Category: Gatherings

Gath­er­ings

Earth First! Winter Moot (Manchester): 24th-26th Feb 2017

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 2016 dates & location

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/

EF! Winter Moot 19–21 February 2016, Stroud

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

Earth First! Summer Gathering, August 2015 — programme & practicalities announced

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.

19th-24th August 2015, the Peak District

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

http://earthfirstgathering.org/

Earth First! Summer Gathering, August 2015

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

Earth First! Winter Moot (Bristol): 20th-22nd February 2015 /full programme

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..

Earth First! Summer Gathering 2014 — exact location & other practicalities added

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.

More info here

Earth First! Winter Moot 7–9 March 2014: programme up

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

Full map/travel details

For offers of help or ques­tions email themiddle@earthfirst.org.uk

 

Programme

Friday

16.30–17.30 Secu­ri­ty Work­shop
17.30–18.30 Film

18.30 Din­ner

20.00 Ben­e­fit Gig

Saturday

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??

Sunday

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

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)

Earth First! Summer Gathering: 7th-11th August 2013

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

http://efgathering.weebly.com