Building week on camp 18th- 24th Sept.

mayo | environment | event notice Thursday August 31, 2006 17:21 by EC - rossport solidarity camp rossportsolidaritycamp at gmail dot com

In order to prepare for winter Rossport Solidarity Camp are holding a building week from the 18th –24th of September. We are looking for volunteers to come to the camp for the week or a few days to help us with building and general winter preparations.

Because of the exposed location of the camp and the extreme weather conditions enjoyed by Erris in winter we need to secure and insulate our structures, build an indoor kitchen, take down the marquee and secure and upgrade other bits and pieces.

The work we hope to undertake depends on our ability to collect materials. We hope to get most materials free and are constantly gathering materials in the area but we still need more materials.

In addition to building we will still be engaged in our usual activities including picketing the Bellanaboy terminal, maintenance, cooking etc

On a practical level the work will consist of;
1 insulating and strengthening the communal
2 adjusting and improving the grey water systems
3 building and insulating benders
4 working on stone pathways
5 removing the marquee and existing kitchen
6 storing fuel supplies for winter
7 building a new kitchen
8 altering the electrical system
9 bracing solar panels
10 constructing new burners
11 removing surplus materials from site to storage