Dear Campers,
*IF YOU WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE SWOOP – SIGN UP TO THE TEXT MESSAGING
SERVICE ON THE WEBSITE NOW !!*
http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/swoop-update
Over 900 people have signed up for the Summer Swoop in the first 2 weeks,
which is a brilliant start. If every single one of you is in London by 12
noon on Wed 26th August, we’ll be an unstoppable swooping force! But the
swoop is now ONLY TWO WEEKS AWAY today, and we still need more people, so
please keep inviting your friends.
(1) HERE’S THE PLAN…
(2) CHOOSE YOUR COLOUR
(3) BE PREPARED TO SWOOP AND STAY
(4) WHAT TO BRING
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(1) HERE’S THE PLAN…
Everyone needs to be in London and prepared to swoop from 12 noon on
Wednesday 26 August. Swoop starting positions will be announced online -
keep your eye on the website in the preceding 48 hours… !
Everyone needs to sign up to be in one of the coloured groups detailed on
the website. Each of these will have a different meet-up point on the day.
After that the fun will begin.
(2) CHOOSE YOUR COLOUR
If you want to be in the same group as your friends, you’ll need to sign
up for the same group. Get chatting now and then all sign up for the SMS
updates on the website. This is the primary way that we will know that
we’ve got enough people in each group and everything’s on track. The 10
colours are:
Green – Accessible and child friendly group
White — North Bike group (Cyclists only!)
Brown — South Bike group (Cyclists only!)
Pink — North (On foot/public transport)
Blue — South (On foot/public transport)
Purple — West (On foot/public transport)
Red — West (On foot/public transport)
Yellow — East (On foot/public transport)
Silver — East (On foot/public transport)
Orange/Invisible — not meeting up in a public place (On foot/public
transport)
Some of you may prefer to choose your own meeting point in London — one
that won’t be publicly announced. If you’d like to choose your own
meeting spot, sign up for the Orange/Invisible swoop group!
You can sign up to your chosen colour here:
http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/swoop-update
If you don’t have a mobile phone, it’s probably best to pair up with
someone who does. Once you’ve chosen your colour, get creative! Wear
something in your chosen colour on the day. There may be loads to do in
your swoop group, so get involved.
(3) BE PREPARED TO SWOOP AND STAY
The crucial thing about the swoop is that we get large numbers of people
to take part, and that we all stay to set up and defend the Camp until
everyone else starts arriving. This means it’s a 24 hour thing, so you
need to bring your stuff for the Camp, take the day off if you need to,
and bring food to feed yourself until the kitchens are up and running. If
everyone thinks they’re coming for an hour and then goes home we won’t
have a defendable site.
(4) WHAT TO BRING
— A one-day Zone 1–6 Travel Card (you may be required to travel on all
forms of public transport)
— Water
— Snacks/food
— Sleeping stuff
— Your tent
— All weather clothing
— A luggage label in case you get separated from your stuff
— Anything else you want to bring to Camp
That’s it for now. As we say, the starting points for the Swoop will be
announced closer to the time, and the location of the Camp itself won’t be
announced until the moment of the Swoop! But make sure you’re signed up to
as may methods of communication as possible so you receive the news as
soon as we have it:
SMS updates: http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/swoop-update
Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=238893455547
Climate Camp Newsletter: https://lists.riseup.net/www/subrequest/climatecamp
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/climatecamp
If you’ve got any questions for us, drop us a line via
summerswoop@googlemail.com
Happy swooping,
Summer Swoop
ps. We know, we know, swoops are like buses – you wait all summer for one
and then two come along at once. For anyone confused, the Great Climate
Swoop is a mass action to shut down Drax or Ratcliffe-on-Soar on 17–18
October — see http://www.thegreatclimateswoop.org/ to vote for which one
to shut down. It’s also going to be incredible! But first things first…