Calendar

Friday 22 February Saving Iceland Update: UK Mini Gathering

Sunday 17 February Meeting to save Þjórsá, Fríkirkjunni (Free Church), Reykjavík, 16.00.

Sunday 3 February
Crane Climbing and Kleinur, Saving Iceland Coffee Evening, Kaffi Hljomalind, 101 Reykjavik. 19:30

Sunday 6 January
Crane Climbing and Kleinur, Saving Iceland Coffee Evening, Kaffi Hljomalind, 101 Reykjavik. 19:30

some PAST EVENTS of 2007

1 December
S.I. benefit gig in the Netherlands. In The Onderbroek, tweedewalstraat 21, Nijmegen NL.

October - December
Saving Iceland Europe Tour 2007. Crossing through Germany, Poland, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland and Czech. See you there!

Saturday 1 December
Saving Iceland Winter Conference

Sunday 2 December
Crane Climbing and Kleinur, Saving Iceland Coffee Evening, Kaffi Hljomalind, 101 Reykjavik. 19:30

Sunday 4 November
In solidarity with the people of Orissa who are fighting against their mountain being mined for its bauxite (aluminium ore) by British corporation Vedanta PLC, we will be premiering "Wira Pdika", one the first films from India to be completely made up of tribal voices explaining their story without any civil narration. This brilliant documentary has Adivasis ("Original Inhabitants") tell, sing, dance and even mime their struggle. A brilliant, moving film which we will be showing in one side of the Cafe, so you can hang out and talk in the other.

2 October:
Demonstration Against Iceland's Persecution of Environmental Activists, in London

6 October:
Saving Iceland Benefit Concert in Gent, Belgium. Organised by Groenfront

10 October:
Kick out the Dams, Big Saving Iceland Party, Reykjavik.

6 September:
Saving Iceland workshop in new York
Two talks for the price (or lack of price, its free of course!) , one on the ecological effects of the mining of the Southern Appalachian mountains, another on the effects of the mining and heavy industry in Iceland.

12 September:
International Day of Action Against Heavy Industry and Large Dams. Organise a protest, an action or an event against the aluminium industry in your neighbourhood! We will facilitate you in publicizing your protest and giving advice, if you need it. Lots of targets can be found here. Also see our Nature Killers section for more ideas.

29 July:
Sunday: Free tour of endangered geothermal areas on the Reykjanes peninsula. A great opportunity to see amazingly weird natural phenomenons and find out about the plans for their destruction by heavy industry. Knowledge is the most valuable weapon in the ecological struggle.

July 14:
Streetparty! - Öskjuhlíð, at the hot pool beside Perlan, 16.00.
í götupartí til að fagna sumrinu í andspyrnuhug partí til höfuðs stóriðju
Öskjuhlíðinni, í heita pottinum við Perluna

July 10:
Public Action with Rev. Billy, Kringlan, 12.00h
Stóriðjusinnar iðrist!
Takið þátt í einstæðri athöfn fyrir sálarheill þjóðarinnar þar sem Séra Reverend Billy mun særa á brott orkusugur og illa anda stóriðju.
Athöfnin mun fara fram 10. júlí í Kringlunni,
musteri græðginnar, og hefst kl. 12.00.

July 7-8:
Saving Iceland Conference, 'The Global Consequences of Heavy Industry'
Hótel Hlíð, Krókur, Ölfus, Iceland. Between Hveragerði and Þorlákshöfn.

July 3-5
Art Exhibition and Auction
In support of the Saving Iceland Conference.

July 6: Start of the 2007 Summer of Dissent

Monday 2 July
Saving Iceland Mega Concert, featuring Múm, Ólöf Arnalds, Rúnar Júl, Bogomil Font og félagar, Magga Stína, Ellen Eyþórs, Mr. Silla og Mongoose, Bloodgroup, Evil Madness, Skátar, Retro Stefsson, Strakovsky Horo, Dimma, Reykjavík, Velvet Ego, Dj Árni Sveins and Captain Tobias Hume. Nasa, Reykjavik.

1 July
Demonstration meeting by Þjórsá

15 June
Saving Iceland Punk Concert, Kaffi Hljomalind, Reykjavik

26, 28 & 31 May
Saving Iceland workshops in Hamburg, as part of the G8 Counter Summit.