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Imagine a city free from corporate outdoor advertising ✊🌿🌏 We've blocked 40 giant digital billboards from Bristol, and counting. Our space not ad space!
Bristol, England
Joined April 2017
Happy to report this digital ad screen on Baldwin Street has been BLOCKED after 60 objections 🪩 "The harm to the designated heritage assets in the locality could not be outweighed by any tangible public benefits" 😮💨
Help block a new digital advertising screen opposite St Nick's church. It take 5 mins to object, here's a step-by-step guide ☕️ https://t.co/Y2CwY8TmXy For regular adblockers, you know what to do (23/04357/A) 💅
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#Greenwashing is just the start We need to talk about greenhushing, crowding, shifting, lighting, rinsing & labelling Next Tues 22 @HenAndChicken W/ @nataliefee @AdblockBristol @CitytoSea_ @adfreecities & host @ElizMizon of @TheBristolCable Tix https://t.co/boI98cOPo6
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Have you heard about Adspotters? We're asking you to snap photos you see on your way from / to school, and share them using #Adspotters. Help start converstions about the impact of advertising on children
bbc.co.uk
Families are recording the amount and types of adverts they see on the school run.
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We're looking forward to being part of @Altered___State's next event on 22nd October where Veronica Wignall (Adblock Bristol, @adfreecities) will be joining this great panel on #greenwashing and what we can do about it!
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT #GREENWASHING W @nataliefee of @CitytoSea_ Jessica Ferrow of Twelve & @BCorpUK Veronica Wignall of @adfreecities & @badvertising11 Host @ElizMizon of @TheBristolCable Tix incl student discounts & a deal on a pair https://t.co/boI98cOPo6
#alteredstate
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Our next Adblock Bristol meeting is Tuesday 15th October, 7pm-8.30pm at the Steam Crane in BS3. All welcome! We'll be talking everything from arts projects to keeping digital ad screens out of Bristol
adfreecities.org.uk
Adblock Bristol began in April 2017 and was the forerunner to the national Adfree Cities network. We meet once per month, usually on a Tuesday at 7pm. Email us for details. Next meeting: Tuesday 11th...
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Adblock's Arts Coordinator Rowan talks to @bristol247 about our latest community arts board installation, a gorgeous summery design by @holamerzi. We're on the lookout for local artists to collaborate with, get in touch! 🪜
bristol247.com
The piece is described as a “celebration of art in the face of corporate advertising”
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🎉Another one bites the dust!🎉 This huge ad on the corner of Lower Clapton Rd & Brooke Rd was reported by one of our supporters to the Hackney planning and now it's been taken down! Join our newsletter to keep up to date with our campaign: https://t.co/8QmU6R6pIx
@adfreecities
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A HUGE win today as the ad watchdog bans ads for Luton Airport. The airport's "green expansion" claims forgot to mention emissions from flights... oops! Great teamwork from @StayGroundedNet, @badvertising11, @_wearepossible and local campaigners 💪💚
🎉🥳We're celebrating a win! Luton Airport's greenwashing airport expansion ads have been banned! After complaints submitted by @adfreecities @badvertising11 @_wearepossible @StayGroundedNet @GoLadacan & others 🤝Celebrate with us by getting involved: https://t.co/fja2Yu5nO7
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Our next Adblock Bristol meeting is Tuesday 16th July, 7pm-8.30pm at the Steam Crane. All welcome to plan upcoming arts projects, how to get an Edinburgh-style ban on polluting #advertising in Bristol, and more 💛
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Congratulations to former Adfree Cities press & policy officer @CarlaDenyer for her victory in Bristol Central. We know Carla to be a compassionate and hard worker dedicated to a fairer and greener society. Best of luck in Westminster! 👏👏👏 https://t.co/1uXa3TKRF5
bristol247.com
As Labour won a national landslide, Bristol Central turned Green
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Big thanks to HOLA MERZI for this popping new design for the Burg Arts board! A great way to end the @adfreecities summer gathering with adblock groups around the country 🪜 #ArtNotAds
https://t.co/ZwiL4rjzQK
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Do you want to stop outdoor ads in Bristol? Create space for nature, art and community instead of coroporate ads? Come along to our next monthly meeting on Tuesday 16th July. We're a friendly bunch and new faces are always welcome - details at
adfreecities.org.uk
Adblock Bristol began in April 2017 and was the forerunner to the national Adfree Cities network. We meet once per month, usually on a Tuesday at 7pm. Email us for details. Next meeting: Tuesday 11th...
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Protesters slam Barclays' sportswashing at Wimbledon with some creative #Brandalism Game, set, and match for the bank's image says @h_sharland although we were hoping Cliff Richard might have made an appearance 😥 #Wimbledon
thecanary.co
Activists install hundreds of posters and billboards calling out Wimbledon's sponsorship deal with arms and fossil fuel financier Barclays.
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🎾 SLAMMED 🎾 300+ ad spaces near @Wimbledon hacked with artworks exposing dodgy sponsor @Barclays' dirty money - bankrolling arms companies and fossil fuel expansion. Artwork by Lindsay Grime, installed in Wimbledon. 1/
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🎾 SLAMMED 🎾 300+ ad spaces near @Wimbledon hacked with artworks exposing dodgy sponsor @Barclays' dirty money - bankrolling arms companies and fossil fuel expansion. Artwork by Lindsay Grime, installed in Wimbledon. 1/
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Our friends at @TheBristolCable are looking for new members to sustain their amazing local, democratic, investigative, non-profit newspaper. They do superb work in covering local issues from dodgy landlords to air pollution, and rely on member donations:
✊No clickbait, no spin, NO pop-up ads. We're 10 years old this month. #JoinTheCable to ensure we're around for another decade: https://t.co/AE8uf1ZD8T
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👀 London friends... some adblocking for you. Do you live, work or play near Shoreditch, or travel through? Help stop these giant digital ad screens 👇
🚨We've blocked digital billboards in Shoreditch before, but they're back with avengeance! Get your complaints in for this application for 3x digital LED advertisement panels measuring 6.5 metres high x 4 metres wide; plus giant banners! https://t.co/QPyRzHqntk 1/6 🧵
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