Current actions on the issue of Land & Housing with a TLIO-bent
Land Occupations:
London:
- Grow Heathrow Grow Heathrow is a land project occupying formerly disused glasshouses, demonstrating growing techniques and low-impact technology. It is part of Transition Heathrow - a grassroots action group working to build resilient Heathrow communities, capable of collectively coping with the injustices and threats of climate change and peak oil.
Directions:
There is a map on the Grow Heathrow website www.transitionheathrow.com
Public Transport:
from Central London: Go to Paddington Railway station (on the Circle tube line) and take a 20 minute train journey to West Drayton. From West Drayton either take the 222 bus towards Hounslow and get off in Sipson Village or follow the cycle path towards Sipson. OR get train to Hayes and Harlington Station. From train exit onto street (Station Rd, Hayes), find bus-stop on same side of road as station exit and get 140 bus travelling towards Heathrow. Get off in Harlington High St 2 busstops after road crosses over M4 motorway. Walk down Sipson Lane - 25 min walk to Sipson village (village just past bridge over motorway).
The site is a 1 minute walk from the King William Pub which is in the middle of town.
By car:
Our address is Grow Heathrow, Vineries Close, Sipson, West Drayton, UB7 0JG
Contact: 0044 7890751568 (Site phone)
email: info@transitionheathrow.com
Tameside, Greater Manchester:
Members of Ashton Allotment Action in Ashton Moss, Tameside have occupied a site of old allotments taken out of use next to the M60. The land was given by Tameside Council to a local estate agent in 1996. The group, inspired by the diggers, moved onto the site on the 23rd April 2011 and started to dig and cultivate the land.
Former land occupations:
London:
- Land & Freedom Camp, Clapham Common - Sat 17th Sept -to- Sun 25th Sept 2011.
On June 6th 2009, nearly a hundred activists converged on a piece of derelict land at Kew Bridge in south west London to create an eco-village community based entirely on sustainable technology and construction techniques. Info: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=88020757939
Ongoing Projects:
Bristol:
Various land-based and housing action activities occurring in 'Bristle':
- Bristol Co-Mutiny: http://comutiny.wordpress.com/
- Bristol Garden Share: http://www.sustainableredland.org.uk/bristol-gardenshare/
- Community Farm: http://www.sustainableredland.org.uk/community-farm-2/
- Bristol Housing Action Movement: http://www.public-interest.co.uk/bham/
Forest-of-Dean, Gloucestershire:
Ecovillage: A group plans to establish a network of productive community gardens, food forests, log cabins, eco-buildings and occupied spaces in which people can enjoy the food and relax after a day of gardening, or swimming in the river. Contact: admin [at] apokaluptein.org.uk
London:
Organic Lea - a worker's cooperative growing food on London's edge in the Lea Valley: http://www.organiclea.org.uk/
Hawkwood Plant Nursery - Organiclea’s food growing and plant production site: http://www.organiclea.org.uk/what-we-do/we-grow-food/hawkwood/
See all UK Direct-Action activity linked from this site here