Summer Gathering 2026

• Site announced! August 12, 2026 - Come one! Come all! Bring your friends! EF!ers have secured the squat­ted site for this year’s Sum­mer Gath­er­ing which is (drum roll please)… on Moscar Moor in the Peak Dis­trict! Grid ref: 53.382678,-1.680292What3Words: blotches.weep.glass EF!ers have been beaver­ing away since the ear­ly hours to set up some basic infra­struc­ture and… … Con­tin­ue read­ing “Site announced!”
• Sum­mer Gath­er­ing 2026 August 11, 2026 - Earth First Sum­mer Gath­er­ing 2026 12th- 17th August, Peak Dis­trict Near­est Train Sta­tion: Sheffield More info: Trav­el plan­ning guide Fire safe­ty infor­ma­tion What is a squat­ted site? Hear ye, Hear ye!! You are invit­ed to five days of cross-move­ment pol­li­na­tion and sol­i­dar­i­ty in the form of work­shops, skill shares, crafts,… … Con­tin­ue read­ing “Sum­mer Gath­er­ing 2026”
• Covid Safe­ty at the Sum­mer Gath­er­ing August 8, 2026 - TL;DR1) Covid is still a threat and we are all respon­si­ble for pro­tect­ing the most vul­ner­a­ble among us.2) Please do a lat­er­al flow test (LFT) before com­ing to the gath­er­ing (yes, they’re annoy­ing, so is get­ting covid)3) If you feel ill dur­ing the gath­er­ing please take a test, we will… … Con­tin­ue read­ing “Covid Safe­ty at the Sum­mer Gath­er­ing”
• What does a squat­ted site mean? August 3, 2026 - This year, the Earth First! sum­mer gath­er­ing will be at a squat­ted site. This isn’t any­thing new, as EF! has a long and proud his­to­ry of reclaim­ing space, most recent­ly dur­ing the 2023 sum­mer gath­er­ing at a pro­posed coal mine loca­tion in White­haven, Cum­bria. How­ev­er, we know the last two… … Con­tin­ue read­ing “What does a squat­ted site mean?”
• Fire safe­ty at the Sum­mer Gath­er­ing August 2, 2026 - Greet­ings — there’s just over a week to go until the 2026 EF! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing in the Peak Dis­trict. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, we all know the cli­mate cri­sis is respon­si­ble for the scar­i­ly hot and dry weath­er. We have had a sum­mer of heat­waves, and August is unlike­ly to be dif­fer­ent. There… … Con­tin­ue read­ing “Fire safe­ty at the Sum­mer Gath­er­ing”
• Work­shops, work­shops, work­shops August 1, 2026 - We have some work­shops lined up for the sum­mer gath­er­ing! Some titles include… Inter­na­tion­al Sol­i­dar­i­ty Move­ment in Pales­tine, Access to Land for Dis­abled Folks, Bio­cen­trism 101 , EF! goes prep­ping, First Aid, Reclaim Our Moors, Organ­i­sa­tion against G7, Action Climb­ing, AI, His­to­ry of the Lud­dites, Eugen­ics & GM food, Reclaim­ing… … Con­tin­ue read­ing “Work­shops, work­shops, work­shops”
• Trav­el Plan­ning Guide for Earth First! 2026 Sum­mer Gath­er­ing July 15, 2026 - Site loca­tion This year, EF! will be squat­ting a site in the Peak Dis­trict. As it will be non-per­mis­sive, the exact loca­tion can’t be shared ahead of time. It will be shared on this web­site on the morn­ing of Wednes­day 12th August. How­ev­er, the rough loca­tion can still be shared,… … Con­tin­ue read­ing “Trav­el Plan­ning Guide for Earth First! 2026 Sum­mer Gath­er­ing”
• How much mon­ey? Sol­i­dar­i­ty pric­ing! July 15, 2026 - How much mon­ey? This gath­er­ing is as DIY as it gets, and doing it our­selves also means fund­ing it our­selves. No one prof­its off of these gath­er­ings. No one gets paid. Gath­er­ings always run on a dona­tion basis, and no one is turned away for lack of funds. At the… … Con­tin­ue read­ing “How much mon­ey? Sol­i­dar­i­ty pric­ing!”
• No one turned away for lack of funds July 15, 2026 - No one is turned away from EF! for a lack of funds, but if you are plan­ning on spend­ing any mon­ey at the gath­er­ing, cash is pre­ferred as there’s not a cash machine near the site! EF! is as DIY as it gets, which means some­times the card read­er does­n’t… … Con­tin­ue read­ing “No one turned away for lack of funds”
• Kit list July 13, 2026 - This is your (non-exhaus­tive) kit list for the EF! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing! tent, sleep­ing bag, roll mat or ham­mock, mos­qui­to net, tarphead torch, ear plugs, face mask­good shoes for lots of walk­ing, sun cream, bat­tery pack + cable­long trousers and socks (tick proofing!)bug repel­lent (mos­qui­to proof­ing! no nasty chem­i­cals plz)toothbrush, any… … Con­tin­ue read­ing “Kit list”
• Sum­mer Gath­er­ing 2026 Enter­tain­ment July 11, 2026 - Ampli­fied music can be very dis­rup­tive to wildlife, espe­cial­ly dur­ing peri­ods of extreme weath­er when crea­tures are already stressed. We love a wild wood­land rave as much as the next EF!er, how­ev­er to make sure that our pres­ence in the ecosys­tem is as low-impact as pos­si­ble, evening enter­tain­ment will be… … Con­tin­ue read­ing “Sum­mer Gath­er­ing 2026 Enter­tain­ment”
• Sum­mer Gath­er­ing Work­shops 2026 July 9, 2026 - The work­shop sched­ule for the EF! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing is fill­ing up!! EF!ers asked for more hands-on and prac­ti­cal work­shops and oppor­tu­ni­ties to learn with our whole bod­ies, so to meet this need there will be work­shops on 12V electrics, climb­ing, herbal­ism, tech secu­ri­ty and more! Please get in touch if… … Con­tin­ue read­ing “Sum­mer Gath­er­ing Work­shops 2026”
• Kitchen, kids space and kick ass work­shops May 23, 2026 - Can you help run kids activ­i­ties at the sum­mer gath­er­ing? Or a wide game or craft activ­i­ty that every­one can get involved with? Can you help in the kitchen? We need folks who are cre­ative and con­fi­dent in cater­ing for the mass­es, who can help make sure every­one gets fed!… … Con­tin­ue read­ing “Kitchen, kids space and kick ass work­shops”
• Poster for Sum­mer 2026 — share it far! March 19, 2026 - Hel­lo EF!ers, check out the poster for the upcom­ing sum­mer gath­er­ing, isn’t it cool! Have you ever seen a fire-breath­ing eel before?! To grow the move­ment, and reach as many peo­ple as pos­si­ble, we rely on our real world rela­tion­ships to get the word out about the gath­er­ings. We don’t… … Con­tin­ue read­ing “Poster for Sum­mer 2026 — share it far!”
• Save the date: EF! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing 2026 will be 12th-17th August! Novem­ber 25, 2025 - Greet­ings all, The 2026 Earth First! sum­mer gath­er­ing will be from Wednes­day 12th — Mon­day 17th August! Woohoo Save the date, and let your mates know. We don’t have a region in mind yet, but will announce more info when we can. If you have any site sug­ges­tions, feel free… … Con­tin­ue read­ing “Save the date: EF! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing 2026 will be 12th-17th August!”

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Past Gatherings

• Site announced! August 12, 2026
• Sum­mer Gath­er­ing 2026 August 11, 2026
• Covid Safe­ty at the Sum­mer Gath­er­ing August 8, 2026
• What does a squat­ted site mean? August 3, 2026
• Fire safe­ty at the Sum­mer Gath­er­ing August 2, 2026
• Work­shops, work­shops, work­shops August 1, 2026
• Trav­el Plan­ning Guide for Earth First! 2026 Sum­mer Gath­er­ing July 15, 2026
• How much mon­ey? Sol­i­dar­i­ty pric­ing! July 15, 2026
• No one turned away for lack of funds July 15, 2026
• Kit list July 13, 2026
• Sum­mer Gath­er­ing 2026 Enter­tain­ment July 11, 2026
• Sum­mer Gath­er­ing Work­shops 2026 July 9, 2026
• Kitchen, kids space and kick ass work­shops May 23, 2026
• Thanks for a won­der­ful Sheffield Spring Moot! March 19, 2026
• Poster for Sum­mer 2026 — share it far! March 19, 2026
• One week until the Brighton Spring Moot! March 14, 2026
• Sheffield Spring Moot 2026 March 6, 2026
• Come to Brighton’s EF! Spring Moot on March 21st 2026! Feb­ru­ary 9, 2026
• Cymru/South West Eng­land Win­ter Moot 2026 Feb­ru­ary 3, 2026
• Save the date: EF! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing 2026 will be 12th-17th August! Novem­ber 25, 2025
• Thanks for a Won­der­ful Gath­er­ing 🙂 August 15, 2025
• Ses­sions Pre­view for the Sum­mer Gath­er­ing August 4, 2025
• State­ment on Ani­mal Agri­cul­ture at Brithdir Mawr August 3, 2025
• Access State­ment for Sum­mer Gath­er­ing 2025 July 29, 2025
• Site Loca­tion for Sum­mer Gath­er­ing 2025 July 26, 2025
• What to expect at the Sum­mer Gath­er­ing July 23, 2025
• Trav­el Plan­ning Guide for Sum­mer Gath­er­ing 2025 July 18, 2025
• Earth First! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing 2025 July 18, 2025
• A selec­tion of this year’s work­shops July 16, 2024
• Well­be­ing 2024 sum­mer gath­er­ing July 1, 2024
• Trav­el info 2024 sum­mer gath­er­ing July 1, 2024
• Acces­si­bil­i­ty 2024 sum­mer gath­er­ing July 1, 2024
• Whether you’re brand new to EF! or have been com­ing for decades — join us to cel­e­brate the 30th ever EF! sum­mer gath­er­ing in the UK! July 1, 2024
• 2024 sum­mer gath­er­ing July 1, 2024
• EF! Sum­mer gath­er­ing 2023 August 30, 2023
• EF! sum­mer gath­er­ing 2023 August 2, 2023
• EF! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing 2022 August 28, 2022
• The 2022 work­shop pro­gramme August 25, 2022
• Roll Back The Tracks Bike Ride June 25, 2021
• Earth First! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing 9–14 August 2017 — loca­tion, help pub­li­cise & more July 6, 2017
• Earth First! Win­ter Moot (Man­ches­ter): 24th-26th Feb 2017 Decem­ber 22, 2016
• Earth First! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing 2016 dates & loca­tion April 7, 2016
• EF! Win­ter Moot 19–21 Feb­ru­ary 2016, Stroud Novem­ber 13, 2015
• Earth First! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing, August 2015 — pro­gramme & prac­ti­cal­i­ties announced July 3, 2015
• Earth First! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing, August 2015 Feb­ru­ary 14, 2015
• Earth First! Win­ter Moot (Bris­tol): 20th-22nd Feb­ru­ary 2015 /full pro­gramme Jan­u­ary 13, 2015
• Earth First! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing 2014 — exact loca­tion & oth­er prac­ti­cal­i­ties added July 1, 2014
• Earth First! Win­ter Moot 7–9 March 2014: pro­gramme up Jan­u­ary 22, 2014
• EARTH FIRST! SUMMER GATHERING 2013 June 5, 2013
• Earth First! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing: 7th-11th August 2013 April 6, 2013
• EF! Win­ter Moot 2013: 22–24th Feb­ru­ary, near Pre­ston Octo­ber 25, 2012
• Earth First! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing Update — pro­gramme, direc­tions, web­site and more June 28, 2012
• Earth First! Win­ter Moot, what to expect Jan­u­ary 22, 2012
• Earth First! Win­ter Moot 2012 — 24–26th Feb­ru­ary 2012. Updat­ed: loca­tion & what to expect Jan­u­ary 9, 2012
• Earth First! Win­ter Moot 2012 — 24–26th Feb­ru­ary 2012. Updat­ed: loca­tion & what to expect Novem­ber 6, 2011
• Earth First! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing Update 2011 July 31, 2011
• Call out for work­shops for EF! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing 2011 June 17, 2011
• Earth First! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing set-up plans announced July 22, 2010
• Earth First! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing, 4th — 9th Aug 2010, Der­byshire — loca­tion & pro­gramme announced/set-up plans & call-out April 7, 2010
• EARTH FIRST! WINTER MOOT: 5th — 7th Feb 2010, Coun­ty Durham — exact loca­tion released, & oth­er info (incl. for cyclists) Octo­ber 23, 2009
• EF! sum­mer gath­er­ing — exact loca­tion, trav­el info & updat­ed work­shop pro­gramme announced; coal-blight­ed com­mu­ni­ties vis­it August 11, 2009
• Earth First! Win­ter Moot — last update Octo­ber 4, 2008
• Earth First! gath­er­ing — pro­gramme and trav­el direc­tions August 18, 2008
• Earth­First! gath­er­ing work­shop call & trav­el info July 28, 2008
• Earth First! sum­mer gath­er­ing date change & con­tact details March 11, 2008
• Lat­est details: Earth First! Win­ter Moot 2008 — Feb­ru­ary 22nd – 24th 2008 — Not­ting­ham Feb­ru­ary 15, 2008
• Earth First! sum­mer gath­er­ing — Wednes­day 18th July until Sun­day 22nd July 2007 — loca­tion & pro­gramme announced May 18, 2007
• Call for work­shops at the Earth First! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing 2007 March 7, 2007
• EF! gath­er­ing advance notice: date & con­tact to get involved Decem­ber 2, 2006
• Earth First! sum­mer gath­er­ing 17–21 August 2005 August 17, 2005
• Earth First! sum­mer gath­er­ing 17–21 August 2005 July 9, 2005
• Earth First! sum­mer gath­er­ing 17–21 August 2005 June 30, 2005