Climate Camp Goes Viral

I couldn't find anywhere on the web that listed all 8 fabled climate camps that are being planned around the world this year. After a bit of searching i found links to seven of them. Events in the UK, Germany, Australia, New Zealand and three in the US.

All this started three years ago with the camp for climate action at Drax power station in the UK. It may be the start of a movement, it needs to be.

Check the labels out for more on the camp for climate action aka the climate camp.

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Support the Climate Camp, Donations Needed

The Camp for Climate Action is a collective project without access to grants, and against the concept of corporate sponsorship. That means we get money from individuals who believe in the goals and the strategies employed.

This year the event is likely to cost £53'000 it is likely that we currently have initiatives ongoing that will riase about £40'000. The remaining £13'000 is where you come in!

Please send a cheque made payable to "Camp for Climate Action" to Cornerstone Resource Centre, 16 Sholebroke Avenue, Leeds, LS7 3HB.

Or set up a standing order/direct debit using the following details:

Account name: Camp for Climate Action
a/c: 65204281
s/c: 08-92-99

Any questions can be addressed to the finance group, finance[@]climatecamp.org.uk

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Latest Climate Action Sheet: Upcomming UK Events

UPCOMING ACTIONS AND EVENTS:

1) CLIMATE CAMP NATIONAL GATHERING - LONDON, 10-11.5.08Greenpeace HQ, Canonbury Villas, London, N1 2PN. 10am-6pm.This summer the Camp for Climate Action will pitch its tents outsideKingsnorth coal-fired power station in Kent for a week of education,sustainable living and direct action. Everyone is invited to the camp,which is now part of an international movement, with eight climate campson four continents planned for this summer. Together, we will show thatthe blind pursuit of economic growth at any cost is simply insane, and isto blame for the CO2 emissions and ecosystem destruction that are causingcatastrophic climate change. Come to the gathering and get involved!www.climatecamp.org.uk

2) SAVING ICELAND IN WALES AND SCOTLAND - 7th & 9th MAY 08Aluminium smelting, even when powered by geothermal energy, emits so muchgreenhouse gas emissions that Iceland now produces 18 tons of CO2equivalent per capita, compared to the European average of 11.May 7th at 8pm - Saving Iceland will give a presentation of these issuesat The Treehouse, Baker St. Aberystwyth, and will describe theinternational direct action campaign and plans for this summer's camp inJuly. (There will be a number of vehicles going from the UK to the camp.)Come and see some of the most stunning places of beauty on earth, and helpprotect them with direct action!May 9th - Vegan banquet with live music, bar and raffle! The Banquetstarts at 7pm at Old St Pauls Hall, Edinburgh. £5 (unwaged / low income)and £7 (waged). All profit will go to funding the Scottish Saving IcelandCollective.Email; savingicelandscotland@riseup.net to reserve your tickets!More info; http://www.savingiceland.org.

3) TURNING UP THE HEAT - LONDON, CARDIFF, MANCHESTER and ONLINE, 8/10/13.5.08Can big business save the planet? A series of interactive debates onclimate change and corporate power. Attend the live events or watchonline!Thursday 8 May - Can the free market stop climate change? 7:30-9:30pm atAmnesty International Human Rights Action Centre 17-25 New Inn Yard LondonEC2A 3EA.10.5.08 – ‘Will biofuels help combat climate change?’ 2:30-4:30pm CardiffUniversity, Main Building, Shandon Theatre, Park Place CF10 3AT.13.5.08 – ‘Does climate change mean we should restrict aviation &tourism?’ 7:30-9:30pm, Manchester Convention Centre, Cockcroft Theatre,Sackville Street M1 3BB.To book your free place and to register to watch online please go tohttp://www.wdm.org.uk/heat or call 020 7820 4900 for more information.

4) BIG BLETHER 6 - GLASGOW, 9-11.5.08Talamh Life Centre, Near Glasgow.BB is a meeting place for activists to bring and share ideas, informationand enthusiasm and to create action out of inspiration. Everyone iswelcome to participate and contribute - big or small. There will beworkshops on Saturday and Sunday, including everything from climate changeissues, creative campaigning and transition towns to nuclear resistance,yoga and woodland crafts. BB is a non-profit organisation and entrancewill be by donation. www.bigblether.org.uk

5) CLIMATE CAMP SPEAKERS' TRAINING - MANCHESTER, 17.5.08If you would like to talk to people about the Climate Camp and helpinspire hundreds of people to come this year, then this training is foryou. The networking team in conjunction with COIN (http://coinet.org.uk/)and TRAPESE (http://trapese.clearerchannel.org/) have designed a shortpresentation/ workshop that anyone can give to groups interested in comingto the camp.10:30 till 5:30pm.Contact; speakers@climatecamp.org.uk to book your place.

6) MAKE A NOISE! - LONDON, 31.5.08An agenda for colossal airport expansion and colossal climate changedemands a colossal response. You're invited to a carnival on Saturday 31stMay, which will make its way from Hatton Cross Tube Station (PiccadillyLine, 12pm) to Sipson, the village that will be wiped out if Heathrowexpansion goes ahead. At the end, you'll have the chance to help form agreat big NO! spelt out by human bodies. Organisers hope to set a newworld record for the biggest and loudest NO! in the world.http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/climate/make-a-noise-20080408

7) CLIMATE ACTION WITH A BITE! - NATIONAL, 3.6.08The food we eat contributes up to a third of the emissions poisoning theplanet. It's time for a detox! Climate action starts on your dinner plate,at the supermarket, on your allotment and in your back yard, at the fooddistribution centres, down on the farm, in your high street, at theairport and the lorry park. Whatever your tastes, there's something foreveryone on this action menu! Local food markets, free food stalls,workshops and film showings, street theatre, info stalls, protests anddirect action, cooking demonstrations, allotment shows. Get creative andget involved!This Day of Action on Climate Change has been called by the Network forClimate Action in co-operation with the Rising Tide Network and the Campfor Climate Action. It has been planned to coincide with The UN Conferenceon World Food Security and Climate Change, which runs from 3rd to 5thJune.Please email; foodNO@SPAMdaysofclimateaction.org.uk for further info.

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Police at the Camp for Climate Action national organising meeting; and my near arrest.

The forward intelligence team where out in force filming and photographic people attending this meeting to plan the camp for climate action which this year will focus on biofuels and, at kingsnorth, coal power.

The video starts with me arriving at camp and wondering where the police are. They usually come along and intimidate/photograph people at our open meeting; the minutes to which are later posted online.

After the police arrive and start giving out leaflets, I go outside to wellcome people and tone down the intimidation. After a while one co speaks to me about the fact that i had wandered between the photographer and the people being photographed. Although this isnt illigal--you have to actually be interfering with the camera to be comiting a crime--that judgement is to be made in court. Therefore a caution for this is possible; once cautioned the police officer stated that withholding details for a caution is itself a crime! The start of this isn't on film, the only section that is on film is the part of my near arrest when i passed my camcorder over to a friend, i didnt want to take it to the police cells. We continued to argue for about five minutes, after which I gave them my name and address so that i could get on with the peaceful meeting that i came to attend.

The point worth stressing about this is that it shows how 'responsible' police really are, how over policed peaceful action on the most serious problem of our time is, and how the ballance of power is set against law abiding people taking part in the democratic process in a meanngful participative manner.

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Climate Camp Meeting in London: I nearly got arrested!

Just got a wireless signal in Greenpeace HQ, so i`m sharing my little bit of drama. The national climate camp meeting often attracts a good police presence and today is no exception. Probably about eight police officers outside, i found the building due to a police van going down the right street.

I`m helping with the welcome desk and also headed outside to lower the initimidation factor of a group of police officers with cameras and leaflets. Talk about criminalisation!

After about half an hour I walked in front of a camera a few times to stop some people getting photographed. This isn't illegal, if i`d used my hands to block the lens of the camera, that would be. However, this is an argument for court, I was cautioned and asked for my name and address. If I failed to give these I would be arrested for failing to provide details for a caution.

Basically, it would have been a joke at court, and may well not have got to that, however they would have detained me for 6 hours and got my details. Doomed by a system slanted in favour of the police I gave my details.  They may well find this site, i thught they already had, so hello police people, glad to see that there isn't any serious or menacing crime in London.

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Climate Change and The Student Movement: UK Conference 6/7th June in Brighton

On friday the 6th and saturday the 7th of June a large climate change conference specifically for students is being held in Brighton. This could be a very important moment for UK student engagement in climate change. Judging by the groups and people involved it is going to be a very big deal. Registration is available now on the website, open until 31st of May.

Speakers will include George Marshall of COIN, Caroline Lucas MEP and speakers from Greenpeace, People and Planet and many others. The idea is to build an agenda for campaigning during o8/09. Now is the time to get things moving in a big way.

• Main conference ticket fri/sat - £8 - Includes all listed workshops, keynotes and Fri crash pad accommodation. Book online now @ http://www.studentmovement.co.uk/
• Extra option: Award Winning Coin Speaker Training on Sunday at the massively reduced price of £8 for the day or book the whole weekend for just £14 (limited places)

Fri/Saturday Timetable Includes:

The state we're in: science from the front line. (Caroline Lucas MEP)
Overcoming climate denial (George Marshall)

1. Biofuels (Biofuel watch) -
2. Ethical Consumption: The Solution to What? -
3. The Trouble With Offsetting (Carbon Trade Watch) -
4. The Nuclear Option (Greenpeace) -
5. Corporate Social Responsibility and its green limits (corporate watch) -
6. Zero Carbon Britain: an alternative energy strategy (Zero Carbon Britain) -
7. Contraction and Convergence: a global solution? (GCI) -
8. Political Systems: Capitalism, Socialism or Anarchy? -
9. Eco-nomics? (New Economics Foundation) -
10. Running Effective Meetings and Negotiations -
11. How to use the Media (New Internationalist) -
12. Planning Your Campaign (People and Planet)-
13. Non-Violent Direct Action (Seeds for Change) -
14. What Role Does The N.U.S have in fighting Climate Change? -
15. Campaigning Success: Food and Flights in Universities (Food 4 US and Eco-Uni) -
16. The Importance of Universities in the Climate Campaign and what you can do about it - Students: Working with Workers (Workers Climate Action)-

WHERE NEXT?: BUILDING THE STUDENT CLIMATE MOVEMENT (special guest speaker TBC)

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New Report by Nicholas Stern (of Stern Review fame)

Nicholas Stern has just published a new report at LSE entitled "key elements of a global deal on climate change".

Thanks to Treehugger for spreading the word about this, find the press conference here.

• Download the report.

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Minutes of April 23rd Global Climate Campaign Conference Call

Global Climate Campaign conference call 23rd of April

On the call:

1. Fiona Dear Campaign against Climate Change (UK)
   Fiona.dear@globalclimatecampaign.org (moderator)
2. John Ackers Campaign against Climate Change (UK)
   john.ackers@mail.com (technical support)
3. Diana Vogtel Campaign against Climate Change (UK)
   Diana.vogtel@globalclimatecampaign.org
4. Ben Margolis GCAP (Global Call against Poverty) (UK)
   Bmargolis@oxfam.org.uk
5. Dylan Penner Act for the Earth (Canada)
   climatechaos@actfortheearth.org
6. Felix Nieto Globalizate (Spain)
   fxraya@yahoo.es
7. Will Bates 350.org (US)
   will@350.org
8. Christina Hering Klima Allianz (Germany)
   hering@forumue.de
9. Mareike Britten Greenpeace International
   Mareike.britten@greenpeace.org
10. Susann Scherbarth FOE Europe
    Susann.scherbarth@foeeurope.org

• Reports from countries around the world on prospects for the Global Day of Action 2008 and other campaigning activities:
  
  Felix reports from Spain: on 20th April over 40 organisations including Greenpeace Spain and FOE Spain organised a rally through Madrid. There was a turnout of 3000, which was smaller than expected due to bad rain, but at the protest they started leafleting for the GDA demonstration, which will be on 29th November as 6th December is a bank holiday. Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth Spain will also be involved in the Spanish GDA protest this year.
  
  Dylan reports from Canada: they are starting a tour on biotechnology and biofuels, and are also planning a climate camp this summer at Parliament Hill. This event can be used to spread the word about the next GDA mobilisation. There is one obstacle in Canada for the next GDA as the 6th of December is the Day against violence against women (remembering a massacre 20 years ago). However, Act for the Earth is trying to make as many links as possible to women’s groups and the gender aspect of climate change to turn this obstacle into an advantage. As an aftermath of the protests last year 6 people who got arrested will face trial this May. Act for the Earth will try to use these trials as an opportunity to put the national climate policies “on trial”. Another focus for Canadian organisations will be the G8 that will be back in Canada in 2010.
  
  Will reports from the US: in the US a team of campaigners (including former campaigners from Step it Up) are concentrating on a campaign called 350 to push the international community to adopt CO2 emissions reduction targets that will keep CO2 gases under 350ppm. The webpage will be ready end of May/beginning of June. The idea is to organise days of action around the number and to find people supporting this campaign in their countries.
  
  Mareike reports from Greenpeace International: For the build up to the Poznan talks GI are organising a boat tour with the first ship having already left from New Zealand to reach Poland later in the year passing China, India and Spain. In Poland itself Greenpeace will organise a climate camp next to an open coalmine. For the Poznan talks the Solar Generation Network (the global youth network of Greenpeace) is planning to get involved with actions.
  
  Susann reports from FOE Europe: FOE Europe supports the GDA 2008. They are focusing more on the talks in Copenhagen in 2009 rather than the Poznan talks. However, FOE youth groups will organise a meeting in Poland with about 50 delegates from around Europe and collecting messages from all around the world to display at the Poznan talks. Other FOE groups will get involved in actions in their own countries and it is also planned to use the ESF in Sweden for promotion.
  
  Christina reports from Germany: the Klima Allianz will organise local actions all around Germany for the GDA and they will also mobilise people from the eastern part of Germany to go to Poznan. Beforehand there will be two big demonstrations at coal plants on September the 13th.
  
  Diana reports from Australia: the organisers of the Walks against Warming (climate demonstrations all over Australia that saw over 100.000 people out in the streets at the last two events) have reported that they will join in on the GDA this year (last year the Walks against Warming happened two weeks before their national elections to push climate change up the election agenda and get rid of a climate unfriendly government –successfully!) and will start preparations for this event soon. At the moment they are getting their thinking caps on for how to make the Walks against Warming even bigger and more appealing this year.
  
  Fiona reports back from the UK: the three main campaign issues for groups in the UK are at the moment (1) Biofuels (CCC has just organised a public protest against the introduction of the RTFO -Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation - in the UK – working together with BiofuelWatch), (2) Aviation (together with Greenpeace UK, Hacan, NOTRAG and the 2M group CCC is organising a big rally against the plans for a third runaway at Heathrow Airport on 31st May) and (3) the building of new coal fired power plants (there is a proposal pending to build the first new coal plant in the UK for 30 years in Kingsnorth, Kent) For the GDA 2008 there are plans to bring all three of these issues together in a huge rally in London..
  
  Ben reports from GCAP: the Global Call against Poverty (GCAP) just recently started to work on climate change (they have focused more on development and poverty issues in the past) and make the connection between these two issues. They sent a small team to Bali and are now figuring out how to get involved and build alliances.
  
  Report back from Warsaw and Brussels meeting:
  
  Diana reports back from the Brussels meeting: on the 8th of March representatives from European groups from Belgium, France, Denmark, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Italy as well as representatives from Greenpeace International, FOE Europe and the European Green Party met to discuss their plans for the GDA 2008 and plans for the Copenhagen talks. It has been decided to meet again in Copenhagen this year in September before the ESF to discuss how the GDA can be expanded in Europe and the mobilisation in 2008 can build up to the next GDA in 2009 to ensure a huge mobilisation at the critical Copenhagen talks.
  Information about the upcoming meeting in Copenhagen will be distributed around the Global Climate e-mail list.
  
  The meeting in Warsaw initiated by Greenpeace Poland and CCC saw lots of energy coming from the Polish groups that attended the meeting to mobilise for this year’s GDA. The idea of a big rally followed by a concert was raised and the Polish climate alliance will follow up on that idea. The Polish groups will meet soon, both in Poznan and Warsaw, to build a steering group and discuss further details.
  Information about the mobilisation process in Poland will be distributed around the Global Climate e-mail list.
  
  Global Climate Campaign meetings in the build-up to the GDA 2008:
  Copenhagen meeting – see report back from the Brussels meeting above
  
  Events we can use to promote the GDA 2008:

• Global Greens meeting (1st-4th May): Fiona from CCC will attend and give a workshop about the Global Climate Campaign in cooperation with GCC colleagues from Nepal
• Mini COP in Bonn (2nd-13th June): Christina and Mareike will be there; Greenpeace and FOE will have actions there.
• G8 (5th-9th July): someone from CCC will probably attend, GCAP will be there and Greenpeace and FOE have local offices there that could be contacted to find out what Greenpeace Japan and FOE Japan are planning around climate and the G8

Major Emitters meeting (in July):

Mini COP Ghana (in August): Ghana National CSO Youth Coalition just launched – Dylan will send out more information on the Global Campaign e-mail list

ESF (17th-21st September): Global Climate Campaign meeting in Copenhagen shortly before the ESF. CCC will organise workshops there and are looking for other organisations to work together to push the climate issue at the ESF

GCC newsletter and collation of reports, photos, videos from GDA 2008:

One idea at the Brussels meeting was to start a platform for exchanging news and ideas from different climate campaigns in Europe and around the world – Diana offered to start by using the news section of the Global Climate campaign webpage to put up news bits etc. and to develop this into a regular short e-mail update later in the year (depending on time capacity in the CCC office). So all climate campaigns are invited to send their recent updates, news etc… to info@globalclimatecampaign.org and Diana will put the info up on the GCC webpage. John mentioned that the GCC webpage gets 400-500 hits per day during the year and 4000-5000 hits per day in the run up for the GDA in November/December.

Dylan reported from their plans in Canada to produce a YouTube video to promote the GDA 2008. They had a good experiences with this last year and he reckons that we could use also the video outside Canada and translate it into other languages. He asks for help with translation as well as video footage from the last GDA from around the world. Mareike mentions that GI is working with volunteer translators who may help with that.

AOB:

Ben points out that the 10th of December is the 60th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights and suggests building up good links to human rights groups in the run-up to the GDA 2008.

Next call:

The next conference call will be on the 21st of May at 12 noon, GMT.

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Isn't Democracy Wonderful?

If London wants to bite off its own nose to spite its own collective face, who am I to argue? The answer to a crisis in participatory democracy is obviously to install an aristocracy of Old Etonian Buffoons and kiss the future goodbye.
Words fail me.

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Borris on Climate Change: Not So Funny

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Avian flew

- The UK climate bill still omits the emissions from the aviation industry from its calculations - which makes the whole sum nonsensical.

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Union of Concerned Scientists: Developments in Renewable Portfolio Standards

UCS have just produced a facinating report on the proliferation of RPS's in the US. It's starting to look like, just maybe, a federal system would be easier than the current patchwork? I realise that you Americans loving using the states as 'labs' to test various policies...can we consider the RPS policy tested yet?

• Report (PDF)
• Related: energy and efficiency.

[UPDATE]

LAURENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LAB'S HAVE JUST RELEASED A COMPLIMENTARY REPORT. DOWNLOAD SUMMARY, FULL REPORT.

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Writing vs Doing

It seems that recently i have been doing both a lot less writing and a lot more meeting, protesting, organising. I`m aware that this dosent translate well to this blog. I will still try and talk about key issues in climate change with whatever spare time i have.

This years big topic seems to be high food prices. This is a vital topic and I'm keen to have in covered in depth at this years Camp for Climate Action. I will be doing a post on this at the next possible opportunity.

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Global Food Crisis: Review (podcasts, songs, reports, articles)

The story of the year has to be rising food prices. The details are complex, so beware anyone who gives you a simple explanation. There are both demand and supply side factors--both of which are explained by Lester Brown in this interview (mp3). On the demand side a rapidly growing middle class is moving from grains to the more typical diet of the affluent; meat and vegetables complimented by grains. If you eat any of the various kinds of grain you get a large amount of energy from your food; to get the same amount of energy by eating meat, you have to feed the animal that provides that meat with a larger amount of grain. For example to get one calorie from a cow you need to feed it 6 calories in the form of grain. A second major demand side force is an ever growing global population. Thirdly, the rapid expansion of biofuels, perticularly for US and European markets is an emerging source of demand. The worlds few hundered million motorists are being pitted against the world billion of poor.

"From 1990 through 2005 the growth in grain consumption was around
20'000'000 tones a year, in the last two years...it has jumped to
around 50'000'000 tonnes a year, the difference being roughly 30'000'000 tonnes
per year of additional grain being used to produce ethanol...stated otherwise,
the growth in world demand for grain these last two years from US ethanol
destileries exceedes the world growth in demand from all other
sources"

Lester Brown, Earth Policy Institute

On the supply side there are both short term issues such as bad weather in some parts of thw world, and long term issues such as loss of soil qaulity, water table depletion, crop damage due to climate change and shifitng agricultural regions also due to climate change. The relative importance of these factors, now and into the future is very difficult to predict although it is likely that they are all leading in one direction; towards agricultural stress.

The impact of increasing food prices is significant even in the developed world where inflation is not fully reflecting the increasing cost of living for the poor. As staple foods are not optional purchases, rises in these costs are therefore perticularly important for the the most vulnerable in society. In the developing world things are very tough, there have been reports of 'rice rustling' (Thailand), grain truck hijacking (Darfur), strikes over wage stagnation (Bangladesh); and riots in many countries around the world including Egypt, Yemen, Cameroon, Mexico and others. Many of these countries are poor but developing, the problems are even more extreme for refugees and those being fed by the World Food Program which has a limited budget.

"The doubling of world wheat, rice, and corn prices has sharply reduced the
availability of food aid, putting the 37 countries that depend on the WFP’s
emergency food assistance at risk. In March, the WFP issued an urgent appeal for
$500 million of additional funds."

Celsias

Thankfully, as is apparent from the above, we have plenty of food. If we are currentl deciding to burn large qauntities of it as fuel then we have a nother option, which is highly complex and involves not being complete bastards i.e stop burning food. The other major way that we can solve the problem is by eating less meat; from an environmental point of view the whole topic of vegetarianism is more problematic than helpful. Vegetarianism seems to have its own culture; we dont need people to accept an ethos to solve this problem, mearly to encourage healthier diets with a lower proportion of meat. It is also worth noting that whilst such a move is worthwhile, in general markets do respond well to price signals, and currently meet production is hugely subsidised in the US and Europe (hence 'cash cow'). Perhaps damaging ethanol and meet subsdies should be removed as a first step to resolving this problem. For less obvious and more detailed solutions check out this IIASTD report or briefing.

Related Audio:

1. Lester Brown on the food crisis.


2. The Guardian on the 'perfect storm'.
   
3. The Bugle comedy podcast on escalating food prices.

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Global Climate Campaign Newsletter: Dec 6th 2008 Preperation

The Global Climate Campaign is the name of a project initiated by Campaign against Climate Change. The focus of this campaign is an International Day of Climate Action that is planned to coincide with the annual UN climate talks. One reason for it's success is the broad nature of the coallition building that has been carried out; the general message has been if you support a global and leaglly binding climate change deal then join us on this day and be part of something bigger than any of our individual efforts.

The campaign now has a well produced newsletter with some facinating contributions (PDF)

The Global Climate Campaign is a growing movement with representation in many, many countries, but perhaps not yours? If you would like to add your group to the list of those supporting the call bellow then email the campaign office via the website:

"We demand that world leaders take the urgent and resolute action that
is needed to prevent the catastrophic destabilisation of global climate, so that
the entire world can move as rapidly as possible to a stronger emissions
reductions treaty which is both equitable and effective in preventing dangerous
climate change.

We also demand that the long-industrialised countries that have
emitted most greenhouse gases up to now take most of the responsibility for the
adaptive measures that have to be taken, especially by low-emitting countries
with limited economic resources."

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National Climate Camp Meeting: London 10th-11th May

On Tuesday Friends of the Earth and Stop Climate Chaos held a public meeting at Friends Meeting House on Euston Road. A large crown turned out to hear Environment Secretary Hillary Benn and Environment spokesmen for both the Lib-Dem's and Tories talk about there position on the Climate Bill which has just passed the House of Lords and is heading back to the Commons.

Hillary seemed reasonable if not visionary; thats a shame really becuase we need a visionary to deal with an urgen challenge rather than a large problem. Jo Abess has written a review of the proceedings over at her climate college. The main reason for mentioning this event, wasnt to highlight the great work that FOE are doing, but to share my experiance of leafleting at the event. I was there to highlight the next national organisational meeting for the Climate Camp. There was a lot of support for this despite the numerous campaigns that had congregated to reach others concerned about climate change. There was just one attitutde that bothered me, people expected that the climate camp would exist and that they could just turn up for the week. This is not a f%7("~g festival! It dosent just appear, it is created by all those who come together to make it happen; it is a free event with donattions for some services requested, the real price of addmitance is involvement!

At the national organizational meeting we will have job shops, and working groups lists so that everyone can find something big or small to suite there schedule. But i think everyone should expect to contribute something to the camp, weather that be helping with the website, spreading the word, organising workshops, finding the structures or the pumbing equipment. There are committed people who will put on this event at some scale, but if it is to grow then everyone has to know that participation is required.

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