Action: Greenwash

Climateologists answer to Plane Stupids short haul callout

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/22/2007 - 13:00
Climateologists answer to Plane Stupids short haul callout

At about midday, members of London Rising Tide (in support of the 'Plane Stupid' short haul callout) entered the CAA building (in Kingsway London WC2), and asked to see their Chairman Sir Roy McNulty to present him with a copy of the Tyndall Centre report on aviation and climate change.

Three grassroots professors of Climatology: Herb Garrett from Proper Climatology Innit Inc, Winston O'Boogie from Whither Science Bona Fide, and Wolfgang Lumpenback from Klimate Kaos Kosher, persuaded his PA to accept the science report and she promised to reply in writing to London Rising Tide.

Rising Tide Target Shell’s Revolting Reputation on Saro-Wira Day

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 05/05/2007 - 17:05

11am We arrived at the Arts Council for the Press Conference to unveil the Platform organised Living Memorial to Ken Saro-Wiwa and his 8 mates hung by the Nigerian government at the complicity of Shell – who have still not been brought to justice for their role in this state murder. The full sized ‘battlebus’ by Sokari Douglas Camp is emblazoned with ‘Genocide against the Ogoni people of the Niger Delta’.

'WHAT LIES BEHIND SHELL’S WILD LIE?' Public meeting, 16.10.06

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 05/05/2007 - 17:02

-----please forward wildly!------

Shell is the third largest oil company in the world.
It is also the new sponsor of the Natural History Museum’s
Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.

There will be a 'Shell's Wild Lie' counter-exhibition and public meeting with speakers from Shell-affected communities, at LARC, on MONDAY OCTOBER 16TH at 7PM.

LARC - or London Action Resource Centre (www.londonarc.org) - is at 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES, (corner of Parfett St., Whitechapel tube)

The speakers are
# Desmond D’Sa from Durban, South Africa,
# Ifieniya Lott from the Niger Delta, Nigeria
# Terry Clancey from County Mayo, Ireland

BP National Portrait Competition

Submitted by Toadministrator on Wed, 04/04/2007 - 13:18

BP Portrait Gallery Vigil
April - May 2007

BP were sponsoring the BP National Portrait Competition. The winning entries were made into an exhibition, which toured the country. When it got to Bristol we decided to throw a spanner in the works of the PR machine.
There are good reasons why companies like BP choose to throw cash at cultural, arty events. Altruism and love of art and 'high' culture don't feature highly on the list. Oil companies have had a bit of an image problem over recent years, as one scandal after another has hit the front pages. Sponsoring events like this is part of their PR counterattack. Its a way of convincing the public that they are caring, responsible companies who support culture and the arts. And its very cheap too.

OIL SPILL ACTION AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, 3.2.07

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 02/03/2007 - 13:17

Turmoil at the Make Nature History Museum
Climate activists splatter oil across photo exhibition in outrage at Shell
greenwash tactics

Today at the Shell-sponsored Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition
at the Natural History Museum, 20 activists inspired by the Camp for
Climate Action (1), smeared oil over the photographs. This was an act of
outrage at Shell’s painfully transparent attempts to greenwash its
reputation via cultural sponsorship.

Art Not Oil at The Foundry, London, June 29th-July 9th

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/17/2006 - 15:39

* for creativity, climate justice and an end to oil industry sponsorship of the arts *

Art Not Oil at The Foundry, 84-86 Great Eastern St, London EC2A 3JL, (Old Street tube)
June 29th-July 9th 2006
Nosferatu - Fabio Sassi

Image: Fabio Sassi
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Art Not Oil sheds light and shadow on the oil industry...

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