Green Gathering
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The Green Gathering movement provided a key way for diverse activists from different parts of the broad 'ecology-green' movement to meet together.
Archived: July 2017
The precursor of the green gatherings was organised under the Ecology Party in 1980 as a Summer Gathering for Eco members. There was no Glastonbury music festival this year and Michael Eavis allowed use of the site at Worthy Farm in August. As the leaflet makes clear it was a fairly loosely organised affair.
Archived: June 2017
The second gathering was still called "Ecology Party Summer Gathering" but was trying to broaden its appeal to "the ecology movement as a whole". Glastonbury music festival was held in June'81 after taking a year off in 1980 and was linked with CND. The summer gathering was held a month later also at Worthy Farm courtesy of Michael Eavis.
Archived: May 2017
This sheet appears to come from an edition of GreenLine in 1982 (the Glasgow Hillhead by-election mentioned by Cadogan was on 25th March). Both articles are relevant to the debate between political "vanguardist" and movement building "consensus" approaches to development of green-ism.
Archived: June 2017
Archived: June 2017
Poster for 1982 gathering at Worthy Farm with details on reverse side
Archived: May 2017
Poster which doubles as flyer for Gathering event on 6th/7th August in Northern Ireland. Aug 6th Hiroshima Day billed as a 24hr non-violent blockade of RAF Bishopscourt near Downpatrick. 7th Aug billed as a green gathering on Ecology Politics. Hand-drawn image featuring a "Cullybackey CND" banner.
Archived: May 2017
Appears to be from GreenLine. David Taylor argues that both political and non-political action are essential and that the diverse elements of the broad green movement need to find common ground.
Archived: May 2017
List of proposed Green Gathering dates from May to Sept 1983. 16 events listed plus a "Green Economic Gathering" in Cheltenham in Sept., 9 annotated in pencil as confirmed. Gives dates, title and organiser contact details (name, postal address and telephone for each event.
Archived: May 2017
Poster/flyer for Stop Torness (nuclear power station near Dunbar, Scotland) event on May Bank Holiday 1983. Poster features image of crowd holding hands around a reactor with a tree sprouting from its cracked shell. Leaflet draws connection between nuke power and weapons. A "walk for life" from Faslane to Greenham Common arrives at Torness on Bank Holiday Monday.
Archived: May 2017
Flyer/poster for Kettering Green Day in Westfield Gardens on 4th June 1983. Poster side users world in sunflower image. Rear text defines "Green" in seven bullet points and stresses the intention to bring together diverse local groups in the area - movement building - and also to have a celebration.
Archived: May 2017
Flyer/poster for "Green Moon Gathering" event at Pry House, Alston, Cumbria from 14th to 17th July 1983. Rear has text giving some background to an event the previous year which this builds on and relating it to Ecology Party principles of decentralised democracy, cooperation, non-violence and respect for the earth and future generations.
Archived: May 2017
The Glastonbury Gathering moved from Worthy Farm to nearby Lamberts Hill Farm. In 1982 the new Local Government Act had required a licence for "public entertainments" with the local authority able to impose conditions.
Archived: June 2017
Poster for 1983 gathering at Lamberts Farm near Glastonbury with details on reverse
Archived: May 2017
Archived: May 2017
