Take Back Power Screenings and Talks
Date: Wednesday 21st July Date: Wednesday 21st July Time: 18:30 Time: 20:00
Venue: Ormond Studios, Venue: An Seomra Spraoi,
6 Lwr Ormond Quay 10 Belvedere Court, Dublin Date: Thursday 22nd July Date: Wednesday 28th July Time: 18:00 Time: to be confirmed Venue: Dublin Food Co-op, Liberties Venue: The Exchange, Temple Bar Date: Thursday 29th July Time: 19:30 Venue: Áras na nGael, Dominick Street, Galway
A screening of a short documentary about Climate Camp Ireland 2009 and a collection of other shorts from previous Climate Camps in other countries accompanied by a brief talk about what Irish Climate is and where/what it will be this year. There will also be a chance to ask questions of some of the people involved. The main film is 20 minutes long and the others are between five and twelve minutes.
The Galway screening will also have information on the Galway Cycle Caravan which departs for climate camp on August 6th. The screening and talk will be followed by music from 9-12, entry is free, donations welcome. Next All Ireland Gathering:
TBA
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It’s now one year since the planning for Climate Camp started. We've been building a
movement for anyone who cares about climate change and social justice. The first Climate
Camp in Ireland happened last August, in Co. Offaly, where we created a space to meet, live,
learn and take direct action together.
At the first post-camp meeting in September in Dublin, existing working groups were
freshened up with new people, and new working groups were formed also.
At the national meetings in Galway and Dublin:
We made plans for a Spring Skill Share weekend, discussed whether we wanted to do another
camp this year or build a movement in other ways, and other ideas for 2010. Many new people
turned up so we are assured of another year of action! Full minutes can be found here.
Last month a contingent travelled over to Copenhagen to participate in Klima Forum, the
alternative, people’s climate forum that brought together the climate justice movements from
around the world to resist false solutions to the climate crisis and implement fair ones.
So come along and invite your friends to this because now is a great time to get involved!
If you want to get in touch with other people who are travelling from your part of the country
to the meeting and you don’t know them already, send an email as usual to
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International update
Follow events in Cochabamba 19th-20th April
An alternative civil society conference is now underway in Cochabamba from 19-22 April. The World People’s Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth’s Rights is expected to attract more than 10,000 delegates representing social and indigenous movements, trade unions, non-governmental organisations and governments from around the world.
Among the topics being discussed in working groups are the structural causes of climate change, the question of climate debt, the creation of an international climate court, problems of finance and that of migration and refugees caused by climate change. The proposal to hold a global referendum on several of the issues raised will be discussed. Read the open letter from Climate Justice Action to the participants in Cochabamba here. Follow events at www.cmpcc.org
What does Climate Justice mean in Europe?
A working group of Climate Justice Action has drafted a discussion paper entitled What does Climate justice mean in Europe?'. Read the paper and email your responses here.
To keep updated follow Climate Justice Action - http://www.climate-justice-action.org/
Earth First! Summer Gathering 4th-9th August 2010
Earth First! has announced their annual summer gathering. The event will take place in Derbyshire, exact location to be announced a week before the camp. The gathering consists of 5 days of workshops, skill sharing and planning action, plus low-impact living without leaders. The week is a chance to meet people, learn skills, and take action. For more details see the Earth First! website. Train travel from Dublin to the gathering costs 76euro return.Cost of attending the gathering itself is between 20-30 pounds depending on what you can afford.
Another view of climate camp in UK - published Jan 2010
http://dysophia.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/cca_reader.pdf
Copenhagen December 2009:
23 Irish people travelled to Copenhagen in December 2009 to take action for climate justice. This
number of travelling activists was made possible by the activist network Gluaiseacht for Global Justice
who provided travel costs for the overland journey. The Climate Camp Ireland activists who made it to
Copenhagen spent a week or more participating in actions, the people's summit and meeting of
Climate Justice Action.
One of the group who travelled over shared the follwing comments...
"Thousands of people gathered on the streets outside the UN Conference Centre on 16th December
to create a peoples’ assembly right in front of the entrance to the centre. Police used pre-emptive
arrests, kettling and even tear gas against people gathering to demand climate justice from the
politicians inside. Most of the hundreds arrested then have been released, but five activists are still
detained. Extensive updates and information about this situation is available from
www.climate-justice-action.org
While there is a consensus that the UN Conference was an unsurprising failure, the gathering of
civil society NGOs and other justice activsits was an unprecedented success. Our international
solidarity and determination, shown at the Klima Forum, provided a strong contrast to the
bickering and corruption inside the UN Conference."
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