We now have a blogspot, for late-breaking Wild Earth Updates:
http://wildearth2007.blogspot.com/

Check the story here:
http://mostlywater.org/the_wild_and_the_human

Registration is open, please RSVP!

Happy day!

The Wild Earth 2007 Rendezvous will be held at Hadikin Lake, near the Upper Walbran Valley on southern Vancouver Island. Two dozen workshops are scheduled, including several presentations by First Nations activists.

The camp is on a small lake with a fringe of old growth forest on Ditidaht territory, with good drinking water and a dock for swimming. Hadikin Lake is two hours drive down logging roads from Lake Cowichan. This informal campsite on Crown land is free and has no electricity, plumbing, or other amenities. (The Wild Earthlings will provide meals, snacks, water, wash stations, and latrines.)

A photo of Hadikin Lake and a Google map image are posted on the Wild Earth blog: http://wildearth2007.blogspot.com

Ride shares and shuttle vans are being arranged to bring folks to the camp. A driving map and directions will be posted shortly. Folks who either want to request a ride or provide one for a fellow traveler can send an email to ZoeBlunt (at) gmail (dot) com. (Let us know where you're coming from and what day)

Presenters: please let us know what day and time you'd like to hold your sessions so we can put together the schedule. ZoeBlunt (at) gmail (dot) com

Volunteers: please contact Cristina to confirm you're coming and which days you'd like to help out. itspossible (at) wildmail (dot) com

We would like to thank the Ditidaht First Nation for giving permission for us to camp on their land.

Thanks to everyone for all your support!

Zoe

Friday June 1st
Camp set up, tree climbing set up, volunteer orientations (all day)
10 am – Welcome from the organizers – Zoe Blunt (Wild Earth)
12 noon – Lunch
1 pm – Keynote address: Civil Disobedience Against Climate Change – Will Horter, (executive director, Dogwood Initiative)
3 pm – Ditidaht Nation welcome (not confirmed)
5 pm – Dinner
6 pm – Keynote address: The Great Bear Rainforest and First Nation Title and Rights – Chief Qwatsinas (House of Smayusta, Nuxalk Nation)
8 pm – Campfire discussion: Indigenous environmental justice

Saturday June 2nd
Tree climbing training (schedule to be determined)
10 am – Activist Security 101 – Clara J (Darren Thurston Support Group)
10 am – Stopping the Gateway Project – (not confirmed)
12 noon – Lunch
1 pm - Miywâsin-wayawîwinîk - Beautiful Outside Home: A First Nations
performance by Rob Hunter (Cree/Metis), and discussion about indigenous environmental perspective.
3 pm – Green Scare Update – Clara J (Darren Thurston Support Group)
3 pm – Rising Tide Climate Action – Brian (Rising Tide), Pat Rasmussen (World Temperate Rainforest Project)
5 pm – Dinner
6 pm – Legal Rights for Arrestees – Peter Edelmann (Edelmann Legal Services)
6 pm – Plant Identification walk – Brian (Rising Tide)
8 pm – Campfire discussion: Campaign roundup, strategies for action

Sunday June 3rd
Tree climbing training (schedule to be determined)
10 am – Eco War in Tasmania - Bec MacGuire, Pat Rasmussen (World Temperate Rainforest Project)
10 am – Media Tactics for Activists – Andrea Langlois (CMAQ)
12 noon – Lunch
1 pm – Sustainable Building – Mudgirls
1 pm – Survival Skills – Tyler Sparks
3 pm – Q & A: Ask an Herbalist – Jasmyn (Wellness Centre)
3 pm – Bannerama! Banner-making – Jen Fisher Bradley (Women for Water)
5 pm – Dinner
6 pm – Keynote address: Saving the Pieces: How to Protect the Last of the Old Growth Forest – Joe Foy (Western Canada Wilderness Committee)
8 pm – Campfire discussion: Campaign roundup, surviving civilization

Monday June 4th
Tree climbing training (schedule to be determined)
10 am – Non-violent Direct Action Training – Brian (Rising Tide), David Sone (Rainforest Action Network)
12 noon – Lunch
1 pm – Non-violent Direct Action Training, part two
3 pm – Saving Wild Buffalo – Kalanu (Buffalo Field Campaign)
3 pm– Theatre as a Tool for Change – Esther Muirhead
5 pm – Dinner
6 pm – Radical Silk Screening demonstration – Tim (Wild Earth)
8 pm – Campfire discussion: civil disobedience

Tuesday, June 5th
10 am – Tree Climbing Training – David Sone (RAN)
12 noon – Lunch
1 pm – Protect Clayoquot Sound – Pat Rasmussen (WTRP)
3 pm – Underground and Above-ground Activism – Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC)
5 pm – Dinner
6 pm – Grassy Narrows First Nation vs. Weyerhaeuser - Caitlin Perry, David Sone (RAN)
8 pm – Campfire discussion

Wednesday, June 6th
10 am – Necessity of Local Food Production in the face of Climate Change and Peak oil – Steve Baker, Ann Van Caloen, Max Thayson (Dynamic Cities Project)
12 noon – Lunch
1 pm – Necessity of Local Food Production in the face of Climate Change and Peak oil – Part 2
3 pm – Dealing with Police Repression – SHAC
5 pm – Dinner
6 pm – Herbal First Aid – Garliq
8 pm – Campfire discussion

Thursday, June 7th
10 am – Herb Walk – Garliq
12 noon – Lunch
1 pm – Direct Action 101: What Action for What Kind of Campaign – (SHAC)
3 pm – unscheduled
5 pm – Dinner (leftovers)
6 pm – Closing circle – Wild Earth 2008
8 pm – Campfire discussion