Demonstrations in London and Manchester,Saturday 4th September
You can come to the London demonstration - or the one in Manchester- or, for just a fiver, join us in our special carriage on the train (see here) for a full fun day of aviation activism!
Timetable:
11.00 am Demonstration outside City Airport, London. (Get the Jubilee line to Canning Town and rail replacement bus A from there - more travel details here)
12.15 pm “Train-not-plane” party board the big red (open top double decker) ‘End Domestic Flights’ bus which takes the message through the streets of London to Euston station.
1.40 pm "Train-not-plane" brigade boards the Manchester train at Euston.
3.49 pm “Train-not-plane” party arrives at Manchester Piccadilly station
4.30 - 5.45 pm Demonstration at Manchester Airport at Terminal 3 . More info info[at]stopmanchesterairport.org.uk
6.30 pm - Tea and coffee, followed by a Party for aviation activists : food, drink and live music from ceilidh band "The Fig Band". This will be at Hasty Lane near Manchester airport - in a street threatened by airport expansion - a short bus ride, or 25 minuite walk, from Terminal 3. Accommodation will be organised for those staying overnight.
Join us on the special "Train-not plane" carriageon the 1.40pm train! Take the big red bus from the City Airport demo to Euston station and then join our special “train-not-plane” carriage on the 1.40 train to Manchester. A fiver will get you to Manchester Airport taking our special carriage – first come first served for available seats. To book a ticket click here.
But remember, you need to get back from Manchester! The sooner you book the cheaper the return to London! You can return from Manchester Saturday night or party in Manchester and return Sunday morning. Return to London by train is £11.50 if booked well enough in advance, or around £5.50 on Megabus. The last trains back from Manchester to London on Saturday leave Manchester Piccadilly at 19.37 and 20.35.
Download a flier to publicise the demo from our leaflets page.
Put this date in your diary now! This will be the time to take the agenda forward on aviation, and insist that at this time of climate emergency we cannot afford to be using high-emission forms of transport where viable alternatives exist. And that aviation will need to bear the burden of emissions reductions along with other sectors.
"End Domestic Flights" is one of the 'Climate Emergency Demands' - see here.
We asked people their thoughts on banning domestic flights and made a video of their responses, you can watch it here.
At the site of the proposed new palm-oil burning, agrofuel power station at Portland in Dorset.
Transport will be organised from London and possibly other places. If you are interested in joining the coach from London (to Portland for the day) please contact stopagrofuels@campaigncc.org or fill in the form below.
Provisional Timetable: 9.00 am: Bus leaves London for Portland
1.00 pm: Assemble for march
2.00 - 3.00 pm: Rally outside port gates (site of proposed plant)
3.00 pm: Workshops and entertainment in local hall
8.00 pm: Bus sets off back to London.
also Demo “Stop subsidising agrofuels and deforestation” 5.00pm at DECC (Department of Energy and Climate Change), 3 Whitehall Place. Map here.
Timetable for the day:
1.00 pm Handing in of petition to DECC, photo op.
5.00 – 6.30 pm “Stop subsidising agrofuels and deforestation” demo outside DECC against the subsidising of agrofuels through ROCs (“Renewable Obligations Certificates”).
7.00 pm Public Meeting “How we can stop ‘Agrofuels’ undermining the fight against climate change.” Speakers will include Andrew Butler from ‘NOPE’ (‘No Palm Oil Energy”) the local campaign group on the Isle of Portland where we will be holding our upcoming ‘National Demonstration against Agrofuels’ on the 25th, and Kenneth Richter from Friends of the Earth.
1.00 pm to 7.00 pm Climate Forum7.00 pm to 9.00 pm Climate Concert
Zero Carbon by 2030. We need to reach this goal and we can reach this goal. But to get there we will need a radical programme of climate action for the UK – a positive vision with real solutions. Join us in challenging the new government to take the kind of action we really need to address the Climate Emergency.
Speakers to include John McDonnell MP (Lab, Hayes and Harlington), Caroline Lucas MP (leader Green Party, Brighton Pavillion), Maria Souviron (Bolivian Ambassador), Alexis Rowell (‘Cutting the Carbon’, Camden CAN), Andrew Simms (New Economics Foundation), George Marshall (founder, COIN), Vicki Hird (FoE Real Food Campaign), John Stewart (HACAN, AirportWatch), Stephen Murphy (‘Zero Carbon Britain’ Team) – and many more to be announced.
The Zero Carbon Britain Report – is this our blueprint for the future?
Public Meeting and Debate Thursday 22nd July organised by the Campaign against Climate Change.
Peter Harper and Stephen Murphy from the Zero Carbon Britain team presented a compelling case for the report, with Peter explaining the land use section in especial detail. They then answered answered a host of questions and comments from the floor in a lively discussion.
Topics covered (besides land use changes) included the intelligent use of energy, renewable energy generation, the infrastructure that we will need to develop, and positive effects on the economy. A comprehensive and radical approach could - given the necessary injection of collective will from the public - result in an actual increase in the quality of life as well as being an effective way to prevent catastrophic climate change.
The second Zero Carbon Britain report was released in June this year and offers a radical blueprint for rapid de-carbonisation of the economy and the achievement of, essentially, a zero emissions society by 2030. This looks like just what we need to address the Climate Emergency, with real practical solutions and a realistic vision of how we can make deep and rapid emissions cuts in the UK. The presenters were keen to state that the report should serve as a framework to spark debates, proposals, and vision for the public to launch from.
AUDIO PODCASTS: We recorded the main presentation and Q&A sessions and have uploaded them as MP3s, they're perfect for listening to on the train. Main presentation (47mins, 43MB MP3). Q&A session (55mins, 19MB MP3)
Zero Carbon by 2030. We need to reach this goal and we can reach this goal. But to get there we will need a radical programme of climate action for the UK – a positive vision with real solutions. Join us in challenging the new government to take the kind of action we really need to address the Climate Emergency.
March on Parliament, Saturday December 4th
AUDIO PODCASTS:
