Camp for Climate Action 2010 — Break the Bank!

Sat­ur­day 21 August – Tues­day 24 August 2010
Edin­burgh, Scot­land

* Occu­py and set up the base­camp: 19–20 August
* Four days of train­ing and direct action: 21–24 August
* Day of action against RBS: 23 August
* Return base­camp to nature: 25 August

The Camp for Cli­mate Action is a grass­roots move­ment tak­ing direct
action against the root caus­es of cli­mate change. After mobil­is­ing and
help­ing stop the pro­posed third run­way at Heathrow and a new coal fired
pow­er sta­tion at Kingsnorth, we’re grow­ing into a mass move­ment to
reclaim our future from gov­ern­ment and prof­it-hun­gry cor­po­ra­tions.

This year we’re tar­get­ing the Roy­al Bank of Scot­land, and their glob­al
head­quar­ters in Edin­burgh.

Last year RBS were bailed out with £50 bil­lion of pub­lic mon­ey. This
bank is one of the world’s largest investors in oil, gas and coal. From
tar sands extrac­tion in Cana­da to coal infra­struc­ture here in the UK,
we’re pay­ing to trash our future. These projects are not just caus­ing
cat­a­stroph­ic cli­mate change, but destroy­ing the lives and liveli­hoods of
peo­ple across the globe. Mean­while, we’re told there is no mon­ey left
and we should be braced for decades of pub­lic sec­tors cuts.

Eco­log­i­cal destruc­tion is built into the mechan­ics of the finan­cial
sys­tem, with com­mu­ni­ties dis­en­fran­chised from their own futures. This is
why, in August, peo­ple from across the UK will be con­verg­ing to take
back the pow­er and Break the Bank!

Our sus­tain­able and col­lec­tive­ly-organ­ised base­camp will give you the
chance to learn, train up, and meet like mind­ed indi­vid­u­als. Excit­ing
action plans are cur­rent­ly in the plot­ting stages, so watch this space.

The Camp for Cli­mate Action is made up of peo­ple like you — check out
http://www.climatecamp.org.uk to find out how to get involved.

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SPREAD THE WORD
— Please for­ward this email!
— Invite your friends to the face­book event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=134368843242381
— All-new fly­ers and stick­ers for the camp are here:
http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/actions/edinburgh-2010/rbs-flyers-and-stickers
— The just-out ‘Nev­er Mind the Bankers’ RBS news­pa­per is here:
http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/actions/edinburgh-2010/never-mind-the-bankers

COME TO THE NEXT UK GATHERING
— The next plan­ning gath­er­ing for this sum­mer’s camp will be in
Edin­burgh from 3–4 July. Gath­er­ings are a chance to make deci­sions about
the camp and get involved in the work­ing groups that make the camp
hap­pen. Every­one’s wel­come — full info here:
http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/get-involved/national-gatherings/next

COME TO THE RBS TEACH-IN
— Tool up on RBS at our teach-in in Leeds on 17 July:
http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/actions/edinburgh-2010/rbs-teach-in-17-july

GET INVOLVED IN YOUR LOCAL GROUP
— We’ve got groups and neigh­bour­hoods around the coun­try. Details here:
http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/get-involved/local-groups

GET IN TOUCH WITH WORKING GROUPS
— Work­ing groups are the way we organ­ise things, and they need you.
Details here: http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/get-involved/working-groups

QUESTIONS?
— Try info@climatecamp.org.uk or process@climatecamp.org.uk