Reclaim the Fields Camp 2011

Reclaim The Fields Camp 2011

21.-30. September

in Rosia Montana in Romania

Food, land, seed, water and indigenous knowledge are too important to be commodified or centralised in the well-known capitalist way. We resist the logic of making profit of our ways of life. We are working on and already practicing a consensual way of peasant life and alternative ways of living and farming together. Therefore we Reclaim the Fields!

We declare our solidarity with the people in Rosia Montana who have defended their land for 10 years against criminal corporate land grabbing, robbery and exploitation. Rosia Montana is a village in the Apuseni Mountains in Romania, under threat of being destroyed by a gold mining project in the name of profit.

There are many other fights for access and control around land throughout Europe and elsewhere, and many stories to tell and experiences to share.

If you are or dream of being a peasant, urban gardener, sustainable fisher, bee keeper, activist, … then join us at the 3rd Reclaim the Fields Camp which will take place in Rosia Montana from 21st to 30th September 2011.

We want to create a common space together _ share experiences and realities _ exchange skills and knowledge _ make the movement grow _ put our energies together _ reinforce local movements and struggles _ find the links between each other and other anti-capitalist and anti-colonialist movements_ celebrate our struggles together.

Let us spread the seeds of resistance and grow this camp together!

During this camp we will hold the General Assembly of Reclaim the Fields, to hear updates from campaigns over the last two years and look ahead to the future of the constellation. We will also create opportunities to learn about access to land and food sovereignty, and make real plans and exchanges of seeds, ideas for direct action, resistance, agricultural practices, gender issues...

The program is participative and will involve a large variety of workshops, practical activities, cultural events and most of all, time to get to know each other to share and learn. We depend on contributions by all participants, so if you want to hold a workshop, if you are an artist, a collective, or have other skills you want to share, contact us and contribute to the richness of the camp.

Program proposals should be send by the 1st of July.

The kitchen and the logistics of the camp are organized collectively. You will be a part of the camp as it happens. We want to hold this camp as a children-friendly space. Childcare will be organized collectively so that every person can be able to participate as he-she pleases.

We will ask for donations, but people who have difficulties coming to the camp for financial reasons, can contact us and we will try to find financial support to make your coming possible.

Check out www.reclaimthefields.org for more info and register as soon as possible.

Contact: camp2011@reclaimthefields.org

PUTTING TOGETHER THE NEXT RECLAIM THE FIELDS CAMP PROGRAM

Hello as you may know we are organizing our next Reclaim the Fields camp in Romania from the 21th to 30 of september._

During our last assemblies, lots of ideas about content for the camp have been brought up. _

Now the process is moving on, as we are trying to shape the program of the upcoming camp.In this collective process the camp is dependant on everybodys contributions!_

So please, if you want to hold a workshop, are an artist/collective and would like to perform, or know people who would like to contribute to the camp's program, please let us know at "program [at] reclaimthefields [dot] org" before the 1rst of June!

We also need more people to get involved in the preparation of the camp itself.

hoping to read you soon

the program team..._

IMPORTANT: If you want to help us building this camp you can contact the differents team at:

program@reclaimthefields.org Program/Methodology

fundraising@reclaimthefields.org

logistics@reclaimthefields.org

camp2011@reclaimthefields.org General Question about the camp

caravan@reclaimthefields.org Project to go to eastern europe to promote the Camp

easterneurope@reclaimthefields.org Collecting contacts of people or organisation that would be interested in the Camp

Or if you want to joint the team that Organise the Camp please register to the mailing list below.

http://lists.reclaimthefields.org/mailman/listinfo/camp-working-group

Source : http://www.reclaimthefields.org/