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Kitchen, kids space and kick ass workshops

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!

Can you run a work­shop or offer some evening enter­tain­ment? Skill shares, wide games, a ceilidh even?!

If you can help fill one of these essen­tial roles dur­ing the gath­er­ing then drop us an email at earthfirst.uk@proton.me

Plans just announced by EWR to build a train maintenance depot and train sidings in the village of Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire.

Plans just announced by EWR to build a 24 hour train main­te­nance depot and train sid­ings in the vil­lage of Ful­bourn, as it has not been well adver­tised and the con­sul­ta­tion clos­es on 9th June.

It will involve a com­pul­so­ry pur­chase of Green Belt land and will be con­struct­ed adja­cent to the Ful­bourn chalk springs (the ‘Poor Well’) and streams and adja­cent to 3 sites of Spe­cial Sci­en­tif­ic Inter­est.

6 trains will be cleaned overnight between 10.30pm‑3.30am 7 days a week. Most­ly inter­nal clean­ing but some exter­nal clean­ing. There is no plan for where the water will come from for the exter­nal clean­ing. The area is severe­ly water deplet­ed with the vil­lage chalk streams dry­ing up for the last 3 sum­mers.

Each train will have 5 toi­lets which will be emp­tied into sep­tic tanks and the efflu­ent col­lect­ed by sludge trucks once a week. These sludge trucks will come via the Wilbra­hams (as will all the con­struc­tion traf­fic).

The chalk springs and streams that bor­der the planned Ful­bourn site risk being pol­lut­ed by leaks from the depot. The Envi­ron­men­tal Agency has doc­u­ment­ed many leaks from so-called ‘sealed’ clean­ing and toi­let man­age­ment sys­tems.

Ful­bourn is also one of the only loca­tions in the UK where swifts (a Red List species) nest) and the vil­lage has put huge efforts into putting up box­es and annu­al mon­i­tor­ing. They are like­ly to be dis­rupt­ed by this devel­op­ment as it will be oper­a­tional 10.30pm- 3.30pm and will have per­ma­nent night light­ing. The sid­ings will be raised to the light­ing will be very vis­i­ble for a wide dis­tance.

The site also bor­ders a des­ig­nat­ed ancient mon­u­ment and the vil­lage sits at the inter­sec­tion of Fleam Dyke and the Ick­nield Way mean­ing there are like­ly to be oth­er her­itage assets as yet undoc­u­ment­ed eg When the rail­way was built in mid-1840s a Roman vil­la was found but remains unex­ca­vat­ed.

The online web­site from EWR and the recent con­sul­ta­tion indi­cate that an alter­nate site out­side Fox­ton was also con­sid­ered and was acknowl­edged by EWR to be a less sen­si­tive site from a natural/heritage and social (few­er hous­es direct­ly affect­ed) per­spec­tive. It is also adja­cent to a sewage works which would mean no need for stor­age and trans­porta­tion of sewage.

The rea­son this alter­na­tive site was turned down was it would be fur­ther to roll emp­ty trains to and from Cam­bridge sta­tion.

Once Green Belt and chalk streams are gone, they can nev­er be restored. It’s time to mobi­lize our net­works and fight this!

See more info about EWR’s plans, and respond to the con­sul­ta­tion here: https://eastwestrail.co.uk/consultation/consultation2026

Sign the peti­tion and get involved with the local cam­paign here  https://save-fulbourn.netlify.app 

Drop an email to earthfirst.uk@proton.me to link up with EF!ers who care deeply about this issue and want to take at a stand against it!!

 

 

 

 

Summer Gathering 2026

Earth First Sum­mer Gath­er­ing 2026
12th- 17th August, Peak Dis­trict
Near­est Train Sta­tion: Sheffield

Hear ye, Hear ye!! You are invit­ed to five days of cross-move­ment pol­li­na­tion and sol­i­dar­i­ty in the form of work­shops, skill shares, crafts, games and polit­i­cal edu­ca­tion. These gath­er­ings are a space for those who believe in the lib­er­a­tion of all life to put our heads togeth­er and dream new worlds into being. Come along and learn about past envi­ron­men­tal strug­gles and move­ment vic­to­ries, bio­cen­trism, green anar­chy, cur­rent direct action and social jus­tice cam­paigns, and let’s fig­ure out how we can tear the cap­i­tal­ist sys­tem a new one.

Beau­ti­ful sur­round­ings, kid’s space, live music and late-night jams, deli­cious veg­an scran, and much more, all with­in a stones throw of Sheffield! Bring ya hik­ing boots and your danc­ing shoes, it’s gonna be glo­ri­ous!

More info includ­ing about acces­si­bil­i­ty and trans­port, well­be­ing and covid will be shared here near­er the time. No need to sign up, just turn up and bring ya mates. If you need to get in touch, if you have a pro­pos­al or have any Qs you can email earthfirst.uk@proton.me

We don’t rely on algo­rithms or adverts to get the word out about these gath­er­ings, we rely on you shar­ing this with your com­rades and net­works xxa black and white poster depicting a fire breathing eel burning down industry, their body is adorned with symbols of direct action including spray cans, chains and tools.

Lakenheath Peace Camp: 1st-6th April

Hel­lo EF!ers, this is your offi­cial invite to Lak­en­heath Inter­na­tion­al Peace Camp — April 1st — 6th with an EF! Night shift on April 5th from 5pm.

Bring what you need…sleeping bags, small tent (altho some shel­ter avail­able), food to share, songs and poet­ry. More info on what to expect on lakenheathallianceforpeace.org.uk

We ask folks to read the EF! anti oppres­sion state­ment and take a covid test before attend­ing, wear a mask both to pro­tect each oth­er from germs and sur­veil­lance — Our immuno-com­pro­mised friends are attend­ing and we got­ta look after each oth­er <3

Here’s a quick run down of stuff that is already sched­uled  — the sched­ule below is pinched from Lak­en­heath Alliance For Peace, you can donate to them here
There’s loads of oppor­tu­ni­ties to get involved, to make con­nec­tions, to learn and scheme about how we dis­man­tle the mil­i­tary indus­tri­al com­plex:

Wednesday 1st April: Set Up

Set­ting up the camp and the vig­il out­side the main gate at ‘RAF’ Lak­en­heath

Thursday 2nd April: Outreach Day,

Leaflet­ing in Bran­don and pos­si­bly oth­er near­by towns.

Friday 3rd April: Environment Day

The impact of mil­i­tarism of the envi­ron­ment with speak­ers and work­shops.

Saturday 4th April: Give Peace a Chance (12noon – 3pm)

Peo­ple will be arriv­ing from var­i­ous parts of the coun­try includ­ing coach­es from Lon­don. We will have var­i­ous speak­ers dis­cussing the issues around the return of nuclear weapons to the UK and oth­er issues relat­ed to US bases in the UK.

Sunday 5th April: Coming Together – Rising Up

Mak­ing the links between dif­fer­ent cam­paigns.

EF! Night shift at the gate from 5pm till sun rise

Monday 6th April: Grand Finale – Visions Into Action

With net­work­ing dur­ing the camp we will turn ideas into action. From cam­paigns like Dont­BankOn­The­Bomb to more active protest.

Thanks for a wonderful Sheffield Spring Moot!

A picture of a 3 storey squat of an old printing shop. there is a banner hanging out one window reading Earth First! spring moot. On the ground floor there's a large spray painted sign reading workshop 2. Acab has been painted on the old logos. There are 8 masked figures sitting on the edge of the roof at the top of the photo

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 🙂

Poster for Summer 2026 — share it far!

the poster is black and white and depicts a fanged eel on a starry sky background who is breathing fire onto an industrial looking building atop a boggy landscape. the eel is decorated with icons of tools including spray paint, chains, Allen keys, hammers and colt butters. The text on the poster reads: earth first! summer gathering, 12th-17th august 2026, location TBA, email: earthfirst.uk@proton.me, website: www.earthfirst.uk

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 rely on social media and its gov­ern­ing algo­rithms. We don’t rent ad space.

If you have access to a print­er, please print and dis­trib­ute the fly­er in the spaces where your com­mu­ni­ty gath­ers — your squat, co-op, food­bank, com­mu­ni­ty cen­tre, youth club, your local Job Cen­tre Plus or HSBC branch(?), maybe you can take some fly­ers to a demo or invite your read­ing group?

One week until the Brighton Spring Moot!

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 Spring Moot 2026

SHEFFIELD MOOT LOCATION ANNOUNCED:

We are proud and excit­ed to announce to the world that we have squat­ted the love­ly old Pin­ders print shop, on 16 Moore Street, S3 7US. Entrance is round the back on Hodg­son street, via the blue gate.

This is the much cov­et­ed, high­ly exclu­sive and very styl­ish loca­tion of the EF! Sheffield Spring Moot. It’s near the bot­tom of the Moor, and is a 13 min walk from the train sta­tion.

Beat that for prime real estate!

Get your­selves down here — bring your friends and com­rades and suf­fi­cient­ly cool fam­i­ly mem­bers, your anar­chist accom­plices and com­fort­able chairs and fab­u­lous flap­jack. Come on!

In fact, we can’t help but won­der why you ain’t here already — and don’t give us that “but it was an inten­tion­al­ly mys­te­ri­ous loca­tion shroud­ed in the upmost clan­des­ti­nous [sic] how the hell were we supp-” non­sense. Today, we’ll have lunch from 12:30pm and the work­shops will start at 1:30pm. Then it’s a straight run until we fin­ish on Sun­day at 5pm.

We have a new work­shop doc where peo­ple are putting their work­shop descrip­tions, so check that out too. One last time, we’re remind­ing you to do a covid test, dress warm, and bring some cash, a bat­tery pack. a head­torch & a camp­ing chair if you can.

Here’s the vari­ety of use­ful links con­tain­ing infor­ma­tion about the event:

info doc, pro­gramme, access state­ment, sign up form

In warm antic­i­pata­tion of the immi­nent appraisal of your mar­vel­lous mugs,

ShEF! crew <3

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

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

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

Come to Brighton’s EF! Spring Moot on March 21st 2026!

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