Published Date 9/10/13 4:49 PM Its interesting to be in the middle of camp life doing something that is core to the camp functioning. Am one of the crew responsible for the tech tent, we run a solar power set-up that charges the camp phones, runs the laptops and provides shaky internet for legal, media…
Balcombe Protection Camp has a working solar power station
Published Date 9/6/13 8:05 AM While summer lasts we aspire to camp electrics being completely powered by solar power. Currently the kitchen, massage/meeting tent and the media/tech tent are working. We have LED lighting and can power 3 laptops and charge around 30-40 phones each day. Other structures have LED lighting running from fixed battery’s.…
Camp tech needs for Balcombe
Published Date 9/4/13 10:11 AM Currently we have half the solar panels we ordered working to power core camp phone, laptops and tech tent (250w) – with limited public phone charging. And a second 40w solar powered laptop, music and phone charging point in the large massage tent. In the kitchen we now have a…
Snatch Snatch Snatch
Published Date 9/3/13 6:14 PM 3 videos of police snatch’s from Balcome Protection Camp this morning. Already there have been 4 arrests today. Action began with with Nicky, a local resident, locking herself on to the gate to prevent deliveries to the fracking site. Then they started on the people slowing the trucks. [embedded content]…
Balcombe working in the tech tent
Published Date 8/26/13 9:02 PM Its been an interesting and educational experience working in the tech tent at the anti-fracking protest camp. When I arived, in the first 3 days none of the solar panles were pluged into the batterys, they were just on dispaly. I set out to build a working system from the…
Balcombe anarchist and conservative
Published Date 8/26/13 6:55 PM (DRAFT) Interesting to think about the things you are involved with and the things you do. Important to understand am not talking about the sciences or polatics of fracking here, am lifting the lid to see what I can see under the hood of both camps. I had been staying in…
10 days at Balcombe Protection Camp
Published Date 8/23/13 12:29 PM Photo: Katherine Stanley (DRAFT) My experience at the camp was over all positive, and came away feeling that fracking is a completely winnable campaign. I went to the camp to spend a week making media about the people, issues and organising of the #fracking protest camp. In stead of this media/video…