ART NOT OIL REQUESTS THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY AT 'A WAKE FOR BP' AT ITS CENTENARY PARTY, (BRITISH MUSEUM, 6-7PM, 6.5.09)

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 19:52

Party over!Dress rehearsal to take place at BP's 100th AGM, Custom House DLR, 10.30am, 16.4.09

Oil goliath BP, already forced to postpone its centenary party at the British Museum on April 1st, (also known as Fossil Fools Day[1]), has rescheduled the event for May 6th. Art Not Oil[2], the group behind the original demonstration against its 'tarnished centenary', will be throwing 'A Wake for BP' as guests arrive at the British Museum between 6pm and 7pm on the new date.

Fossil and Financial Fools Day goes global

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/01/2009 - 20:35

FFD Plymouth

Today saw not only mass protests in London ahead of the G20 summit, but local demonstrations in cities around the UK and across the globe. Under the banner of Fossil Fools Day, activists held protests at banks, energy companies and power stations across the UK, the USA and South Africa to highlight the twin economic and climate crises.

More action reports and photographs will be added here as they come in.

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In the UK ...

Actions and Resources for Fossil Fools Day 2009

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 02/23/2009 - 16:24

FFD LogoFFD is soon! We know of various affinity group actions around the UK but thought we’d upload some inspirational public actions you can get involved with on the April 1st and some resources to help inspire you to take action in you local area. So, whether you’ve been looking for a chance to dip a toe into the growing climate action movement, or have had your kick-ass action planned since last year, now is the time to do it – whatever it is. On April 1st, join the global day of resistance and pull a prank that packs a punch.

NRT Rat Race

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/30/2008 - 13:18

Rats at TopshopTo mark Buy Nothing Day, activists from Norwich Rising Tide held a Rat Race in the Norwich city centre.

The busiest high street in Norwich was today full of rats. The rats were equipped with placards reading Work Harder, Earn More Money, Buy More Things, Keep Going, and leaflets telling people to join the consumption Rat Race. The reverse of the leaflet, revealed the spoof and informed people that today was buy nothing day and perhaps they should consider the environmental and social consequences of excessive consumption.

Targeteon - London Rising Tide visit the Football Association's Headquarters

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/28/2008 - 23:52
Targeteon - London Rising Tide visit the Football Association's Headquarters

On Friday 28th November London Rising Tide visited the F.A.Headquarters to protest about E-on's sponsorship of the FA Cup. A full team of Rising Tiders turned out to play football in T shirts bearing the names of the government's proposed new coal fired powerstations. Yellow and Red cards explaining the facts about dirty coal were handed out to staff leaving the headquarters and passing public.

Australian power station shut down by six hour protest

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 11:07

coal pile  conveyer
29 people were arrested after a climate change protest by Rising Tide Australia at Bayswater power station in New South Wales on 1 November. Four people locked themselves to machinery (the conveyer belt and its motor), stopping the conveyor belts that carry coal to Bayswater’s furnaces while about 25 others occupied the coal piles.

Spokesperson, Georgina Woods, said, “Australia’s greenhouse pollution is still increasing and our addiction to coal-fired power is the main cause. We are here because every day we hesitate, we are killing the Great Barrier Reef.”

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