Starting Date: 07-01-2014
Ending Date: 07-07-2014
Southern Cascadia
Oregon
United StatesTo whom it may concern (biocentric activists, dissidents, dreamers, doers, rabble rousers, and trouble makers, etc.):
We are pleased to announce that this summer’s Annual Earth First! Round River Rendezvous will be held in Southern Cascadia (Western Oregon-California border region) from July 1st-7th. Save the date!
This is a critical time for our movement in the Pacific Northwest. To the North, coal and oil companies are trying to use the Columbia River– a major artery of our bioregion– to export fossil fuels abroad and ship gargantuan, earth-destroying machinery to the Alberta Tar sands. In the far reaches of Southern Cascadia, the road builders are clearing ancient oak trees and draining the wetlands of Little Lake Valley– all in the name of convenience. And, as always, from the Redwood Coast to the Cascade Mountains, chainsaws threaten to destroy the fragile biodiversity of our region’s forests.
Yet, in the spirit of Cascadia, we are fighting back: sitting in trees, blocking the roads, marching in the streets, howling in the offices and courtrooms, and standing in solidarity with our friends who are fighting for their indigenous lands. Come for the rondy week, stay for a Cascadian summer and plug into regional campaigns!
With respect for the enormous span of our region, the 2014 Round River Rendezvous will be hosted by a coalition of activists hailing from multiple hometowns and biocentric organizations. Our scouting team is still out and about, but we will most likely gather somewhere in the geological region known as “the Klamath Knot”. The Klamath Knot, which contains 11 wilderness areas and an amazing diversity of endemic plant species, is appropriately the meeting place of three major mountain ranges: the Southern Cascades, the Sierra Nevadas, and the Coast Range. It is also rumored that the wandering lone wolf “OR-7” is currently residing somewhere in the Klamath Mountains.
We will post more info come spring, directions by mid-June. If you’ve never been to a Rondy’ before, come expecting fireside song and story, hikes in the wilderness, workshops, group meals, friendship, and all kinds of rowdiness. Cascadia loves to party, and we can’t wait to host!
For the Wild and Rowdy,
The 2014 Round River Rendezvous Organizing CrewGeographical Scope: National Conference |
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