Fwd: From the Wilderness!

[Simon Fairlie]

> From: "ProtectTheWilderness FOD [Forest of Dean Eco-village]"  
> <all at protectthewilderness.org.uk>
> Date: 29 January 2012 22:07:45 GMT
> To: chapter7 at tlio.org.uk
> Subject: From the Wilderness!
>
> Hi Simon/ cohorts,
>
> We're the Protect the Wilderness/ pesky squatters/ Reclaim the  
> fields people
> that have reopened the Wilderness Centre, Forest of Dean.
>
> All is going well this end, been busy organising the open days/  
> skillshares/ local support
> and have neglected dialogue with the county council a little...  
> playing catch-up now.
> Have a meeting with some of their manservants t'other days, they  
> waffled on about
> elf'n'safety/ liability etc etc, we told them that we're sorting  
> out public liability insurance,
> tried to easy their concerns were very civil and accommodating,  
> appeared more than
> willing to negotiate/ work with them... a couple of days later, we  
> read in the local chip
> wrapper that "negotiations have failed", "council have no choice  
> other than to consider
> a costly legal ba, ba, ba" you know the rest.
>
> I've including the business proposal-type document we send to the  
> council a few weeks
> ago, and we're in the process of writing a statement of intent/  
> more detailed plan for the
> running of the centre. We are very serious about doing this, and  
> any advice/ assistance
> you could offer would be very much appreciated.
>
> The local support is amazing, we've got a good relationship with  
> the friends of the wilderness,
> the political campaign group also working to retain the centre as  
> an environmental education
> centre- one of the first environmental education centres in the  
> country!
>
> We're hosting a Reclaim the Fields gathering with a practical focus  
> in March, having some tlio
> speakers would be great! Land rights in the FOD is a big issue!,  
> we're about to rekindle it further!
> watch this space.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Thom Forester.
>
>

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