[Diggers350] Earth First! Gathering SOMERSET Wed31Aug to Sun04Sep 2022

Mon Aug 29 01:43:13 BST 2022

Emacs!

Location information:

Next to Old Flaxmill, Flaxdrayton Farm, South Petherton, TA13 5LR

The nearest train stations are Yeovil Junction, Crewkerne and Castle Cary.

Public transport info:

Train to Yeovil Pen Mill (on Bristol-Weymouth 
line) or Yeovil Junction (Waterloo-Exeter line)

Number 68 bus from both stations to Yeovil bus 
station (Pen Mill is also easy walking distance 
from bus station, Junction is 2 miles south of 
town), this bus is half-hourly except Sundays when it doesnt run

Number 81 bus from Yeovil bus station to 
Norton-sub-Hamden, closest village to site (1 
mile), runs hourly weekdays, 2-hourly Saturdays, not at all Sundays.

National Express in theory have a coach stop in 
Yeovil, but dont seem to be running anything there at present.

Berrys Coaches run a service (SuperFast 2) from 
London to Taunton serving South Petherton, this 
has to be booked (and this does run Sundays). You 
could then get the 68 bus from South Petherton to Norton, or just walk it.

Bus times:

Hello, here is the timetable for the 81 bus:

https://images.southwestcoaches.co.uk/images/pdfs/81service-public-sept2020.pdf

Also Yeovil stations to bus station:
http://wyndham.gettingaroundsomerset.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Service-68-June-2018-Bus-Timetable.pdf

Calling all defenders of the wild! You are warmly 
invited to five days of workshops, skill shares, 
plotting and planning, solidarity and socialising 
in a beautiful camp out. This years Earth First! 
Summer gathering will be from Wednesday 31st 
August till Monday 5th September and will host a 
nation-wide and international campaigns roundup, 
workshops on organising securely, facilitation 
and practical Direct Action skills, avoiding 
burnout and more. The gathering is a great 
opportunity to meet like-minded people and form 
connections with others ghting the good ght up 
and down the British Isles and beyond. So come along!

VENUE: nearest train stations are Yeovil 
Junction, Crewkerne and Castle Cary. You can get 
in touch via earthfirstuk at riseup.net.

    * www.earth rst.uk
    * twitter.com/earth rst_uk
    * FB: EarthFirst UK
    * Insta: Earth.FirstUK

The general principles behind Earth First! are 
non-hierarchical organisation and the use of 
direct action to confront, stop and eventually 
reverse the forces that are responsible for the 
destruction of the Earth and its inhabitants. EF! 
is not a cohesive group or campaign, but a 
convenient banner for people who share similar philosophies to work under.

If you agree with the above and you are not 
racist or otherwise discriminatory, if you 
believe action speaks louder than words, then Earth First! is for you.

Whether you think of EF! as a movement, a 
network, an idea or simply a name to use for 
actions, get involved  you are Earth First!

Take action

Want to take direct action as an individual or with your mates?

Just do it  and 
<https://www.earthfirst.uk/submit-report/>post 
the story afterwards here to inspire others.

Set up a group

Want to set up an ecological direct action group, 
or you are an existing group that wants to be part of our loose community?

Talk to a few people, put up posters, stickers, 
cards in windows, send out emails or whatever. 
Pick a group name; best to have a more anonymous 
contact rather than your name or own email 
address. It only needs you and a couple of others 
to form a group  then you can plot and plan actions like the best.

Pick issues and approaches that suit you and 
where you live  you are an autonomous group, so 
just figure out the way you want to do it, and do it.

Dont forget to 
<https://www.earthfirst.uk/submit-report/>share 
what you get up to, or put a 
<https://www.earthfirst.uk/submit-report/>shoutout if you need a hand.

Meet others

EF! has always welcomed diversity, and there are 
EF! groups all over the <http://www.earthfirst.org>world.

EF! is many things to many people. Get started 
and make it how you want it to be.

Every summer we have the 
<https://www.earthfirst.uk/gatherings/>EF! summer 
gathering  come to get involved in ecological 
direct action, its also for those already 
involved to plan for action & share skills. 
Sometimes when theres been a need, there has 
been an <http://earthfirstgathering.org.uk>EF! 
winter moot, to spend a few days chatting and strategising.

Read all about it

The <http://earthfirst.org.uk/efau/>EF! Action 
Update has been printed since 1991, at first 
monthly, currently quaterly, for sharing news & 
upcoming events without having to go on the 
internet. <http://eco-action.org/dod>Do or Die 
was for more in depth analysis, but sadly is no 
more. The <http://earthfirst.org.uk/efau/>EF! AU 
was joined by this 
<http://earthfirst.org.uk/actionreports>EF! Action Reports website in 2005.

A bit of history

EF! originated in the USA in 1979, but from there 
spread around the world, and morphed to suit local conditions & priorities.

In the UK it was successfully started in 1991, 
and quickly grew, developing its own distinct 
character. Initially the biggest campaigns were 
around imports of tropical timber and anti-roads 
campaigns, though there were numerous smaller 
campaigns. Genetic crops, international 
solidarity, peat and climate change have been 
other strong campaigns over time. To read a bit 
about the history, have a look at the short 
articles in these EF! AUs: 
<http://www.earthfirst.org.uk/efau/actionupdate_summer10.pdf>1 
| 
<http://www.earthfirst.org.uk/efau/actionupdate_aug10print.pdf>2 
| 
<http://www.earthfirst.org.uk/efau/actionupdate_oct10.pdf>3 
, or read the 20 Years of British 
EF!<https://www.earthfirst.uk/ef20years.pdf> 
leaflet.  For even more voices & other notable 
protests, see 
<http://eco-action.org/history/index.html>here 
and <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_first>here
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