Brighton’s Earth First! Spring Moot on 21st March

Join us for a day of work­shops and dis­cus­sion at Future Roots in Stan­mer Park, a beau­ti­ful piece of wood­land in the shad­ow of the L3Harris arms fac­to­ry, which makes bomb com­po­nents that are sent to the likes of Turkey, Israel and Sau­di Ara­bia. The theme for this Moot is there­fore ecol­o­gy, cli­mate cri­sis and mil­i­tarism: we will be explor­ing the rela­tion­ship between mil­i­tarism and eco­log­i­cal degra­da­tion; how mil­i­taries try to build legit­i­ma­cy with green­wash­ing, how eco­log­i­cal destruc­tion is used as a weapon of war, and and how states enforce their con­trol with eco­cide. We want to share knowl­edge and build a anar­chist eco­log­i­cal move­ment that is not co-opt­ed by busi­ness, NGOs or gov­ern­ments.

The Moot will run from 9.30am till sun­set, with work­shops from 10am to 5.45pm, veg­an lunch and din­ner, tea and snacks. We will fin­ish with some drinks around the fire, fol­lowed by an after­par­ty in town, more details tba.
Kids are very wel­come, we hope to col­lec­tive­ly run a kids space!

Entrance fees are dona­tion-based, and no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Get­ting there
Bus: Num­ber 78 bus runs into Stan­mer park (7–10 minute walk to course site) and num­ber 25 bus to park entrance (17–20 minute walk).
Train: Falmer train sta­tion is a 20+ minute walk away
Cycle: there is a cycle path (unseg­re­gat­ed, but paint­ed) from Brighton town cen­tre all the way to Stan­mer vil­lage.

Acces­si­bil­i­ty on site
There are step-free foot­paths through the site. These are uneven and depend­ing on the weath­er, may be slip­pery. Sit­ting and stand­ing pee­ing toi­lets are on site, and com­post toi­lets are avail­able a 2 minute walk away.

For ques­tions please email earthfirst.uk@proton.me. If you’re com­ing from out­side Brighton and need crash space, please get in touch too—we’ll see what we can do!

Love and rage!
Some Earth­Firsters