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FIlm: Nicola Peel Talk- Amazon / How One Person Can Make a Difference

Sep 29, 2011

Part 1 – 4 of talk by Nicola Peel on Change In the Amazon & How One Person Can Make a Difference. The whole talk will play through from part 1-4 if you wait for each section to end. Filmed at the Off Grid festival 2011. Nicola Peel is a full time environmentalist and dedicated to environmental education. She is active on many projects around the...

Posted by Michael in Activism, Commons, Education, Films, Theory, Transition | 0 comments

Punky Reggae Party: Music in alternative culture

Sep 28, 2011

As a youth I discovered punk rock, a year or so later I discovered heavy roots and dub reggae when I accidentally tuned into DJ Mike Shaft at Piccadilly Radio in Manchester who was playing a heavy dub track by Scientist. For me it was the music itself of both punk and reggae that I was initially drawn towards, I know there is no such style of music as punk but...

Posted by Michael in DiY/Counterculture | 1 comment

What are Weeds?

Sep 27, 2011

Some very useful plants in the UK are regarded as weeds, or nuisances that are so bad that they warrant chopping, drowning in toxic chemicals, or dragged up by their roots and burnt on smoky garden bonfires. Take for example one particular plant that has had the misfortune of being labelled as a weed, the Dandelion!In reality, Dandelions have a long history of...

Posted by Michael in Permaculture | 0 comments

Allotment Diary and tips week 2 (25/9/2011)

Sep 26, 2011

The polytunnel is looking quite sorry at the moment until more of the overwintering onions begin to sprout so that they cast a fresh new wave of greenery amidst the dying and fading tomato and chilli plants that litter the inside of the tunnel. Today I cropped the very last of the cayenne peppers and a few handfuls of Roma and Bloody Butcher tomatoes, it’s...

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Agency Versus Structure

Sep 24, 2011

Welcome to our first post by guest Mark Hepburn. Agency and structure are the two biggest issues when it comes to social change, can agency have an impact on structure or does structure define our agency, read more to find out. The state provides us with institutions which govern policy making and hold legislative powers enabling the government to preserve the...

Posted by Michael in Theory | 0 comments