Camping it up for the Climate
As the worst floods in sixty years drench the UK, it seems like the right
time for an update and reminder about the Camp for Climate Action, which
is taking place next month (14th – 21st August). If you didn’t make it to
last year’s camp outside Drax power station in Yorkshire, we had over 600
people, 100 workshops, a successful day of action against Drax and
national media coverage, making it one of the major climate action events
of the year.
This year’s camp will be taking place near Heathrow airport, and will
again be a celebration of low-impact living, education, ideas-sharing,
entertainment and action! This time around, we are hoping to get not just
hundreds, but thousands of people to the Camp, and make an even bigger
impact than last year. Anyone is welcome to come along, either to visit or
(better still) to stay and take part – the Camp will again be run
cooperatively, without leaders, by everyone who comes along.
As well as challenging the Government’s plans to expand aviation at the
expense of our shared climate, and supporting local people in their
struggle against the third Heathrow runway, the Camp aims to showcase
examples of high-quality low-impact living, share information, skills and
ideas, and most importantly of all help to build a powerful people-driven
movement for climate action. It’s going to be brilliant. More information
can be found at www.climatecamp.org.uk (a full timetable of workshops will
be available soon).
We’d be very grateful if you could forward this message on to all the
interested people you can think of, and encourage them to visit the
website to find out more. Please do get in touch if you’d like any
leaflets or posters about the Camp, or a copy of the film we made about
last year’s event; if you’d be interested in running a session at the Camp
or helping out in other specific ways; or if you simply have any other
questions about the Camp. You can contact us by email
(info@climatecamp.org.uk / dannychivers@riseup.net) or by phone: 0777 286
1099.
Hope to see you there!
Best wishes,
Danny Chivers
Camp for Climate Action Networking Group
www.climatecamp.org.uk
