Working for change - patterns to detail
Session 14 will be on April 04th 2023
Meeting ID: 848 8472 4089
Academy class room open
16.30 – 19.30 BST
18.30-20.30 EAT
+2 hours Uganda/ Kenya/ Ethiopia
+1 hours Rwanda
It is UK summer time now, and that means the clocks changed by plus one hour.
So the start time in Uganda/ Kenya/ Ethiopia is now 6.30 PM and will be for the remainder of the PDC.
Creating change
In Mollison’s original designers manual is the chapter 14, “Strategies for an Alternative Nation” in which he looks are more political ideas and change from the bottom up.
“We need to set about, in an orderly, sensible and co-operative way, a system of replacing power-centred politic and political hierarchies, with a far more flexible, practical and information centred system responsive to research and feedback and with long term goals of stability. And we need to do this is an ethical and none-threatening way, so that the transition to a co-operative (versus conflicting) global society is creative and not destructive” Bill Mollison
Resources
Lecture 14: Strategies for an alternative nation
Laura is a youth climate activist from Kampala. Like many she has been inspired by the work of Greta Thunberg, who has inspired millions of youg people around the world to take action on climate.
This from Kakuma refugee settlement.
Vision Art & Music for Youth please may you find us through our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064823527448
Strategies for bioregional co-operation
The presenter, Paul Nimbahly tells us he is a specialist in disaster prevention, and when he did his PDC with Bill mollison Bill asked him if he could map out the section on how comunities might organise in a way beyond command and control. this is an excellent presentation.
Also many thanks to Paul for sending us PDF copies of his work for sharing.
Civil action as a tool for change
Roger Hallam is a student of activism, and is currently working on his PhD.
With deep roots in the co-operative and organic farming movement he turned his attentiion to climate activism as increasingly erratic weather led him to question the viability of farming practices.
This weeks guest on Novara media in the UK, Roger was released from jail a few weeks before the interview. He was held on remand for 109 days after being charged for ‘conspiracy to cause a public nuisance’ – all for giving a speech. He has been part of some of the most influential activist groups of the last few years including Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil. Now he’s out, his message hasn’t changed. According to him, we have less than ten years before our political systems collapse due to hundreds of millions of climate refugees. Aaron Bastani meets Roger Hallam. To join Roger and Aaron to discuss climate refugees and the solidarity action that will take place in April with 1000s to take to the streets – sign up to this zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regis…
Reafforestation in Niger
Restoring degraded land back to productive good health is a huge opportunity. It brings big social and economic benefits to rural farming communities. This is why the country NIGER, with 80% of its territory in the Sahara desert has been making some astonishing Agriculture developments turning large areas suffering from desertification into agricultural fields. They have been using innovative water harvesting techniques allowing them to restore over 200 million trees over 5 million hectares of land benefiting over 2.5 million people.
Currently under planning, this very exciting looking PDC in Kenya
Chris Dixon writing on Substack. Chris lives in Wales and has been a mentor to me in my permaculture career. In this pice he eplores the relationship between traditional knowledge and permaculture.
https://chrisdixon.substack.com/p/druids-and-hard-decisions?