Double double, oil is trouble (and so is custard!)
Dear Custard-spillers, RSC at the British Museum from rikki indymedia on Vimeo. It’s been a busy few days. We finally announced the results of the Greenwash Gold 2012 competition for worst Olympic sponsor on Friday in Trafalgar Square – and found seven of our crew behind bars for spilling some green custard on the ground! Turns out the Olympics police are a little touchy. Yesterday we continued our efforts to shame BP’s sponsorship efforts when we joined a large troupe of players in the Reclaim Shakespeare Company to ‘reduce BP to rubble’ in a Macbeth-esque pop-up play inside the British Museum. We have more events coming up to tell you about. No rest for the wicked! 1. BP’s greenwash awarded [...]
Read More...‘Out damn logo!’ We take to the stage. Twice.
Dear actor-vists, This week, the Reclaim Shakespeare Company is back with a vengeance, jumping onto BP-sponsored stages and performing guerrilla Shakespeare before startled but receptive audiences. Get the full story below, along with the latest on the Greenwash Gold campaign, which is coming to a head as the Olympics hurtle towards us. 1. ‘Out damn logo!’ 2. Will BP win Greenwash Gold? 3. Upcoming event: Art-Oil-Numbers-Bodies-Love As you know, the arts are underfunded – and our particular brand of pop-up performance is no exception. Could you help us do more of these interventions by making a donation? We promise to spend it on creative action against oil industry sponsorship of the arts. Love not logos, Jess, Emily, Sue and Ruthi [...]
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- June 15, 2012
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Stopping Shell and catching climate criminals
Dear Shell-stoppers, It’s been a busy start to the summer for the UKTSN crew. We have been giving Shell Hell at their Annual General Meetings in London and Amsterdam and made sure that RBS shareholders heard from us too. There has been some great support for the Fuel Quality Directive in Europe, which means we are gearing up to make sure that Canada’s lobbying doesn’t undo these positive developments in European climate law. 1. Giving Shell Hell 2. RBS – Climate Criminals 3. Fuel Quality Directive Gathering EU support! 4. Upcoming Events We’re always excited to hear from you, drop us a line if you want to get involved, or just give us some words of encouragement! Love, Sue, Emily, [...]
Read More...- May 12, 2012
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Tar Monsters and Tarmageddon!
Hi Tar-Monster Trashers, Last week saw a flurry of tar sands actions for International Stop the Tar Sands Day all over the world. As well as catching a Tar Monster in the streets of Oxford we marked the day by being part of the launch of the new film ‘Taking on Tarmageddon.’ The UKTSN team are now busy getting ready to work with our friends from Alaska and Canada to confront Shell at their AGM in two weeks. Next Friday we will be having a pre-AGM event in London to hear from communities impacted by Shell – it will be an amazing evening to meet fellow tar-stoppers! 1. International Stop the Tar Sands Day – Monster Hunts 2. ‘Taking on [...]
Read More...BP or not BP? That is the question
Friends, Romans, company-baiters – lend us your ears! This week we helped launch the Reclaim Shakespeare Company, which made its debut with a stunning piece of ‘guerilla Shakespeare’ on the stage at the BP-sponsored Royal Shakespeare Theatre no less! We are also gearing up for International Stop the Tar Sands day, swiftly followed by hitting Shell hard at their AGM next month. There is much ado about tar sands right now. We hope you can get involved! 1. Protesters take to the stage over BP sponsorship 2. Time to get MPs involved in Greenwash Gold 2012 3. Get the Shell Out! 4. Upcoming events: International Stop the Tar Sands Day, Pete the Temp and more Fare thee well. Parting is such [...]
Read More...- April 20, 2012
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AGMs, spaceships and Greenwash Gold
Dear BP-botherers, Over the last few days, we’ve launched a campaign, fallen for a hoax, got thrown out of an AGM, and been covered by just about every news outlet we’ve heard of. It’s been fantastic to work in partnership with friends from the Gulf Coast and the Indigenous Environmental Network, and give BP the hard time they deserve. Read on for: Spin and spaceships at the BP AGM BP dropped as Olympic ‘Sustainability Partner’?! The launch of Greenwash Gold 2012 Save the date for “Get the Shell Out!” If you’ve been impressed by the work we’ve been doing, please consider giving us a donation. We promise that we’ll spend it on similar hijinks. Love and escape pods, Jess, Sue, [...]
Read More...- April 5, 2012
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All eyes on the Greenwash monster
Dear Brand Pirates, Our proxies are sorted, our smart clothes are bought, and BP’s AGM is nearly upon us. We’re all set to hear the oil giant’s board try to justify their destructive operations directly to our visiting friends from the frontline: Clayton Thomas-Muller from the Indigenous Environmental Network, and Bryan Parras and Derrick Evans from the Gulf Coast. We still need people to join the protest outside, so if you’re free on Thursday 12th, please come along. BP isn’t the only Olympic sponsor wreaking havoc on the world. So on 16th April we will join Dow and Rio Tinto campaigners to launch a brand new campaign: Greenwash Gold 2012. It’s going to be awesome – more details below. Clayton [...]
Read More...- March 15, 2012
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Stop the moose abuse!
Dear pop-up protesters, Last Wednesday, we held a candlelit vigil outside the Canadian High Commission, which suddenly turned into a noisy protest when we discovered there was a meeting going on inside, involving oil company reps and tar sands investors! Read on for the full story. Meanwhile, our favourite social engagement of the year is coming up – the BP AGM! We’d love you to be involved. Read on for all this plus some thrilling upcoming events. 1. Vigil over Canada’s tar sands lobbying unexpectedly turns into full-blown protest 2. BP AGM – help counter the inevitable greenwash deluge 3. Upcoming events Love not aggressive lobbying, Jess, Emily, Ruthi and Sue PS In case you didn’t know, the Keystone XL [...]
Read More...Give yourselves a pat on the back…
Dear grassroots lobbyists and graffiti artists, Here’s a big round of applause for everyone who has been tirelessly and creatively telling Norman Baker not to vote against the Fuel Quality Directive proposal… It worked! Although the battle isn’t over yet, and there will be plenty more action needed on the ongoing attempts to keep tar sands oil out of Europe in coming months. In the meantime some interesting things have been happening in London, with BP getting an earful from angry activists over its visually perturbing sponsorship of the Olympics. We are also very happy to announce that we have a new member on board – welcome to Ruthi who will be volunteering with us! 1. A small stalemate for [...]
Read More...Olympics slammed over BP sponsorship
Dear Brilliant People, Did you know BP is ‘Sustainability Partner’ of the London 2012 Olympics?! It’s Beyond Parody. Now that we’ve recovered from the shock (which took a while) we’ve joined with a large posse of amazing folk to express our outrage. It’s in today’s Guardian! More below. Meanwhile, two of the current biggest tar sands battles in the world have had a rollercoaster week. US Senators are trying to resurrect the Keystone XL pipeline, which President Obama rejected only a couple of weeks ago, so our friends across the pond mobilised 800,000 signatures against this in just 24 hours. Incredible! But it doesn’t stop there. The EU is finally going to vote on whether to put tar sands into [...]
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