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Meet #stophs2 #treeprotector “Squid” who we met living at #DenhamProtectionCamp protecting the trees under threat there, and trying to live in a sustainable more eco-friendly way.
#ExtinctionRebellion #climatecrisis #climateaction #climateactionnow #conservation #wildlife #ecowarriors #sustainableliving #environment #climateemergency
2 weeks ago
Meet #stophs2 #treeprotector “Squid” who we met living at #DenhamProtectionCamp protecting the trees under threat there, and trying to live in a sustainable more eco-friendly way.
#ExtinctionRebellion #climatecrisis #climateaction #climateactionnow #conservation #wildlife #ecowarriors #sustainableliving #environment #climateemergency
2 weeks ago
Continuing our campaign for #StopHS2 & #HS2Rebellion we are posting a series of short films profiling the extremely brave and committed #treeprotectors & #ecowarriors at Denham Ford environmental protection camp in the Colne Valley, West London, which we filmed back in the summer of 2020 in the UK.
HS2 is a rail project (given approval by Boris Johnson’s cabinet) that in its 120 year lifetime won't ever be carbon neutral and has to date decimated over 116 hectares of trees - the equivalent of around 290 football fields. Around 15 hectares of that is believed to be around 108 ancient woodlands that have either already been decimated or are about to be. It has been billed as the “biggest deforestation project in the UK since World War I” by conservationist @chrisgpackham2 This really is the UK’s #Amazon.
Many of the protectors living and visiting Denham camp are young climate activists – those who will be most affected by the climate crisis to come. They really are living on the #climatefrontline in the UK.
Next up is “Squid” who we met living at #DenhamProtectionCamp protecting the trees under threat there, and trying to live in a sustainable more eco-friendly way.
They are standing up for the trees – will you stand up too? #standforthetrees
Filmed, directed, edited & produced by @sharronwarddirects for Katalyst Productions - with huge thanks to the Stop HS2 Tree Protectors, audio by David Liversidge @radiatestudios_ Drone footage by Sally Low, Music Lake Oconee by Elise Magnefold courtesy of Firefly Entertainment AB.
Follow @hs2rebellion on Instagram & Twitter for more. #ExtinctionRebellion #climatecrisis #climateaction #climateactionnow #conservation #wildlife
#ecowarriors #sustainableliving #environment #treesarethelungsoftheearth @thetreecouncil #stopthechop #notonemoretreefelling #treesaretheanswer #activism #environmentalism
2 weeks ago
Meet #stophs2 #treeprotector “Stone” who we met at #DenhamProtectionCamp protecting the trees under threat there, and educating and learning about the crucial importance of #mycelium and the contribution trees make to every living thing on the planet.
#ExtinctionRebellion #climatecrisis #climateaction #climateactionnow #conservation #wildlife #ecowarriors #sustainableliving #environment #climateemergency
2 weeks ago
Continuing our campaign for #StopHS2 & #HS2Rebellion we are posting a series of short films profiling the extremely brave and committed #treeprotectors & #ecowarriors at Denham Ford environmental protection camp in the Colne Valley, West London, which we filmed back in the summer of 2020 in the UK.
HS2 is a rail project (given approval by Boris Johnson’s cabinet) that in its 120 year lifetime won't ever be carbon neutral and has to date decimated over 116 hectares of trees - the equivalent of around 290 football fields. Around 15 hectares of that is believed to be around 108 ancient woodlands that have either already been decimated or are about to be. It has been billed as the “biggest deforestation project in the UK since World War I” by conservationist @chrisgpackham2 This really is the UK’s #Amazon.
Many of the protectors living and visiting Denham camp are young climate activists – those who will be most affected by the climate crisis to come. They really are living on the #climatefrontline in the UK.
Next up is “Stone” who we met at #DenhamProtectionCamp protecting the trees under threat there, and educating and learning about the crucial importance of #mycelium and the contribution trees make to every living thing on the planet.
They are standing up for the trees – will you stand up too? #standforthetrees
Filmed, directed, edited & produced @sharronwarddirects for Katalyst Productions - with huge thanks to the Stop HS2 Tree Protectors, audio by David Liversidge @radiatestudios_ Drone footage by Sally Low, Music Lake Oconee by Elise Magnefold courtesy of Firefly Entertainment AB.
Follow @hs2rebellion on Instagram & Twitter for more. #ExtinctionRebellion #climatecrisis #climateaction #climateactionnow #conservation #wildlife
#ecowarriors #sustainableliving #environment #treesarethelungsoftheearth @thetreecouncil #stopthechop #notonemoretreefelling #treesaretheanswer #activism #environmentalism #fabulousfunghi
2 weeks ago
Meet #stophs2 #treeprotector Talia who has spent the last few years battling HS2 at several protection camp sites around the UK living high up in the trees and advocating and campaigning to protect the trees and campaigning for #climatejustice.
#ExtinctionRebellion #climatecrisis #climateaction #climateactionnow #conservation #wildlife #ecowarriors #sustainableliving #environment #climateemergency #stopthechop #stophs2 #nvda #treesarethelungsoftheearth #notonemoretreefelled
2 weeks ago
Meet #stophs2 #treeprotector Talia @taltakingpics who has spent the last few years battling HS2 at several protection camp sites around the UK living high up in the trees and advocating and campaigning to protect the trees and campaigning for #climatejustice.
#ExtinctionRebellion #climatecrisis #climateaction #climateactionnow #conservation #wildlife #ecowarriors #sustainableliving #environment #climateemergency #stopthechop #stophs2 #nvda #treesarethelungsoftheearth #notonemoretreefelled
2 weeks ago
Continuing our campaign for #StopHS2 & #HS2Rebellion we are posting a series of short films profiling the extremely brave and committed #treeprotectors & #ecowarriors at Denham Ford environmental protection camp in the Colne Valley, West London, which we filmed back in the summer of 2020 in the UK.
HS2 is a rail project (given approval by Boris Johnson’s cabinet) that in its 120 year lifetime won't ever be carbon neutral and has to date decimated over 116 hectares of trees - the equivalent of around 290 football fields. Around 15 hectares of that is believed to be around 108 ancient woodlands that have either already been decimated or are about to be. It has been billed as the “biggest deforestation project in the UK since World War I” by conservationist Chris Packham. This really is the UK’s #Amazon.
Many of the protectors living and visiting Denham camp are young climate activists – those who will be most affected by the climate crisis to come. They really are living on the #climatefrontline
Next up is Talia Woodin @taltakingpics who has spent the last few years battling HS2 at several protection camp sites around the UK living high up in the trees and advocating and campaigning to protect the trees and to campaign for #climatejustice.
They’re standing up for the trees – will you stand up too? #standforthetrees
Filmed, directed, edited & produced by @sharronwarddirects for Katalyst Productions - with huge thanks to the Stop HS2 Tree Protectors, audio by David Liversidge @radiatestudios_ Drone footage by Sally Low, Music Lake Oconee by Elise Magnefold courtesy of Firefly Entertainment AB.
Follow @hs2rebellion on Instagram & Twitter for more. #ExtinctionRebellion #climatecrisis #climateaction #climateactionnow #conservation #wildlife
#ecowarriors #sustainableliving #environment #treesarethelungsoftheearth @thetreecouncil #stopthechop #notonemoretreefelling #treesaretheanswer #activism #environmentalism
2 weeks ago
Please watch #fourlives now available on @bbciplayer & then watch the factual documentaries that unpicked the police failings as investigated/produced by @sharronwarddirects on @katalyst.productions Youtube channel. #howpolicemissedthegrindrkiller #grindrkiller #stephenport #justiceforourboys
#Repost @stephenmerchant with @make_repost
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The crimes of serial killer Stephen Port are examined in this powerful factual-drama, #FourLives, featuring me alongside @sheridansmithster. Airs on BBC One over three consecutive nights, from 9pm on Monday 3 January.
2 weeks ago
On a sadder note, the #BBC drama series #FourLives documenting the tragic deaths of Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth & Jack Taylor at the hands of the #grindrkiller #StephenPort has finally aired in the UK (3 Jan 21:00 BBC One). Prepare to be outraged at the sheer ineptitude & incompetence of Barking Police as they failed to link the deaths.
The findings of the inquest (as we discovered in our BBC Current Affairs documentary) were that had the police done a proper investigation of the first death, 3 more lives could have been saved – not “probably,” but in Sharron Ward's opinion – definitely. Sharron Ward was the journalist who sat for 8 long harrowing weeks at the Old Bailey (sitting unnervingly close to the defendant Stephen Port), listening to every gruesome detail & documenting all the evidence presented for our BBC3 documentaries that unpicked how the police failed to properly investigate each of the deaths in turn. The films took several months to make.
You can see the films - How the Police Missed the Grindr Killer & How I Discovered a Serial Murderer on my youtube channel Katalyst Productions. Just watching the drama trailer is enough to bring it all back.
The film reveals how Sarah Sak, Donna & Jenny Taylor, John Pape and Mandy & Adam Whitworth were forced to battle the Met to get answers & how in the end they were left to do their own detective work.
Please watch the drama series on #BBCiPlayer & then watch the blow by blow factual account of how these poor families had to go through the heartbreak first of having their loved ones taken away so cruelly, but then having the police block them at every turn when they tried to get their deaths investigated and taken seriously.
My heart as always goes out to the families. Pictured here is Donna Taylor, brother of Jack Taylor who set about investigating the case, along with Sarah Sak who also first raised the alarm & all of the family members & friends - John Pape, & Mandy Whitworth who never gave up asking questions.
May they now rest in peace. 🙏
2 weeks ago
Meet #stophs2 #treeprotector Mark Keir who has spent several years battling HS2 at several protection camp sites around the UK - from lobbying politicians and govt, to living at protection camps on the frontline, to educating the public about the importance of the #biodiversity at these sites.
#ExtinctionRebellion #climatecrisis #climateaction #climateactionnow #conservation #wildlife #ecowarriors #sustainableliving #environment #climateemergency #nvda
2 weeks ago
Meet #stophs2 #treeprotector Mark Keir who has spent several years battling HS2 at several protection camp sites around the UK - from lobbying politicians and govt, to living at protection camps on the frontline, to educating the public about the importance of the #biodiversity at these sites.
#ExtinctionRebellion #climatecrisis #climateaction #climateactionnow #conservation #wildlife #ecowarriors #sustainableliving #environment #climateemergency #nonviolentdirectaction #nvda
2 weeks ago
Continuing our campaign for #StopHS2 & #HS2Rebellion we are posting a series of short films profiling the extremely brave and committed #treeprotectors & #ecowarriors at Denham Ford environmental protection camp in the Colne Valley, West London, which we filmed back in the summer of 2020 in the UK.
HS2 is a rail project (given approval by Boris Johnson’s cabinet) that in its 120 year lifetime won't ever be carbon neutral and has to date decimated over 116 hectares of trees - the equivalent of around 290 football fields. Around 15 hectares of that is believed to be around 108 ancient woodlands that have either already been decimated or are about to be. It has been billed as the “biggest deforestation project in the UK since World War I” by conservationist @chrisgpackham2 This really is the UK’s #Amazon.
Many of the protectors living and visiting Denham camp are young climate activists – those who will be most affected by the climate crisis to come. They really are living on the #climatefrontline in the UK.
This short film profiles #environmentalcampaigner Mark Keir who has spent several years battling HS2 at several protection camp sites around the UK from lobbying politicians and govt, to living at protection camps on the frontline to educating the public about the importance of the #biodiversity at these sites.
They’re standing up for the trees – will you stand up too? #standforthetrees
Filmed, directed, edited & produced by @sharronwarddirects for Katalyst Productions - with huge thanks to the Stop HS2 Tree Protectors, audio by David Liversidge @radiatestudios_ , Drone footage by Sally Low, Music Lake Oconee by Elise Magnefold courtesy of Firefly Entertainment AB.
Follow @hs2rebellion on Instagram & Twitter for more. #ExtinctionRebellion #climatecrisis #climateaction #climateactionnow #conservation #wildlife
#ecowarriors #sustainableliving #environment #treesarethelungsoftheearth @thetreecouncil #stopthechop #notonemoretreefelling #treesaretheanswer #activism #environmentalism
2 weeks ago
Meet #treeprotector @swan_lake2025 who has spent the last 2 years battling HS2 from living up in the trees to risking her life when she occupied a safety rope perilously strung across the River Colne during the famous #battleofthealdertree
HS2 is a rail project (given approval by Boris Johnson’s cabinet) that in its 120 year lifetime won't ever be carbon neutral and has to date decimated over 116 hectares of trees - the equivalent of around 290 football fields. Around 15 hectares of that is believed to be around 108 ancient woodlands that have either already been decimated or are about to be. It has been billed by Conservationist @chrisgpackham2 as “the largest deforestation project in the UK since World War I.” This really is the UK’s #Amazon.
See our film profiling her work #standingupforthetrees trying to #stopHS2 in the film posted below.
#ExtinctionRebellion #climatecrisis #climateaction #climateactionnow #conservation #wildlife #ecowarriors #sustainableliving #environment #climateemergency #stopthechop #notonemoretreefelled #weneedtreestobreathe🍃 #treesarethelungsoftheearth💞 #activism
2 weeks ago