Thanks to every­one who came to the EF! region­al moot in Sheffield — we reck­on well over a hun­dred of you were there at some point or anoth­er. It was love­ly to see old friends and also meet new faces (for lots of peo­ple it was their first squat!) We had music, work­shops, abseil­ing, archery, and very nice veg­an food. You should have seen the pas­ta — it did­n’t even clump!

It’s vital­ly impor­tant we keep mak­ing the con­nec­tions between cli­mate, ecol­o­gy, mil­i­tarism, and so much more. And doing it in a reclaimed build­ing in the cen­tre of a major city was a rather nice bit of pro­pa­gan­da of the deed , even if we do say so our­selves. See you next time 🙂

There’s just one week to go until the Brighton Spring Moot on 21st March 🙂

More details are avail­able here — we’re also super chuffed to announce the details of the Brighton Earth First! Spring Moot After-Par­ty! 🏴‍☠️

To cel­e­brate and socialise after a day of work­shops and dis­cus­sions, Earth First! is hold­ing an after-par­ty fol­low­ing the Spring Moot at Future Roots. The par­ty will be held at the Cow­ley Club — a DIY, vol­un­teer-run, anar­chist social cen­tre on Lon­don Road.

All wel­come, regard­less of whether you attend­ed the Moot. Sug­gest­ed dona­tion: £3 Moot attendees/£6 12LRSC members/£7 non-mem­bers

Folk punk locals Pog will be play­ing a set fol­lowed by Flo­ralis with their anar­chist, anti-colo­nial hip hop.

Doors open 8pm. The bar will be open, mem­bers and guests wel­come. 18+ only. There is step-free access to the main space, and there are 4 steps down to the toi­lets.

See ya there x

SHEFFIELD MOOT LOCATION ANNOUNCED:

SAVE THE DATE: On 6–8th March 2026, we’re having an Earth First! spring moot in Sheffield!

Sign up here to come along! (or email sharc0114@proton.me)

Need more details? Here’s our info-mega-doc which we’ll con­tin­u­ous­ly update 🙂

We also have an access state­ment and a draft pro­gramme

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What is a spring moot? Come along if you want a week­end full of:
🎉 work­shops, games, socials and more
💬 Eco­log­i­cal resis­tance, anar­chism, anti-impe­ri­al­ism, local organ­is­ing, anti-fas­cism and more.
😋 deli­cious veg­an food
🫂 old friends! new ones! fun 😀

🔥 Down with Empire up with Spring 🌱

invite your friends! and maybe your ene­mies too!

📍loca­tion will be announced to sign ups on Fri­day 6th (squat in cen­tral Sheffield)
🌐 www.earthfirst.uk/sheff26 for more info
✉️ sharc0114@proton.me for any ques­tions

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We’ll update this page with more infor­ma­tion as it becomes avail­able. In the mean­time, keep the date free and let your friends know 🙂

P.S. it’s being organ­ised by a local crew, not the sum­mer gath­er­ing col­lec­tive. Email sharc0114@proton.me if you have any ques­tions

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

*New date: 27th-29th March — Join the Cymru/South West England EF! Winter Moot: Fighting Fascism in the Sticks!*

Hel­lo all,
We want to invite you to attend a region­al Earth First Win­ter Moot! This will be held in South Cym­ru, and is open to folks from the whole of Cym­ru and the South West of Eng­land.

IMPORTANT: You must fill out this form if you would like to attend as there are lim­it­ed spaces on this gath­er­ing! Be aware that fill­ing out the form doesn’t nec­es­sar­i­ly guar­an­tee a spot depend­ing on how many want to come. We hope we can have every­body! https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/btCL-QuLa3nsvCCFUPEtJJEFor0z0k0s2XWMRGp8ORg/

The recent rise of the far right and reform in the UK and Wales is some­thing many of us are active­ly resist­ing, and we want to host a gath­er­ing to share tac­tics, expe­ri­ence and resources to build our capc­i­ty in this fight. Fight­ing fas­cism in rur­al areas can often feel iso­lat­ing, so gath­er­ing togeth­er espe­cial­ly at this time of year feels very nec­es­sary. Although cen­tred around rur­al organ­i­sa­tions we invit­ed folks from urban areas to come along too to share skills and expe­ri­ence!

If you feel sim­i­lar­ly, we’d love for you to come along to par­tic­i­pate in work­shops, dis­cus­sions and build­ing com­mu­ni­ty with us. This moot is for those active­ly resist­ing fas­cism, or those want­i­ng to start organ­is­ing. It will be a more focused gath­er­ing than moots you may have been to before, so please only come if you are will­ing to engage in seri­ous dis­cus­sion and plan­ning.

We have lim­it­ed space for the week­end (around 30) so we ask that only 2 peo­ple come from any group or area to ensure we have enough folks from all over. We also expect peo­ple to stay for the whole week­end (Fri­day night — Sun­day mid­day) if at all pos­si­ble. The spe­cif­ic loca­tion will be dis­closed upon fill­ing out the form above. There will be some lifts going to the loca­tion from sta­tions, but we encour­age you to do the whole jour­ney on pub­lic trans­port if pos­si­ble. There will also be car park­ing and van space.

We will be ask­ing for pay what you can dona­tions to cov­er the run­ning cost of the week­end, this will also go towards pro­vid­ing some shared meals! No body will be turned away for lack of funds 🙂 Please dis­close aller­gens or dietary require­ments on the form.

If you have any acces­si­bil­i­ty require­ments or ques­tions please get in touch with us on: Efcymru@proton.me

Also of you have a rel­e­vant work­shop / dis­cus­sion you would like to deliv­er over the week­end please get in touch!
We hope to see you there! Love and rage

FYI: Earth First! is a non-hier­ar­chi­cal net­work which is involved in organ­is­ing direct action and eco­log­i­cal resis­tance. It has no lead­ers, fol­low­ers, or mem­ber­ship but is a ban­ner for those of us fight­ing for a bet­ter world to gath­er under. EF! has been organ­is­ing in the UK for over thir­ty years, hold­ing a larg­er gath­er­ing each sum­mer and meet­ing in the win­ter months for moots. The win­ter moots nor­mal­ly take a more focused approach to organ­is­ing in region­al areas or over cer­tain themes. They are a time to plot and plan for the year ahead!