Latest Updates from Protect the Wilderness & Reclaim the Fields

The Pro­tect the Wilder­ness cam­paign attend­ed a court hear­ing on Mon­day 5th brought by Glouces­ter­shire Coun­ty Coun­cil. This morn­ing, the Judge gave pos­ses­sion to the coun­cil. An evic­tion is very like­ly in the imme­di­ate days.

The Pro­tect the Wilder­ness cam­paign attend­ed a court hear­ing on Mon­day 5th brought by Glouces­ter­shire Coun­ty Coun­cil. This morn­ing, the Judge gave pos­ses­sion to the coun­cil. An evic­tion is very like­ly in the imme­di­ate days.

How­ev­er Pro­tect the Wilder­ness would like to con­firm that the Reclaim the Fields Gath­er­ing hap­pen­ing this week will still be going ahead with a whole three days of work­shops, activ­i­ties and actions as pre­vi­ous­ly adver­tised.

For any­one attend­ing:

    *You will be fed, warm, com­fort­able & inspired!
    *You will be able to camp safe­ly in the for­est, please bring a tent & bed­ding if pos­si­ble oth­er­wise there is a large com­mu­nal yurt pro­vid­ed with bed­ding & blan­kets avail­able
    *There will be enough food for every­one
    *There will be a fire-pit & warm spaces to be

And final­ly, you will be free to choose your involve­ment with the evic­tion & any sol­i­dar­i­ty need­ed with the Wilder­ness Cen­tre. There are safe spaces as well as oppor­tu­ni­ties to become involved in defend­ing the space — it is com­plete­ly your choice! This is a great chance to learn about your rights and see the results of our work here at the wilder­ness cen­tre.

So please join Pro­tect the Wilder­ness & Reclaim the Fields in cel­e­brat­ing our shared strug­gles for access­ing land to grow food for our com­mu­ni­ties & to live land-based lives.

As a reminder, here is a taster of what will be hap­pen­ing the next few days:

     *Intro­duc­tions to land rights, Reclaim the Fields UK & Euro­pean con­stel­la­tions, Seed Sov­er­eign­ty, WWOLF (woof­ing with teeth) and Reclaim the Field Trips
    *Work­shops includ­ing com­post­ing gen­der, occu­py­ing land, pro­tect­ing bee pop­u­la­tions, food sov­er­eign­ty and more.
    *Skill­shares, guer­ril­la gar­den­ing, music & feast­ing!

For more infor­ma­tion about the gath­er­ing please see:
http://www.reclaimthefields.org.uk/spring-gathering-2012/

More info about the Wilder­ness Cen­tre: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Protect-the-Wilderness-Centre-Forest-of-Dean/321890141176064

Who to con­tact if need­ed: 07811 726 372

Direc­tions: Bus/train to Glouces­ter then get the 24/24a to Mitcheldean (takes about 30 mins) get off when you see the church (near the hair­dressers) and ask some­one for direc­tions or notice oth­er RTFers. Oth­er­wise call the num­ber above & you will be col­lect­ed.

Resis­tance is Fer­tile!