Kingsnorth: Climate Camp Neighbourhoods

How the West Midlands neighbourhood works:

Each morning, the neighbourhood has a meeting that feeds back to the main site meeting through delegates. These meetings are based on non-hierarchical consensus techniques and have been efficient and productive. Any problems are resolved, tasks are divided and any camp-wide issues are discussed.

Workshops form an integral part of each day. They are wide-ranging, based mainly on participatory discussion rather than passive consumption of information.

They have focussed on political, technological and philosophical issues, and have included talks on the science of climate change, ecofeminism, the relevance of the miners strike, and the potential impact of a new Kingsnorth coal plant.

There have also been vegan cake making classes, banner making sessions and instruction in direct action techniques. In the evenings there is live entertainment, including performance poetry, a celidh and Seize the Day.