For Peat's sake: Ireland joins the CLIMATE CAMP movement, expect NVDA and much craic

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From Climate Camp Ireland Newsletter 26.08.09

We pulled it off people...all who envisioned, inspired, planned, met, worked, participated, built, laughed, cooked, sang, discussed and took DIRECT ACTION, WELL DONE...it was ALL worth it. 300 people, 9 days of workshops, 7 enormous banners, 6 perfect compost loos, over 30 radio interviews, 27 delicious sustainable meals, simultaneous actions at ALL THREE peat-fired powerstations, 100s of bags of milled peat returned to the bog... all impossible without you! People's response during the go-round at the final plenary were great. The camp got a phenomenal amount of media coverage for it's size, all of it was balanced and much of it was sympathetic.

Continuous evaluation of what we are doing is the only way we can keep going though - so please offer YOUR thoughts on how the camp was for you, what aspects we should stop, start or continue. We will have discussions at the next all-Ireland gathering where you can express these thoughts but it would be great to feedback as soon as possible here on the forum.

But it wasn't just about a 9 day camp.

Next step:Climate Camp all-Ireland gathering 26th-27th Sept 2009


Climate Camp gathering c/o camp ireland site

Links from climate camp site



Irish Times
- Destroying bogs to produce uneconomical energy (Thursday, August 13, 2009)

If Martin Luther King were alive today, he might well be rolling up his groundsheet and leading the march to Shannonbridge, Co Offaly, which this Saturday hosts Ireland’s first climate camp, located in the shadow of the local peat-fired plant. The overriding aim of the camp, which involves a week of education and awareness, is to promote climate justice, according to spokeswoman, Molly Walsh. “There has been a great history of struggle against injustice by direct action, be it the land league, the anti-Apartheid movement or the suffragettes.”

Highlight of the camp is a day of direct action on Saturday 22nd. The aim of organisers is “peaceful civil disobedience”. Close liaison with gardaí should help avoid the confrontations that have marred some similar events in the UK.

Whether or not this is understood, the climate campers are not just fighting for their future, they’re fighting for ours too – and our children’s.

- Hundreds expected at first climate camp in Offaly (Monday, August 17, 2009)
- Activists to continue protest at ESB power plant (Wednesday, August 19, 2009)
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100 more activists on way to join anti-peat protest at ESB plant (Thursday, August 20, 2009)
- Security review at ESB plants after weekend protests ( Monday, August 24, 200

RTE
- Shannonbridge protest over bog destruction (Tuesday, 18 August 2009)
RTÉ News: Shannonbridge protest over bog destruction
- Climate protest at Longford power station (Saturday, 22 August 2009)
RTÉ News: Climate protest at Longford power station
- video: Ciaran Mullooly, Midlands Correspondent, speaks to activists
who have set up camp at Shannonbridge, Co Offaly
RTÉ.ie Media Player: Shannonbridge protest over bog destruction

Others

Ireland gets first climate camp
Ireland gets first climate camp

Climate activists gather in Co. Offaly
Breaking News with The Bray People | Irish, Sport and World Breaking News*****-*****Braypeople.ie
climate-activists-gather-in-co-offaly-1861262.html

Climate Camp: saviour of the environmental movement?
News Analysis - Climate Camp: anarchist or saviour of the environmental movement? - The Ecologist

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CLIMATE CAMP IRELAND DOCUMENTARY

The Climate Camp held recently in Shannonbridge, Co. Offaly highlighted the urgent need to address the issue of peat bogs in Ireland and the dangerous effect their exploitation by Bord na Mona and the ESB has on Climate Change.

- Climate Camp: Part I on Vimeo
- Climate Camp: Part II on Vimeo

Related infos:
- Climate Camp: Camp for Social Justice
- 'Give Peat a Chance'- Climate Camp Shannonbridge 2009