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Day by Day Guide

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More details and timings will be added here as they become available. Also please note that these plans are subject to change at short notice. We will release detailed timings for each day that morning at the daily briefing at the campsite.

๐Ÿ–ค Day 1: The System is Broken | Fri 30th Aug
Join a big theatrical action to highlight how oily money controls our world.

More details for Friday
  • 09:00 the campsite opens.
  • 11:00 onwards talks & training.
  • 12:00 onwards fUNFAIR games
  • 16:00 Action Briefing at the camp and then plenty of time to make our way to the Long Walk to the south of Windsor Castle.
  • 18:00 Long Walk Windsor Castle for the action.
  • 20:00 Back to campsite for food, fUNFAIR games and more talks and training.

Rebels are encouraged to come for the Friday action dressed in business suits, or dressed as oil barons, media moguls etc, and take part in what will be a choreographed theatrical action centred around a performance by the Oil Slicks, with the aim to create a visual spectacle to highlight our narrative for the day - which is -ย The System Is Broken.

There will also be roles for XR Rhythms, to accompany the action with a slow "Funeral For Nature" beat, and outreach to let the public know what is happening and why we are there.

After this finishes, we will return to the camp for food at 8pm. Talks & Trainings and the fUNFAIR will resume too.

Talks & Training on Friday
  • 11:00โ€“13:00 Drop-in Q & A with Systems & Cultures Teams including Digital, Regenerative Cultures, Self-Organising Systems, Healthy Teams, Principles & Values and Embedding Nonviolence Tent 2

  • 11:00โ€“12:00 An Interactive display by Self-Organising Systems Tent 2

  • 11.30โ€“12.30 Why it All Went Wrong and How to Put it Right [talk & Q&A with Dik Frost] Tent 1

  • 12:30-14:00 Love & Grief for the Earth: A grief ritual with poetry [workshop] Tent 1

  • 13.15โ€“13.45 Principles & Values [activity] Tent 2

  • 14.00โ€“14.30 Touching Earth [Regenerative Cultures workshop] Tent 2

  • 14:00-15:30 Assembly Facilitator [training] Tent 1

  • 14.45โ€“15.45 Embedding Nonviolence [workshop] Tent 2

  • 19:30-20:30 What is a Citizens' Assembly, and why is it XR's Third and Central Demand? [talk + Q&A] Tent 1

  • 20:00-20:30 Update Democracy [talk] Tent 2

  • 20:30-21:30 Breathing for Focus and Calm: please bring a mat to lie on, something to rest your head on and a blanket or similar [workshop] Tent 1

  • 20:30-22:00 Assembly Facilitator [training] Tent 2

๐Ÿ’› Day 2: Upgrade Democracy | Sat 31st Aug
March to deliver letters to the King, written by you! Afterwards join a huge community assembly asking how we can upgrade UK democracy?

More details for Saturday
  • 10:30 Short briefing.
  • 11:00 We will take to the road with a march to the castle to deliver the post!
  • 12:00 (or when we arrive) letter delivery action followed by lunch.
  • 14:30 - 17:30 Massembly.
  • 18:00 Return to campsite for early evening food (and talks/trainings/fUNFAIR).

Letters to the King from letter writing campaign will be carried along with the march and then delivered to the castle gates with a colourful ceremony and poignant speeches.

We'll then head to the long walk for lunch, followed by the biggest mass community assembly of deliberative democracy there's ever been, a Massembly!, aiming to be between 2.30pm and 5:30pm when we will return to the camp for food between 6-7pm.

Talks & Trainings and the fUNFAIR will resume from 6pm.

Talks & Training on Saturday
  • 18.30 onwards: Be inspired with our Systems & Cultures! Find them around the Talks & Training tents with games, quizzes and Q&A sessions.
  • 18:30-19:30 Saving the Planet and Humanity is Still Possible [talk] Tent 1
  • 18:30-20:00 Nonviolent Direct Action [workshop] Tent 2
  • 19:30-21:30 Courageous Conversations: Grow your outreach skills and techniques, to help conversations about the climate & ecological emergency become more powerful while remaining grounded in love [workshop] Tent 1

๐Ÿ’– Day 3: Another World Is Possible | Sun 1st Sep
Love is action. Step into a noisy, life-affirming march and grand finale.

More details for Sunday For the Sunday action we'll need to start a little earlier, so we've then all got time to get back to camp, pack up and head for home.

  • 09:15 Action briefing.
  • 10:00 March from campsite to castle for action and fUNFAIR games.
  • 13:00 Die-in and finale (WEAR: Pink or White BRING: White sheet for die in), march back to campsite.
  • 15:00 - 17:00 Clear campsite and leave.

After the early action briefing at camp, we'll hit the road with a lively Rhythms led march to the castle.

When we arrive we'llย occupy area in front of Windsor Castle for the "another world is possible" action.

The aim is to create a positive, vibrant, multi faceted showcase - all accessible to the public.

At 1 pm we'll wind down toward the finale, which will be a Die-in to symbolise the Broken System, leading into a beautiful and joyous resurrection into the "World that is Possible".

Then XR Rhythms will lead the march back to camp for the closing ceremony, and the culmination of what we hope will be a great 3 days of action.

The camp will need to be cleared down from 3pm and we aim to be offsite by 5pm. So we need everyone to help - we are all crew.


Map of event locations

Here is an online map including toilets and event locations.

Daily briefings at the campsite will provide any last minute changes to plans.

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For an overview of key info for the Upgrade Democracy event - click here