West Midlands Climate Action
We are a loose affiliation of people living in the West-Midlands region from many different backgrounds, united in recognising the need for major social change to effectively respond to the climate crisis.
The first WM neighbourhood formed in Birmingham in 2007 but drew in many from outside the city - Malvern, Worcester, Telford, Stoke, Leamington Spa, West Wales - helping to create new climate action networks across the area.
We had neighbourhoods at Heathrow and Kingsnorth in 2007 and 2008 and last year activists from the West Midlands participated in Climate Camp in the City and the London Climate Camp in Blackheath. This year we will be at Edinburgh and you can help us organise for it by joining the mailing list wmclimatecamp[at]lists.riseup.net
During the year the meetings are held with all or parts of the neighbourhood. They can be called by anyone at any time, but normally occur in the week before the monthly national gatherings. Open meetings are announced on the mailing list.
As with other groups there is no central leadership and decisions at meetings are made consensually.
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Huntington Lane
Six months ago we joined a coalition of activists and local residents who occupied the Land at Huntington Lane after UK Coal started the preparation work necessary to begin work on a new open-cast coal mine. The occupation is still going strong and is still stopping any work from starting. The camp has seen support come from across the county as it prepares for the expected eviction order. Extra help and support are always needed and new faces at the camp are always welcome.
More information
We regularly update our website with news from the camp
The Defend Huntington Lane Camp also has its own blog with news on what's been happening recently at the camp