Welcome to HacktionLab

Big Green Gathering 2009 Announcement

Under intense pressure with the threat of a court injunction hanging over them, the directors of the Big Green Gathering were forced to hand the licence for the event back to Mendip District Council on Sunday 26th July: the event was therefore canceled. We are looking into preparing a replacement Be the Media event sometime in the future, and deeply lament what may well lead to the demise of the Big Green Gathering. Many people have either lost or come close to loosing their livelihoods over what can only be described as wholly irresponsible action on the part of Mendip District Council.

Here are some relevant links:

• Bristol Indymedia post of cancellation and on closure of Facebook group and Memories of this year's Big Green
• Statement sent from Mendip District Council with regards to the shut-down of the festival
• Make a Freedom of Information request to Mendip District Council for full disclose of why the gathering was shut down

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HacktionLab 2009/02: An urban hack meeting somewhere in the north of England in Autumn 2009

The aim of HacktionLab is to have a convergence where people interested in and/or working in the areas of alternative media, renewable energy, on-line video distribution, free software and any other form of activism that utilises technology can get together an plan how to better use the technology to support the activist movement. We have had three successful gatherings so far, a rural hack meeting in the Wye Valley in June 2008, an urban one in Leeds in October 2008 and another rural one in June 2009.

Up-coming Hacktivista events and activities

• July/August: Big Green Gathering 2009
• August: Camp for Climate Action 2009
• Autumn: HacktionLab Urban 2009/02

Previous Hacktivista events and activities

• The last rural HacktionLab took place between 11 - 14 June 2009 in the Wye Valley on the Wales - England border.

• The last inner-city HacktionLab took place between 24 - 25 October 2008 in Leeds. click here for more information about the event and what happened

• With other campers we helped to set-up the so-called media village at last year's Camp for Climate Action 2008 in Kingsnorth, Kent.

• The 2008 rural HacktionLab took place between 13 - 15 June 2008, click here to view a slide-show of photos from the weekend. There are more photos posted here and this exciting short video too.

Contact Details

To get in touch please use our mailing list:

• Email list - http://lists.psand.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hacktionlab
• Email address - use the list!

Interesting Links

• No Borders Mobile tech set up 2007
• Indymedia centre at Climate Camp (Sipson 2007)
• Indymedia at the Camp for Climate Action 2006: Report & Personal View
• Stirling Indymedia - Field IMC at Horizon Ecovillage during G8 protests
• Edinburgh Media Centre Tech during G8 protests
• Indymedia: HOWTO Mount a Media Centre
• Bristol Wireless LTSP suite