This camping trip has been organised to allow for a much needed discussion, and networking between people interested in establishing an eco-village in the Gloucestershire area. To also discuss the possibility of setting up a group of guerilla gardeners, to begin the process of turning land that is damaged, abandoned and unloved, back into the productive eco-system it once was.

We could turn run-down buildings into educational, and inspiring spaces, to host community events, skill-share workshops, free courses and talks on a wide variety of subjects, all in an free, informal environment. Somewhere fun, for people to come and learn about the world around them, and themselves.

Using the methods of agro-forestry, and through developments by such groups as permaculture, we are now able to design eco-systems around our needs, using the laws and methods of the natural world within our design, to grow forests that produce an abundance of food. This is what we could be doing with waste land, unused tracts, brown and green belt. Organised together, we could restore land degraded by destructive farming methods, start community gardens and allotments, spaces for the local community to learn about growing their own food, and for children to become interested in plants and wildlife.

We will talk, plan, and share ideas about addressing the problems we all face- affordable housing, homelessness, rising food costs, destruction of the natural world, energy costs, rising political and economic absurdity- these are all OUR problems, and if we seek to resolve them we ALL need to take responsibility, and meaningful action. Pointing the finger of culpability, or hoping that we'll get out of this mess by voting red instead of blue in 4 years, is simply absurd.

Email this address, if you'd like to coming camping by the river on Saturday, or join us later on Sunday.

 admin@apokaluptein.org.uk

Hope to see you in the woods,

Apok