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Home | Friday 20th March 2009 | Issue 669

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PIECES OF AIT

Raven’s Ait, an island on the Thames near Kingston, has been occupied by activists for the past four weeks and turned into an eco-centre. Undeterred, despite being in court yesterday and losing, a planned conference this weekend on Carbon Trading will still go ahead.

The man-made island near Kingston, opposite Hampton Court, has a conference centre whose owners left last year, while the rest of the island is common land. The squatters are repairing the roof of the building, and digging the garden to turn it into London’s first eco-centre, a hub open to anyone for climate related actions, talks and more.

This island also has its place in history, being where the Treaty Of Lambeth was signed in 1217, when Henry III became king, enabling him to ratify the Magna Carta. The squatters even used rights enshrined in the Magna Carta in their (albeit unsuccessful!) defence in court.


Directions: Ravens Ait Island, Portsmouth Road, Surbiton, Surrey KT6 4HN. Opposite Catherine’s Road, Kingston or Surbiton Rail. Phone 07769 791387 or 07900 800055 http://ravensait.org.uk

Keywords: climate change, kingston, magna carta, raven's ait, social centre, squatting, surbiton, treaty of lambeth


 

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