Tree occupied at the edge of the clearance

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5604/15534853765_c1fa00c5ef_b.jpgDuring the night to September 30, activists occupied a tree near the edge of the open cast mine Hambach. The tree is one of many that is supposed to give way for the brown coal mine Hambach during the cutting season that starts on October 1.
“This destruction is only one example emphasizing the value of environment and humans in this economic system!”, one of the tree occupiers says.
“The open cast mine, one of the biggest producers of CO2 in Europe, is not only responsible for the expulsion of humans and the deforestation of one of the last primeval forests in Middle and Western Europe. It is also having an impact on the world climate. Thus, it is jointly responsible for heatwaves, droughts and floodings. Thereby whole ecosystems are collapsing, especially in the Global South, and many people lose their livelihood.”
With this action the activists want to oppose the destruction of life and call everyone to get involved in the conservation of our livelihood.
“We see ourselves as a part of a global movement, which is accusing the profit of individuals in disadvantage of everyone! We are in solidarity with indigenous peoples all over the world, who are especially suffering from the power of companies and who in some cases effectively manage to resist”, another activist says.
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past info tour in holland

Just a thanks to the places where we stopped on the small info tour in Holland in the beginning of september.
It’s been nice to meet so many people and to see other projects working to make the world more of the place we want to be living in!
If you want to know more about the forest, some people in these places can probably tell you 🙂

joe’s garage in Amsterdam
Adm in Amsterdam
Sociaal Centrum Groningen
Grotebroek Nijmegen

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Excavator was stopped / hambach forest

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Last day (23.09.2014) around noon an excavator was stopped which was working at the old railway of the lignite industry close to Cologne, Germany. The railway as well as the open pits and the power plants belongs to the company RWE.

The railway was used for the transport of the lignite directy from the pits to the power plants. But now, parts of the railway and the highway A4 were build new some kilometers more south to make space for the growing mine.

The company „H.-B. Kaiser , Abbruch und Erdbewegungen, in 52388 Nörvenich“ is in charge of removing the old railway.

Furthermore, the security company „ KÖTTER Security“ and the foresting company „Krobbach“ from Melsbach are taking part in the destruction of the nature that RWE is commiting.

These companies are also to mark, to block and to sabotage!

Every day is an action day! – Earth First!

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Building Resistance – Vol.2 – Skillsharing Camp Hambach Forest, 26.09 – 6.10.2014

The Hambach Forest Occupation with its merry bunch of forest pirates invites you to the second Skillsharing Camp we’re hosting this year! We want to carry out a second act, a part two for the skillsharing event we held this spring, during which the Hambach forest was successfully resquatted.

Furthermore, this SkillsharingCamp will also be the start of the larger „Kein Baum fällt“ („No tree is falling“) campaign. This campaign is about motivating and supporting people during the whole season for – and of – actions.

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