Gatherings
Earth First! Winter Moot 24-26 February 2017, Manchester – plot and plan for ecological direct action.
Earth First! Winter Moot 24-26 February 2017, Manchester – plot and plan for ecological direct action.
A weekend of campaign updates, networking, planning, solidarity and socialising in the North West – the fracking frontline. Involved or want to get involved in ecological resistance in the Britain & Ireland? Whether you are fighting fracking, opencast coal, fracking, GM, nuclear power, new road building or quarries. The Winter Moot is for you.
Full details here
Earth First! Summer Gathering! – 17th-22nd Aug – The address is: The Limes, Milton Rd, Gayton,Northampton NN7 3HE.
Earth First! Summer Gathering! – 17th-22nd Aug – The address is: The Limes, Milton Rd, Gayton,Northampton NN7 3HE.
For workshop programme and directions etc. see: http://earthfirstgathering.org/
You are invited to attend the Earth First! Winter Moot, a gathering for people involved or wanting to know more about ecological campaigning & direct action in the UK.
You are invited to attend the Earth First! Winter Moot, a gathering for people involved or wanting to know more about ecological campaigning & direct action in the UK. Draft programme/details below.
Cost is £25/30 at the Centre for Science and Art, 13 Lansdown, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 1BB. Stroud station is a 5 minute walk away.
Arrive Friday 5pm, leave Sunday 6pm.
Vegan meals and accommodation are provided. Bring a sleeping bag and roll mat for the communal sleeping area.
Coming to an EF! gathering for the first time?
Those taking their first steps innto ecological campaigning are warmly welcomed. There will be debates, discussions on campaign planning, updates, support and soldarity, tactics, strategies, community building, sustainable activism and networking including groups campaigning against:
fracking, incineration, new roads, GM (genetic engineering).
Earth First! is a banner for independent groups who share a common need to protect our ecological systems. We believe in non-hierarchical direct action, to stop and reverse the forces responsbile for the destruction of the earth and its inhabitants.
For info or offers of help, contact us on:
southwest.earthfirst@riseup.net
earthfirstgathering.org
Five days of skill-sharing for grassroots ecological direct action – make links, share ideas, and get involved in the run up to the Paris climate summit, and struggles against fracking, new roads and more.
Over 130 workshops and other exciting spaces and things to do in our packed programme – come the whole time if you can! Inspiring workshops given by people from ecological struggles across Europe, plus almost every eco-campaign in the UK you could shake a stick at.
Full details including practicalities at
Update: see earthfirstgathering.org for an inspiring and exciting programme and more.
Exciting plans are taking shape. Get involved by coming along to the EF! Winter Moot in Bristol.
Email: summergathering AT earthfirst.org.uk
Update: see earthfirstgathering.org for an inspiring and exciting programme and more.
Exciting plans are taking shape. Get involved by coming along to the EF! Winter Moot in Bristol.
Email: summergathering AT earthfirst.org.uk
A weekend gathering for people involved or wanting to know more about ecological direct action around the UK including fighting opencast coal, fracking, GM, nuclear power, new road building and quarries with discussions and campaign planning – emphasis on the tactics and strategies, community solidarity and sustainable activism.
Sharing stories, skills, tactics, updates & analyses of the radical ecological movement
Cost scale £20 to £30 . This includes full vegan meals and accommodation. Arrive Friday evening (programme starts at 7pm), leave Sunday (ends by 4pm). It will be an indoor floor sleeping space so bring a warm sleeping bag and mat to…
Kebele Community Centre 14 Robertson Road Easton Bristol BS5 6JY
Train—To Stapleton rd , two stops from Bristol TM then 7min walk —
Earth First! is a network of people and campaigns who fight ecological destruction and the forces driving it. We believe in non-hierarchical organising of Direct Action, to confront, stop and eventually reverse the forces that are responsible for the destruction of the Earth and its inhabitants. EF! is not a cohesive group or campaign, but a convenient banner for people who share similar philosophies to work under and doing it ourselves rather than relying on governments or industry.
For info or offers southwest.earthfirst@riseup.net www.earthfirst.org.uk
Download the (ready-to-print) flyer
Programme subject to change:
Starts 7pm Friday with dinner, followed by films & an intro to EF!
On Saturday, breakfast is before the 9:30am start with campaigns round-ups and legal & security workshops. After lunch we'll be looking at strategic thinking (see below) and at 5 exploring the relationship between Reclaim the Power and EF!
On Sunday we'll continue those explorations from 10am. After lunch, there'll be a workshop on sustainable activism, and a chance to get involved in organising the EF! Summer Gathering. Please stay for that if you can and get involved.
Workshops include:
“Intelligent Resistance: strategy and its implementation in the modern world”
Summary: Strong strategy has always been a key element of successful resistance movements. Whether it be the anarchist movements of revolutionary Spain, or the contemporary fight against fracking, a solid strategy is proven to be indispensable.‘Intelligent Resistance’ is a basic introduction to strategic thought and action and looks to provide those in attendance with a practical set of theoretical tools to take away and apply to their own movements and practice.
“Sustaining Resistance: avoiding ‘Burn out”
This is a taster workshop from a much longer ten day workshop and offers a range of tools, collective and personal, which can make our activism more effective and help us avoid burn out staying in for the long haul.
Reclaim the Power meets Earth First!”
How can Earth First! and Reclaim the power coexist in the future struggles and is there a need for collaboration between other camps or a consolidation of resources?
Legal Defence Monitoring:
A taster session in how to be an effective LDM on actions and demos.
Campaigns go-round:
Dates for your diary and what resistance is going on around the world and your back yard..
Updates: Exact location has been releases – see here.
Travel – book your travel to Castle Cary or Bruton train station, then it's a bus journey and 20 minute walk.
Updates: Exact location has been releases – see here.
Travel – book your travel to Castle Cary or Bruton train station, then it's a bus journey and 20 minute walk.
Bus times are : 8.14am – 9.44am – 11.44am – 12.33pm – 2.14pm – 4.33pm (last bus). There's no Sunday service so we will timetable a shuttle bus to return.
Cycling: Bruton is better if you are cycling as it is a mile shorter, and there is also a bus from there too. The last bus from here leaves later. (Bus times from Bruton are: 9:09am – 10:39am – 12:12pm – 1:39pm – 3:54pm – 5:39pm)
We will post the exact address three weeks before the gathering.
Refreshments – ‘This year there is no bar on site. People are welcome to bring their own but we ask that there's no drinking before dinner/7pm. Anyone causing a nuisance or breaking our Safer Spaces policy will be asked to stop and/or leave. There will be a cafe & snack bar on site.’
Dogs – ‘This year dogs are welcome, but please get in touch in advance, and keep them on a lead at all times on the site.’ Further info
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28th-31st August 2014, in the South West….
A place for people involved in radical green direct action to come together….
to talk….share skills….learn….listen….play….rant…. find out whats going on….
scheme….live outdoors….hang out….laugh….
experience non hierarchical, low impact, family friendly living.
An activist camp that spans 5 days and consists of a programme of workshops throughout each day facilitated by people like you and me who think they have a skill or a level of knowledge in a subject that is valuable to share with others to improve their activism.
Is this camp for you? Whether you're just starting out in the world of direct action or you're an old (glued and paint-stained) hand at it, you're welcome here.
A weekend gathering for people involved or want to know more about ecological direct action around the UK including fighting opencast coal, fracking, GM, nuclear power, new road building and quarries with discussions and campaign planning – emphasis on the tactics and strategies, community solidarity and sustainable activism.
A weekend gathering for people involved or want to know more about ecological direct action around the UK including fighting opencast coal, fracking, GM, nuclear power, new road building and quarries with discussions and campaign planning – emphasis on the tactics and strategies, community solidarity and sustainable activism.
Evening Friday 7th – afternoon Sunday 9th March 2014, Nottingham
Cost scale £20 to £30. This includes full vegan meals and accommodation.
It will be an indoor floor sleeping space so bring a warm sleeping bag and mat. Train to Nottingham then tram to Beaconsfield street– walk to the end turn right on to Gladstone St — 245 Gladstone St, Nottingham NG7 6HX — www.earthfirst.org.uk
For offers of help or questions email themiddle@earthfirst.org.uk
16.30-17.30 Security Workshop
17.30-18.30 Film
18.30 Dinner
20.00 Benefit Gig
8.30-9.30 Breakfast
9.30-10.45 Intro go round of campaigns
10.45-11.00 Break
11.00-12.00 Future of Earth First Part 1
12.00-13.00 Security Workshop
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.30 Lush/fundraising workshop
14.30-18.15 Campaign Workshops (timings to be finalised to include Fracking, Nuclear, Roads and Coal)
18.15-18.30 Summer Gathering handover
18.30 Dinner
20.00 DJ??
9.00-10.00 Breakfast fry up
10.00-10.30 Tidy up of venue
10.30-11.30 Feedback go round
11.30-12.30 Future of Earth First Part 2
12.30-14.00 Summer Gathering Planning (and time of other workshops to run in parallel)
14.00-15.00 Lunch
15.00 End
EARTH FIRST! SUMMER GATHERING 2013 website all information is now up at http://efgathering.weebly.com.
Gathering Dates 7th-11th August,
Location – SE England (nearest station Bexhill)
EARTH FIRST! SUMMER GATHERING 2013 website all information is now up at http://efgathering.weebly.com.
Gathering Dates 7th-11th August,
Location – SE England (nearest station Bexhill)
This year's the Summer Gathering will be in the Hastings area near the Bexhill-Hastings Link Road campaign. It will run from the evening of Wednesday 7th August and finish on Sunday 11th August.
This year's the Summer Gathering will be in the Hastings area near the Bexhill-Hastings Link Road campaign. It will run from the evening of Wednesday 7th August and finish on Sunday 11th August.
The Earth First! Summer Gathering takes place each year to provide a space in which the radical ecology movement can share skills and plan for future campaigns and actions. Anyone who is interested in ecological direct action will have a valuable part to play and is welcome to come to this family friendly gathering. If you've not been to an Earth First! Gathering before and are thinking about it, please do come, we are a very friendly, welcoming bunch and would love to have you get involved
Programme: Workshops, skill sharing and planning action, plus low-impact living without leaders. Meet people, learn skills.
Transport/location: exact location will be announced 2 weeks before gathering on website.
Cost: £20-£30 from each person to cover all costs except food. (If you really can't afford this, please come anyway and give what you can).
Food: Delicious vegan food will be available, and meal tickets will be on sale at the gathering.
What to bring: Everyone will be camping so bring a tent, sleeping bag etc.
If you have any particular accommodation, access or dietary needs please tell us asap but at least two weeks in advance so we can plan suitable facilities. There will be a small amount of living vehicular space if booked in advance, on a first come first served basis.
Contact: summergathering-at-earthfirst.org.uk
