Rising Tide UK - Climate Change

Not a Climate for Cuts

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:42:19 +0100

Rising Tide has never believed that national governments are capable of truly and fairly tackling climate change. This is partly because they refuse to accept the root causes and partly, as people have seen in Germany, even an elected "Green" Party is quickly co-opted into mainstream political approaches. So over the past ten years, rather than lobbying, we have focused our attention on tackling these root causes and building grassroots alternatives to the crisis. Our analysis – that climate change is intimately connected to social justice struggles and indeed, is a product of global inequality – has gained ground during that time.

But... when "Green Dave" Cameron pledged to head the "greenest government ever", we thought maybe we had been wrong all these years (yeah right!).

So what have the Con-Dems been up to so far? Well as we’ve all seen it’s cuts, cuts and yet more ill-thought through cuts. Even previously supportive political commentators are now questioning the validity of those cuts as the Conservatives' ideologically driven political agenda is ever more revealed.

Space for Movement?

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:47:41 +0200

NEW BOOKLET - Reflections from Bolivia on climate justice, social movements and the state.

In the wake of the failed COP-15 in Copenhagen last December, Bolivia’s first indigenous president called for a World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth (CMPCC). Was this the necessary space for social movements to respond where governments and the UN have failed? Was it an attempt to co-opt radical demands? Following the CMPCC in Cochabamba, April 2010, this booklet reflects on the lessons from Bolivia and the role of movements in the fight for climate justice.

DOWNLOAD HERE - http://spaceformovement.wordpress.com.

People's Climate Dialogue and Convention - Graphic Art Invitation to Participate in the Itinerant Art Expo for Climate Justice

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:30:06 +0200

In the context of the 16th U.N. Conference of the Parties (COP16), Rising Tide Mexico and Art not Oil invite all graphic artists to participate in the Itinerant Art Exhibition for Climate Justice, which will integrate graphic arts collectives, and diverse social organizations and collectives from Mexico, with the goal of educating and inspiring people on topics related to Climate Change and the grassroots struggles which fight the principal causes of global warming and the environmental crisis.

To Do This Summer: Liberate Tate and Save Canada!

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:51:12 +0200

London Rising Tide has been helping out our friends at UK Tar Sands Network and Liberate Tate with these two kick ass actions...

Just Do It Trailer

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:33:51 +0200

Earth First! Summer Gathering, 4th - 9th Aug 2010, Derbyshire

Mon, 03 May 2010 13:51:49 +0200

Ecological Direct Action without Compromise!
www.earthfirst.org.uk.

5 days of workshops, skill sharing and planning action, plus low-impact living without leaders. Meet people, learn skills, take action.

Want to do something to stop our planet from getting trashed?
EF! is about direct action to halt the destruction of the Earth. It's about doing it yourself rather than relying on leaders, governments or industry. Direct action is at the heart of it, whether you're standing in front of a bulldozer, shutting down an open-cast mine or ripping up a field of GM crops.

Welcome to Rising Tide - Plymouth!

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:04:59 +0200

"You may well ask: 'why direct action? Isn't negotiation a better path?' You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Non-violent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored"

Thoughts and Analysis from Cochabamba and Beyond

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:23:24 +0200

5 Rising Tide activists (from 3 continents) are currently in Cochabamba, Bolivia, at the 'World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth Rights' (19-22 April 2010).

Lots of comments have been made online regarding transport to the conference ... those from RT Ecuador took a 52hour bus journey and the rising tider from the UK travelled to South America by sail boat.

**NEW BLOG**
A new blog, set up by visitors from rising tide, cja and no borders is also now up and running. You can visit the blog by clicking here Cochabamba Blog

Welcome to Rising Tide - Plymouth!

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:24:33 +0200

Mayday Climate Action Reports

Sun, 04 May 2008 21:28:07 +0200

Mayday Mayday! Activists target climate snatchers around the country.

Coventry
Leamington Rising Tide and People and Planet visited the E.on headquarters at Westwood Business Park in Coventry to expose the truth behind E.on's greenwash and show that carbon capture is a false solution to the problem of climate change. People arrived at 8am to hand fliers to the workers. One protester occupied the roof of the building. Banners were erected reading "POLLUTE.ON NO MORE GREEN WASH". There was juggling and a picnic outside the doors of the building as the protestors waited for a march of students from Warwick University People and Planet to arrive at 1.30. The marchers came with a replica model of the coal power station and a game of 'catch the carbon' with balloons and nets. The protesters gathered outside the building and then the sign outside was painted green to symbolise the e.ons greenwash.

May and June - Days of Climate Action

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:54:21 +0200

Fossil Fools Day was such a great sucess - Now is not the time to pause for breath, now is the time to continue building out networks, continue skill sharing and continue taking action! And here are the dates of the next two Days of Action on Climate Change, called by the Network for Climate Action in co-operation with the Rising Tide Network and the Camp for Climate Action. 1st May - Mayday Mayday: Invasion of the Climate Snatchers & 3rd June - The Climate Action Day that bites.