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At a rapid speed the earth is being torn up by human greed. Where there were once wild untamed woodlands there are now mining machines. Where there was once clean water with fish running free, there are now damns and the waste products of civilization. Where once non-human animals roamed in vast numbers, there are now sprawling suburbs, motorways and airport expansions. Where once there was clean air, there is now smog, smoke and poisons. Want to do something to stop the planet getting trashed?
So do we.
Lets find each other.
A week of workshops, training and planning for a life of ecological defence.
There'll be a huge number of workshops focused on sharing skills and ideas, planning campaigns and networking for all aspects of ecological and social resistance. These will include community organising, planning actions, halting building and mining projects, legal info, workplace struggles, climbing, squatting, blockading, wild food, avoiding burn-out, breaking security cordons, self-defence...
Practical stuff
This is your gathering - come prepared to help run the camp and contribute to the programme. Contact us in advance with ideas for workshops, help with organising the gathering, come early to help set-up the site or stay on for a couple of days for take-down. We'll be camping so bring a tent and sleeping bag. The Anarchist Teapot will provide vegan food for ?5 a day or you can cook your own. Veggies will offer snacks. There'll be quiet sleeping areas, toilets and running water, and spaces for workshops and info stalls, so bring info materials about your campaigns.
There will be a cr?che and a programme for kids of all ages, but you'll still be responsible for children you bring. If you can offer activities for kids get in touch.
We aim to make the site and the workshops as accessible as we can. If you have particular needs, please contact us in advance. The site is wheelchair accessible including a toilet (although in some parts you may need assistance).
Arrive Tue eve. Workshops from Wed - Sun pm.
Getting there: The gathering will be in East Anglia. We will announce the nearest train station on the website a month before, and the exact location a week before. There is a regular bus from a train station to the site.
Dogs: We are not allowed to have dogs on site, unfortunately we will have to turn away any dogs that arrive. If this is an issue please get in touch.
We'll be asking for ?20-30 from every adult to cover the cost of the gathering.
What's it all about?
The Earth First! Winter moot is an opportunity for people who feel affiliation with the ideas behind Earth First! to network, discuss and reflect on the UK ecological direct action movement and to plan for the future.
What you need to know
Please note: during the weekend we will be focusing on discussing strategy and action planning. The workshops & meetings at this weekend will assume some prior knowledge of issues and campaigns so please inform yourself on topics of your interest before the moot.
We suggest you read the activist security guide on http://www.activistsecurity.org/
Please also note:
* Cost including vegan food & accommodation �20-�30 (depending what you can afford, but please don't try & blag - even the organisers pay)
* Please get in touch to indicate you're coming if at all possible (so we buy the right amount of food)
* Especially get in touch if you have any special access needs, are bringing children or have any other concerns about facilities so we can make sure we provide the right things
* Sleeping is crash space, bring sleeping bag & roll mat - get in touch if this is a problem for you
* No dogs please
* The weekend is not open to journalists
Earth First! is not an organisation, but a meeting-point for those groups and individuals interested in non-hierarchic
al organising and the use of direct action to confront, stop and eventually reverse the forces that are responsible for the destruction of the Earth and its inhabitants.
http://www.earthfirstgathering.org.uk/2010/front.html
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