Farming a Cool Planet & Living Alternatives
Malmo 16-21th September 2008

European Coordination of Via Campesina and Young Friends of the Earth Europe invite you to:
Farming a Cool Planet- Living Alternatives
The youth camp alongside the next European Social Forum in Malmo.

The Camp Programme

	Tuesday 16th	Wednesday 17th	Thursday 18th	Friday 19th	Saturday 20th	Sunday 21st
	Arrival and building camp	Consumption and production	Collective local initiatives	Access to land	ESF demonstration (day in Malmo)	Camp end
0900- 1200		Workshop: Reproducing Farm Seeds	Workshop: Consumer- Producer associations	Workshop: Access to Land	WTOpoly, Action on Agrofuel	Assembly of Social movements, at official ESF
1400- 1700		Workshop: Making Cheese	Visiting a working farm	Workshop: youth recruitment for farming	Youth block at ESF demonstration	Cleaning up and dismantling camp
1700- 1900	Open space for workshops	Open space for workshops	Testimonies and debate on colective farming	Climate Action in Malmo (1600-1700)
20.30-	Camp Assembly	Camp Assembly, with guest international speakers	Camp Assembly, with local music afterwards	Concluding Assembly on food sovereignty and climate change

Participate!

There will be 200 young people living and learning at the Farming a Cool Planet & Living Alternatives youth camp for 5 days. The above programme of workshops and activities are open to all! Please feel free to take a bit of time out from the official ESF program and visit our practical, alternative youth camp. As well as these activities, 50 participants from Young FoEE will be taking part in climate action training workshops throughout the week, as part of their 'Countdown to Poz'n'Hagen' Project.

How to find us:

Trains run between Malmo and Hoor every 20 minutes, between 5 am and 1 am. The cost is approx 8 euro. From the Hoor central station, the camp is a 20 minute walk- just follow the sign posts directing you to Holma's Farm! The address is: Stiftelsen Holma, Holma 10024394, Hoor.

Camp Background

The youth camp will be a place to exchange, learn and implement practical alternatives to the current consumerist system. We are young people from different European countries, concerned about food, farming and climate change - some of the most important questions of our time, which have an impact on billions of people's lives. We are convinced that we can change the world by unifying reflection and action, thoughts and practice. For this reason, we are holding this camp at the same time as the 5th European Social Forum.
Over the last sixty years, the replacement of sustainable family farming by industrial and corporate-controlled ways of production and consumption has lead to a worldwide food and environmental crisis, and is a main driver of climate change.
In order to confront these crisis, both radical political change and changes in Western lifestyles are needed. We want to build here and now other ways of living, of working, of consuming, of acting together. Sustainable living and family farming can help to decide about our own lives, counter the increasing control of corporations over all aspects of our lives, and guarantee a future for generations to come.

The camp will be organized with the participation of all people staying there (through a collective kitchen, a daily assembly to organize the life in the camp, etc.). Within the camp, practical workshops will be organized on different topics including:? producers-consumers association, house self-building, growing farm seeds, producing local and autonomous energy, a critical consumers city guide-tour, WTO-poly. There will also be briefings on and action preparation for the? up-coming climate change mobilisations in Poznan and Copenhagen in 2008 and 2009.

About 200 people will be able to stay in the camp. The workshops will be open to all, whether staying in the camp or not. There will be no fee to take part in the camp, but you will be invited to contribute to costs of meals.

What: Youth Camp by Via Campesina and Young Friends of the Earth Europe
When: 16-21 September
Where: Hoor, close to Malmo, Sweden
Who: 200 people building and living at the camp, activities programme open to all!
Costs: travel costs, contribution to meals (approx 5 euro a day), ESF-fee (if you want to attend ESF)
If you wish to receive more information or to get involved, please contact us:
youthcampmalmo@collectifs.net

Who are we:
The European youth group of Via Campesina gathers young farmers and young people who wish to become farmers. Since 2007, we have started to develop joint analyses and joint strategies to facilitate access to sustainable family farming for young people in Europe. www.viacampesina.org
Young Friends of the Earth Europe (Young FoEE) is a youth network within Friends of the Earth Europe. Its aim is to bring together young people and youth organisations from all over Europe to work together on pressing environmental issues such as climate change in a European context. We want to give politicians, businesses and the general public the youth perspective on environmental issues. www.foeeurope.org/youngfoee
The Youth camp at the ESF is the first part of the Young FoEE 2008 project: Countdown to Poz`n`Hagen: The Young Friends of the Earth Climate.

Supporting organisations:
Foltbiologerna (Nature and Youth, Sweden): www.skanesfaltbiologer.se
NordBruks (Via Campesina Sweden): www.nordbruk.org
Miljoforbundet Jordens Vonner (FoE Sweden): www.mjv.se
Latinamerikagrupperna/UBV: www.latinamerikagrupperna.se
FIAN Sweden: www.fian-sverige.org
BUNDjugend (Young FoE Germany): www.bundjugend.de