Let's brave The Wave!

Most of you have by now heard about The Wave, the big climate change demo in London on December 5th (link goes to Oxfam's Wave pages, or visit the extremely cool SCC Wave website here). It would be great if loads of OOG members could be part of The Wave, and I wonder whether we can arrange to go up to London together as a group? Please reply to this post if you're up for that.

Below is a message from Mim Saxl, volunteer city organiser for Oxford, working with the Stop Climate Chaos coalition. I have her contact details if you want to be added directly to her mailing list. I also thought I'd share this fine piece of video made by Oxfam colleagues in Manchester, promoting The Wave. Please feel free to share it on your social networks.



Dear contact,
This is a quick update concerning Oxford preparation for The Wave on the 5th of December 2009.
Covered in this email:
1) New website
2) Travel update
3) Preparation at Grove House – BOOK NOW
4) Need flyers?
5) IMPORTANT: Numbers


1) New Website: The Wave has an exciting new website: http://the-wave.org.uk/
You and your supporters can really help spread the word about The Wave by uploading your Mexican wave video clips now onto the website.
So, please:
- Link to it in newsletters and e-mails to members
- Host The Wave banner advert on your website's homepage: http://dev.torchbox.com/wes/scc/scc-banner-200x250.html (If you can use the banner ad on your website's homepage, please let our webby Tom know: tom@stopclimatechaos.org, and we'll help you get it onto your website)
- Add the banner ad or web link to your facebook page
- Tweet about it, and retweet our #thewave tweets
- And include the link anywhere else you can think of!


2) Transport: Unfortunately the Megabus deal available from other cities is not available from Oxford, so, this currently leaves 3 transport options:

- The Co-operative has sponsored special buses for the day, which will be leaving from Beaumont Street, opposite the Ashmolean Museum, OX1 2PH, at 08:30am on the day, and returning that evening. Tickets are £5 return, and can be booked from:

http://www.co-operative.coop/ethicsinaction/takeaction/thewave/book-transport-for-The-Wave/#book

To book, you need to be a Co-op member or Oxfam supporter (if you’re not a Co-op member, you can join online for £1). Co-op members can add their membership number and Oxfam supporters can add their Oxfam supporter code (disseminated through their communication channels). 1 member/supporter can book up to 5 other tickets.

- Oxfordshire Climate Alliance / Oxford Stop Climate Chaos has also booked coaches, and tickets for these will be £10/£8 return – still cheaper than the usual buses available. These coaches will leave central Oxford at 10am on the 5th, and return that evening. Tickets and further details are available from the website: http://web.bethere.co.uk/OSCC/ , which is soon to be updated. Note: these coaches will not be arriving in London in time for the 11am service, so please book a place on a Co-op coach if you wish to be there in time for that.

- There third option is that you hop on your bike: There is a team of people cycling, passing by Didcot Power Station on the 3.12.2009. For more info, see http://climatechains.blogspot.com/2009/09/second-wheels-to-wave-route-planned.html


3) Preparation at Grove House – BOOK NOW
Grove House on Iffley Turn is hosting a special banner making day in preparation for The Wave, where you can go and hang out with other Oxford folk and get creative:

‘Join us on Saturday 28th November to make banners & outfits (the theme is blue) and get collectively inspired for the WAVE climate change march in London the following Saturday. If you want to, arrive at 11am for screening of material from the Be the Change symposium. We'll provide hot soup at lunchtime, and tea. Please bring your own banner-making materials and anything else you might like to eat or drink. The Rotunda will be open until about 5pm. To let us know you are coming and help us cover costs, please book a £2 place on the website: www.grovehouse.info


4) Need flyers?
A good number of flyers for The Wave have arrived in Oxford at The Old Music Hall. It would be great if you could email me if you need flyers for any events, and I can pop some in the post or drop them off.


5) IMPORTANT: Numbers
I have been asked by SCC head office to get a good idea of numbers of people coming from Oxford on the day. This is obviously a difficult thing to get right, but for those of you from local groups, I would be hugely grateful if you could let me know a rough estimate of how many people you expect to be coming that you know of from your group. To help, maybe think in terms of 1-10 people; 10-50; 50-100; 100-200 etc, and just drop me a line.
Basically, we’re trying to hit a target of getting 1000 from Oxford along on the day, so this will just help us get an idea of where we are at!


That’s all for now. Grateful if you could send news to me of any up-coming events at which we can publicise The Wave, and as ever, really grateful if you can tell everyone you know about it!
If you are on this email list in error, please drop me a line, and I’ll remove you.

Thanks!
Mim