May 7-11, 1999
Sooke Hills
Vancouver Island, BC
Wild Earth: Resisting Ecocide! is a gathering of people who are committed to wilderness defence. Through workshops we will share direct action skills, knowledge, art and culture, while camping in the beautiful Sooke Hills. Everyone is encouraged to BYO (Bring-Your-Own) and DIY (Do-It-Yourself). We will help provide space, food, etc. to parents with kids, elders, and disabled persons. Please bring instruments. Participate in the Council of All Beings. Share your knowledge and skills while learning from others.
This is an activist gathering where we are all participants in this creative process. To this end we hope you will come forward with gracious offers of help! We need your workshop proposals, your offers to drive others, your skills, and whatever you can offer during the gathering. A communal kitchen will be set up, shitters need to be dug, security shifts will need filling. People will be setting up the camp early so if you can help with that or anything else please get in touch.
Wild Earth BC
c/o P.A.T.H., PO Box 19596,
Vancouver, BC, V5T 4E7 Canada
phone: Victoria (Ed) 250-598-2823
Vancouver 604-255-4145
email: wildearthbc@tao.ca
websites: www.tao.ca/~wildearthbc/
www.envirolink.org/wearthbc
WILD EARTH: Resisting Ecocide! <wildearthbc@tao.ca>
USA - Monday, March 29, 1999 at 00:57:57 (EST)
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