On the evening of 12 December, supporters of several groups for just mobility – including Stay Grounded, Back on Track and ATERRA – gathered at train stations across 12 European cities, staging “Pyjama Parties for Night Trains”. From Lisbon to Vienna, and in cities...
On 13 September, groups in 12 countries raised their voices to say NO to night flights at airports. From their harmful effects on health to their destructive climate impacts, night flights are an unnecessary nuisance that falls hardest on already marginalised...
Over the course of four days, more than 230 people came together across three different continents and online to form new bonds, empower each other and build strategies for resistance in the face of escalating climate and social crises. These were more than just...
On Tuesday 1st April, the Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport (GALBA) was joined by aviation campaigners from different parts of the UK to protest against the UK government's reckless and irresponsible Jet Zero Strategy. The protest was held on the first day of...
Originally published in Catalan We call for the cancellation of the Aviation Week, a clear example of the connections between colonialism, racism, militarism, and the destruction of the planet and our cities! On October 23-24, the Aviation Week (MRO) will take place...
Over several weeks, activists across Europe, North America, and Africa took bold action under the banner "Oil Kills," targeting airports and demanding a treaty to phase out fossil fuels by 2030. These actions highlighted aviation as a critical component of the global...
Airport protests are taking place in at least six countries today: the UK, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Canada, and the USA. The protests come at the end of a week of civil disobedience during which Oil Kills disrupted airports in 10 countries across Europe...
Flights have been grounded and disruption is building at airports in Frankfurt and Oslo after supporters of civil resistance groups Letzte Generation, Folk Mot Fossilmakta, and Scientist Rebellion Norway have taken direct action for a second day. They are acting in...
Supporters of five civil resistance groups caused disruption at airports across Europe this morning, in support of Oil Kills - an International Uprising to end oil, gas and coal by 2030. [1] [2] Flights were delayed as supporters entered airfields and sat down on...
This morning, protesters blocked the access to Farnborough airport, the biggest private jet terminal in the UK. This is part of an international week of action, with protests in eight countries demanding that governments ban private jets, tax frequent flyers and make...
In April over 30 groups took part in the International Week of Action Against Airline Advertising, Sponsorship and Greenwash. Here's a recap of the week, some key learnings and steps you can take to get involved in the movement to counter fossil ads. The problem with...
Activists from across Europe took action at Liège Airport Hundreds of activists have been arrested in Antwerp after being targeted by police In Mexico, several actions are taking place against the new Tulum International Airport 16th December 2023: Today, supporters...
This year, Code Rouge are setting their sights on aviation with their mass action, which will take place between Friday 15th and Sunday 17th December. The 'People Not Planes' mobilisation focuses on the climate injustice of the aviation industry and its determination...
Blog post by Bhola Bhattarai (NAFAN - National Forum For Advocacy Nepal) Tangiya Basti is the proposed site for the Nijgadh International Airport. But people living in Tangiya are being kept in the dark about this project. More than two thousand households, especially...
Blog post contributed by our member Climáximo. On 27 September 2023, supporters of Climáximo and Scientist Rebellion painted the façade of the Lisbon Exhibition and Congress Centre (FIL), where the "World Aviation Festival" was taking place. They also interrupted a...
Extinction Rebellion (XR) France and Attac France took over Le Bourget airport on 22 September 2023, denouncing the responsibility of the ultra-rich for the ecological crisis and the complicity of the government. Around thirty activists took to the tarmac to plant...
Blog post contributed by Bristol Airport is Big Enough (BABE) Campaigners in Bristol, UK, are fighting the expansion of Bristol Airport, which will have disastrous consequences for local communities and the environment. The courts have continually failed the local...
It was a key moment for the growing movement against private jets and excessive flying: On Tuesday, 23d of May, 103 climate activists disrupted Europe’s biggest private jet fair EBACE in Geneva. More than 800 news articles reported on the action. The same day, a bike...
UPDATE: ALL 102 CLIMATE ACTIVISTS WERE RELEASED, AFTER HAVING BEEN DETAINED FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS. Geneva, 23.05.2023 – One hundred climate activists from 17 countries supporting Greenpeace, Stay Grounded, Extinction Rebellion, Scientist Rebellion and other climate...
Geneva, 23.05.2023 – A hundred climate activists supporting Greenpeace, Stay Grounded, Extinction Rebellion, Scientist Rebellion and other climate justice groups from 17 countries have disrupted Europe’s biggest sales fair of private jets, the annual European...
This post was written by Rester sure Terre and originally posted on their site Responding to the call of the European Union against Aerial Nuisance (UECNA), several dozen associations and collectives gathered from May 9 to 14 and held around twenty demonstrations in...
Written by Stephen Clarke (on behalf of BAAN - Bristol Airport Action Network). A gathering of more than 15 campaigning groups concerned with the growth of the aviation industry took place in London on April 21st, followed by a huge March Against Airport Expansion and...
The access to the private jet airport in Altenrhein Switzerland was blocked by Debt for Climate activists, preventing the transfer of attendees arriving in Davos for the World Economic Forum. Their demands: cancellation of all foreign debt of countries in the Global...
Hundreds of activists, among them 129 scientists, blockaded 11 international private airports to demand a ban on private jets. 31 arrests all around the world. Global protest called for a ban on private jets and taxation of frequent flyers to fund climate adaptation...
Over 500 Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace Netherlands activists have stopped private jets from taking off at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport on November 5th. Activists cycled around the area where private jets are parked and blocked the aircraft. The protesters are...
Over 200 people met in October in Lille, northern France, for the second international conference of the Stay Grounded network. Faced with the climate crisis and the aviation industry’s ecocidal plans, they imagined joint actions to stop the expansion of airports,...
After walking onto the runway at Växjö Småland Airport in Sweden last October, Ella and Björn, two parents with young children are now sentenced to two months in prison. The disctrict court in Växjö found the activists guilty of entering the airport illegally. It is...
Activists from all over Europe and beyond are meeting in Lille, France. Actions to tackle air traffic are planned - the first on 8 October. Lille/Vienna/Montreal, 27 September 2022 – Starting today, the UN body for civil aviation is meeting in Montreal, Canada,...
Airline advertisements grounded across Europe in latest climate protest Contact: Tona Merriman, [email protected], Tel: +44 7471593736 Full photo set available here Interviews at relevant hacked advertising sites available on request. 500 advertising sites...
Transformation not Expansion! Transform LEJ recently protested against the expansion of Halle/Leipzig Airport Leipzig - On July 29, 2022 the new action and protest alliance Transform LEJ held a vigil in front of the state directorate, for opposing the expansion of the...
Let’s call out the aviation industry’s greenwashed advertisements! Take part September 10-17! Grassroots groups around Europe* will be taking action September 10 – 17 to oppose fossil fuel advertising in support of the European Citizens Initiative to #BanFossilAds....
Protesters against aviation expansion held inflatable winged pigs outside the entrance to the air show and held a banner saying “Jet Zero? Pigs might fly!”, to highlight fundamental problems with the government’s approach to cutting aviation’s greenhouse gas (GHG)...
Rallies for the return of the Paris-Hendaye night train and a more extensive night train network between Europe and the Iberian Peninsula On July 2nd, 2022 — A night train renaissance is upon us with the Austrian Night Jet up and running and a Swedish night train to...
Stop Greenwashing – Reduce Air Traffic Now! In the first days of November 2021, protest actions across the globe coordinated by Stay Grounded called for an end to aviation’s greenwashing and an effective reduction of air traffic. The diverse protests were part of the...
Protests in Mexico, Nepal, Germany, France, Ghana and the UK Day of Action against aviation greenwashing organised by the global network Stay Grounded as part of the COP26 Coalition Global Day of Action for Climate Justice Glasgow, 6th of November — As Britain drafts...
Stay Grounded UK co-ordinates events at 10 airports. Part of global action days against greenwashing of air travel, organised by the international network Stay Grounded as part of the COP26 Coalition Global Action Days. At 11am on Saturday 6th November, protests will...
Report on the action of "Cancel LEJ" and its effects On the night of Saturday, 10 July 2021, 54 climate activists peacefully gathered on a lorry access road to the DHL hub at Leipzig Airport, thereby disrupting operations. In view of the climate crisis, the activists...
From Inês Teles and Francisco Pedro, Aterra (member organisation Stay Grounded), originally posted on Movement Hub. The Portuguese government and VINCI corp plan to expand Lisbon airport and build a second one on a natural reserve. In response, the ATERRA campaign...
In Austria, a coalition of local producers, citizens' initiatives and climate activists created the "3rd Runway Flour" made from organic wheat grown on the fields that Vienna International Airport wants to seal for a planned third runway. With the 3rd runway flour,...
Blockade of the Opening of BER Airport in Germany on 31st October Berlin, 31.10.2020 - The climate justice group 'Am Boden bleiben', a member of the international Stay Grounded network, today blocks the opening of the new airport in Berlin with protest actions. The...
Following the appeal launched by French Stay Grounded members Alternatiba and ANV-COP21 to march on Airports, 2000 people have mobilised on the 3rd of October in 18 airports in France and Mexico to demand measures to reduce air traffic, accompanied by a just...
On October 3rd, Stay Grounded took the French March on Airports beyond borders. Our Méxican member organisation Coordinadora de Pueblos y Organizaciones del Oriente del Estado de México (CPOOEM) joined the March on Airports in Mexico City, together with groups at 17...
Ergebnisse heutiger Online-Pressekonferenz und Aktion zur Übergabe von Petition ans BMWi // 338 Organisationen und über 70.000 Menschen fordern in Kampagne #SavePeopleNotPlanes soziale und ökologische Konditionen für Rettung der Flugindustrie Berlin - 30. April 2020:...
