Background

News from the other summit “System change – not climate change” Copenhagen, December 2009: The climate summit COP 15 is taking place and causes frustration and disappointment for everybody. At the same time, a few kilometres away from Bella-Centre, a different meeting is happening – the Peoples’ Summit. Thousands of people from all over … »

Seven truisms you can erase from your world view: Below you can read why exactly our climate camp focuses on soft coal. We listed and contradicted the following seven widely-held beliefs: 1. We can use soft coal and tackle climate change at the same time. 2. There are new, ‘clean’ coal power plants. 3. CCS is a technology that is going to reduce CO₂ … »

Friends of the Earth’s Orchard Protest Camp 2008 In January 2008, FoE and Young FoE activists set up a protest camp against the open-cast coal mine “Garzweiler II”. For ten freezingly cold days they offered successful resistance to this project of environmental madness. The activists camped in an orchard owned by FoE that was supposed to be baggered … »