Felix & Ruth vist the Copenhagen Candy Factory which is a community focused bike factory using old and discarded bicycles, with over 200,000 bikes abandoned each year the Bike Bloc transforms the bikes into tools of disobedience to be used at the march later in the week.
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Bike Bloc and the Copenhagen Candy Factory
December 24th, 2009The Lifeline goes to Copenhagen
December 15th, 2009The UK Lifeline team embark on our journey to Copenhagen from London Embankment and spend the next 25 hours meeting Climate camp activists and debating solutions
The Wave March On Climate Change
December 7th, 2009The Lifeline at the Wave 2009 march with intro from Satish Kumar
If we do not create our future, our past will create it
This is the back of the banner = Positive TV
50,000 people joined the Wave and called for the Government to take much more urgent and effective action on Climate Change. I met up with the Lifeline and Positive TV, our sister organisation, on Saturday 5 December in London, UK to help hold the banner.
I'm on the left with the bicycle!
Felix Gonzales, one of the UK filmmakers had the excellent idea to attach the banner to three bicycles. This made the task of walking from Grosvenor Square to Parliament much easier! We were even able to give a small boy a lift 
It also meant that Felix could leave, me, Ollie, Ali and Ben to take care of the banner and film the march in action. The Lifeline/Positive TV banner was lovingly and expertly made by Morgan, an artist friend of Felix. I think you will agree that it looks glorious and it definitely got people talking to us. We were able to share how the lifeline is about connecting visions for a sustainable future and Positive TV is about creating a positive world
Felix in action with Ali and Ben my friends helping (far right)
Lovely wave Ali (centre)
Also there filming was Ruth Evans, the other UK filmmaker and introducing Becky Henderson our new presenter! (Yes, I’m stepping down from the 12 month journey – not an easy decision I can tell you and I’ll share the details in a separate blog 
Introducing Becky
Ruth (middle) filming the action
It was amazing to be there and see thousands of people dressed in blue demanding a real deal on climate change. The talks in Copenhagen start today until 18 December. The Lifeline will be there filming reports on negotiations and protests from the 11 December. All the action will be posted to our website as part of our mission to document sustainable action around the world.
