RTF Spring Gathering posters - spread far and wide 'cuz spring hath arrived
ProtectTheWilderness FOD [Forest of Dean Eco-village]
tony at cultureshop.org.uk
Tue Feb 28 13:03:11 GMT 2012
RTF posters!!! attached...
Reclaim the Fields Spring Gathering
@ The Wilderness Centre, Mitcheldean, Forest of
Dean, Gloucestershire, GL17 0HA
The first Reclaim the Fields Gathering of 2012
will be taking place this March 8th and 9th at
the Wilderness Centre in the Forest of Dean.
Pre-Gathering Help needed:
Anyone interested in helping out with the
running/ setting up of the event, should come to
the Wilderness asap. If you're interested in
giving a talk, or demonstrating a skill - get in
contact, or just show up and arrange to use one
of the "spaces" available with one of the Protect The Wilderness Crew.
The provisional timetable includes:
Thursday 8th:
*Introduction to Reclaim the Fields - where we've
come from and recent action, including feedback from the European Gathering.
* Wilderness Centre introduction & housekeeping
*Open Introductions; introduce your self & your
projects & continue networking with our noticeboard
The remainder of the day is designed around open
spaces, giving people a chance to work &
communicate around these suggestions so far:
*WWOLF (woofing with teeth) and Reclaim the Field Trips
*Seed Sovereignty & grower-to-grower seed distribution networks
*Carrots session e.g. RTF internal structure/sharing workloads
*Using the food sovereignty principles as a
strategic framework - (in a UK context)
*How to organise & maintain effective land occupations
*Composting gender
*Planning for International Peasants Day of Struggle on April 17th
*Legal options for accessing land
*Protecting bee populations
Friday 9th:
*Session on general Reclaim the Fields strategy and focuses for 2012
Workshops and talks:
*An introduction to land rights ?*History of Land
rights struggles in the Forest of Dean
Followed by a consensus based guerilla gardening
action... remains open to suggestions!?(ideas so far...)
*Food forest, in an abandoned quarry
*Care home for the elderly?* Clear-felled
Forestry land?* Victorian walled garden
Saturday 10th:
Protect The Wilderness open skill-share day!
Seed swap, Community bring and share.
Gardening the organic community garden, and walled garden.
Music and feasting!
Not forgetting gardening, charcoal burning,
baking in the cob oven, seedbomb making, cobbing
the round-house, and chopping wood through-out!
£5 suggested donation per day, no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Items to bring: Warm clothes, two sets (if you
mind being muddy) ?bedding, camping mats?tools
for g-gardening [spades, forks, mattocks, billhooks]
Instruments, dancing shoes,? seeds for seedbombs,
?home-grown veg, pickles, jams, whole foods
More info about the Wilderness Centre:
[]
<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Protect-the-Wilderness-Centre-Forest-of-Dean/321890141176064>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Protect-the-Wilderness-Centre-Forest-of-Dean/321890141176064
Who to contact for more information: use the RTF UK email list or email
[]
<mailto:frankynecklace at yahoo.co.uk>frankynecklace at yahoo.co.uk
Reclaim the Fields Spring Gathering
@ The Wilderness Centre, Mitcheldean, Forest of
Dean, Gloucestershire, GL17 0HA
The first Reclaim the Fields Gathering of the
year will be taking place this March 8th and 9th
at the Wilderness Centre in the Forest of Dean.
Pre-Gathering Help needed:
Anyone interested in helping out with the
running/ setting up of the event, should come to
the Wilderness asap. If you're interested in
giving a talk, or demonstrating a skill - get in
contact, or just show up and arrange to use one
of the "spaces" available with one of the Protect The Wilderness Crew.
The provisional timetable includes:
Thursday 8th:
*Introduction to Reclaim the Fields - where we've
come from and recent action, including feedback from the European Gathering.
* Wilderness Centre introduction & housekeeping
*Open Introductions; introduce your self & your
projects & continue networking with our noticeboard
The remainder of the day is designed around open
spaces, giving people a chance to work &
communicate around these suggestions so far:
*WWOLF (woofing with teeth) and Reclaim the Field Trips
*Seed Sovereignty & grower-to-grower seed distribution networks
*Carrots session e.g. RTF internal structure/sharing workloads
*Using the food sovereignty principles as a
strategic framework - (in a UK context)
*How to organise & maintain effective land occupations
*Composting gender
*Planning for International Peasants Day of Struggle on April 17th
*Legal options for accessing land
*Protecting bee populations
Friday 9th:
*Session on general Reclaim the Fields strategy and focuses for 2012
Workshops and talks:
*An introduction to land rights ?*History of Land
rights struggles in the Forest of Dean
Followed by a consensus based guerilla gardening
action... remains open to suggestions!?(ideas so far...)
*Food forest, in an abandoned quarry
*Care home for the elderly?* Clear-felled
Forestry land?* Victorian walled garden
Saturday 10th:
Protect The Wilderness open skill-share day!
Seed swap, Community bring and share.
Gardening the organic community garden, and walled garden.
Music and feasting!
Not forgetting gardening, charcoal burning,
baking in the cob oven, seedbomb making, cobbing
the round-house, and chopping wood through-out!
£5 suggested donation per day, no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Items to bring: Warm clothes, two sets (if you
mind being muddy) ?bedding, camping mats?tools
for g-gardening [spades, forks, mattocks, billhooks]
Instruments, dancing shoes,? seeds for seedbombs,
?home-grown veg, pickles, jams, whole foods
More info about the Wilderness Centre:
[]
<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Protect-the-Wilderness-Centre-Forest-of-Dean/321890141176064>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Protect-the-Wilderness-Centre-Forest-of-Dean/321890141176064
Who to contact for more information: use the RTF UK email list or email...
[]
<mailto:frankynecklace at yahoo.co.uk>frankynecklace at yahoo.co.uk
<mailto:all at protectthewilderness.org.uk>all at protectthewilderness.org.uk
Mob: 07811 726 372
Gourds work be done,
Protect The Wilderness, ?Reclaim the Fields!
==
Background info: Reclaim the Fields is a
constellation of people and collective projects
willing to go back to the land and reassume the
control over food production. We are determined
to create alternatives to capitalism through
cooperative, collective, autonomous, real needs
oriented small scale production and initiatives,
putting theory into practice and linking local
practical action with global political struggles.
You can find more about us, our struggles & more
resources such as downloadable zines here:
<http://www.reclaimthefields.org.uk>www.reclaimthefields.org.uk
Related Link:
[]
<http://www.reclaimthefields.org.uk/spring-gathering-2012/>http://www.reclaimthefields.org.uk/spring-gathering-2012/
Gourds work be done,
Protect The Wilderness, ?Reclaim the Fields!
==
Background info: Reclaim the Fields is a
constellation of people and collective projects
willing to go back to the land and reassume the
control over food production. We are determined
to create alternatives to capitalism through
cooperative, collective, autonomous, real needs
oriented small scale production and initiatives,
putting theory into practice and linking local
practical action with global political struggles.
You can find more about us, our struggles & more
resources such as downloadable zines here:
<http://www.reclaimthefields.org.uk>www.reclaimthefields.org.uk
Related Link:
[]
<http://www.reclaimthefields.org.uk/spring-gathering-2012/>http://www.reclaimthefields.org.uk/spring-gathering-2012/
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