One of the most fundamental roles of Climate Camp is providing a model for sustainable living alongside the development of social change networking. In the neighbourhood we have our own kitchen, providing delicious vegan meals, snacks and hot and cold drinks, our own solar panels and wind turbines, fresh running water, phone charging facilities and a sound-system. These facilities are maintained and food is provided by means of voluntary rotas.

Across the camp as a whole, we have everything necessary to maintain physical and mental well-being. There are surprisingly clean compost toilets, a kid's tent, a legal support tent, a medic tent, pedal powered internet access, a well-being tent, and media and police-liaison teams.

Each morning the neighbourhood has a meeting that feeds back to the main site meeting through delegates. These meetings are based on non-hierarchical consensus techniques and have been efficient and productive. Any problems are resolved, tasks are divided and any camp-wide issues are discussed.

Workshops form an integral part of each day. They are wide-ranging, based mainly on participatory discussion rather than passive consumption of information. They have focussed on political, technological and philosophical issues, and have included talks on the science of climate change, ecofeminism, the relevance of the miners strike, and the potential impact of a new Kingsnorth coal plant. There have also been vegan cake making classes, banner making sessions and instruction in direct action techniques. In the evenings there is live entertainment, including performance poetry, a celidh and Seize the Day.

Throughout the week there have been small actions targetting businesses which perpetrate climate crimes, including RBS and Gatwick Airport. Tomorrow is a day of mass action against the Kingsnorth power station nearby. If you want to be involved in the last few days of this community and to join in with the mass action against this destructive coal plant, please come and join us!