Camp: wish list, tunnel(s), and groundrules January 4, 2013

The Camp in Crowhurst has been in place con­tin­u­ous­ly since 21 Decem­ber, and now con­sists of sev­er­al tree hous­es and at least one “ful­ly oper­a­tional tun­nel”!

Cur­rent wish list (as at 8am on Fri 4 Jan): per­son­al head torch (dona­tion offered); cook­ing pot; blan­kets (esp. ones made of wool or cot­ton). More info: 07926 423 033.

GROUNDRULES FOR THE CAMP

Please note that the Camp has agreed the fol­low­ing groundrules which it is ask­ing par­tic­i­pants to abide by:

1. Peace­ful resis­tance
This Camp is about peace­ful resis­tance to the con­struc­tion of the Bex­hill-Hast­ings Link Road (BHLR). By “peace­ful resis­tance” we mean actions that: (1) do not harm or dehu­man­ise any human being; and (2) Do not threat­en to harm or dehu­man­ise any human being. Campers need not sub­scribe to non­vi­o­lence as a life-phi­los­o­phy, but we do ask that they restrict their activ­i­ties to peace­ful resis­tance while they are asso­ci­at­ed with the Camp. Because of the poten­tial risk it pos­es to chain­saw oper­a­tors, we do not con­sid­er tree spik­ing to be a form of “peace­ful resis­tance”, and ask that Campers not engage in this prac­tice.

2. Alco­hol & drugs pol­i­cy
We want to make this Camp as safe a space as pos­si­ble. We have there­fore agreed a pol­i­cy that there be no alco­hol and no ille­gal drugs on site. If you want a drink then go to the pub in Crowhurst and mix with the locals!

3. Anti-oppres­sion
We want the Camp to be a wel­com­ing, engag­ing and sup­port­ive space. Dis­crim­i­na­tion and oppres­sive behav­iour (eg. racism, sex­ism, homo­pho­bia, prej­u­dice based on dis­abil­i­ty, class etc…) are unac­cept­able and will be chal­lenged. We also ask that campers respect each other’s phys­i­cal and emo­tion­al bound­aries and try to fos­ter a spir­it of mutu­al respect.

4. Gen­er­al safe­ty
Tree protests are inher­ent­ly unsafe, and all par­tic­i­pants are respon­si­ble for their own safe­ty. If you’re going to be climb­ing high into trees then best prac­tice is to have your own har­ness and climb­ing rope, and to rig it up your­self. Do not assume that peo­ple know what they’re doing just because they project an air of con­fi­dence!

We are also ask­ing par­tic­i­pants to please respect the pri­va­cy of the res­i­dents of the farm­house, not bring vehi­cles on-site (tat can be fer­ried from a near-by drop-off point) and to only use the access down the dis­used rail­way track, not the Adams Farm track.