2008 Everglades Earth First! Rendezvous in Palm Beach Feb 14

* 2008 Everglades Earth First! Winter Rendezvous Information at
http://www.earthfirst2008oc.info/
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Feb 12th "Pickaxe Film Screening & Discussion". A Benefit for Earth First! Rendezvous in Delray

An arsonist burns 9000 acres of protected old-growth public forest in Oregon that can not be logged unless it burns. To stop the proposed "salvage" logging of this incredible ancient forest, citizens are moved to blockade a road and keep the government out. After facing down a bulldozer and the State Police, the fort now known as the gateway to the Cascadia Free State becomes the focus for a developing community dedicated to protecting ancient forests throughout the mountains of Oregon. The film shows confrontations with disgruntled loggers, mass arrests and a 75 day hunger strike. (94 Min.)

WHEN: Tuesday, February 12, 2008, 6-8pm
WHERE: Backbone Music, 61 SE 4th Ave, Downtown Delray
WHO: Everglades Earth First! and Improvised Action Collective (impAct)

Donations appreciated. Also proceeds go to the 2008 Everglades Earth First! Rendezvous in Palm Beach County.
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Feb 13th Earth First! "Night to Howl" Benefit- Lake Worth

This is a special gift for y’all that show up early! Wednesday evening, starting at 7pm, will be a local ‘Night to Howl’ performance on the patio of the soon-to-be infamous dive bar "The Little Owl," 527 North Dixie Highway, Lake Worth. We will feature some amazing artists from around the country, all for the low low price of $7!:

PERFORMERS:

Son del Centro (California)
Peg Millet (Arizona)
Here’s to the Long Haul (Appalachia)
Lars Din (Florida)

and more...
if you'd like to perform, please get in touch
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EF!
http://www.earthfirst2008oc/info

impAct
groups.myspace.com/improvisedaction

EARTH FIRST! OC/WINTER RENDEZVOUS
PALM BEACH, FL
WEEK BREAKDOWN
http://www.earthfirst2008oc.info/

-Tues., Feb 12, 6-8pm, Earth First! Film Showing and discussion of the movie 'Pickaxe' documenting the direct action campaign known as the Cascadia Free State in Oregon, where environmental protests evolved into an 11 month occupation/road blockade against destructive logging operations. Location: Backbone Records, in Delray Beach, on Atlantic Avenue and 4th Ave
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-Wed., Feb 13, 4:30-6:30pm, Protest DEP at a hearing on the expansion of the West County Energy Center. Let's kick this week off right and make it a carnival! Bring musical instruments and noisemakers Night to howl bands to play (tentative).-Ask why they are ignoring the plants Greenhouse Gas emissions and proximity to the Refuge. Tell them we don't want Any More Fossil Fuel Energy! The 'informational' hearing will continue until 8pm. People are encouraged to stay and make comments on record. Location: Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center, 151 Civic Center Way.

-Wed., Feb 13, 7pm, 'A Night to Howl' kick-off party for the Earth First! Winter Rendezvous featuring activist musicians from across the country: Here's to the Long Haul (Appalachia), Son del Centro (Southern California), Peg Millet (Arizona), Lars Din (Alachua County) and others... Location: the Little Owl Bar in Lake Worth, 527 N Dixie Hwy

- Thur. -Fri., Feb. 14 & 15 - Organizer's Conference.

- Sat.-Sun., Feb. 16 & 17 - Winter Rendezvous; camp out in the woods with over 150 of your radical environmental comrades from all over the world in whats left of the Northern Everglades Ecosystem. featuring workshops, skill-shares, discussions, trainings and Saturday night rally.
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area. Camp (P) South entrance: 16 miles northwest of West Palm Beach, FL- on Seminole Pratt Whitney Road, 3 miles north of Northlake Blvd.
Workshops (tentative)-
-Basic Climb Training -Climate Change & Rising Tide -Crafting with Wild Materials -Direct Action 101 -Ecosystem Based Land Management Schemes -Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk -Everglades (Radical) Restoration -Fighting Plum Creek in Maine -Indigenous Resistance to the Energy Empire -Making Consent Sexy -Marine Ecology-Middle Eastern Environmental Issues -Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining -PANEL: Indigenous peoples´ environmental justice struggles -Primitivist Tools & Survival Skills -Putting Anti-Oppression Theory into Practice -Radical Ecospirituality -Radical Mental & Physical Health -Return of the Nuclear Nightmare -RNC Welcoming Committee -Root Force, I-69, & Anti-Infrastructure Analysis -Sexual Assault in Radical Communities -Stopping the Border Wall/Border Regime -Sustainability & Urban Gardening -Urban Issues - the Connection of Social and Environmental Struggles

-Mon., Feb 18, 8am-11am - Call to Action- March, Rally and Civil Disobedience for the Loxahatchee Refuge and Clean Energy!!
Come join Environmentalists from around the nation and the world as we peacefully make our convictions clear; Down with Unsafe Polluting fuels, Up with Clean and Renewable Energy and Healthy Communities!
The people have tried negotiating with Florida Power and Light, they have tried going through the media, they have petitioned legislators, they have gone to court several times and yet the illegal construction of this destructive and pointless monstrosity called the West County Energy Center continues full speed ahead. In the spirit of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., we say enough is enough, It stops here! Ya Basta!
Meet at the 20-mile bend, Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge entrance off Southern Blvd.

-Mon., Feb. 18 and Fri., Feb. 22, , Panel Discussion; On, the FRONTLINES of the Battle for Clean Energy and Human Dignity: Stories from environmental and indigenous Activists fighting the fossil fuel industry in their local communities. Speakers: Leonardo Cerda, 19, Ecuador, Here's to the Long Haul, Appalachia, US, Lynne Purvis, Palm Beach County Environmental Coalition, US.
Locations: Mon.- Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Campus, Boca Raton FL (exact location and time TBA on the OC/Rendezvous website)
Fri.- 7 pm- Lake Worth Quaker Meeting House. 823 N. A St Lake Worth, FL