Addendum to the senseless destruction by RWE on Monday

The Tree Protection pictures are hung, 02/03/2016

That’s how it looked shortly after the art event.

Felled on Monday 29.2., the very last day of the grubbing season.

A small consolation and a great encouragement: The felled trees are not dead, only their over-ground parts were cut off. Many tree species, including the in this wood prevailing hornbeams and oaks, are able to sprout from their underground part again. Of course, that part may then not be dredged away too!

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Fledermaus is free!

At today’s review of custody, four weeks after he was nearly run over, Fledermaus was set free. We are very happy !

Report about it on this blog Security guard strikes activists with his jeep
The YouTube Film about it.

By the way, Fledermaus means Bat. Only since the research of BUND (Friends of the Earth Germany), the importance of the Hambach Forest is known as a habitat of the Bechstein’s bat (Myotis bechsteinii), which is strictly protected under Annex II and IV-FFH-RL. In North Rhine-Westphalia, the species is considered “seriously threatened”. Read more on the threatened species in the Hambach Forest

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3 Trials in February 2016

All dates
Feb. 12th Trial for coal blockade in 2014
10:20 am, Lower regional court Kerpen, room 112
Open Street Map, Busstop “Amtsgericht”

Feb. 16th Trial Basti
09:15 am, Lower regional court Düren
1st floor, courtroom 1.25
Is to be contunued: Tuesday, March 8, 2016, 11:45 am, same location.
(hearing of more witnesses and judgment, perhaps there will be a larger courtroom available)
Open Street Map

Feb. 19th Trial “Mr. Blue”
10:00 am, Lower regional court Düren
Open Street Map
Show your solidarity and come!

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