Mayday Mayday: Invasion of the Climate
Snatchers...
1st May 2008 - Day of Action Against False Solutions to Climate
Change
Ideas for actions
Here are some ideas for events and actions to inspire you to organise something
on or around 1 May. There are many possibilities, from talks and workshops
to stalls, publicity stunts and direct action. Whether you're in a group
or whether there's just one or two of you, there are lots of things you
can do to raise the vital issues. We invite everyone to get involved and
to use this day to make the links between capitalism, growth economies,
workers's struggles and climate change.
To get ideas from the list of actions that happened in the UK on Fossil
Fuels day visit
www.fossilfoolsdayofaction.org/2008/04/03/uk-fossil-foolery-action-roundup/
For more ideas, guides on how to organise actions and events and legal
briefings check out the following websites. They are stuffed full with information!
www.networkforclimateaction.org.uk
www.risingtide.org.uk
Some ideas to get you started!
Hold talks, workshops and film nights about the issues and what people
can do to make a difference.
Library displays
Stalls, stalls, stalls everywhere.
Take Direct Action. Occupy the offices of you local carbon offsetting
company; Blocakde your local biofuels refinery; Visit your local nucleur
power station or take your cows and veg to a carbon trader and set up a
real market.
Free Giveaway stalls, where you give away things you don't need anymore,
but might eb useful to others.
Actions at petrol stations selling agrofuels: sticker petrol pumps, hand
out leaflets, banners, talk to drivers, blockade the court yard
Protest at your local University's GM and Nano-tech departments. Campaign
for real solutions to climate change.
Protest at your local nuclear power station or at sites where new build
is planned.
Produce and distribute local-based guide on alternatives to capitalism,
co-ops, alternative economies, free shops etc.
Food collections or meals for refugee/asylum seeker projects. Talks with
refugees from climate effected areas. Christian Aid might have contacts.
Co-orgnise events with union members to discuss the issues around employment
and climate change
Workshops at schools about the dangers of genetic engineering, nanotechnology
etc and how they won't solve climate change.
Submit articles to student journals and local newspapers