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29.07.08 Climate camp caravan - film stop.

Billy Macrae | 30.07.2008 19:54 | Climate Camp 2008 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Free Spaces | Globalisation | London | World

Images from Tuesday's stop for the climate camp caravan as it makes its way from Heathrow airport to Kingsnorth Power Station.
The caravan stopped at the Synergy Centre, near Oval in London. Around 30-50 people watched a film about sustainability in Cuba, on a cycle-powered cinema. Afterwards there was a Q+A session with climate camp staff, London councillors and other green - thinkers.

UK, London. Oval. Climate camp caravanners watching cycle-powered cinema.
UK, London. Oval. Climate camp caravanners watching cycle-powered cinema.

UK, London. Oval. Climate camp caravanners watching cycle-powered cinema.
UK, London. Oval. Climate camp caravanners watching cycle-powered cinema.

UK, London. Oval. Speaker at the evening discussion at the Synergy centre.
UK, London. Oval. Speaker at the evening discussion at the Synergy centre.

UK, London. Oval. Speaker at the evening discussion at the Synergy centre.
UK, London. Oval. Speaker at the evening discussion at the Synergy centre.

UK, London. Oval. Speakers getting a grilling from the caravan crowd.
UK, London. Oval. Speakers getting a grilling from the caravan crowd.

UK, London. Oval. Speakers respond to questions from caravan crowd.
UK, London. Oval. Speakers respond to questions from caravan crowd.


The climate camp caravanners stopped at the Synergy centre in Oval for a scheduled break from their travels on Tuesday evening.
Around 30-50 people of varying backgrounds and ages settled in for the night, and after a home-made meal they watched a film about sustainable living in Cuba, and how to introduce techniques for sustainable living into their lives here in the UK. The film was shown on a cycle-powered cinema, which featured 2 bicycles, allowing people to swap when they got tired without loss of power.
Afterwards the group gathered together for a group discussion about sustainability, which began with speeches by a Camden councillor, two environmental thinkers and a member of the climate camp staff. The theme of the evening was very much about how to try and ensure the communities in which the caravanners live become as self-sufficient and environmentally friendly as soon as humanly possible.
Finally, an exhausted caravan did their best to absorb it all and wash up before crashing for the night.

In a few days time the caravan will arrive at the site at Kingsnorth, whose site has already been claimed by the Campers, in preparation for their arrival...

Onward.
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Images copyright Billy Macrae 2008.

These lo-res versions may be distributed in connection with Climate Camp, and the issues related to it. For hi-res versions, drop me a line.

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An edit of these images, and others on similar themes, may be found on my photo-blog...

 http://www.billymacrae.blogspot.com/

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elegant

12.08.2008 22:16

Hey Billy, I'm not sure which of the occasionally materialising caravan photographers you were, but the shots of the Heathrow conference and these are truly beautiful. Thanks for doing such great documentation.

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