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Activism in the community: Plane Stupid/ Climate Camp combine with locals to target Heathrow’s runway plan
Welcome to Sipson - a village that would be completely wiped out if Heathrow has its way, but is also seeing activists and locals team up to fight the third runway
Written by Adam Bollard
Site entrance: the sight that greets you as you enter Vineries Close at the end of Sipson LaneQuestion: How do you use direct action that really engages and aids the local community in making a stand against Heathrow’s proposed third runway?
Answer: Occupy a site set to be demolished for the runway with the intention of returning it to its former glory as a local landmark.
That’s what a group of activists, drawn from Plane Stupid, Climate Camp and Climate Rush, have done in the village of Sipson, which lies directly in the path of the proposed runway and would be swept away - along with hundreds of homes - unless the plan to build it is scrapped. And on Saturday, I headed over to the site to see how they were getting on. It was a sunny and, perhaps forgivingly, warmer day than it’s been recently. In fact, one of the Transition Heathrow activists, Lily Kember, informed me the weather hadn’t been bad all week, which must have helped the cause.
“We took the site on Monday… read more
