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 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!!
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 xx
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:
Setting up the camp and the vigil outside the main gate at ‘RAF’ Lakenheath
Leafleting in Brandon and possibly other nearby towns.
The impact of militarism of the environment with speakers and workshops.
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.
Making the links between different campaigns.
EF! Night shift at the gate from 5pm till sun rise
With networking during the camp we will turn ideas into action. From campaigns like DontBankOnTheBomb to more active protest.
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 🙂
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?
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
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
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
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
Hello EF!ers, just a quick one to say you can no longer reach us at earthfirstuk@riseup.net! If you need to get in touch with us, whether its to chat about access, propose a workshop or recommend a site for a gathering, please use our new email: earthfirst.uk@proton.me
