Should panic buyers at the pumps take a chill pill or is relying on petrol power just a panic economy?

The current oil price hike and the frenzied panic buying have brought some garages in Bristol to a standstill. But is there a better way? A way to live more sustainably? Peaky writes: Peak Oil is coming, maybe not this year, maybe not this decade, but within my lifetime... what can the community in Bristol do to ensure a peaceful transition to a post-oil economy? Full article.

| What is your peak oil plan? | Running on empty | Useful websites: Reduce Bristol's dependency on oil - promote sustainability! | Design, planning, policy for a changing world | Just for the love of it | Up a gum tree |

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Recycle Your Unwanted Stuff!

Bristol Indymedia is please to announce the launch of our Indycycle service. Indycycle a website similar to the ideas of Freecycle. Indycycle is a way of people re-cycling things they no longer need to people who may have a user for it. For example if you had an old bike you did not need, rather then throw it out to landfill, why not offer it to somebody else who may need it. Indycycle is a great way of us consuming less resources, stopping things going to landfill and building stronger communities. This system is based on the ideas of the freecycle movement, we don't aim to replace freecycle, but to use our website to build on the ideas and make it even easier to pass your items on.

All items must be offered for free – no exchanges or cash are allowed. Indycycle allows you to post an item you don't want (or are looking for) to the site along with a description, photo of the item and your postcode. This means users can search for and see items they may want but also how far they need to travel to pick it up. A Bristol Indymedia volunteer said, “We are really excited about the addition to what Indymedia does, we hope it will further build on the many green projects, campaigns and initiatives in the region. We see this project as a natural evolution of what Indymedia does – trying to connect people using democratic forms of media."

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Bristol Indymedia Film Night - Monday 12th May 2008 8pm @ Cube Cinema. Entry £4/£5.

Best Documentary: 2008 CFTPA Indie Award Nomination & 2008 Genie Awards "Sprawl is eating the planet. Across North America the landscape is being leveled - blasted clean of distinctive features and overlaid with zombie monoculture. Politicians call it growth. Developers call it business. The Moss family call it home."

Also features Steve Ward of Carfree UK, an organisation which works to promote carfree development and its environmental, social, financial and health benefits. Presented in partnership with The Architecture Centre, Bristol as part of their 'Spring Green' season.Full article.

| Radiant City: A Documentary About Suburban Sprawl | www.radiantcitymovie.com | www.carfree.org.uk | www.architecturecentre.co.uk | Other Events/News: we shop therefore we are?? | 9th May: Film: "Colombia: Promises & Bullets" | 10th May: Bath Free Shop | 9th May: Film: "Colombia: Promises & Bullets" | 13th May: Trafficking & Migration - What Can Be Done? Sprawl | 13th May: Labour Behind the Label Film Night and speaker | 14th May: Meet Greenpeace Evening | 14th May: Kebele World Economy Group |

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Bristol speaker gets death threats

Updated! A speaker at the event featured has recieved death threats; "your name (sic) has been added to the list of undesirables who should be eliminated"..Full article & what you can do to help.

Following the moving and important tale of one indiginous people's forcible displacement due to gold mining, another story in another place needs to be heard: Guayusa Andina of Espacio Bristol-Colombia writes; Frog Lover, the third member of Espacio Bristol to arrive in Colombia over the past few months has been based in the Southern Bolívar region of the country, an area taken over by right-wing paramilitaries a few years back in order to pave the way for “development” projects around oil palm monocultures and gold mining under the control of multinationals. In the run-up to two events in Bristol over the next few days Espacio members report first hand on the impact of agro-fuels and gold mining. Espacio will be with Rising Tide be at Tesco, Eastville from 4.30 – 7pm on Tuesday 15th in solidarity with communities who are struggling to keep their lands. On Wednesday 16th we’re hosting a talk by a member of the organization Frog Lover is accompanying, along with Colombia Solidarity.....(Image: Gold mining waste is dumped directly into the sea) Full article.

| Bristol speaker gets death threats | Agro-fuels and gold-mining: the human consequences | Volunteer Opportunity: Accompaniment Training Coordinator for Espacio Bristol-Colombia | Mining, Multinationals and Community Mobilisation (talk byTeófilo Acuña, Wednesday 16th April) | www.espacio.org.uk | Other Related News: Biofools Day of Action (Tesco, Eastville from 4.30 - 7pm on the 15th) | Become Colombia!

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