The camp has been a staple of the Resurgence calendar and has given readers and writers the opportunity to gather at the beautiful Green & Away outdoor venue in Worcestershire. This year’s camp promises to be as exciting as ever, with the usual array of stimulating speakers, delectable organic food, enchanting music, woodland walks and local ales and ciders. 

The camp is hosted by Resurgence’s Satish Kumar and editor Greg Neale and lasts three days from Thursday July 30 to August 2 at Green & Away in Bransford, Worcester, a beautiful organic farm on the River Teme.

The camp was first held in 1998 and has been an annual fixture ever since. Usually attended by up to 100 people, it’s big enough to mean a wide range of activities, and small enough to meet most of the attendees and speakers and have in depth discussions over a drink or cake.

Activists, poets, performers and editors converge
This year’s camp will feature Paul Mobbs, environmental investigator and campaigner: Ecological Futures; Julian Rose, author and environmental activist; Matt Harvey, author and poet; Joe Hoare, laughter coach: awakening the laughing Buddha; Satish Kumar, Editor-in-Chief, Resurgence & Ecologist; Nicola Peel, Eyes of Gaia and Alex Nunn, Action for Happiness.

There will also be a range of workshops including: Qi Kong – Dong Sticks (bamboo stick exercises) with June Mitchell; Harmony Singing around the fire with Janne Tooby and Toni Gilligan; and Indian Raga and embodied voicework with Will Tooby.

The thinking behind the camp has always been to allow readers and writers to gather in the outdoors – giving practical reality to the concept of living close to nature for a few days. But the essence of the Green & Away site is its comfort: being close to nature doesn’t mean sackcloth and ashes. The camp has been the only occasion in which Resurgence members and friends can come together in the outdoors over a weekend, sip cool drinks, eat organic food and be stimulated by imaginative ideas.

Europe’s only tented conference centre celebrates 25 years
The Green & Away venue is also celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. It is still Europe’s only tented venue open for all types of organisations to use for conferences, meetings, staff training, member events, training and weddings. For the first time, Green & Away is also open as an eco campsite through the summer for families and individuals to camp and enjoy the beautiful surrounding Worcestershire and Herefordshire countryside.

The Resurgence camp will also feature music by Carolyn Hillyer and Nigel Shaw and Sika; and performances by Philip Ralph The One Eyed Man; and Indian Dance by Miti Desai.

It will be the last camp because next year Resurgence celebrates its 50th anniversary with a major three day event in Oxford – more details will be announced soon.

In the meantime, if you’d like to book one of the remaining spaces at this year’s Resurgence camp go to the Resurgence website.

Peter Lang is chair of the trustees of Green and Away and events manager for Resurgence & Ecologist magazine. He is a freelance environmental consultant and works with companies and organisations to reduce their environmental impact.