After the highs of Aurora, it might seem like dark days are upon us, with 30 of our friends stuck behind bars in Russia. However we are a global movement of millions. And we're pretty awesome at that whole solidarity thing!
Only two weeks ago around 3000 people came together and walked with the world's largest polar bear to Shell's headquarters in London. Like the five year old boy who sticks the sign on their bedroom door saying "no girls allowed", Shell put copies of the injunction against Greenpeace on the windows of their head office. This did not stop people, young and old, writing their message for Shell in chalk around their building.
>> Watch our video from the event
As was said on that day, we will not stand for this. Shell and other oil drilling companies do not have the right to exploit the natural world to buffer their bank balance. They do not have the right to play "God", disrupting climates, causing death and destruction.
According to humanitarian experts, the annual monsoons in places like Pakistan have increased in such intensity that they plan for an emergency crisis response every year now. It's now widely agreed that melting sea ice, and the burning of fossil fuels has a direct link to this. In short, what goes on in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic.
At time of writing the 28 activists, and the photographer and videographer, are being detained by the Russian authorities for two months for their peaceful protest against Arctic drilling. They took our message into the Arctic for us. Now we must stand by them and bring them home again.
Please take two minutes to send an email to the Russian authorities demanding their release.
You can also join us this Wednesday (7.15pm, 2nd Oct) at the Rose and Crown, where we'll be turning our usual monthly meeting into a stand of solidarity. Expect music to accompany the evening from Walthamstow's answer to John Lennon!
>> Watch our Aurora video below to catch up on what you may have missed
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