A Big Thank You to everyone making the Climate Camp a success even before the main action - this from the CC website : 
http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/home
http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/home
The climate camp is incredible, because so many people put in so much effort to make it such an amazing and important event. They wont read this until next week, but the blog team what to say a 'total respect' to; the site crew (sourcing 40 big structures is no mean feat); the kitchen co-ordinators (last night we collectively cooked for 1,200 people); the shuttle bus hirers and drivers (who are being harrassed for allegedly running an illegal taxi service, because we accept donations, we're taking legal advice with a view to judicial review over this particular piece of harrasment); all those people who brought big expensive things, like the cinema, wind turbines, and solar panels to the camp knowing the police could confiscate them; Paul Morrozzo, in prison for trying to attend the camp in breach of his China-style police bail conditions; the 200+ workshop givers; the workshops team sorting out those 200+ people; the people staffing the gates - especially through the night - and lecturing the police on climate change; the entertainers; the food preparers (over one tonne of veg chopped and still no knife crime on site!); all those parents who came with chilren who make the event so amazingly multi-generational; the media team (for those fast rebutals to absurd police claims, and for dealing with the media in a way that doesn't disrupt camp life); the old man who had his walking stick taken as it could be an offensive weapon; the medical team (nice '70's caravan!); wellbeing team (rehabilitating burnt out activists since '05); Be the Media and their computer expertise; the facilitators of all those meetings; action support (love the fence climbing workshop!); the power group (no not the Stalinist core group, but those who provide electricity from renewables); and everyone we've temporarily forgotten. And lets remember, nobody gets paid, everyone doing this in their spare time, all pulling together from different walks of life, for one thing. A rapid just transition to a new life, thats sustainable, enjoyable, that puts people and planet at the centre of things.
And of course we shouldn't forget Gary Beautridge in charge of policing the event - you've radicalised a generation!
And of course we shouldn't forget Gary Beautridge in charge of policing the event - you've radicalised a generation!
