> Hi all
>
> There are currently around a dozen people living on scrubland near Kew
> Bridge, on a site owned by St.George property developers, who want to
> build 150 flats there but have not been granted planning permission. The
> site has been empty for the past 5 years. The occupiers intend to turn the
> site into a sustainable ecovillage and have cleared the site of most of
> the rubbish, put tents up, built a compost toilet and a kitchen, and are
> currently building a communal structure using waste materials. So far the
> ecovillage has full support from the neighbours and those in the nearby
> communities, as well as the local businesses and some unofficial support
> from certain local councillors...
>
> Your help is still needed though! If you want to visit for a day, or
> forever, please come along!
> Any skills/knowledge you have about building will be valued greatly, along
> with any tools you may have. Or even if you know nothing but just want to
> learn, come along too! People with meeting facilitation skills also
> urgently needed!
>
> there is a website
> http://ecocamp.info/
>
> including great ongoing video reportage by Vision On TV
> http://visionontv.org/web/ecocamp.info/ecocamptv
>
> there's an introductory video featuring Phoenix
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bJG-n0IrcM
>
> and a short feature on BBC London news
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZR6E8MgWvk
>
> everyone is welcome to come down and help out with the gardens and
> structures, particularly tomorrow, Saturday 13th June
>
> bring tools, seeds, wood and any unwanted materials likely to be useful,
> particularly:
>
> Big water containers (>10ltrs)
> Oil for bolts
> Screws, bolts, coach bolts.
> Stationary: paper, pens, sticky tape, gaffa tape etc.,
> Banner making material/paints.
> Tarps and similar
> String and rope / polyprop
> Tools particularly spades shovels and forks
> Hose for moving water
> Carpet (not foam backed please)
> Buckets (especially ones with lids like paint comes in)
> Wood, be it firewood or construction wood, pallets etc
> Seedlings, compost, top soil
> Wheel barrows, hand carts, wheelie bins
> Water butts, oil drums, water tanks.
> Pipe, house, guttering
> Rubble bags/sacks
> Kitchen tat, large cooking pots, plates, bowls, mugs, spoons forks etc
>
> there will be an open weekend for the local community next weekend, 20th
> and 21st June
>
> to visit, or to post any seeds or postcards or anything you like, the
> address is
>
> The Eco Village
> 2 Kew Bridge Rd
> Brentford
> TW8 0JF
>
>
> you can also follow the village on twitter:
> http://twitter.com/kewecovillage
>
> and join the facebook group:
> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=88020757939
>
> hope to see you there :)
>
> Alex
>
>
>