'We are now able to announce the location of the Camp for Climate Action.
It will take place on Barlow Common, about 3 miles south east of Selby,
and about 2 miles north west of the Drax perimeter fence. Directions and
further details of the location can be found on our website at
http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/location.htm
The camp opens on Saturday August 26, but if you're free before then, any
help putting together the site's infrastructure (compost toilets,
plumbing, whatever) will be greatly appreciated. No experience necessary:
there are plenty of people who can help you learn all you need to know! No
need to register in advance - just turn up and we'll be very pleased to
see you. See also the callout at http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/callout.htm
See you at the camp: there's a fantastic workshop programme and lots of
direct action to look forward to!'
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'Perhaps we cannot raise the wind. But each of us can put up the sail, so that when the wind comes we can catch it.' (EF Schumacher)
Eco-operas and combating capitalism: Climate Camp plans released
Participants in the Camp for Climate Action will be able to learn how to
make their own biodiesel, grow their own food under environment-friendly
conditions, calculate their personal carbon footprint or even take part in
a 'carbon opera'! But they can also find out about the dangers of nuclear
power and aviation to the climate, about resistance to mining projects by
indigenous peoples in the majority world or pick up practical skills on
combating roadbuilding schemes or corporate damage to the environment.
"
According to the plans released today, the Camp for Climate Action, which
will take place in Megawatt Valley near Selby in Yorkshire from the 26th
August - 4th September, will offer visitors a choice from over 150
workshops, ranging from practical art, building and gardening activities
to the advanced science of climate change. Workshops include both analysis
of the problems of climate change and how to confront it - practically and
politically.
Workshops' organiser Gabrielle Rickman said 'We want to provide a
place where people can inform themselves about all aspects of climate
change, but we intend to go beyond that. We also want to help build a
movement against climate change, so the camp will also be a place where
people can come together to learn the skills to fight it in their own
lives and, more importantly, by uniting to confront climate criminals such
as the British and US governments and many multinational corporations. The
camp will also be somewhere where people can bond and have fun together,
because people who have shared these experiences can work more effectively
together as campaigners.'
Further info:
The programme can be viewed online on our website
http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/programme.htm
The Camp for Climate Action runs from 26th August - 4th September and will
take place at an as yet undisclosed location in Megawatt Valley, near
Leeds, nearest train station Selby. Entry will be free but donations
towards the cost of running the camp will be greatly appreciated.
Workshop providers at the Camp are all providing their time and expertise
voluntarily. They range from grassroots community activists to
internationally-known academics, and from MPs to representatives of
environmental NGOs.
The Camp will also include a mass direct action against nearby Drax power
station, which is the UK's largest single emitter of CO2 emissions.
More information is available from www.climatecamp.org.uk,
info@climatecamp.org.uk, 07944 586036, or by post at: Box 10, c/o Oxford
Action Resource Centre, E.O.C.C., 44b Princes Street, Oxford OX4 1HU. For
press enquiries only, call 07944 586036 or 07901 802177.
PS Make a date in your diary now for the post-camp meeting on October 14th
and 15th in Manchester!
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The Camp for Climate Action : The Time to Act is Now!
MEDIA ADVISORY 16/08/06
The Camp for Climate Action, to be held from 26th August to 4th September
in Megawatt Valley near Leeds, promises 10 days of direct action and
inspiration on the biggest threat humanity has ever faced. The Camp will
bring together thousands of people from across the UK to act to stop
climate change before it's too late.
Chris Davis of the Camp for Climate Action said:
“The facts about climate change are common knowledge. We can all see
through the corporate greenwash and Tony Blair’s empty slogans. We know
we’re pumping dangerous amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere from fossil
fuel use and its got to stop. All that’s needed now are practical visions
of the future and the will to take action. Come to the camp and be one of
the people that helps to bring us back from the cliff edge.”
The Camp has three main aspects:
Educating ourselves:
The Camp represents the pooled knowledge of thousands of people on climate
change. The programme covers all aspects of climate change and how we can
confront it, practically and politically. Participants will be able to
choose from over 150 workshops, from the science of climate change, to the
dangers of aviation, to how to make biodiesel or grow your own food under
environment-friendly conditions, or wind power for kids.
Building a positive, low energy future:
The camp will demonstrate how we can all live more sustainably, cutting
fossil fuel use by living practical alternatives. We are sourcing our food
locally, composting and reducing our waste, and using renewable energy.
Taking action to stop climate criminals:
On 31st August, thousands of people will converge on Drax power station,
for a day of creative mass action to shut down the UK’s largest single
emitter of CO2.
Anna Harrison of Reclaim Power said:
“When considering the scale of the disaster we are facing, direct action
against the worst emitters of carbon dioxide is a proportionate response.
It’s not enough simply to change our own lives, we need to take collective
action. Either we all get out of this or none of us do.”
Notes for editors
1. The Camp for Climate Action runs from 26th August – 4th
September in Megawatt Valley, near Leeds, nearest train station Selby.
2. The full workshops programme for the Camp for Climate Action is
available at www.climatecamp.org.uk/programme.htm. Workshop providers
range from grassroots community activists to internationally-known
academics, MPs and representatives of environmental NGOs.
3. For more information on Drax, coal and the day of action see
www.climatecamp.org.uk/reclaimpower.htm
4. ‘Drax the Destroyer’ started life as a Marvel Comics baddie and went on
to become a Bond villain in the 1979 film ‘Moonraker’.
5. More information is available from www.climatecamp.org.uk,
info@climatecamp.org.uk, For press enquiries only, call 07772861099
6. Press are invited to attend tours of the site on ech day of the Camp
from 11am - 12am. Call 07772861099.
7. Images of the Camp and direct action on climate change will be
available to picture desks. Call 07772861099
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