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Legal Structures for Community Land groups
I was recently lucky enough to find myself being cc'd in a fascinating and informative discussion about legal structures for Community Land groups... Sharon Pollitt from Land Roots wrote: Please find attached a legal status questionaire, sound really boring and your probebly gonna consider deleting it, but it could be of great general interest to groups who are considering co-ownership of land it certainly is for land roots. www.landroots.co.uk We would really appreciate your assistance in … [Read more...]
Visit to Yelnow Farm
The weekend before last I went up to Bedford to visit Shane (one of the founders of the Creative Forum). For the last couple of years Shane has been working for himself running a landscape gardening business. He recently realised that he's working his arse off and not really making enough money (especially now he's a father and has another one on the way). Moreover, making people's gardens look a bit nicer doesn't really give him much of a sense of purpose, so he put the word out for some … [Read more...]
Permaculture
Permaculture (permanent agriculture) is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally production ecosystems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems. It is the harmonious integration of landscape and people providing their food, energy, shelter, and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way. Without permanent agriculture there is no possibility of stable social order. - Bill Mollison, Permaculture: A Designers' … [Read more...]
Housing Co-ops
Just sent this out to a couple of lists... People keep asking me about Housing Co-ops :) Here are a few good links: Finding Housing Co-ops in London https://www.cch.coop/coopinfo/london.html https://www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/iane/coops/coopsdirlondon.html How to set up a Housing Co-op: Step by Step (pdf file) https://www.radicalroutes.org.uk/documents/how2housingco-opstepbystep.pdf Sanford Housing Co-op (where I live) https://www.sanford.coop/ Sanford is a great option for single people at … [Read more...]
An autonomous space initiative during the Athens ESF…
This just in via the labofii list... AUTONOMOUS (ESF) PLAYGROUND Invitation for the creation of an autonomous space during the 4th European Social Forum (Spring, 2006, Athens) This spring, the 4th European Social Forum will take place in Athens. Thousands (maybe tens of thousands) of people from all around Europe, from an entire galaxy of social and political movements, organizations and collectives, will meet in our city to get to know each other, to exchange views and … [Read more...]
The London Fund
Extract from an e-mail I sent recently... My current focus is on building the necessary partnerships needed to launch The London Fund: a community finance, fundraising and marketing solution for social enterprises committed to building a sustainable collaborative economy. Apparently the Mayor's vision is "for London to become an exemplary sustainable world city". The London Fund will invest in building and maintaining the shared sustainable infrastructure needed to make this vision a … [Read more...]
Friday: Kalahari Bushmen Benefit
Come and visit the uniteddiversity stall at the Kalahari Bushmen Benefit @ LSE this Friday night... Synergy Communities and Tribal Vibrationz Present: Kalahari Raising money and awareness for the Kalahari Bushmen who are currently locked in a battle with the Botswanan government, fighting for the right to return to their ancestral lands. Featuring: :: Tribal Vibrationz room :: Banco de Gaia - Live DJ set and video show https://www.banco.co.uk Gaudi Live Dub Laboratory - 7 piece dub … [Read more...]
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