Update from the Kew Bridge Eco Village
Kitsune | 23.06.2009 15:33
Since arriving on the 6th June, we have cleared the site of most of the rubbish, put our tents up, built a compost toilet and a kitchen, and have built a half roundhouse as a communal structure!
We have opened the gates to the local community and so far we have had full support from the neighbours and those in the nearby communities, as well as the local businesses and some unofficial support from certain local councillors. So far we have received a load of donations, including plants, wood, tents and building materials, but we are always in need of more things. Please check our wish list in the discussion page of our facebook group!
Our gates are open everyday as we are essentially a community garden. We encourage everyone from the local area to pay us a visit and share their ideas about what we should do with the land, as well as getting them to help us plant our vegetables and also just to chill out and get to know us all.
We will hold a public meeting every Thursday night at 7pm on site, and we shall try to make every Saturday an event filled open day.
Needless to say, we still welcome everybody from all over London and the world. We have had quite a few international visitors lately! Everyone is welcome to come and stay as long as they follow site rules which include no drugs and alcohol, as well as being considerate to others and you must actively participate as a member of the community.
We especially welcome anyone with any skills or knowledge which may be useful or interesting. We encourage people to hold workshops to share their skills, whether it is about common law, herbal remedies, yoga, or even how to make didgeridoos or repair bicycles! Or even if you know nothing but just want to learn, come along too!
We are in the process of setting up a proper website where we can publish our wish list, pod casts, and an event diary for all the workshops we will be holding.
Until then, please follow us on twitter!
http://twitter.com/KewEcoVillage
Please come and visit us! We are open between 11 am and 8 pm, and are located at 2 Kew Bridge Rd, Brentford. Our nearest station is ‘Kew Bridge’ and the nearest tube is ‘Gunnersbury’.
Kew Bridge Eco Villagers
We have opened the gates to the local community and so far we have had full support from the neighbours and those in the nearby communities, as well as the local businesses and some unofficial support from certain local councillors. So far we have received a load of donations, including plants, wood, tents and building materials, but we are always in need of more things. Please check our wish list in the discussion page of our facebook group!
Our gates are open everyday as we are essentially a community garden. We encourage everyone from the local area to pay us a visit and share their ideas about what we should do with the land, as well as getting them to help us plant our vegetables and also just to chill out and get to know us all.
We will hold a public meeting every Thursday night at 7pm on site, and we shall try to make every Saturday an event filled open day.
Needless to say, we still welcome everybody from all over London and the world. We have had quite a few international visitors lately! Everyone is welcome to come and stay as long as they follow site rules which include no drugs and alcohol, as well as being considerate to others and you must actively participate as a member of the community.
We especially welcome anyone with any skills or knowledge which may be useful or interesting. We encourage people to hold workshops to share their skills, whether it is about common law, herbal remedies, yoga, or even how to make didgeridoos or repair bicycles! Or even if you know nothing but just want to learn, come along too!
We are in the process of setting up a proper website where we can publish our wish list, pod casts, and an event diary for all the workshops we will be holding.
Until then, please follow us on twitter!
http://twitter.com/KewEcoVillage Please come and visit us! We are open between 11 am and 8 pm, and are located at 2 Kew Bridge Rd, Brentford. Our nearest station is ‘Kew Bridge’ and the nearest tube is ‘Gunnersbury’.
Kew Bridge Eco Villagers
Kitsune
Comments
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Why can't I bring booze or drugs?
23.06.2009 16:08
Ned
to ned
23.06.2009 17:51
use your loaf!
lolwob
are you serious?
23.06.2009 21:41
ddd
Seriously creepy
24.06.2009 09:45
to undermine the efforts of others. Indymedia seems to attract quite a lot of them. I dont
think we will be seeing him at Kew, at least not expressing the opinion he trumpets here.
Somewhat timid in the flesh, I would guess.
The main reason for the prohibition on drugs and alcohol at the camp is that we need to
maintain a good positive feeling in order to further our projects there. That would be seriously
impeded if we have to deal with the loads of people with self destructive habits that inevitably
get drawn to such free spaces. The camp is for doing, not for sitting around getting out of
your face. Living in the middle of the city's awfulness makes us particularly vulnerable to
destructive incursions.
The point about drunks and druggies giving the cops an excuse to put pressure on the camp
is a secondary one, because as we know from hard experience, if they want an excuse to
attack a radical project, they will invent one.
Bright n shiny