People power vs glyphosate
4 November 2017
BERLIN, GERMANY
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SUMMARY
Human banner at the Tempelhofer field in Berlin
Over 200 people and the NGO Coalition to Stop Glyphosate form a human banner in
the shape of a flower and the text “Vote NO” at the Tempelhofer field in Berlin. This
activity is carried out a few days ahead of a crucial vote in Brussels where Member
States are asked to decide over a renewal of the authorisation of Glyphosate in the
EU. “Vote NO” is a call towards European decision makers to end the use of
Glyphosate on European fields.
SHOTLIST
BERLIN, GERMANY - 4 NOVEMBER 2017
1. 2 PEOPLE BRINGING THE BANNER
2. UNROLLING THE BANNER
3. PREPARING THE BANNER ON THE GROUND
4. PEOPLE IN WHITE AND YELLOW JACKETS WALKING ONTO THE
FIELD
5. CLOSE UP OF SELF MADE STOP MONSANTO HAND BANNER
6. CHILD SLEEPING IN STROLLER – IN THE FRONT SELF MADE
BANNER WIT “GLYPHOSAT=ÖKOZID”
7. GROUP OF PEOPLE AND A CHILD STANDING IN A CIRCLE
LOOKING DOWN TO THE CAMERA
8. CLOSE UP PEOPLE IN YELLOW JACKETS TALKING TO EACH
OTHER
9. CLOSE UP PEOPLE IN YELLOW JACKETS WAITING
10. GROUP OF PEOPLE IN WHITE JACKETS WAITING
11. CLOSE UP CHILDREN IN THE GROUP WAITING
12. DRONE SHOT STOP GLYPHOSATE BANNER AND PEOPLE IN THE
SHAPE OF A FLOWER (PEOPLE WAVING)
12. DRONE SHOT CAMERA RISES TILL WHOLE HUMAN BANNER IN
SHAPE OF “VOTE NO –STOP GLYPHOSATE” IS VISIBLE
13. DRONE AREAL SHOT ON THE HUMAN BANNER IN SHAPE OF “VOTE
NO –STOP GLYPHOSATE”
14. DRONE SHOT STARTING FROM BANNER STOP GLYPHOSATE AND
THEN RISES TILL PEOPLE APPEAR WHO HOLD BANNER
15. SOUNDBITE (DUTCH) HERMAN VAN BEKKEM, GREENPEACE
NETHERLANDS
1
10. SOUNDBITE (GERMAN) DANIELA ANTONS, CAMPACT
11. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) HERMAN VAN BEKKEM, GREENPEACE
NETHERLANDS
ENDS
Press release here:
Citizens form human banner to demand EU ban on glyphosate
EU decision makers must act now and vote no to a new licence
Berlin/Amsterdam, 4 November 2017 – Today over 200 people formed a human banner at
the Tempelhofer field in Berlin to demand that the EU bans glyphosate. On Thursday, 9
November, representatives of the EU’s 28 governments will vote on a proposal by the
European Commission to renew the authorisation of the weedkiller for another five years.
The message “Vote NO” formed by EU citizens called on Europeans decision-makers to reject
the proposal.
This activity was organised by the #StopGlyphosate European Citizens’ Initiative, which
collected more than one million signatures to ban Europe’s most used herbicide [1]. It is
backed by a broad, pan-European coalition of 38 environmental and health organisations
from 15 countries, including Avaaz, Campact, Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO),
Greenpeace, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), Pesticide Action Network Europe
(PAN-EU) and WeMove.EU.
Herman van Bekkem, project lead of the European ecological farming project at
Greenpeace Netherlands said: “Over one million Europeans and the European Parliament
want to see glyphosate banned. They cannot be ignored. It is time to take the future of
farming out of the hands of big corporations, who just want to make a profit, and put it into
the hands of responsible farmers and consumers. Our politicians need to hear this message
loud and clear: they must protect citizens and the environment by banning this dangerous
weedkiller and putting us on the path towards a pesticide-free future.”
David Schwartz, European Citizens’ Initiative coordinator at WeMove.EU said: ”The ECI to
stop glyphosate was the fastest ever citizens’ initiative to suc