Are you tired of listening to depressing reports of climate change, melting ice caps, extinction rates rising, and the expansion of dirty energy like coal and fracking? Do you want to preserve wilderness or defend your local landbase, but don’t know where to start? Then the Piedmont Direct Action Camp is for you! We’ll be hosting speakers and trainers from our local area, the western mountains, and from groups like Rainforest Action Network and Greenpeace. We’ll be offering to teach skills like:
Climate Change & Effective Action for the Planet
Nonviolent Civil Disobedience & Direct Action
Tree Climbing
Creative Blockades
Local Flora / plant walks/ wild edibles/ plant & mushroom identification
Fracking Infrastructure/ Fracking 101
Working with the media/messaging for actions
Biocentrism
Primitive Skills (fire making, shelter making)
Legal Support for actions/Know Your Rights
Security Culture
Two Live Performances by the Mysterious Rabbit Puppet Army, “Donnie Quixote” & “Donny Don’t!”
Campers can arrive Friday night on October 19th. Workshops start sharp on Saturday morning through Sunday evening, and plan to stay through Monday morning to take part in an action to defend our bioregion. All are welcome. Suggested donation of 20-50 dollars to cover meals. Go to our website at www.croatanearthfirst.com to register. Help out by spreading the word on facebook. Posters are available for distribution if you contact us. This will be held near Pittsboro, NC.
