HacktionLab 2009

south west | media and culture | feature Wednesday June 10, 2009 14:06 by imcvol

A rural hack meeting in the beautiful Wye Valley

adelayde writes: Following on from the two successful gatherings so far, a rural hack meeting in the Wye Valley in June 2008 and an urban one in Leeds in October 2008, HacktionLab is pleased to announce its next rural gathering taking place between Thursday 11th and Sunday 14th June 2009 once again in the Wye Valley. 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. The idea for the gathering has come from a number of years of experience gained by activists working for organisations such as Indymedia and includes specific experience from involvement in the Horizone Eco-Village in Stirling (2005), the Camps for Climate Action in Drax (2006), Heathrow (2007) and Kingsnorth (2008) as well as the No Borders camp at Gatwick (2007) and recent experience from the G20 protests in London in March and April 2009....Full article.

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