From EnviroWiki
Plane Stupid is a network of grassroots groups that take non violent direct action against aviation expansion.
We have three demands:
- End to short haul flights and airport expansion
- Stop aviation advertising
- A just transition to sustainable jobs and transport
We came together in 2005 to oppose an aviation industry conference and have been taking action ever since. So far we’ve occupied Stansted, East Midlands, and Aberdeen airports; shut down easyJet and BAA’s headquarters; stopped private jets at Biggin Hill, London City and Edinburgh airports; sat atop the House of Commons and the Scottish Parliament; supported the Camp for Climate Action at Heathrow; worked with local residents to defend their homes from the bulldozers; exposed a corporate spy and chucked green custard over Peter Mandelson.
We organise horizontally, by consensus and without leaders. We have groups in London, Glasgow, Brighton, Manchester, Southampton, Leeds, Edinburgh and Cambridge. We also have a sister organisation, Plane Mad, in Ireland.
You can learn more on our website here.
