Garden Play Day & G8 Convergence Space Planning

antrim | anti-capitalism | event notice Friday May 20, 2005 17:30 by belfast grassroots against the g8 g8belfast at doyourservice dot com 0770 470 8172

Part of Belfast Weekend of Dissent!

Sun 29th 1pm
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Creating green space in the city & planning for the Dissent! Convergence Space in July in Scotland.

Since St. Patrick's Day 2003 a group of guerrilla gardener's in Belfast have been taking over derelict land, turning a derelict dumping ground into an oasis of weeds, tree's, shrubs, herbs & veg...

They regularly host garden play days a space for people to come together, hang out, work/play, garden, drink tea, scheme & plot, natter, make banners, fix bikes, cook food on a fire, make friends, influence people & have fun.

Sundays gardening day will probably include all of the above & also at 2pm there'll be a meeting to learn about the Dissent! Convergence Space(s) in Scotland.

Around 10,000 people are anticipated at the convergence space for the week of Dissent 4th-10th July so it's a lot of logistics to sustain folk participating in creative protest & action.( water,food, toilets, power, etc...)

The logistics (not to mention decision making) will be much more manageable if the camp is organised into smaller units. At the moments it's looking like the convergence space will be organised along a 'barrio'/'neighbourhood' system, (similar to the No Borders Camp in Strasbourg a few years back & the Anamasse camp during the G8 in Evian).

It's looking at the minute that the barrio's will be hinged around kitchens... As food is always a natural convergence -a good time for discussion decision making etc...

The Belfast Food Not Bombs are planning to help set up an Irish Barrio. This will be hinged around a kitchen to feed 1000 with the Bitchin Kitchen Crew from Cork & The Certain Death Vegan Cafe kids from in Dublin to set.

Come along to the meeting & find out more about how to get involved.