students of sustainability. Join us as we examine "what is permaculture" as we attend the Grow Here Now - Convergence at Lama.
Permaculture is a word originally coined by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in the mid 1970's to describe an "integrated, evolving system of perennial or self-perpetuating plant and animal species useful to man" 'Consciously designed landscapes which mimic the patterns and relationships found in nature, while yielding an abundance of food, fibre and energy for provision of local needs. People, their buildings and the ways in which they organize themselves are central to permaculture. Thus the permaculture vision of permanent or sustainable agriculture has evolved to one of permanent or sustainable culture.
What is Permaculture? by Jude Hobbs
1. An ecological science - the study of nature and natural systems
2. A design system for self-reliant living
3. Everything is connected to everything else
4. Integration of water, people, animals, land, plants, technologies, and community productive and beautiful environments.
5. Build harmony, through cooperation with an attitude of Positivism
6. Global grass roots movement applicable on all scales and in all situations.…
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The film takes an inspiring look at some of the sustainable community solutions that have grown up over the last 20 years around the Findhorn Foundation community in Scotland. This multi-faith spiritual community, ecovillage and international centre for holistic education aspires to foster a new human consciousness and to create a positive and sustainable future.
This film will be of particular interest to anyone involved in the Transition Town Movement or similar initiatives.
Features
Findhorn Wind Park: community-owned wind energy production
Earthshare - Community Supported Agriculture
The Living Machine - Ecological Sewage Treatment
Findhorn Foundation Gardens
Local Egg and Cheese Production
Local organic and artisan Bakery
Forres Transition Town community garden
Car Pooling
Adopting a Local Currency
Internationally renowned speakers
Richard Heinberg, Author of 'Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon world'.
Rob Hopkins, Co-Founder of the Transition Network, author of 'The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience'.
Joanna Macy, Author, 'Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect our Lives, Our World', Deep Ecologist, Buddhist Scholar.
Megan Quinn Bachman, Outreach Director of Community Solutions and co-producer of the film 'The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil'.…
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[IS] the growth story of our time. We must capture the will, imagination, and enthusiasm of humanity, by re-imagining our future. We are on the verge of catalytic breakthroughs that will alter our view of what is possible and profitable. New employment opportunities, entire new industries and markets, rooted in sustainability, are within our grasp – with the potential for unparalleled economic growth. We must simply visualise the future and have the confidence to invest in it.
There [IS] an enormous opportunity for businesses to re[IMAGINE] themselves, to redesign their supply chains and their products in the way sustainably minded consumers are demanding. We need only look at our young people for ideas and inspiration. We now need to shape the markets, industries and jobs of the future, as the next decade will be the most important in our lifetime.
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lites and transforms it into dazzling visual sequences, each one exposing the intricate and surprising web of forces that sustains life on earth.
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nd environmental impact. The entry criteria have established a new framework through which to identify and measure effective, enduring solutions to global sustainability’s most entrenched challenges. The rigorous selection process has set a unique standard, gaining renown as "Socially-Responsible Design's Highest Award."…
st night on Newsnight (with Hugh Hendry) to point out that the cockpit is still thick with the sound of the same hymns as the plane heads towards the cliff face again.…
duce members’ and customers’ environmental impact in the areas of energy, waste and personal transport. The Project enables member organisations of Co-operatives UK, the Confederation of Co-operative Housing (CCH) and the Plunkett Foundation to work with their members and customers in achieving greener behaviour.
Greener Together aims to help people to live in a more sustainable way. It does this by focusing on the small actions we can each take in our daily lives towards achieving bigger changes in the wider world. Many member organisations are already doing great things to encourage their members to live in a more sustainable way. The Greener Together project builds upon this success and helps to strengthen relationships’ between organisations and their members’.
Co-operatives and community owned enterprises bring people together to meet common needs. We believe that people working together, sharing ideas and good practice brings about a greater impact than people working individually or in isolation. Through working with their members and networks, co-operatives can collectively really make a difference.
By joining Greener Together you are becoming part of an active community of thousands of individual member organisations. As a pioneer you will be able to connect with like-minded people in a way that inspires, is fun and easy to do. By joining with others and going online, you’ll pick up invaluable tips, ideas, knowledge and experience.
Greener Together is part of a bigger programme, called the Greener Living Fund which aims to identify and understand what motivates people to be greener. So we can learn as much as possible about your experience we will be asking all pioneers to complete three questionnaires during the course of the project.
Once you have registered and completed the first survey you can choose your pledge actions to reduce your CO2 emissions by 10-20% and connect with Greener Together online community.
Greener Together- the co-operative way is part of the Greener Living Fund sponsored by Defra.…
Added by Michael Grove at 14:50 on November 29, 2010
the experts and others in power who would seek to promote their own self-interested policies; BUT ... as a result of the voice of the people on the basis of what HAS to be DONE, in accordance with the voice of common sense independence of interdependence of the people for the mutual sustainable benefit of ALL the people of the USA.…
Added by Michael Grove at 16:46 on November 15, 2010