The Thames Valley Climate Action is an
Oxford
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The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuou ...
-based
environmental group
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.
Protest actions
*On 11 August 2008 several protesters from Oxford and Thames Valley Climate Action glued their hands to the doors of
BHP Billiton's headquarters in
Victoria, London
Victoria is an area of Westminster, Central London in the City of Westminster. It is named after Victoria Station, which is a major transport hub. The station was named after the nearby Victoria Street, opened 1851.
The name is used to descr ...
protest against the use of coal as a fuel. The protest was part of the
Climate camp held at
Kingsnorth power station in England.
*On 5 June 2009, 13 protesters from the Thames Valley Climate Action entered the headquarters of the engineering firm
BAM Nuttall
BAM Nuttall Limited (formerly known as Edmund Nuttall Limited) is a construction and civil engineering company headquartered in Camberley, United Kingdom. It has undertaken road, rail, nuclear, and other major projects worldwide. It is a subsidia ...
in
Camberly
Camberley is a town in north-west Surrey, England, around south-west of central London. It is in the Surrey Heath, Borough of Surrey Heath and is close to the county boundaries with Hampshire and Berkshire. Known originally as "Cambridge Tow ...
, England to protest against the firm's plans to build a coal-fired power plant in
Hoo, Kent.
Meeting process
Meetings are run on a
consensually.
Hand signals
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are used to help the meeting run smoothly. These signals include the use of a finger wiggling signal called
Twinkles to indicate agreement.
See also
*
Occupy hand signals
The Occupy movement hand signals are a group of hand signals used by Occupy movement protesters to negotiate a consensus. Hand signals are used instead of conventional audible signals, like applause, shouts, or booing, because they do not interru ...
References
External links
Thames Valley Climate Action home page
Environmental organisations based in England
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