May 21, 2013

It is a bad enough situation when capitalism and the commodification of everything that that the money men have taken it upon themselves to cash on the destruction that their very model of economic has caused, most household name high street companies freely peddle the words ‘Green’ and ‘environmentally friendly’ on the labels of...

May 12, 2013

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess. A. Philip Randolp Communities have ethics, principles and common goals that provide the gel that keeps them together, and informs their collective efforts and actions. Communities can be...

May 9, 2013

Sustainable skills share scheme Greeniversity is now being launched by groups in more than 25 cities and towns across the UK. Originally started in 2010 in Peterborough, the city aiming to create the UK’s Environment Capital, Greeniversity is now launching UK wide with local groups in Bristol, Cardiff, and Birmingham already being set up. Greeniversity was...

May 8, 2013

“Many people are good at talking about what they are doing, but in fact do little. Others do a lot but don’t talk about it; they are the ones who make a community live.” ― Jean Vanier When we think of close knit communities that helped each other out and looked after one another, we tend to think of the past, such as the communities who...

May 6, 2013

“The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The politics and philosophies of neoliberalism and individualism has and is still reaping...

May 3, 2013

This talk was given in 2011, based on early studies of data, but the analysis has now been borne out by figures from the government itself. The August ‘riots’ in Britain last summer were portrayed by the media and politicians as the actions of ‘greedy feral youth’ or ‘gangs’ within a ‘criminal underclass’. Most of these politically loaded...