Summer Gathering Programme 2011

Sunday 19 June

Join us for fun and games from 2pm onwards

Image © Cristina Martinez

2pm onwards - Arrivals at Oxford Station and lifts to Yolbury Scout Camp where general fun and team building activities will take place!
6pm Dinner - the first of many delicious veggie meals cooked and served by us
7pm till late - Opening circle and merriment around the bonfire

Where next for the Going Greener campaign?

Sharing skills to create Transition Universities.

Morning:

The No-Nonsense Guide to Climate Change – Overview of latest climate science & politics with author & activist Danny Chivers
Where next for Going Greener? - Campaign overview and your chance to help shape the year ahead
Transition Skills- Learn a range of news skills to help you escalate small-scale grassroots projects into carbon-cutting successes
The Green League in action - How to use this year’s Green League results to transform your university’s green performance

Afternoon:

Zero Waste skill share - How to set-up and run an end-of-term halls recycling project
Transition Energy skills share - How to set-up and run a Big Green Makeover project
Low Carbon Diets skills share - How to set-up and run a successful veg box scheme or food co-op.
Transition Travel skills share - How to get your university to reduce business flights
Tarmageddon - Introduction to the Beaver Lake Tarsands exchange and solidarity campaign planning

Evening:

Go Green Week celebration - A light-hearted look back on Go Green Week 2011 and plotting
TALENT SHOW & BONFIRE - bring your guitar, singing voice, stories to tell, juggling balls or whatever your talent is!

Find out how to plan an eye-catching stunt!

Morning:

Introduction to Buy Right/Advanced Buy Right
“Escalation - Visioning, campaign strategy, and how to kick off till you win”
University politics and lobbying - Making change happen.
Movement building for the Buy Right campaign

Afternoon:

Train the trainer - How to train, inspire and empower others on your campus.
Solidarity - Building solidarity within your university
plus Frizbee time!
Live Skype Link up with Dominican Republic union activists and US anti-sweatshop students, followed by celebration

Evening

Direct Action training with Seeds for Change

Morning:

Afternoon:

Running awesome meetings- Facilitation skills with leading activist Pete Speller
Communications on campus- How to mobilise people on and offline
Non-Violent Direct Action training with the experts Seeds for Change
Closing circle
5pm END and lifts back to the station