camp for climate action

No, although we are encouraging all groups to be involved. To start thinking about what working group you might like to be in before you get to the meeting maybe you could look at this. If you want to ask any questions before the meeting about the specific working group then the email addresses are next to the group titles.

this is just to let you know of the working groups and what you can get involved with so you can start thinking about it before the meeting. They are split into large groups until the sub groups become larger so that those working on similar tasks can work and communicate together more easily. For more info or to get involved earlier than the meeting their emails are listed too.

Working Groups and their sub groups

Site practicalities: site@climatecamp.org.uk

Site Power group – Making sure there is renewable power on site to all the areas

that need it.

Structures group – Finding and erecting structures for the site.

Food and Kitchen’s group – Networking and getting all the kitchens together making

sure food and gas is available, looking at the most eco friendly ways of cooking on

that scale.

Toilets group – Sorting out compost loos for the site, looking at ways to have

compost loos on low ground

Plumbing group – Providing Water for the whole site, looking at ways to get clean

drinkable water from ground water, and then distributing across the site.

Grey Water group – Setting up systems to dispose of or reuse our grey water (i.e.

water that has already been used)

Take Down group – Making sure enough people are around to help with taking down the

site, making sure all the stuff has the best home it can.

Kids/Young people/Accessibility Group – Identifying specific needs and making sure

that they are taken into account by all other working groups

Transport Group – Making sure there is a variety of different forms if transport

available for groups to use to get from transport hubs to the camp and from the camp

to actions.

Site planning group – integrating all physical structures into a site plan with

input from all the above. This group will change into the Delegating group once the

site is set up – which to create an overview and mechanisms of distributing out of

all the jobs that need doing to keep the camp running on a day to day basis.

Safety and Wellbeing: wellbeing@climatecamp.org.uk

Tranquillity group – Preventing the escalation of conflict on site, both internally

and externally, includes sorting out a mechanism for making the gate as democratic

and secure as possible.

Medic Group – Providing on site first aid and general public health.

Recovery Group – Making sure that people on site aren’t burnt out, traumatised, that

the camp is a positive experience.

Legal – Support for actions and for the land (esp. if squatted)

Health and Safety

Official Liason (fire brigade etc)

Facilitation: facilitation@climatecamp.org.uk

Process – Making sure the whole process is on track, that meetings are happening and

well facilitated, that jobs are been done, gatherings are happening etc

Design and facilitate a process for decision-making for the site

Communication – Designing systems of communication between all the people and groups

on site and the people off doing actions and the people on site.

Welcome – To introduce people to the camp and how it works, what the basic

guidelines are and make people feel welcome.

Follow up – a group of people to seriously work on making sure this isn’t the end of

the party and that a network of direct action on climate change continues after

this.

Organising meetings including space, food, accommodation, travel pooling, creche

Networking and Outreach: networking@climatecamp.org.uk

Community and local networking group – Communicating the idea of the camp and trying

to get involved, local and community groups interested in climate change

NGO networking group – Doing the same with all the NGO’s who are currently working

on climate change

Publicity group – Designing, Creating and distributing, leaflets posters etc

Website group

Responding and forwarding emails and answering the camp phone (if it exists)

Media/ Counter spin Collective – Dealing with the inevitable media interest that

this will create and trying to create a positive image of the camp. Liaise with and

create our own media

Kids Crew/ Teenagers group – People to do outreach before to make sure that people

know that the camp will be kid friendly, target kids and youth projects and make

sure there is stuff for kids to do there.

Find neighbourhood hosts

Workshops and Activities workshops@climatecamp.org.uk

Researchers and Writers group – Doing the research and creating materials on Climate

Chaos, solutions, alternatives and also research on targets for actions.

Alt tech workshops/displays - People to make sure that the alt tech on site is

visible and there are displays, workshops, information and talks on it. Finding

people and groups to do educational workshops, displays and talks on CC and alt tech

before and on site.

Training – Both in the run up to and on site, action preparation/direct action,

legal and skills training

Programme Co-ordination (with input from Facilitation Group) – co-ordinating and

publicising the programme of workshops, training, meetings and entertainment before

and during the camp

Entertainment/bars

Finance and Fundraising:

finance@climatecamp.org.uk

fundraising@climatecamp.org.uk

Open bank account

Overview of money required

Raise money through organising benefit gigs, funding applications, public appeals, celeb outreach

Handling money and keeping accounts, signing cheques, provide financial reports to meetings

again its neither really, just a bunch of people wanting to get individual people and groups together to act on climate change, we do hope that groups like earth first and dissent! will be involved.