Sign the 'no third runway' petition on Number 10's website

Posted by jamie — 16 January 2009 at 4:51pm - Comments

The land bought by Greenpeace on the site of the planned third runway

One day, all this will be yours... No wait, it already is!
© Rezac/Greenpeace

I meant to set up one of these yesterday but never quite got round to it, so I'm really pleased to see someone else (thanks, David Morgan!) has set up a Heathrow petition on the Number 10 website. If you're itching for another way to vent your anger at the government's appalling decision, sign it now.

Meanwhile, down on the land itself, the digging has finished and the words 'Our climate, our land' are now emblazoned across the plot in a handsome stone finish. There they'll stay until at least the next stage of the campaign which is being discussed now. We've already had loads of ideas from fellow Airplotters about what to do with the land - from turning it into a wildlife sanctuary to setting up a foreign embassy - and hopefully it won't be too long before we can let you know what you can do next.

And there are now over 22,500 of you who have joined the plot which is simply amazing. If you haven't joined yet, what are you waiting for?

billofrights - Thanks for acting on faith but your actions are more substantial than that. You don't own a defined section of the land, but the land is being held in trust by the four owners named on the deed on behalf of the 32,000 (and counting) beneficial owners who've signed up. A colleague has likened it to a sports club which buys a new football pitch on behalf of its members - you haven't been involved in purchasing the land but you as a member you become a beneficial owner.

We will have more details about being a beneficial owner up on the site soon. They would have been up before now but we've been overwhelmed by the response and also the pace of events around the third runway which have sucked up a lot of time.

web editor
gpuk

billofrights - Thanks for acting on faith but your actions are more substantial than that. You don't own a defined section of the land, but the land is being held in trust by the four owners named on the deed on behalf of the 32,000 (and counting) beneficial owners who've signed up. A colleague has likened it to a sports club which buys a new football pitch on behalf of its members - you haven't been involved in purchasing the land but you as a member you become a beneficial owner. We will have more details about being a beneficial owner up on the site soon. They would have been up before now but we've been overwhelmed by the response and also the pace of events around the third runway which have sucked up a lot of time. web editor gpuk

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I'm a forests campaigner working mainly on Indonesia. My personal mumblings can be found @shrinkydinky.

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