordinary personal testimony of a Canadian First Nations activist fighting back the invasion…
3 Oct 2009 jane -
C Words: The Hubbub Begins
Saturday, 3rd October 2009 Arriving at Arnolfini early this morning, before the gallery opens ‘C Words’ to the public, a sense of eager anticipation hangs in the air. Some of the artists and gallery staff are involved in frantic last minute preparations while others patiently pace through the days rituals in quiet corners of the…
3 Oct 2009 jane -
C Words – One Day To Go
With one day to go until the opening of PLATFORM’s C Words season at Arnolfini, Bristol the co-realizers are making themselves at home in the reading room. We are currently sourcing tea, cake and other essentials for our first Critical Tea Party. Sunday 4th Septrmber 2009, 17:00-18:00 We look forward to seeing you here. Becky,…
2 Oct 2009 jane -
BP putting workers at risk in US
Even after BP’s refinery in Texas City exploded in 2005 killing 15 workers and injuring hundreds, the company continues to break the safety standards it promised to meet as part of a settlement agreement. Four workers have died in separate occasions since. Yet documents obtained by the FT’s Sheila McNulty show that the company continues to cut…
30 Sep 2009 admin
