Eco community Traffic Kills is proud to announce the first action organized by its London Meetup: “A Polite Display of Power in London”.

After Turin (Italy) and Santa Monica (USA) the Traffic Kills London Meetup organized this action on the past 6th of December, during the Global Day of Action Against Climate Change.

The event consisted of pedestrians and cyclists creating a thick crowd and crossing a busy road repeatedly, thus being able to block the more ordinary car traffic.

The main aim was to encourage citizens to use public transport for their daily movements. Traffic Kills suggests: “A policing of city centers dedicated exclusively to public transport, bicycle traffic, and pedestrian transit, however respecting the working needs of vehicles engaged in professional activities”.

The abuse of car traffic is not environmentally sustainable.

Spread the video to your friends and colleagues and start adding comments!

The Bicycle Film Festival will arrive on the 26th of November in Milan. After it will be in Portland.
It celebrates the bicycle. We are into all styles of bikes and biking. If you can name it-Tall Bike Jousting, Track Bikes, BMX, Alleycats, Critical Mass, Bike Polo, Cycling to Recumbents- we’ve probably either ridden or screened it.

What better way to celebrate these lifestyles than through art, film, music and performance? We bring together all aspects of bicycling together to advocate its ability to transport us in many ways. Ultimately the Fest is about having a good time.We have been fortunate enough to include works of established artists such as Jorgen Leth, Mike Mills, Jonas Mekas, Blonde Redhead, Swoon and Michel Gondry among others as part of our programming. Many of the artists who have participated in the Bike Film Fest such as Nick Golebiewski, the Neistat Brothers and Lucas Brunelle are gaining more and more re-cognition for their work.

MILAN PROGRAMME
Wednesday november 26th: CINEDROME
Simone Pace from Blonde Redhead (Italy/Japan/New York) will perform the live soundtrack for
Impossible Hour (1974). The film, directed by Jørgen Leth – one of Dogma’s main inspirers - narrates
Ole Ritter’s attempt and failure in breaking the hour record in Mexico City. This show was first presented
last May at Brooklyn’s Studio B. The first European performance will take place at Stone Island
Showroom in via Savona, 54 at 9 pm. After the show, electro dj set. Free entry.

Thursday, November 27th: JOY RIDE art show, AEOLIAN RIDE, street art.
I In the afternoon Aeolian Ride: an
urban performance directed by
New York artist Jessica Findley.
Aeolian riders will ride through the
city with wind-inflated suits. At
Superstudiopiù (via Tortona 27 – 7
pm) opening of Joy Ride: the art
show, already presented in New
York, Paris, London, Toronto
features paintings, photographs,
and bikes from worldiwde wellknown
artists and new talents.

Saturday, November 29th: Dance party in the garage.
Screenings continue at Cinema Mexico, from 5.30 to 11 pm. Later in the night, URBAN VELODROME
PARTY in the underground garage of via Arona’s COOP supermarket, Vigorelli area, with an indoor
urban velodrome and a dj lineup headlined by Matt Roan e E-Six, urban cyclists and djs from Chicago,
who already supported Kanye West and performed at Lollapalooza. 10 euros, including 1 drink.
Sunday, November 30th: Urban cyclocross, screenings.
Screenings continue at Cinema Mexico, from 5.30 to 11 pm. Urban cyclocross race with arrival on the
top of Monte Stella, organized by the team of Molla Buni. Prize giving will take place at Cinema Mexico.
Later in the night, BFF closing party.
For more details and hi res pictures : pesce@b icyclefilmfestival.com +39 349 8785 861

The 6th of December will be the day of International Demonstrations on Climate Change.
In London the march this year goes to Parliament Square to demand that the government act now on climate. The march will now start at Grosvenor Square (5 mins from Speakers Corner, Hyde Park - Bond Street or Marble Arch tube. Apologies for any confusion over starting point see more here) - assemble 12 noon. Full schedule here.

Speakers will include Nick Clegg (leader Liberal Democrat Party), Caroline Lucas (leader, Green party), Michael Meacher (ex-Environment Minister) and George Monbiot (Honorary President, Campaign against Climate Change).The march will be preceeded by a climate protest bike ride starting from Lincoln’s Inn Fields at 10.30 am: see more here.

At 6 pm the Traffic Kills Meetup group in London invites all of you to join the first Traffic Kills event in London called “A Polite Display of Power” which takes place on the 6th of December 2008.
This event is currently being organized by the London Meetup group, it has already been implemented in Turin (Italy) and Santa Monica (USA).
The meeting point is in front of St. Paul’s underground station at the entrance gate on the Cheapside at approximately 6 pm. BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!

Traffic Kills London Meetup
Watch it for any further details:
http://traffickills.meetup.com/6/en/

Please invite your friends to join this action using this function after logging in the Traffic Kills London Meetup: http://traffickills.meetup.com/6/en/tellfriends/

Spread the voice!

Join Traffic Kills Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9127090855
then invite all your friend to join it.
in way to be informed of the new events.

Climate change affects our environment and our lives. This is why we need to take action and to fight climate change to help protect the environment. The European Commission started the You control…

6th DECEMBER is the day of internationa “March against climate changes”

The Traffic Kills Meetup group in London invites all of you to join the first Traffic Kills event in London called “A Polite Display of Power” which takes place on the 6th of December 2008:
This event is currently being organized by the London Meetup group, it has already been implemented in Turin (Italy) and Santa Monica (USA).
The meeting point is in front of St. Paul’s underground station at the entrance gate on the Cheapside at approximately 6 pm. BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!

Watch the video here:
http://current.com/items/89070591_a_polite_display_of_power

Please invite your friends to join this action using this link after logging in:
http://traffickills.meetup.com/6/en/tellfriends/

Spread the voice!

Traffic Kills London Meetup
Watch it for any further details:
http://traffickills.meetup.com/6/en/

Join Traffic Kills Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9127090855
then invite all your friend to join it.
in way to be informed of the new events.

A viral photographic session launched by TK Milano and Berlin Meetups.
Send people the TK logo without the word “Traffic”, inviting them to fill it in with whatever is killing them.
It’s a really easy action you can carry out in a few minutes, inviting friends – and friends of friends – to do the same. Spread the voice and easily collect from people around you dozens of photos expressing the thoughts of those who live near you.
The main issues will stand out, telling you what people feel is killing them.
Make as many photos as you can. Send the invitation to your friends via email, with a clear request to participate in this action and pass the word on to others. Collect images or invite people to upload them directly on the TK wall.

Download Say What is Killing You
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Subscribe Traffic Kills Berlin Meetup

FESTIVAL CINEMAMBIENTE
11th Edition

Turin, 16 – 21 October 2008

115 film from 21 countries on the environment, human beings in their relationship with nature, with their fellow humans,

the objects we make and what we grow.

In October Turin will once again hold the most important environmental film festival in Italy with the 11th edition of Festival CinemAmbiente. The audience will have the opportunity learn about the health conditions of humanity and our planet through images, films, sounds, conferences, exhibitions, workshops and discussion panels which will help us imagine together a new eco-sustainable model for living.

Alarms reach us every day now to urge governments and citizens to admit the urgency of environmental problems and the need for economic and sustainable strategies that respect our planet.

The problems of our era, global warming, overpopulation, the lack of energy resources, socioeconomic instability and uncertainty, as well as the unrestrained development of new economic powers are complex and controversial issues. It has therefore become urgent to provide occasions for discussing and investigating the situation we are faced with.

In the past few years helpful contributions have been made by various sectors of art and culture in the endeavor to create strategies for protecting the environment. Cinema has been fighting on the frontline with remarkable activism in this “battle”. Documentary film is the preferred instrument for disseminating knowledge about the environment and raising our environmentalist consciousness.

The goal of Festival CinemAmbiente is to give a voice to the many pleas for defense of the environment and possible solutions for sustainable development.

The International Competition presents 10 films of which 7 are national premieres. These 10 films were selected from the hundreds of films submitted and they reveal a new way of presenting environmental issues to the public. This decision was supported by CinemAmbiente because it does not limit itself to criticism and alarmism but proposes new practices and behaviours for ethical living. For example In Garbage, The revolutions starts at home, American filmmaker Andrew Nisker convinced the family of two friends to be part of his environmental film experiment: The mother, father and three children accept the challenge to keep all the waste they produce in their garage for three months. This documentary is thought provoking in a fun but profound way because it reminds us of how important it is to recycle but, more important, to reduce waste production. The Chairman of the panel of juries in the international competition, assigned to Leo Hickman, will bring even more attention to the concept of good practices and what we can do in our daily lives and with our families. In fact Hickman is also in Turin to present his book Final Call in the CinemAmbiente series of literary aperitifs. He is a leading figure in international environmentalism and his articles in the Guardian (translated in Italy by Internazionale) suggest a new and doable approach to living and consumption habits, as long as you are willing to sacrifice. For one whole year this hard-line English journalist verified the possibility of living without ever violating strict ethical-ecological principles: he created a worm farm in his garden to autonomously recycle organic waste. He uses only products that respect environment and used washable diapers for his daughter. He even spent his summer vacation in Italy without ever using an airplane or a car!

Once again the international competition will include important moments of reflection on current issues: The Nuclear Comeback shows a tour of the major nuclear plants in the world. Nuclear power, seen by some people as the only true alternative to oil and the solution for global warming, continues to be extremely risky and costly. But the issue is dividing the scientific community, public opinion and even environmentalists themselves. The Bulgarian film Corridor#8 tells about the ups and downs of a European project created to build a large motorway from the Black Sea to Adriatic Sea through Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania. The Beast Within is an incredible document about a phenomenon that is widespread throughout the world but not much is known about it: organized fights using animals. Filmmaker Scagliola undertakes a journey from Mexico to China, the USA and Indonesia to create a film with marvellous photography that investigates the instinct for violence in humans. Africa is at the centre of international attention: films like Taking Root: the Vision of Wangari Maathai tell the story of the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her struggle to develop Kenya. The End of the Rainbow witnesses the impact of the new gold mining technology used in Guinea. These films portray a continent that is radically changing.

The Italian Documentary Competition confirms the interest and capability of Italian filmmakers to tackle environmental issues. There will be 12 films in the competition including those of 3 great filmmakers: Silvio Soldini, Daniele Segre and Guido Chiesa.

The Animated Film Competition sees the participation of 11 films from 11 countries. And animated film attentive to environmental themes is present transversely in all the Festival sections.

An abundance of powerful issues are dealt with in the rest of the rich program of the Festival, including Ecodesign in the year when Turin is the World Capital of Design. One of its main themes is sustainable architecture with films like Ecopolis and Greensburg which are present at this festival thanks to Discovery Italia, the new satellite channel that premiered precisely at CinemAmbiente. Then attention is also given to the International Polar Year of 2008 by calling for a testimony from the Inuit, the population of North American Indians who, more than any other, upholds the value of our planet’s ice-covered lands.

Among the issues proposed by the 2008 edition is water; this resource is increasingly rare and precious. Today there are approximately 1,400,000,000 people in the world without access to drinking water, over 2 billion have no indoor plumbing and one out of three people are unable to sanitize their used water. The Festival has decided to concentrate on these alarming statistics as part of its work. Among others is the film One Water, in the international competition, which uses splendid images to present the hotly debated relationship between humans and this indispensable resource. Because of its quality and importance, this year we will once again present Ambiente e Lavoro, this year being organized in collaboration with Inail. It includes long and short films that explore the multifaceted and contradictory relationship of humans with their occupations and the problems of personal as well as environmental safety. Another section which has become a tradition is Focus sui Diritti Umani, organized by our Festival in collaboration with Amnesty International. In this edition it will concentrate on Tibet and its struggle for survival as well as the drama of children soldiers in Darfur.

www.cinemambiente.it

011 8138860

Hour: 3.30 pm
Location: Meisino Park, on the Superga’s hill. Meisino Road 91, Turin - Italy
Meeting Point: near the Bocciofila right before the Park
Equipment: take your bike or rent it there for 1€ per 1 hour
The bike ride is organized in collaboration with Traffic Kills Torino Meet up and promoted by UISP.

Saturday October 4th, 2008 at 3.30 pm, the UISP organization invites you to a simple and fun bicycle ride.
Mr Fijodor will lead you to discover Meisino Park and you will be able to hear all the different voices of the wild habitants of the Park .
Be ready to ride but don’t worry, you won’t sweat. This excursion is planned for anyone, and the same event is scheduled for 24th of October.
This interesting initiative is coordinated by Traffic Kills Torino Meetup to give the citizen the possibility to think, act and change the world they live in starting from a civil active participation.

Imagine the sea rising around you as your country literally disappears beneath your feet, where the food you grow and the water you drink is being destroyed by salt, and your last chance is to seek refuge in other lands where climate refugees have no official status. This is not a dream, it’s the fearful reality for millions of people who live on islands around the world, from the Maldives to Papua New Guinea.

That is why these small islands are planning the unprecedented step next week, ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting, of calling on the Security Council itself to address climate change as a pressing threat to international peace and security.

This is a creative move born of desperation, a challenge to global powers to end their complacency and tackle this lethal crisis with the urgency of wars. This effort could help shift the tenor of the world’s debate — from a far-off storm cloud to a life-threatening crisis here and how. But the island states’ campaign will meet fierce opposition from the world’s biggest polluters, so they need our help. Sign the petition now to raise a worldwide chorus of support for this call — our signatures will be presented to the UN by the islands’ ambassadors as they introduce their resolution next week:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/sos_small_islands

Arctic ice is melting so fast that, for the first time in human history, you can sail straight through the Arctic. Hurricanes and other extreme weather patterns are growing in size and number. As an Avaaz member in St. Kitts writes, “While those in the US can evacuate an area when a powerful hurricane is on its way, those of us on the islands do not have that option.” Now, small island nations — whose highest points are often only a few meters above sea level — are preparing evacuation plans to guarantee the survival of their populations.

President Remengesau of Palau, a small island in the Pacific, recently said:

Palau has lost at least one third of its coral reefs due to climate change related weather patterns. We also lost most of our agricultural production due to drought and extreme high tides. These are not theoretical, scientific losses — they are the losses of our resources and our livelihoods…. For island states, time is not running out. It has run out. And our path may very well be the window to your own future and the future of our planet”.

Beyond the islands, countries like Bangladesh — population, 150 million — face losing large parts of their landmass. The experience of our planet’s most vulnerable communities serves as a warning sign of the future world we can all expect: extreme weather growing in intensity, conflict over water and food supplies, coasts disappearing and hundreds of millions made refugees.

The more signatures we raise to be delivered to the UN next week, the more urgently this call will ring out to protect our common future. Sign now:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/sos_small_islands

The small islands’ brave campaign for survival is our campaign as well. Just as sea levels rise or fall everywhere at the same time, the choices of every person everywhere affect the future of our common home. By standing with the people at the front line of the climate crisis, we show them, and ourselves, that we recognize our fundamental shared humanity — and the responsibilities that come with it.

With hope, Ben, Iain, Alice, Paul, Graziela, Pascal, Ricken, Brett, Milena — the Avaaz team

PS: For a report on Avaaz’s campaigning so far, see:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/report_back_2

PPS: These are the States who are sponsoring the resolution: Fiji, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, joined by Canada and Turkey.

For a draft of the Small Islands States Resolution, please see:
http://islandsfirst.org/draftres.pdf

For more information about those presenting the petition please visit:
http://islandsfirst.org

For information on Tuvalu’s evacuation plan and climate refugees, see:
http://www.wwf.org.au/articles/climate-refugees-in-a-drowning-pacific/

For information about how rising sea levels will affect us all:
http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/Update2.htm

For more information on the rapidly-melting Arctic ice:
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/for-the-first-time-in-human-history-the-north-pole-can-be-circumnavigated-913924.html

For more information about all of the island states:
http://www.sidsnet.org/aosis/

English
Darkness world: On September 17, 2008 from 21:50 to 22:00 hours.
Proposes to delete all lights and if possible all electrical appliances, to our planet can ‘breathe’.
if the answer is massive, energy saving can be brutal.
Only 10 minutes, and see what happens.
Yes, we are 10 minutes in the dark, we light a candle and simply
Be looking at it, we breathe and our planet.
Remember that the union is strength and the Internet can be very power and can
Even do something big.
Moves the news, if you have friends to live in other countries send to them.

Español:
Oscuridad mundial: En Septiembre 17, 2008 desde las 21:50 a las 22:00 horas.
Se propone apagar todas las luces y si es posible todos los aparatos eléctricos, para que nuestro planeta pueda ‘respirar’.
Si la respuesta es masiva, la energía que se ahorra puede ser brutal.
Solo 10 minutos y vea que pasa.
Si estamos 10 minutos en la oscuridad, prendamos una vela y simplemente la miramos y nosotros estaremos respirando y nuestro planeta.
Recuerde que la unión hace la fuerza y el Internet puede tener mucho poder y puede ser aun algo más grande.
Pase la noticia, si usted tiene amigos que viven en otros países envíeselo a ellos.

Portugués:
Escuridão mundial: No dia 17 de Setembro de 2008 das 21:50 às 22:00 horas
propõe-se apagar todas as luzes e se possível todos os aparelhos eléctricos, para o nosso planeta poder ‘respirar’.
Se a resposta for massiva, a poupança energética pode ser brutal.
Só 10 minutos, para ver o que acontece.
Sim, estaremos 10 minutos às escuras, podemos acender uma vela e simplesmente
ficar a olhar para ela, estaremos a respirar nós e o planeta.
Lembrem-se que a união faz a força e a Internet pode ter muito poder e podemos
mesmo fazer algo em grande.
Passa a notícia, se tiveres amigos a viver noutros países envia-lhes.

Francés:
Darkness monde: Le 17 Septembre 2008 de 21:50 à 22:00 heures
Propose de supprimer toutes les lumières et, si possible, tous les appareils électriques, à notre planète peut ‘respirer’.
Si la réponse est massive, les économies d’énergie peuvent être brutales.
Seulement 10 minutes, et de voir ce qui se passe.
Oui, nous sommes 10 minutes dans le noir, on allume une bougie et simplement
Être regarder, que nous respirons et de notre planète.
N’oubliez pas que l’union fait la force et l’Internet peuvent être très électricité et peut

Árabe:
ظلام العالم : على 17 سبتمبر 2008 من الساعة 21:50 الى 22:00
ويقترح حذف جميع الانوار واذا امكن جميع الاجهزه الكهرباءيه ، ويمكن لكوكبنا ‘تنفس’.

اذا كان الجواب هاءله ، ويمكن الاقتصاد في استهلاك الطاقة وحشية.
خلال 10 دقائق فقط ، ونرى ما سيحصل.
نعم ، نحن على 10 دقائق في الظلام ، ونحن على ضوء شمعة وببساطة
ان النظر اليها ، ونحن نتنفس وكوكبنا.
نتذكر ان الاتحاد هو القوام وشبكة الانترنت يمكن ان تكون بالغة القوة ويمكن
حتى تفعل شيئا كبيرا.
التحركات الاخبار .

Alemán:
Darkness Welt: Am 17 September 2008 von 21:50 bis 22:00 Uhr
Schlägt vor, alle Lichter zu löschen und, wenn möglich, alle elektrischen Geräte, die unseren Planeten kann ‘atmen’.
Wenn die Antwort ist derb, Energieeinsparung kann brutal.
Nur 10 Minuten, und sehen Sie, was passiert.
Ja, wir sind 10 Minuten im Dunkeln, wir Licht einer Kerze und einfach
Sei es bei der Suche, die wir atmen, und unseres Planeten.
Denken Sie daran, dass die Gewerkschaft ist Stärke und das Internet kann sehr Macht und können
Selbst etwas tun groß.
Verschiebt den Nachrichten.

Ruso:
Ночь на Земле: 17 сентября 2008 года с 21:50 до 22:00 часов отключите все огни, и, по возможности, все электроприборы, чтобы наша планета могла спокойно ‘подышать’ хоть 10 минут.
В случае массового участия, этот проект приведет к огромному сбередению энергии по всему земному шару. Всего только 10 минут, и вы увидите как важен будет результат.
За эти 10 минут можно просто посидеть в темноте, зажечь свечу и посидеть при ее свете. А за это время наша планета успеет спокойно отдышаться.
Помните, что совместное действие - это мощь, а Интернет - это великая сила, вместе мы можем добиться очень многого.
Сообщи о нас другим!!!

Holandés:
Darkness wereld: Op 17 September 2008 van 21:50 tot 22:00 uur
Stelt voor om alle lichten en zo mogelijk alle elektrische apparaten, om onze planeet kan ‘ademen’.
Indien het antwoord is enorm, de energiebesparing kan worden wreder.
Slechts 10 minuten, en zie wat er gebeurt.
Ja, we zijn 10 minuten in het donker, we licht van een kaars en gewoon
Wordt kijken, we inademen en onze planeet.
Vergeet niet dat de unie is kracht en het internet kan zeer macht en kan
Zelfs iets te groot.

Vertrokken het nieuws

The European Commission has delayed a vital vote on protecting forests from illegal logging till September. We want to make sure the commissioners don’t forget about it during their summer holiday. We need you to help us make an extra impression before the September vote. Show the video to your friend or sign the petition on Greenpeace!
We all love the forests, and we would like to showcase all that love to the EU (and we know for a fact that the EU doesn’t have anything against some loving). The forests already have made an effort themselves!