CJC CAMPAIGN GROUPS
Fuel Poverty Action
A campaign group of the Climate Justice Collective linking fuel poverty and climate change.
w: fuelpovertyaction.wordpress.com
e: fuelpovertyaction at gmail.com
Facebook: Fuel Poverty Action
Twitter: @FuelPovAction
CJC LOCAL GROUPS
Climate Justice Collective London
The London CJC organising group.
e: london at climatecamp.org.uk
Manchester Climate Action
A direct action group within the UK anti-capitalist movement. Part of the Climate Justice Collective. We organise non-hierarchically and believe that tackling the root causes of climate change means tackling the political and economic systems which caused the mess in the first place.
e: manchester at climatecamp.org.uk
Facebook: Manchester Climate Action
Thames Valley Climate Action
A collective taking and encouraging direct action across the Thames Valley to stop climate change.
e: tvca at riseup.net / oxford at climatecamp.org.uk
OTHER GROUPS & ORGANISATIONS
National
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AirportWatch
An umbrella movement which unites the national environmental organisations and the airport community groups opposed to the aggressive go-for-growth policy of aviation expansion outlined in the Aviation White Paper. AirportWatch aims to oppose any expansion of aviation and airports likely to
damage the human or natural environment, and to promote an aviation policy for
the UK which is in full accordance with the principles of sustainable development.
e: info at airportwatch.org.uk
t: 020 7248 2227
Art Not Oil
For creativity, climate justice and an end to oil industry sponsorship of the arts.
e: info at artnotoil.org.uk
t: 07709 545 116
AT Cooperative (Activist Tat Collective)
Advice, training and resources to enable grassroots movements to put on successful events.
Bicycology
A cyclists’ collective that offers a range of activities to promote cycling and make the links with wider issues of environmental and social responsibility.
e: info at bicycology.org.uk
Biofuelwatch
Works to raise awareness of the negative impacts of industrial biofuels and bioenergy on biodiversity, human rights, food sovereignty and climate change. Based in UK and US, we work with national and international partners to expose and oppose the social and environmental damages resulting from bioenergy-driven increased demand for industrial agriculture and forestry monocultures.
e: biofuelwatch at ymail.com
Campaign Against Climate Change
Brings people together to push for the urgent and resolute action we need to prevent the catastrophic destabilisation of global climate.
e: info at campaigncc.org
t: +44(0)207 833 9311 | Mobile: +44(0)790 331 6331
Climate Rush
Climate Rush is inspired by the Suffragettes. We’re a mixed crew but we agree on one thing: we need to take responsibility now to prepare for the future. The Suffragettes had a slogan: DEEDS NOT WORDS.
e: info at climaterush.co.uk
Coal Action Network
The Coal Action Network is formed of groups and individuals resisting coal mining and infrastructure in the UK.
e: info at coalaction.org.uk
Coal Action Scotland
A grassroots collective that organises non-hierarchically against the advancement of coal as an energy source. We believe that because the use of fossil fuels is inherently destructive, they have no place in our vision of a better world. We stand against social oppression and environmental destruction in all its forms, and as a result also call for an end to capitalism, patriarchy and racism.
e: contact at coalactionscotland.org.uk
Corporate Watch
Corporations have gained a power out of all proportion to their original purpose. We are a research group supporting the campaigns which are increasingly successful in forcing corporations to back down. Corporate Watch is part of the growing anti-corporate movement springing up around the world.
e: contact at corporatewatch.org
t: +44 (0)207 426 0005
Earth First!
The general principles behind Earth First! are non-hierarchical organisation and the use of direct action to confront, stop and eventually reverse the forces that are responsible for the destruction of the Earth and its inhabitants. EF! is not a cohesive group or campaign, but a convenient banner for people who share similar philosophies to work under.
Frack Off
Campaigning against extraction of shale gas and other fossils fuels by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
e: info at frack-off.org
Frack Off Scotland
Part of a global campaign to halt fracking as well as other unconventional gas sources such as Coal Bed Methane and Underground Coal Gasification.
frackoffscotland at gmail.com
Green and Black Cross
An entirely independent grassroots project set up in the spirit of mutual aid and solidarity to support autonomous social struggles within the UK. It’s a new project set up in November 2010 to provide legal support for protests against the governements wave of massive spending cuts. The project takes inspiration from the Anarchist Black Cross and diverse skills and infrastructure built up over the last decade or so by elements of the environmental movement, such as The Camp for Climate Action.
e: GBC at riseup.net
Plane Stupid
A network of grassroots groups that take non violent direct action against aviation expansion.
e: info at planestupid.com
t: 07828 632136
Rhizome network
A co-op providing facilitation, mediation, consensus building and training to grassroots activists and communities across the UK, and to those organisations that support activism in all its forms.
e: rhizome at rhizome.coop
t: 0845 458 4776
Rising Tide UK
A grassroots network of independent groups and individuals committed to taking action and building a movement against climate change. We do not have a formal membership structure – anyone who supports the political statement on our website can become a part of the network. Rising Tide in the UK is part of the international Rising Tide Network.
e: info at risingtide.org.uk
t: 07708 794665
Seeds for Change
A non-profit training and support co-op helping people organise for action and positive social change.
e: lancaster at seedsforchange.org.uk / oxford at seedsforchange.org.uk
t: 0845 330 7583 or 01524 840028 / 01865 403 134
Stop New Nuclear
A campaign to stop new nuclear power stations
e: campaign at stopnewnuclear.org.uk
Stop Nuclear Power Network
A UK-based non-hierarchical grassroots network of groups and individuals campaigning and taking nonviolent action against nuclear power and its expansion and supporting sustainable alternatives.
e: network at stopnuclearpoweruk.net
UK Tar Sands Network
Campaigns in partnership with Indigenous communities affected by the Tar Sands oil developments in Canada. We target governments, UK companies, banks and investors operating in the Alberta Tar Sands.
e: info at no-tar-sands.org
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Local
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Boycott EDF
A London-based group campaigning against the UK’s addiction to nuclear power.
Critical Mass London
There are probably as many aims of CM as there are participants. Each individual comes there with his or her own idea of what it’s about, and the sum of this makes up the Mass.
e: contact at criticalmasslondon.org.uk
Kick Nuclear
A London based grass-roots group campaigning against the UK’s addiction to nuclear power.
e: kicknuclear at kicknuclear.org
London Mining Network
An alliance of human rights, development and environmental groups. We pledge to expose the role of companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, London-based funders and the British Government in the promotion of unacceptable mining projects.
e: contact at londonminingnetwork.org
t: 07929 023214
London Rising Tide
Takes creative action on the root causes of climate chaos, and promotes socially just, ecological alternatives to the fossil fuel madness that we’re living through. It’s part of the wider Rising Tide UK and international networks, and seeks to be part of a growing European and worldwide movement of groups working to dismantle the oil industry and live the future we want to see right now.
e: london at risingtide.org.uk
t: 07708 794665
Occupy LSX: Energy, Equity and Environment Group
Environmental working group set up within the Occupy London movement.
Platform London
PLATFORM works across disciplines for social and ecological justice. It combines the transformatory power of art with the tangible goals of campaigning, the rigour of in-depth research with the vision to promote alternative futures.
e: info at platformlondon.org
t: +44 (0)20 7403 3738
Protect the Wilderness Centre Forest of Dean
We came here to hold this land in trust for the people of Gloucestershire and beyond with the intention of creating an environmental education centre to disclose a process of learning the skills and techniques required to move towards a home founded upon the principles of economic self sufficiency and ecological sustainability.
e: all at protectthewilderness.org.uk
t: 07811 726 372
Rising Tide Bristol
Part of Rising Tide UK
e: bristol at risingtide.org.uk
Save Leyton Marsh
We are a bunch of people with different ideas, beliefs and backgrounds. We came together for our important cause: We think our protected green space has been violated and we are working really hard to reverse the wrongful decision to grant planning permission to erect an unnecessary and disruptive Olympic venue in our land.
e: saveleytonmarsh at hotmail.co.uk
Facebook
South West Against Nuclear
A group based in the South West and Wales formed to combat nuclear new build at Hinkley Point and Oldbury power stations. We focus on raising public awareness through campaigning on the streets and on taking direct action against the nuclear industry.
e: swanactive at gmail.com
Transition Heathrow
Building community resilience in the shadow of Europe’s busiest airport.
e: info at transitionheathrow.com
t: 07890751568
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International
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Beehive Design Collective
Cross-pollinating the grassroots
e: pollinators at beehivecollective.org
Reclaim the Fields
A constellation of young people and collective projects willing to go back to the land and reassume the control over food production. We are determined to create alternatives to capitalism through cooperative, collective, autonomous, real needs oriented small scale production and initiatives, putting theory into practice and linking local practical action with global political struggles.
Rising Tide International Network
A grassroots network of independent groups and individuals committed to taking action and building a movement against climate change. We do not have a formal membership structure – anyone who supports the political statement on our website can become a part of the network.
Rossport Solidarity Camp
At the invitation of the local community, the Rossport Solidarity Camp was set up in June 2005 on the route of the proposed Shell pipeline. The camp is run on the principles of non-hierarchical organisation, collective decision making and individual accountability, with a disciplined work ethic. And it’s a dynamic and fun place to be. The Rossport Solidarity House & Camp provides a base for people who wish to visit the area and/or to stay and learn more about the community campaign called Shell to Sea.
e: rossportsolidaritycamp at gmail.com
t: +35 (0)3851141170
RESOURCES:
Network for Climate Action
This site is a bit dated, but still contains lots of useful resources.
CONTACT:
Tel: 07708 794665
Email: info@risingtide.org.uk
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