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Programme of workshops for the
Big Blether 2002
(Subject to change.)

Friday evening

8.30pm Welcome Plenary — what you need to know for the weekend

9.30pm Michael Cropley — The Zapatista Communities in Struggle

Saturday

Space

10.00 — 11.20

break

11.40 — 1pm

lunch

2 .30— 3.50

break

4.10 — 5.30

dinner

7.30pm

John Watson Think Globally, Act Locally

1

Liz and Iain (Talamh) Eco Co-operative games

Max

Direct action tactics

Discussion and information

Chris Atton — Grass roots Media — opportunities and problems

Mark

Dealing with the media — mainstream and alternative

2

Tara

Environmental Justice Agents in Scotland

John Barnabus

Housing co-ops — an intro

Hoosie (Faslane)

Practical protest skills (provisional)

Anita — Local Exchange and Trading Systems (LETS)

3

Julie

Rising tide and climate change

Rhiannon

Facilitation training

Ulla and Gary

Radical song workshop

Nick Wilding Eco-music

4

Jane Tallents

Defending yourself in court

Graham

Refugee issues

Phil Jones

Anti — war / building a scottish network

 

Joan Higginson / Bilston wood

No Alignment Action Group

8.30pm

Jenny Gaiawyn

Peaceful Intervention in War Situations

5

Edinburgh Animal rights

WFC

Anarcho-feminism

Jamie

Identity and politics of sexuality

Cloudberry

Women’s health

6

Karen — Argentina video

Karen — Itioz dam — video and discussion

Karen — Woomera video

No Borders discussion

Helen

Gartocher Terrace

Crafts space

Alex (Talamh)

Herbal Medicine Walk

Max

Linux and using recycled hardware

 

Sunday

Space

10 — 11.20

break

11.40 — 1.00

lunch

2.00 — 3.15

3.15 — 4pm

4.10 — 5.30

1

Paula

Earth ships Fife



Plenary and feed- back session

Robin Harper — Green Politics

Mark — Scottish Parliament — Is it any use?

2

Abby (Talamh)

Home Education

Future of
Counter-info
newsheet

 



3

Karen — Prague video

Rhiannon

Consensus

Karen — Black Panthers video

4

Carlo

GM - tactics

Jan Nimmo

Banana Link

 

Anti-capitalism

5

Ian (Talamh)

Gaia

Jane Astbury

Eco-feminism

Panda

Co-counselling

6

Anita and Geoff

Permaculture — introduction and networking

Max — Fund-raising (if demand)

Craft space

Tartan Heather (Talamh) Hand wool spinning and natural dyeing

Anna (Talamh) Building a Geodesic dome demo

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