activist resources
Please post in the sections below. Any questions or comments to David, or send material to david AT tonderai.co.uk.
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Written on 30-Apr-2009 by
panokroko Environmental Parliament Demonstration
Dear all,
It is now possible to make a regular donation online!
No need to download, complete and send the standing order form to the office anymore (although, it is still possible to donate that way of course), it is now possible to make a one-off or a regular donation online via Paypal (Note: You do not need a paypal account, you can use a debit or credit card):
http://www.campaigncc.org/donate.shtml
World Bank working paper: Biofuels 75% to blame for grain inflation: here
ActionAid: Three nails in the coffin: the G8's contribution to the global food crisis: here
The attached charts show
(i) how poorly temperate agrofuels (liquid biofuels from crops or forestry, excluding algae) compare with wood used directly to replace coal as a land-use for mitigation. In simple terms the latter was found to be 5x-10x more effective. "WTW biomass options slide" taken from Concawe Well-to-Wheels study (2007)
(ii) how biomass (and some hydro dams) are a very poor land-use for energy compared with wind, solar or geothermal - orders of magnitude poorer. "Energy Footprints" taken from Pimentel et al. (2002)
This page is envisaged as mainly for coordinating leafleting but please use it to post any activity related to building the Dec 8th demo that you would like others to know about and join in with.
I believe we need to firm up local organisations a bit. As I see it climate change is going to get worse and all local groups should be able, indeed must, grow. Of course there is a danger of becoming over-formalistic, but unless we have local groups with perspectives of growth (instead of just reacting to the latest thing) then it will be very hard to become sustainable.
Hence in Derby we have done a number of things.
Developed a constitution; as attached. The details is not very important, except if there is a crisis. Things are usually very informal, and hopefully inclusive.
Set up a sub system. This is a bit of a nuisance and is not working as well as it could. But we are getting there. The money is not important £2 minimum per member and £5 minimum per organisation (2 joined so far donating £75.) I would suggest anybody who signs a national standing order automatically becomes a local member.
