Communities Opposed to New Coal at Hunterston
Public events
CONCH, RSPB, WWF, FoE and other campaign supporters held a presence outside Cunninghame House, Irvine on 9th November before the Council meeting when the Council unanimously rejected Ayrshire Power's proposal.
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Sand Art event, 27th September 2010
On Monday, 27th September, several environmental NGOs made presentations against the proposed coal station to North Ayrshire Council at Cunninghame House. To co-incide with this, the RSPB, supported by CONCH, Friends of the Earth Scotland, Oxfam, Planning Democracy, World Development Movement and WWF, arranged for professional sand artist Jamie Wardley to create giant sand drawings in support of the campaign against new coal at Hunterston.
Sand artist Jamie said, “I wanted to create something that would help people sit up and take notice of the issues surrounding Hunterston power station.
As so many people felt so strongly about the campaign I decided to use their names to make a visual petition, creating images of the birds, in flight, that are likely to be affected by the proposal."
Photo: © Nigel King, Blue River Studios
“The birds that we made on the beach had an incredible presence, as some were up to 100 meters across, yet their rapid disappearance by the incoming tide holds poignant significance in terms of the environmental impact a new coal-fired power station would prove to have.”
Jamie added, “The second image, of the girl's face in the dry river bed, questions our responsibility to future generations. At Hunterston we have the opportunity to make a decision that is right for the future and right for now.'”
More images from the sand art event
Following a showing of the film The Age of Stupid, (see trailer) Conch linked with several other groups like Friends of the Earth, the World Development Movement, Greenpeace and the Maldive Islands to debate the issues raised by the film.
See the debate on YouTube.
