About the event

Global ecology not global economy: Join Norfolk Wildlife Trust and the Mayday Rooms for a deep dive into activism and the history of ecological resistance.

In the 1990s, living in a tree on the route of a planned bypass was where it was at. Everyone spent all their time down tunnels, climbing on top of diggers and then dancing all night at outdoor raves.

Well, OK, that wasn't everyone and not every day was like that, but...

The British ecological direct action movement of the 1990s pioneered tree villages and tunnels as tactics of resistance against the destruction of nature by road building, quarrying and a spreading tide of concrete as well as resisting deforestation, car culture and genetic engineering. Many wild places only exist today because of these actions taken in the past!

Today, the wave of ecological direct action around XR and JSO has inspired and politicised a whole new generation. But we face a seemingly overwhelming ecological crisis as well as unprecedented legal crackdowns on nonviolent protest tactics. What can we take for the future from the histories of our movements?

Come and join archivists from the Mayday Rooms for a unique online exploration of the history of ecological activism, delving into the wealth of original materials from the Mayday Rooms' collection.

MayDay Rooms is an archive of radical social movements and experimental culture. It has recently catalogued a new collection of materials from the 1990s and 2000s ecological direct action movement. For more, visit the MayDay Rooms' unique collection of archive materials from the time: maydayrooms.org

This is an Online event - an invitation will be sent 1 week before.

Please join us at 6pm - talk starts at 6.05pm.