Keynote guests:
Will Horter, Executive Director, Dogwood Initiative;
Mike Roselle, co-founder of Earth First!, Rainforest Action Network, Ruckus Society, etc (Mike is still working on getting permission to enter Canada);
Chief Qwatsinas, House of Smayusta, Nuxalk Nation;
Joe Foy, Campaign Director, Western Canada Wilderness Committee

Workshops & Presentations:
- Climate change action
- Activist Security 101
- Green Scare update
- Wild Women Circle
- Eco-war in Tasmania
- Herbal Healing
- Non-violence Training
- Tree-climbing and Tree-sitting
- Grassy Narrows First Nation vs. Weyerhaeuser
- Legal Rights for Arrestees
- G8 Germany Resistance
- Secwepemc Nation vs. Sun Peaks
- Mt. Elphinstone Defence Campaign
- Banner-making
- Anarchist Action
- Safe Harvest
- Chant to be Heard
- Natural Selection Forestry
- Resisting the Olympics Roundtable

Schedule of Events

Note: More events and speakers are still being confirmed. All sessions are held at the discretion of the presenters, and times are subject to change. A daily schedule will be posted and updated.

Sunday, May 27^th – Langford BC: Picnic at the Bear Mountain Tree Sit, 2 to 8 pm. Meet the Bear Mountain action crew and Wild Earth volunteers, get a lesson in tree-climbing, bring a dish to pass and supplies for the camp. Info and directions (bus from Victoria): http://treesit.blogspot.com. 250-885-8219

Friday June 1^st
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 2^nd
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 3^rd
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 4^th
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 5^th
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 6^th
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 7^th
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

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