Created by Alan Rollings. Original Greenpeace Music: The Greenpeace Shards of Light © 2013 Composed by Alan Rollings Below recent extract taken from the Guardian Newspaper (which is their copyright not mine) Thursday 15 August 2013 19.33 BST Greenpeace protester who scaled shard is charged with aggravated trespass. Greenpeace activist Alison Garrigan from Greater Manchester will appear at Camberwell Magistrates' Court later this month. Five other Greenpeace protesters who climbed the central London skyscraper with her have admitted the offence and accepted police cautions. The activists reached the top of the Shard in central London on 11 July, having spent 15 hours climbing the landmark in protest at oil drilling in the Arctic. After reaching the summit of the 72-storey building, two of the campaigners unfurled a 32ft by 32ft blue flag with "Save the Arctic" written in white across it. They said they wanted to put Shell and other oil companies in the spotlight. The viewing platform of the Shard was closed to visitors while the women were scaling the building. Supporters were able to follow the climb as footage was live-streamed from the demonstrators' helmet cameras. The other women who took part were: Victoria Henry, 32, a Canadian living in Hackney, London; Wiola Smul, 23, from Poznan, Poland; Sabine Huyghe, 33, from Ghent, Belgium; Sandra Lamborn, 29, from Stockholm, Sweden; and Liesbeth Deddens, 31, from Groningen, Netherlands. END One skyscraper. Six women. No permission. Greenpeace have named them as Sabine, Sandra, Victo, Ali, Wiola and Liesbeth claiming they are "artists and activists" Greenpeace Shard protest. How it happened. (ft music from Alt-J) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNwX8LYT9aQ THE ARCTIC is now TOP of the Agenda for Greenpeace. 'Six Shards of Light' climbing the Shard of Glass and forcing SHELL to look at its position in the Arctic. Yes getting on TOP of this very serious issue is no easy task ! The World is Watching Shell and others, but how long can we wait - until the area is polluted beyond recognition ? Please Help Greenpeace - We need to globally protect the people's Arctic, it's pure and untouched and yes it belongs to all of us - YES the WORLD ! PLEASE HELP, it's not just for now, it's for our future and hopefully for generations to come! Our Environment is KEY to LIFE - Let's protect it....Join Greenpeace. GREENPEACE http://www.greenpeace.org.uk Hell yeah, I'm scared, but I'm still scaling the Shard to save the Arctic http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/climate/hell-yeah-im-scared-im-still-scaling-shard-save-arctic-20130711 I wrote this semi dramatic piece of music as a tribute to the climb of these fully trained 'Six Outstanding Individuals' who very professionally and meticulously scaled the 'Shard of Glass' on the 11 Jul 2013 as an environmental protest to the continued exploration for oil in the Arctic - that ultimately will cause the Arctic's inevitable decline, unless drillings are not stopped immediately and the arctic's environment becomes fully protected. Environmental Protesters Climb London's Shard http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uen2CNS4dM Pollution will be on a massive scale and devastate the Arctic region's most pure and beautiful environment. The outcome will be catastrophic and irreversible. Even the professionals in the field of oil exploration forecast spillages. Some of Greenpeace's brave souls appear to put their lives and careers at risk that we might become more engaged listeners and take heed in the way we treat our very precious home - Mother Earth. Shard climb protest: Greenpeace activists bailed http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23283323 Yes we only have one home and it's for all life forms and future generations to come too. I think Greenpeace is admirable and endeavours to try and make us fully aware of the tragedies unfolding and the success stories too that impinge on our precious and fragile world, and the need for positive changes by companies and yes you and me too, so as to protect it. I do hope those with 'real power' in this world will start to 'really listen' and fully understand the gravity of not taking positive action in looking after our one and only home which in the future might become our worst nightmare if we continue to constantly abuse and neglect it. MORE INFORMATION: Annus Horribilis: New works in oil, inspired by Shell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSgehJMQCRs Yes! Let's declare a global sanctuary in the Arctic http://savethearctic.org/en Get active In your area http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/groups A Homeless Polar Bear in London - Ft. Jude Law and Radiohead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpF04nximI The Greenpeace Shards Of Light Scale The Shard of Glass - Arctic Activists NOTE: The photo and the two images in my video are © to Greenpeace (and according to their website permission has been granted that we may use them)

• published: 17 Jul 2013
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