Get Active for Climate Justice at BIPoC Climate Camp!

What does BIPoC mean? BIPoC is the acronym for Black, Indigenous and People of Color. BIPoC is a positive political self-designation of racially discriminated people. It describes a common horizon of experience shared by people who are not white. This arises, for example, from privileges that are not granted. This term is not (primarily) used to describe skin color. Black, Indigenous, People of Color - all these terms are political self-descriptions. That means they emerged from a resistance and still stand for the struggles against these oppressions and for more equal rights. Why will only BIPoC people be participating in the camp? By having only BIPoC people participate, we want to create a framework of empowering exchange and shared safer experiential space (safer space) for camp participants at BIPoC Community Space and Culture Without Coal. The climate crisis is one of the biggest and most complex problems of our age: a global environmental and social crisis of unprecedented proportions. Yet far too few people realize - these crises are already happening in many parts of the world and are inextricably linked to power and social inequality, racism and discrimination. What can we do about it? How can we achieve systemic change instead of climate change? How can we contribute to global climate justice, how to fight (climate) racism together? How can we learn to understand and change the colonial causes of the climate crisis? With the "Kultur ohne Kohle“ [eng.: “Culture without coal“] thousands of people are shaping an answer together this summer! The "Kultur ohne Kohle" - Kuloko for short - will be a political cultural festival in the villages threatened by coal mining right next to the open-cast coal mine in western Germany with a densely packed program full of concerts, workshops and encounters. Part of Kuloko is a self-organized two-day BIPoC Community Space with about 150 people from all over Europe. Because we want culture without co(a)lonialism and invite all people who experience racism: We want to network, educate, celebrate, resist and be there for each other. Together we are stronger, together we create a migrant, decolonial climate movement! Your BIPoC Climate Camp is part of Kuloko's BIPoC Community Space and will help set up and break down the camp infrastructure and run the two-day BIPoC Community Space. At the same time, as a BIPoC Climate Camp participant, you will have the opportunity to further educate yourself with the many cultural and content offerings of the BIPoC Community Space and Kuloko, as well as gain practical skills (such as building a solar shower). The Kuloko will also host political actions such as a large-scale demonstration and a village walk with a resistant music orchestra against coal mining. Why here? The Rhineland, with its three large opencast mines for lignite mining, is still the largest source of CO2 in Europe. Therefore, climate camps, protests and political resistance have been taking place here for over 10 years to protest directly at the site of destruction. In the fall of 2018, the protests gained a lot of media attention when thousands of people protested (successfully!) for the preservation of the Hambach Forest, which was to be cut down to expand an open-pit lignite mine. In the last three years, the conflict over coal has escalated further - as the coal company RWE wants to destroy another seven villages for lignite. Many of us have longstanding relations to the people in the surrounding villages who are gradually being asked to leave their homes because of coal mining or who are suffering from the pollution on their doorsteps. But it is also clear: If the coal stays in the ground here, then we have a chance to reach the 1.5 degree climate target! And that's why coal opponents live right here on the edge in the threatened village of Lützerath, building tree houses and exemplifying a coal-free society. And exactly right here, in the seven threatened villages, we organize the culture without coal - Are you with us? What does your culture without coal look like? Come and join us at the BIPoC Climate Camp at the “Kultur ohne Kohle“-festival if you want to meet environmental activists from other countries, participate in a resistant decolonial climate movement and get involved in a democratic self-organized cultural festival! Info about the Studypart: Besides the workshops and lectures of the BIPoC Community Space and the Kultur ohne Kohle - Festival, in which you can participate, further encounters with local people and workshops on exciting topics like alternative lifestyles, social movement, climate politics in Germany will be organized for you. The first days before the Kuloko starts, you will have time to get to know each other as a group before the setup begins. You will need to consider if you are able to live in these very rustic living conditions for the duration of the work camp. The food will be vegan, meaning no animal products such as milk, eggs, cheese or meat. “Kultur ohne Kohle“ is a left-wing, basic democratic, self-organized project with flat hierarchies. You can find more impressions about Kuloko and the protest site Lützerath on: https://kultur-ohne-kohle.de/ https://www.mahnwache-luetzerath.org/