Greenpeace is encouraging supporters to come along and plant a tree to symbolise opposition to a third runway at Heathrow on Saturday (Nov 21), at the Dolphin pub in St Denys.
Greenpeace says at full capacity Heathrow would become the largest single source of greenhouse gas emissions in the whole country.

The tree will be 'twinned' with an orchard on the Airplot site - land in the village of Sipson designated for the third runway which was bought by Greenpeace in November, and which now has 45,000 owners including Emma Thompson, Zac Goldsmith and Alistair McGowan.

"The people in Sipson have fought a brave campaign to save their village from the bulldozers, and to save our environment from the climate-wrecking effects of a new runway at Heathrow," said event organiser Emily Cox. "We hope their orchard will be bearing fruit in years to come, instead of being under tarmac, and as long as their orchard stands then we hope our tree in Southampton will grow as well, and show that people here care about the environment.”

Last week Gavin and Stacey actress Alison Steadman, Richard Briers from the Good Life, Nick Clegg and poet CarolAnn Duffy were due on the Sipson runway site to dig the Airplot orchard, while Heathrow writer-in-residence Alain de Botton - who was famously recruited by BAA to spend a week at the airport and write about his experiences - is adopting a Cox apple tree in the orchard. Conservative leader David Cameron is also adopting a tree.

All are welcome to join with the St Denys planting, which kicks of at the Dolphin at 1.30pm.

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