G'day. We are writing a book called DIRECTORY TO ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION that we would love you to help us with if you could spare a bit of time!! The plan is to put together a collection of as many actions as we can think of and turn them into an accessible resource for grass roots groups. We hope that the book will be full of creative, empowering, non-violent direct actions that will save activists some stress and spark a bit of inspiration. The book will also inform readers about some of the risks involved,and give some indication of the amount of planning and organisation needed to bring these actions to life. We also hope that the book will be a way of giving recognition for some of the amazing work that you've all been doing! If you agree, well include your names, state and smily faces as well. (we're still getting legal advice on all of this) SO. What we would love you to do is to tell us about as many actions as you'd like, and tell us WHEN and WHERE it happened. Describe the action with as much context and explanation as you think you'll need, but we might have to edit things a bit later on so that each of the actions are in a standard format and easy to read. A couple of images of the action would be much appreciated too, because we want it to loud as speccy as possible! We will aslo have a key for each action to give readers an instant understanding of a few factors that we feel are fundamental for most actions. Please try to include some details for all of the following categories as best you can. (One set for each action.) 1 The INTENSITY of the action. (potential for injury, damage or arrest etc) 2 the NUMBER OS PEOPLE you think is necessary or best for this type of action. (perhaps a minimum and maximum if you feel its appropriate) 3 the LENGTH of time you feel needs to be committed to the organisation of this action. 4 An indication of what RESOURCES are essential/useful to have. eg: paint, speakers, vehicles. kitchens, buckets, money etc. 5 whether or not you feel this action is one you would recommend to be SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN We don't want to make any definitions of what an action is.......so please feel free to include things like community garden projects, setting up a co-op, exhibitions........it's up to you. If you could pass this email on to all those you think might be interested, that would be great. Maybe you could take this to your next meeting if you're involved with a group. And please send all your replies (with some way that we can contact you if necessary) to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] and all snail mail to: Paul Brown PO box 286 Heathcote 3523, vic (for images etc) Thanks a million. If you have any questions or want to know things in more detail, just drop us a line. Can't wait to hear from you all love from Charlotte McCabe and Paul Brown oxoxoxoxoxo Eric Vigo Secretary & Committee member Community Lands Access Network Inc. (CLAN) - A0036455F (Vic) Address Level 2, Ross House 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000 Ph 03 9654 4313 Fax 03 9650 3689 Mobile 04 1451 0404 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web http://www.green.net.au/clan -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink