Cre8 Summit on the South Side of Glasgow
(main programme 11th - 18th June)

The G8 is coming to Scotland this summer. The G8 is the talking shop of the big man power brokers, making decisions which effect all of our lives without so much as a by your leave.  Just as dams are shoved on the people of India or roads are shoved on the people of Glasgow, the G8 has been shoved on the people of Scotland from Westminster, Brussels & Washington.

Cre8 Summit is a group of people from Glasgow and beyond who see that the problems caused by the G8 are global but the solutions are local. It is a loose collective of builders, gardeners, artists; DJs, soil engineers, musicians, skaters and landscapers who offer to share their skills and learn from the Southside.
We are doing this because we believe that many of the problems of the world are caused by a lack of solidarity amongst communities and that by coming together to create and maintain a space that is of benefit to all strengthens us all. Cre8 Summit believes in globally supporting local struggle.
 

Cre8 Community Space

Over the next few weeks Cre8 Summit plan to transform an area left derelict by the planners. So much of this city is cut up by wasted land which could blossom with flowers, food, colour, youth engaging, old folk relaxing but most importantly our neighbourhoods building and owning.

To help create a space that we all have ownership of, there will be a series of public meetings where everyone is welcome.  These meetings will be focused on how we all can convert an area to the benefit of all. 

We wish to Cre8 a garden, a park, a community space, and a place all folk can enjoy. We do not work like the planners bogged down with bureaucracy and red tape; we plan to do this for ourselves and to do it not next year but now.

Bring your ideas on how a space can be created. The meetings will be open and will not have a platform but will be focused purely on the practicalities of building a space.
For this project to succeed we need your skills, energy and enthusiasm - from running a workshop to an afternoons gardening, or bringing the kids down and having a cuppa tea.
If you want to get involved, and for more information, please contact us:

we have put together a bit of a wish list, if anyone knows where we might aquire some of the bits an pieces we need, let us know - cheers.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE (Sat.11-Sat.18):

Week of Workshops and Action

*There will be opportunities to contribute to design of gardens throughout the day and week.

WISH LIST:

	Plants & Flowers Sand Tools  Clay Bath tubs Scaffold Poles  Top soil Concrete Building Materials (stage, poss) Wood Drivers Power (alt tech)  Bender poles P.A Willow Steel Pipes  Medicinal plants Marquee's/Structures  Skip  Compost/Composting Contamination test Barrels (plastic/metal) Transport material people