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Welcome to the Wild Growing Collective!
2011-07-11
URVISION 15th-21st of August 2011
In a forest southwest of Stockholm, Sweden
Urvision is a vision of our native life way. We invite you who are
longing for a life beyond civilisation to a week of visioning,
networking, thought and skill sharing, in a natural environment. We
invite you to be part of the wild, where we can find energy and get
inspiration in our striving towards a balanced life. Our vision for the
gathering is a week which includes all aspects of a life as
hunter-gatherers. We’re striving for a perspective of wholeness that
touches the practical, mental, social and spiritual aspects of native
living. This perspective also includes how to best defend nature,
against the destructiveness of civilization.
Urvision will be held in the spirit of freedom, in which giving is
receiving. So if you don’t have any money, you can still come to the
gathering. The food, vegan and paleo, will be free, or based on
donations. And during the days of the gathering, you can come and go as
you please.
Urvision is non-hierarchal, which means that there are no leaders, and
that we will all share the responsibility for making the gathering. We
hope that everyone will be prepared to take part in the daily activities
of camp, and we would like to create an atmosphere that inspires
everyone to feel confident about making decisions, arranging workshops
and taking responsibility. This also means that we want the gathering
to be safe for people to be queer, and open to what they really feel.
This means that we as a group would like to raise the awerness on the
feelings and thoughts (sexism, racism, hetrosexism, guilt etc.) we have
gained through our civilized life. Doing this we hope to create a safe
space that will enable people to express their feelings and needs. The
gathering also offers an alchohol and drug free space. We also ask you
to leave your pets at home.
This is also a childrens gathering, were wildernes becomes the
playground! We would like to make an effort to make families, old
people, and people with special needs to feel welcome. So if you would
like to come, but think it’s problematic, please contact us, and we
might be able to help you, for example with transportation.
From the 11th-14 of Aug we will set up the gathering. And from the
22-23th of Aug, we will take it down. We need your help! Let us know if
you can help us.
For more information about what we’re planning to do during the
gathering, about what’s good to bring and for directions, contact us
through kollektivet@vildvaxande.org. Tell us when and how many you are
coming, and if you would like to arrange a workshop.
For a life in harmony with nature,
- The
Wild Growing Collective
2010-09-14
Hey,
This year, once again, we had a successful Urvision. Masses of workshops
and new meetings between different people in the beautiful nature. We
now hope that people will help us organise next years Urvision wherever
it will be.
Live free and be wild
The Wild Growing Collective
P.S. Keep your eyes open for the new VargaTid zine.
2010-05-31
Urvision gathering 9-15 august 2010
Again this year we are going to have a wonderfull gathering in the
forest! This time in a new location, but still in the vicinity of
Stockholm. We want to create an open, relaxed gathering where we can
learn, have fun, and make friends. We hope that everybody want to
participate and take responsibillity for making the gathering as good as
possible.
We want workshops about a wide range of subjects. From practical skills
to queer discussions. Do you want to arrange a workshop? Let us know, so
we have an idea about how many there will be.
A week before the gathering we will meet in the forest to set up the
camp. Everybody who wants to come and help out and have a good time, are
welcome. We also need to stay a few days after and take down the camp.
If you want to come to the gathering, have questions, or want to make a
workshop, send an email to:
kollektivet@vildvaxande.org.
More information on workshops and what to bring will come later.
See you in august!
the Wild Growing Collective
2010-01-26
Hej,
The snow is laying like a blanket on the forest and the temperature is
getting down into the minuses. But we know that the sun and warmth
will soon come back and Spring is soon here and that makes us think
about this years Urvision. Last years gathering was beautiful and
we're looking forward to this summer.
We want to know who is interested in helping to organise for this year (and
we really need to be some more people helping). There were a few people
living in different countries who wanted to help organise so it is not sure
that it will be in Sweden. We were thinking of meeting up to talk about this
and also how we want the gathering to be and if we want to grow some of the
food for it.
Please email us
if you are interested or if you know good places where to
hold it!
The Wild Growing Collective
2009-12-11
WINTER
GATHERING
Hey all,
we were thinking of having a week long gathering in the forest this
winter from 28th Dec - 4th Jan, close to the spot of the gathering.
Smaller than Urvision, but still beautiful.
The idea is for people to come, and for us to eat, dance, play music,
make things, share skills, discuss, do whatever we want together.
We are going to have a communal tipi for hanging out, cooking and
sleeping. We will have a fire going, so it should be nice and warm. We
also have two winter shelters that can get really hot; people can go
there to get warmed up, and some people can sleep there.
It's necesary to bring warm clothing and a good sleepingbag. Warm boots
and mittens, a hat, extra socks. Several layers of clothing are
recommended rather than one heavy jacket, because it's easier to adjust
body temperature and dry wet clothes.
The weather can change a lot. It has been quite warm and rainy, but one
night it was -7 C, and the lake froze over.
Bring food and musical instruments. If you want to share skills or have
a discussion, bring what you need.
Write and ask for directions on how to get here if you are coming. It's
also good for us to know how many people will come.
Much love
The Wild Growing Collective
Dead Society
A film by Thomas Toivonen
Vargatid
A zine for a native relation to Mother Earth
(in
swedish)
Fimbulvinter - Anarcho-primitivism in Swedish
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