Plane Stupid
Founded 2005, UK
Area served UK
Focus Environmentalism
Method Nonviolence[1] Direct Action
Website www.planestupid.com
Protesters on the roof of the Palace of Westminster
Plane Stupid is a UK-focused[2] group of environmental protesters who state their aim as being to see an end to airport expansion for what it sees as “unnecessary and unsustainable” flights. The organisation has no formal hierarchy, leader, or media figurehead. It is a loose association of autonomous regional groups.[3] It is inspired by networks like Earth First! and the earlier peace camps and road protests. It is funded by donations[4].
The group was founded in 2005 by Joss Garman, Richard George and Graham Thompson[5] In January 2008 Joss Garman was named by the The Guardian as one of its “50 people who could save the planet” for his campaigning work around aviation.[6]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_Stupid
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Plane Stupid is a network of grassroots groups that take non violent direct action against aviation expansion.
We have three demands:
* End to short haul flights and airport expansion
* Stop aviation advertising
* A just transition to sustainable jobs and transport
We came together in 2005 to oppose an aviation industry conference and have been taking action ever since. So far we’ve occupied Stansted, East Midlands, and Aberdeen airports; shut down easyJet and BAA’s headquarters; stopped private jets at Biggin Hill, London City and Edinburgh airports; sat atop the House of Commons and the Scottish Parliament; supported the Camp for Climate Action at Heathrow; worked with local residents to defend their homes from the bulldozers; exposed a corporate spy and chucked green custard over Peter Mandelson.
We organise horizontally, by consensus and without leaders. We have groups in London, Glasgow, Brighton, Manchester, Southampton, Leeds, Edinburgh and Cambridge. We also have a sister organisation, Plane Mad, in Ireland.
http://www.planestupid.com/aboutus