The Thames Valley Climate Action is an
Oxford-based
environmental group.
Protest actions
*On August 11, 2008, several protesters from Oxford and Thames Valley Climate Action glued their hands to the doors of
BHP Billiton's headquarters in
Victoria, London protest against the use of coal as a fuel. The protest was part of the
Climate camp
The Camps for Climate Action are campaign gatherings (similar to peace camps) that take place to draw attention to, and act as a base for direct action against, major carbon emitters, as well as to develop ways to create a zero-carbon society ...
held at
Kingsnorth power station in England.
*One June 5, 2009, 13 protesters from the Thames Valley Climate Action entered the headquarters of the engineering firm
BAM Nuttall in
Camberly
Camberley is a town in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately south-west of Central London. The town is in the far west of the county, close to the borders of Hampshire and Berkshire. Once part of Windsor Forest, Camberl ...
, England to protest against the firm's plans to build a coal-fired power plant in
Hoo, Kent
The Hoo Peninsula is a peninsula in Kent, England, separating the estuaries of the rivers Thames and Medway. It is dominated by a line of chalk, clay and sand hills, surrounded by an extensive area of marshland composed of alluvial silt. The ...
.
Meeting process
Meetings are run on a
consensus basis.
Hand signals are used to help the meeting run smoothly. These signals include the use of a finger wiggling signal called
Twinkles
The Occupy movement hand signals are a group of hand signals used by Occupy movement protesters to negotiate a consensus. The signals have been equated with other hand languages used by soldiers, cliques, or even Wall Street traders. Hand signal ...
to indicate agreement.
See also
*
Occupy hand signals
The Occupy movement hand signals are a group of hand signals used by Occupy movement protesters to negotiate a consensus. The signals have been equated with other hand languages used by soldiers, cliques, or even Wall Street traders. Hand signal ...
References
External links
Thames Valley Climate Action home page
Environmental organisations based in England
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