This documentary from the BBC is one of the most impressive things I've seen on TV for a long time. Highly recommended. Wildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her family's farm in Devon into a low energy farm for the future, and discovers that nature holds the key. With her father close to retirement, Rebecca returns to her family's wildlife-friendly farm in Devon, to become the next generation to farm the land. But last year's high fuel prices were a wake-up call … [Read more...]
Curtis 50 Cent Jackson Community Garden Opening Celebration
(Photo by Joe Corrigan/Getty Images North America) On November 3, 2008, 50 Cent, along with New York Restoration Project founder Bette Midler, had the honor of celebrating the opening of the The Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson Community Garden in Queens on 117-19 165th Street. A native of Jamaica, Queens, 50 Cent and his G-Unity Foundation joined forces with NYRP to bring landscape architect Walter Hood’s designs to life in his old neighborhood as part of his personal mission to give back to the … [Read more...]
Room to Grow: Participatory Landscapes and Urban Agriculture at New York University
By Adam Brock September, 2008 A research paper I (Adam Brock) wrote under supervision from NYU professor Natalie Jeremijenko in Summer 2008. The conclusion? It’s not lack of land that’s preventing us from growing food on campus - it’s the politics of centrally-controlled space. Abstract Urban Agriculture presents a promising means of addressing at least three critical issues facing cities: food security, ecological health, and community development. As an urban research university with an … [Read more...]
Save The Spike Surplus Scheme
The Spike in Peckham is under threat. With free permaculture courses, a community garden, recording studio, rehearsal space and much more, Spike is an exemplay example of volunteer community based regeneration. It is an important local resource. If you haven't already done so, please sign the petition to help Save The Spike! If you have already signed the petition, please forward it on to your (e.g. myface) friends and networks. For an idea of how great this space is check out the pictures … [Read more...]
Some of my favourite websites
United Diversity is all about creating new land, money and media systems. Here are some existing examples of the kind of projects we're talking … [Read more...]
Oil companies to buy the world!
Here is some scary inside news on Big Energy plans for biofuel and biomass energy production (my own quick thoughts and some useful links follow): I went 'undercover' to a 2 days summit last year in Paris, This event was meant for all the oil companies of the world to network, share about how to improve oil sales and what they should in the future. Here is what I understood (I must underline that this is my very personal point of view and engages only me): First it was very clear to me that … [Read more...]
Peer Trust Network, OSE and More!
I sent this out on The Open Co-op mailing list (amongst others) but should've posted it up here too... This chap Stan Rhodes has a vision that is very familiar to me...https://www.p2pfoundation.net/Narrative_on_Discovering_the_Peer_Trust_Network_System https://www.p2pfoundation.net/Peer_Trust_Network_ProjectAnd if you haven't caught up with Open Source Ecology lately, you've got to check this out: CEB (Compressed Earth Block) Phase 1 - Donehttps://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=91Open Engineering: … [Read more...]
Days of action for squats and autonomous spaces
From https://april2008.squat.net/en/ castellano | catala | czech | dansk | deutsch | english | français | italiano | nederlands | polski | português | pусский On Friday the 4th and Saturday the 5th of April 2008, we call for two days of demonstration, direct action, public information, street-party, squatting... in defence of free spaces and for an anti-capitalist popular culture. Through these two days, we want to help create more visibility of autonomous spaces and … [Read more...]
GuerrillaGardening.org News
Via GuerrillaGardening.org Dear Troops It has been a month involving the police, a death, new guerrilla cells, poppy planting at the Ministry of Defence, bulb planting in the hundreds and lots of very smelly envelope stuffing. POLICE It’s been a while since the police took an interest in our gardening (usually they’re more concerned about the suspect car bomb I drive around in). Two jittery officers jumped up onto the traffic island with us in response to reports we were stealing plants. I … [Read more...]
We Have Land!
Hello all, INTRO As some of you know already, I'm out in Spain acquiring land for the Commons! :) I came out here with 4 main tasks: to see and help my Dad to get my Dad's land transferred into my name so we can invest it in the Commons! to send out this long overdue Commons Creation update! and to come up with a clear strategy for United Diversity. Most of these overlap in some way. Since Commons Creation is a project co-ordinated by United Diversity I couldn't really do 3 without … [Read more...]