The Gaia International Festival is an international gathering of citizens coming together to address the social/ecological problems affecting our Sea and Earth. This event will include discussions, workshops, speakers, music, art, film and theatre.

It will take place for one week of 2010 from the 19th to the 26th of June. It will be located on the coast and in the mountains stretching from Maratea in the region of Basilicata to Amantea in Calabria.

We are inviting delegations from all the countries that border the Mediterranean Sea as well as delegations from all over the world.

The Baltic Sea is one of the most radioactively polluted water bodies in the world - thus we think it is important to inform about nuclear power and its risks. The idea is to arrange an infotour around the Baltic Sea in summer 2010. That way we want to come in contact with local initiatives, carry out actions, take part in information events and organize some of those events ourselves, have network meetings with local activists, spread information about nuclear issues and maybe other topics, too.

Interested in Carfree cities? Sustainable transport? Cycling activism? Urban design? Streets for people? Want to go abroad and experience something new and exciting while working for an NGO? If yes, then apply for a one-year EVS volunteer position with the World Carfree Network (WCN).

July 31 - August 11

near Berlin, Germany

We invite you to learn about D.I.Y. solar power use for warm water and cooking, to build together a solar shower and a solar oven, to discuss alternatives and lot more!

More info: Write to seminar (at) das-dorf.org

Social centres, squats, infoshops, free parties, protest camps, hacklabs and convergence centres... Autonomous spaces come in many forms and have often served as important bases of resistance for popular movements and struggles. In this newsletter we take a closer look at social centres around Europe, examining some of their potential strengths and weaknesses as projects for social change and looking at current struggles around protecting autonomous spaces.

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On March 11 and 12 2010 the education ministers of 46 European countries will celebrate the 10-years anniversary of the Bologna-process in Vienna and Budapest. Considering the current situation and the ongoing protests in many European Universities this celebration is a mockery for all of us. Not only has the Bologna-process clearly failed to achieve the agreed goals of improved mobility; it also led to more restrictions for students and their studies and to greater social selection of access to higher education in general. This is an International call for participation:

Climate Justice Action and others in direct action radical climate movements are bringing together a meeting to evaluate recent resistance to climate colonialism and to consider what's next. Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th February 2010 in AMSTERDAM: Plantagedoklaan 8-12, 1018 CM.

Despite the unexpected level of police repression at the Climate Summit demonstrations in Copenhagen, Denmark, thousands of protesters kept up the fight for ten days of action against the bankrupt United Nations climate conference, COP15, at the end of 2009. With this newsletter we take a look back at what happened.

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While EYFA has focused a lot of its projects on climate justice throughout its history 2009 has seen climate change as one of the main priorities for our network. Because of this we share below a mini-update on EYFA's own plans during the COP15 in Copenhagen. This will be followed up in November with further details on the wider mobilisation and practical details for all those planning to travel to Denmark in December to take part in the actions/demonstrations. .on Cooling Our Futures - EYFA gathering alongside COP15 Climate Summit in Copenhagen

Over the past few years Climate Action Camps have sprung up around Europe and around the world. Taking inspiration from the 2006 UK Camp for Climate Action, the camps tend to bring together the aims education, sustainability, direct action and movement. This summer EYFA got involved with the first Dutch-Belgian Climate Action Camp and this newsletter is a look back on it. You can also find links on the various other camps that took place this summer at the bottom of the newsletter. .on Climate Action Camps