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Activism in the Anthropocene

Look out the window, see the air between your eyes and the horizon. This is the Anthropocene – a new geological age characterized by the critical impacts of human activities on the Earth’s systems. Every word you will ever speak will be articulated using this changed air. Look out the

Sharing Methodology – Songs of Change weekend

This is the fifth and final blog from our guest editors, Jenny Goodman and Bid Cousins. “So, Songs of change is now over but we carry the learning with us into future projects. We promised you some notes on methodology that you might be able to adapt and apply yourselves

Reflections on Creating Songs of Change weekend

We planned the weekend carefully according to our core principles I.e it should be accessible to all regardless of their song-writing or singing experience and we would aim to work principally in a group (although if people wanted to work alone that was fine), drawing on our collective creativity.

Start small – the story of Bec Hellouin Permaculture Farm

Charles and Perrine Hervé-Gruyer decided to become low impact farmers in 2006. It was a long and difficult initiation. He had been a sailor, she an international lawyer; their efforts to grow food without mechanisation or chemicals were often ridiculed in the early years. But their farm in Normandy, Bec

Commencer petit – l’histoire du Bec Hellouin

Perrine et Charles Hervé-Gruyer ont décidé de passer à l’agriculture à faible impact en 2006. L’initiation a été longue et délicate, lui était marin, elle avocate en droit international, leurs efforts pour faire pousser fruits et légumes sans tracteur ni engrais ont plus souvent qu’à leur tour

COP23: Everybody needs to sit at the table – it’s only one planet

Nonty Ntokozo Charity Sabic talks to Gesa Maschkowski – co-founder of Transition Initiative Bonn im Wandel – about the rising voice of indigenous people at COP23. Nonty is bringing traditional Shamanic practices to the 21th century, she is advocating for immigrants in Europe and trying to build a bridge of healing and

Emerging Politics: Reflections from an Eroles Project Residency

"What are our reasons for taking action, and what are our brakes?"This is a question that came up for Anna, one of the 10 people from across Europe that gathered in a house in Catalonia, to explore Emerging Politics. What does taking action mean in our personal,