Belgian Climate Action Camp, 6–11 July 2011

Cap­i­tal­ism is a sys­tem in cri­sis. Social injus­tice is increas­ing, the
banks and multi­na­tion­als keep invest­ing in fos­sil fuels. But there is also rea­son to be opti­mistic: the glob­al cli­mate move­ment is grow­ing and get­ting more active. “Sys­tem change, not cli­mate change” is a mes­sage sound­ing loud­er and loud­er!

Cap­i­tal­ism is a sys­tem in cri­sis. Social injus­tice is increas­ing, the
banks and multi­na­tion­als keep invest­ing in fos­sil fuels. But there is also rea­son to be opti­mistic: the glob­al cli­mate move­ment is grow­ing and get­ting more active. “Sys­tem change, not cli­mate change” is a mes­sage sound­ing loud­er and loud­er!

In the past, Cli­mate Jus­tice Action (Bel­gium) orga­nized of a series of direct actions and two cli­mate action camps. At the open­ing day of the UN Con­fer­ence in Can­cún, we occu­pied the offices of IETA, a lob­by­group for emis­sion trad­ing.

This year we chose to link the cli­mate action camp to the local strug­gle in Antwerp against the ‘Oost­er­weel’ bridge/tunnel plans. In coop­er­a­tion with GroeNo­ord and oth­er part­ners (Adem­loos, Cli­maxi, Cli­mat et Jus­tice sociale, Masereel­fonds and oth­ers), there will be a new cli­mate action camp in Antwerp. Our main focus will be on the the con­se­quenses of road infra­struc­ture for the qual­i­ty of life in Antwerp.

We’ll also work around oth­er cli­mate-relat­ed themes: from nuclear ener­gy, to veg­an cook­ing, from ‘cap and trade’ to ‘how fem­i­nism can save the plan­et?’

The cli­mate action camp will be a week full of inter­est­ing work­shops, encoun­ters, direct action, and an eco­log­i­cal way of liv­ing. But most of all, it’ll be fun! Make sure to write down the dates in your agen­da. We are also still look­ing for peo­ple who want to help with the prepa­ra­tion of the camp. You can reach us at info@klimaatactiekamp.org.

Pro­gram and more infor­ma­tion:

* The pro­vi­sion­al pro­gram
* The sub­ject of the camp
* Prac­ti­cal infor­ma­tion (what to bring and what to leave at home, ?)

Vis­it http://www.climate-justice-action.be/

Reg­is­ter and help us:
Do you want to join us at the camp? Let us know at info@klimaatactiekamp.be!
Do you want to help mak­ing the camp pos­si­ble? We still need help for the fol­low­ing:

* med­ical team
* garbage and recy­cling experts
* plumbers
* dri­vers
* peo­ple who know some­thing about elec­tric­i­ty
* handy­men who can help build­ing the camp (san­i­tary, com­post­toi­lets, show­ers, putting up tents etc.)
* peo­ple who can help facil­i­tate meet­ings
* peo­ple to help break­ing down the camp and clean­ing the loca­tion
* trans­la­tors (Dutch-French-Eng­lish)
* mobil­i­sa­tion: spread­ing the fly­ers, send­ing mails etc.!
* child care

Send us a mail at info@klimaatactiekamp.org