.on Summer Events
Back by popular demand, here is a round up of activists events, gatherings, camps and meetings happening around Europe this summer.
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- Climate Camp Italy
- Queeristan
- Istanbul LGBT Pride Week
- Makvärket Building Festival
- Space Camp
- Climate Camp Belgium
- Animal Rights Gathering
- Anarchist Summer Camp
- War Starts Here
- Ecotopia Bike Tour
- Eco-Camp Khimki-2011
- LUNI Summer Camp
- DIY Bike Fest
- European Hitchhiking Gathering
- Climate Camp Germany
- Earth First Summer Gathering
- Nyeleni Europe Forum on Food Sovereignty
- Olkiluoto NPP Blockade
- No Borders Camp Bulgaria
- International Anti-Nuclear Gathering
- Outdoor Skillshare
- Stop the Arms Fair
- Reclaim the Fields Camp
1. Climate Camp Italy
June 17-19 // Milan, Italy
The first Italian Climate Camp takes place this weekend in Milan. Each day has a different theme, such as 'Soil as a Common Good' on Saturday, and a critical mass on Sunday's 'Hands on the City.'
The camp is part of a campaign to stop Milan's bid to host the 2015 Universal Expo. The camp itself is set up in a newly built district, which is part of the gentrification push taking place to try and secure the Expo.
It might be too late to get in on the action, but you can keep up what has been happening by visiting the websites:
http://www.inventati.org/climatecamp/
2. Queeristan
June 17-19 // Amsterdam, The Netherlands
If you happen to be nearby Amsterdam this weekend, head out to Schijnheilig to take part in a queer weekend of activism and resistance at Queeristan.
Three days of workshops and direct action, which will explore issues of solidarity, privilege, power and sex. From transphobia to sex work, from solidarity to clowning, conversations and workshops will be diverse and work towards “reclaiming our bodies and minds.”
And parties. Don't forget the queertastic parties!
https://queeristan2011.wordpress.com
3. Istanbul LGBT Pride Week
June 20-26 // Istanbul, Turkey
The theme of this year's Istanbul LGBT Pride Week is “taboo.” Events include panel discussions, workshops, film screenings, parties, a picnic, performances, students' gathering, dance workshops, a costume workshop, and more.
For the full programme in english:
4. Makvärket Building Festival
July 1-31 // Knabstrup, Denmark
Makvärket is a huge, old tile and brick factory that is now being turned into a culture and environment collective, creating autonomous spaces for cooking, workshops, circus and loads of practical experiments with sustainability and horizontal democracy.
In July there will be loads of workshops and events; from building compost toilets for festival use, to mobile solar showers, from metal work to dancing, socialising and exchanging dreams and ideas for our common future.
Makvärket is situated in Knabstrup, 80 km from Copenhagen and can be reached by train from Copenhagen main station in an hour.
http://makvaerket.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/summer-construction-festival-2011/
5. Space Camp
July 2-7 // Northern Moldova
Space Camp is a self-organised camp about the organisation of free spaces, for all people interested in alternative forms of culture and living together.
The camp will take place in a park with several abandoned buildings, a lake and natural, isolated surroundings. The aim is to make the area usable in the longer-term, and also to share ideas and experiences via workshops, discussions and communal living.
The organisers are asking for participants to contact them by June 25th to help with planning and preparations.
6. Climate Camp Belgium
July 6-11 // Antwerp, Belgium
This year's Belgian Climate Camp will focus on emissions trading and the impact of new road infrastructure around Antwerp. Everyone is invited to come along for a week full of interesting workshops, meetings, ecological living and direct action.
http://climate-justice-action.be/
7. Animal Rights Gathering
July 15-17 // Dutch countryside, near Amsterdam
The International Animal Rights Gathering is an annual event which brings together activists from all over the world for a weekend of workshops, talks, discussions, films, information stalls, entertainment and networking. The aim of the Gathering is to promote and improve co-operation and co-ordination between activists from many different countries, with the aim of building a strong coherent global movement to fight animal exploitation and spread compassion.
8. Anarchist Summer Camp
July 18-25 // Austria
The Anarchist Summer Camp in Austria will bring together people from different places, regions and with different experiences and backgrounds in order to test a liberated life. Everyone is invited who can identify with emancipation and domination-critical ideas. You do not know with any theories or already be active in a collective.
What happens at the camp will depend on what you make of it and what will emerge spontaneously on site. There is not a finished program, rather it is about to engaging, stimulating discussions and workshops. The end of the camp is a reflection of those present, so everyone is responsible for the everyday things that can arise to the camp and to keep it going.
There is no fixed organisation team this year, but some individuals have organised enough money to pay the fee on a camp site and collected ideas about how the camp might look like. Since there is no fixed organisation team, “the whole cycle of the camp reflects the means of all people attending the camp.”
A list of things which are needed can be found on:
http://de.anarchopedia.org/A-Camp_2011/AST
Further information about the camp can be found at:
http://a-camps.net/ASThttp://de.anarchopedia.org/A-Camp_2011/AST.
9. War Starts Here
July 22-29 // Luleå, Sweden
The 22-29th of July, Luleå in northern Sweden: War Starts Here! Join the international action camp against the NEAT military exercise area, the biggest military training ground in Europe. There will be a huge mass action on the 26th of July, and seminars with translations every day at the camp. Join to protest against all violent expressions of militarism.
For more info, see http://warstartshere.com/en/actioncamp