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Heathrow's Terminal 5 gets flashmobbed
Posted by bex on 27 March 2008.
Flashmob at Heathrow's Terminal 5 this morning
This morning saw the opening of Heathrow's new Terminal 5 to the public. Unfortunately for the aviation industry and government - who wanted this to be a chance to promote their case for airport expansion - a large section of that public is vehemently opposed to unsustainable aviation growth, and not afraid to show it.
So at exactly 11am this morning, hundreds of people stripped down to reveal identical "Stop Airport Expansion T-shirts", and to highlight the problems caused by airport expansion and unsustainable aviation growth. Pictures of the flashmob are coming in to our Moblog thick and fast. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see video footage of the event.
T5 is the biggest terminal ever built in the UK - and a central part
of the aviation industry and government's programme to treble
in the number of passengers in UK airports. Another part of that programme is, of course, the building of a sixth terminal and third runway at Heathrow, which will mean an additional 600 flights a day
over London - almost double 50 per cent more than [oops - my bad maths now corrected] current levels, and big
increases in CO2 emissions.
A big thanks to everyone who turned up and got involved! Some more dates for your diary: on May 31st, there'll be a huge carnival and rally at Heathrow (organized by HACAN, NOTRAG, 2M, Greenpeace and the Campaign Against Climate Change). This year's Camp for Climate Action will begin in late July with a one-day event at Heathrow.
Well done!
Hoorah for those who turned up, the opening day at terminal five was quite funny really because of all the things that went wrong, hopefully this protest achieves the desired effect : fewer flights.
However I do have one comment, in the video many of the protesters were talking to themselves we are meant to be sending the message to everyone not just "preaching to the converted" if I were there I would be trying to engage with passengers and staff (as long as they didn't look too rushed).
heathrow terminal 5
The demonstration looked great. How did you fix the computer system, though?! the whole thing has become a laughing-stock.
Save the Amazon
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You know that the Amazon rainforest and river are the most beautiful and sacred things in the world, but sadly they are getting ruined day by day as we speak. Please help stop this by signing this Petition for the Prime Minister.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Save-The-Amazon/
Every signiture counts so send this to everyone you can.
T5 Revenge
Have a dig at BA - play the Willie Walsh Game!
http://www.globalbagtag.com/index2.cfm