G20 Climate Camp 09

April 1 2009, European Climate Exchange, Bishopsgate

Around 4,000 people set up a Camp for Climate Action in the middle of the Square Mile on Wednesday, closing a major road for 12 hours as an act of direct action in the face of climate crisis.

The Camp was located outside the European Climate Exchange on Bishopsgate, to protest against the G20's plans to use deeply flawed carbon trading mechanisms to tackle climate change.

As planned, hundreds of protesters "swooped" from all over the City at 12.30pm and set up tents, bunting and bicycles in order to reclaim a large portion of the financial district.

http://www.g-20meltdown.org

http://climatecamp.org.uk

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• activism

[TonyUnplugged]

Life after the death of Jerry Garcia ...

[scarlebloke]

A great day out for young middle class leftists. Fun was had by all!

[dearlilith]

fantastic footage!!

[CorruptMedia]

Thanks. I got an hours worth of footage, but I condensed it into this :).

[TheSpartacat]

Wow... as i watch this, i realise you and i were probably standing feet away from each other at many points through the day!!! LOL

I'm SO glad you got all of this-I was saving my camera battery for the alternative summit and was being stingy with it down at Bishopsgate!!!

Thanks again! Awesome work!!!!! X

[TheSpartacat]

Really great footage. Thank you for linking it up!!!! X