*What's the Scottish Camp for Climate Action?*
Some time between *3-10 August*, activists, campaigners and communities
from all over Scotland will set up camp! We will be living sustainably
and equally, and taking awe-inspiring collective direct action to hold
greedy climate criminals to account.
In a time of epoch-making economic and environmental change, we're going
to be making direct changes for the better. We'll be taking control of
our lives, of our society, and standing up for what we believe in. We'll
refuse to believe the greedy polluters and financiers, when they say
it's just not the right time to clean up their act. We'll clean it up
for them!
The Camp (whether urban or rural) will be a living example of
collective, imaginative low-impact living, full of practical solutions.
Its not just about plastic bags and light bulbs any more, these things
isolate us and distract us from the real problems. Instead, we will work
together to build strong, sustainable and powerful communities.
Whilst we haven't decided where the camp will be yet, there's no
shortage of options. Whole swathes of airports, coal power stations,
open cast mines and agrofuel installations and motorways are planned for
Scotland. We also have the luxury of hosting the headquarters of
international banks like RBS and HBOS, whose greed got us into this
economic and environmental mess.
*What's happening in the run-up to the camp?*
Some time between *June 4-16* there will be a Climate Camp Convergence,
with informative and practical workshops and discussions, opportunities
for building links between campaigns, and the chance for us to
collectively plan the future of climate activism across Scotland. By the
time the August Camp rolls around we'll be a force to be reckoned with.
*How do I get involved now?*
Making this happen needs loads of ideas, energy and input. In short, it
needs you. And all your mates!
*Come to an organising meeting!*
We organise horizontally, without leaders, and everyone has input into
decisions. At the moment, most of the organising is being done in
Edinburgh. We want this to change! We plan for local organising meetings
to feed into regular Scotland-wide Gatherings.
*Next meeting:* *Edinburgh,* *Tuesday 24*^*th* * March, 7pm*
at the Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh (ACE) *(*_*www.autonomous.org.uk*
<http://www.autonomous.org.uk/>_)
The following meeting will be on April 7^th , 7pm, ACE in Edinburgh.
*On the agenda, Tuesday 24th:*
1.What focus each of the summer convergences will have: direct action,
education, movement building etc, And what some of the specific content
will be.
2. What the exact dates of each convergence will be.
*Start organising in your area!*
- *Get organising with people in your area* and see how much time,
energy and resources you can bring to a Climate Camp in Scotland. To be
effective, Climate Camp Scotland needs to have strong, decentralised
groups doing the planning and preparation.
*- Please get in touch *if you want to help organise Climate Camp
Scotland! so we can work together to find meeting times and locations
that as many people can get to from around the country.
- *Host the Climate Camp Scotland Info Tour* in your area, to find out
what's happening this summer, what has to be decided and prepared, and
how you can get involved.
-Email: _climatecampscotland@riseup.net
<mailto:climatecampscotland@riseup.net>_ to request the Info Tour and
with any questions however big or small!
