Tag: Summer Gathering 2026

This is your (non-exhaus­tive) kit list for the EF! Sum­mer Gath­er­ing!

tent, sleep­ing bag, roll mat or ham­mock, mos­qui­to net, tarp
head torch, ear plugs, face mask
good shoes for lots of walk­ing, sun cream, bat­tery pack + cable
long trousers and socks (tick proof­ing!)
bug repel­lent (mos­qui­to proof­ing! no nasty chem­i­cals plz)
tooth­brush, any meds you need for the week
bowl, mug, cut­lery
crafts & pro­pa­gan­da
cash!! (for zines, books, snacks, dona­tions to cov­er gath­er­ing costs)

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 an acoustic affair at this year’s sum­mer gath­er­ing. We are look­ing for activ­i­ties that every­one can get involved with in the evenings and will have some very spe­cial per­for­mances🐴🐷🐲. If you can host a evening activ­i­ty, quiz, wide game, an open mic or a ceilidh please get in touch!

Earthfirst.uk@proton.me

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 you have your own prac­ti­cal skills to share!

To fol­low on from con­vos at the last year sum­mer gath­er­ing there will be work­shops on top­ics such as can­cel cul­ture, arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence & data cen­tres, and move­ment strat­e­gy. We’re espe­cial­ly inter­est­ed to include work­shops on themes such as prison abo­li­tion or eco­cide & the mil­i­tary indus­tri­al com­plex. If you have one on those top­ics please get in touch!

And because we are always wel­com­ing new peo­ple into the move­ment, we will have our reg­u­lar work­shops dis­cussing key prin­ci­ples of green eco­log­i­cal direct action move­ments, includ­ing work­shops on green anar­chy & bio­cen­trism, and an intro to EF!

To get in touch, email earthfirst.uk@proton.me

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 to get in touch at earthfirstuk@proton.me (you can no longer reach us at earthfirstuk@riseup.net!)

In the mean­time, we hope to see you at the region­al win­ter moots which are being organ­ised around the coun­try as we speak. As dates and loca­tions are con­firmed we’ll post them in the web­site, but at a min­i­mum there will def­i­nite­ly be a moot, some­where, on the 6–8th Feb­ru­ary 2026.