Invitation to the Camp for Climate Action at Kingsnorth Power Station
The Camp for Climate Action | 08.03.2008 07:58 | Climate Camp 2008 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Social Struggles | London | World
This summer the Camp for Climate Action will pitch its tents outside Kingsnorth coal-fired power station in Kent for a week of education,
sustainable living and direct action.
Everyone is invited to the camp, which is now part of an international movement, with eight climate camps on four continents planned for this summer.
sustainable living and direct action.
Everyone is invited to the camp, which is now part of an international movement, with eight climate camps on four continents planned for this summer.
Together, we will show that the blind pursuit of economic growth at any cost is simply insane, and is to blame for the CO2 emissions and ecosystem destruction that are causing catastrophic climate change.
Invitation to the Camp for Climate Action at Kingsnorth Power Station August 3-11 2008.
Day of Mass Action at Kingsnorth: Saturday August 9th, 2008.
Low-impact living - education - high-impact direct action.
Please forward and post widely.
Get out the diary, here's the plan:
In late July this year's camp will begin with a one-day event at Heathrow, which will continue the fight against airport expansion and support the people who welcomed us into their communities last year.
Next, everyone is invited to travel together over a number of days across London to Kingsnorth in Kent (around 50 miles in total).
Marching through London highlights the political links between aviation, coal and agrofuels:
Central London's investors, industry lobbyists and PR companies all determine what gets built and what gets passed off as 'solutions'.
The camp will converge on Kingsnorth power station where owners E.ON
plan to build the UK's first coal-fired plant in 30 years.
The science shows that expanding the fossil fuel economy must stop.
Yet, without a forceful campaign against this madness, government and business are set to build a power station that will burn the dirtiest of all fossil fuels.
The camp will bring together thousands of people for a week of workshops, discussion and direct action.
Run without leaders by everyone who comes along, the camp will be a working ecological village using renewable energy, composting waste and sourcing food locally.
Climate campers will not only highlight positive solutions, but will also take direct action against two drivers of climate change:
Wednesday August 6th: Day of Action against Agrofuels.
Agrofuels are fast replacing rainforests and agriculture for food production, meaning more hunger, CO2 emissions, and biodiversity loss.
They must be stopped.
Join us on this day of action, details to follow.
Saturday August 9th: Day of Mass Action against Kingsnorth coal-fired
power station.
The power station must not and will not be built!
This promises to be an epic moment in the battle against climate change.
If you can only make it for the day, not to worry: trains run from Central
London to Kingsnorth, every few minutes and take less than an hour.
Too much to manage?
They said that last year, and look what we pulled off.
We say - we must be audacious; the Camp for Climate Action is just
warming up!
We are the last generation that can avert catastrophic climate change, so come and play your part!
For more information, visit www.climatecamp.org.uk and join our email list at
http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/climatecamp
Important dates:
Late July: Heathrow event and travel to Kingsnorth. Details soon...
Sunday August 3th: Camp set up.
We'll all make the camp happen together.
Monday August 4th-10th: Workshops, networking and action training.
Wednesday August 6th: Day of Action against Agrofuels.
Saturday August 9th: Day of Mass Action against Kingsnorth coal-fired
power station.
Monday August 11th: Help return the camping field back to nature.
General questions - comments - suggestions can be sent to
info@climatecamp.org.uk, or for more info check out www.climatecamp.org.uk.
Invitation to the Camp for Climate Action at Kingsnorth Power Station August 3-11 2008.
Day of Mass Action at Kingsnorth: Saturday August 9th, 2008.
Low-impact living - education - high-impact direct action.
Please forward and post widely.
Get out the diary, here's the plan:
In late July this year's camp will begin with a one-day event at Heathrow, which will continue the fight against airport expansion and support the people who welcomed us into their communities last year.
Next, everyone is invited to travel together over a number of days across London to Kingsnorth in Kent (around 50 miles in total).
Marching through London highlights the political links between aviation, coal and agrofuels:
Central London's investors, industry lobbyists and PR companies all determine what gets built and what gets passed off as 'solutions'.
The camp will converge on Kingsnorth power station where owners E.ON
plan to build the UK's first coal-fired plant in 30 years.
The science shows that expanding the fossil fuel economy must stop.
Yet, without a forceful campaign against this madness, government and business are set to build a power station that will burn the dirtiest of all fossil fuels.
The camp will bring together thousands of people for a week of workshops, discussion and direct action.
Run without leaders by everyone who comes along, the camp will be a working ecological village using renewable energy, composting waste and sourcing food locally.
Climate campers will not only highlight positive solutions, but will also take direct action against two drivers of climate change:
Wednesday August 6th: Day of Action against Agrofuels.
Agrofuels are fast replacing rainforests and agriculture for food production, meaning more hunger, CO2 emissions, and biodiversity loss.
They must be stopped.
Join us on this day of action, details to follow.
Saturday August 9th: Day of Mass Action against Kingsnorth coal-fired
power station.
The power station must not and will not be built!
This promises to be an epic moment in the battle against climate change.
If you can only make it for the day, not to worry: trains run from Central
London to Kingsnorth, every few minutes and take less than an hour.
Too much to manage?
They said that last year, and look what we pulled off.
We say - we must be audacious; the Camp for Climate Action is just
warming up!
We are the last generation that can avert catastrophic climate change, so come and play your part!
For more information, visit www.climatecamp.org.uk and join our email list at
http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/climatecamp Important dates:
Late July: Heathrow event and travel to Kingsnorth. Details soon...
Sunday August 3th: Camp set up.
We'll all make the camp happen together.
Monday August 4th-10th: Workshops, networking and action training.
Wednesday August 6th: Day of Action against Agrofuels.
Saturday August 9th: Day of Mass Action against Kingsnorth coal-fired
power station.
Monday August 11th: Help return the camping field back to nature.
General questions - comments - suggestions can be sent to
info@climatecamp.org.uk, or for more info check out www.climatecamp.org.uk.
The Camp for Climate Action
e-mail:
info@climatecamp.org.uk
Homepage:
http://www.climatecamp.org.uk.
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Too good to miss, dammit
09.03.2008 11:22
Here's to all the lovely, brilliant folk who've been keeping the Camp spirit alive and well over the big cold hill of the winter and on into spring.
See you out and about (T5 Flash Mob March 27th/Fossil Fools Day April 1st/No Runway 3 demo May 31st, not to mention August itself...)
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