Interview with three people that broke into Drax Power Station and shut down equipment in a bid to protest lack of real action on Climate Change.

Under the shadow of Drax power station, the Camp for Climate Action burst into life. Running from August 26 to September 4, 2006, this totally unprecedented project involved hundreds of people from across the UK coming together. The camp was a great success, with a packed programme of workshops, and the camp itself was organised in an environmentally-friendly way, and powered by sustainable energy sources - wind turbines, solar panels, and small-scale biodiesel. Participants used as little power as possible, and produced as little landfill waste as possible, as the majority of waste was either composted or recycled. Direct actions included a ten hour blockade of Hartlepool nuclear power station, and a mass convergence on Drax coal-fired power station.

These rushes were collected on the day of action and the following day. They were screened as they are at the Camp. They were played along with music. If you do screen this footage, I would reccomend that you do the same. Bring the volume of the music up and down to create your own feel. Otherwise it might be a bit dry.

Read about the Climate Camp (or add your own report), on indymedia.
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/actions/2006/climatecamp/

Producer: Indymedia uk team
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Language: English
Keywords: climate change, direct action, protest, uk,
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