Activism Josef's Journey to John O'Groats Since this journey has ended up being a major milestone in the development of United Diversity I though I had better re-post this write up I did for the Brake The Cycle blog here too. Enjoy! Last month I cycled about 1200 miles, from the south-easternmost tip of mainland England
All stories COMING HOME: E.F. Schumacher and the Reinvention of the Local Economy This is one of the best documentaries about Community Supported Agriculture, Community Land Trusts and Community Currencies. > COMING HOME: E.F. Schumacher and the Reinvention of the Local Economy, is a new 37 minute film that tells the story of a series of revolutionary innovations by the community of
All stories Springhill Cohousing Last Saturday Gloria and I joined members of the North London Sustainable Housing Partnership [https://nlshp.wordpress.com/] to visit the lovely Springhill Cohousing [https://www.springhillcohousing.com/] community in Stroud. The video above is a quick tour of the site (unfortunately my battery ran out before I got to
All stories Strawbale prefab building timelapse – Strohballen Vorfertigung Zeitraffer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcVHIKUgGkQ&feature=youtube_gdata]Strawbale prefab building timelapse – Strohballen Vorfertigung Zeitraffer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcVHIKUgGkQ&feature=youtube_gdata] This clip is part of film material for a new film about strawbale building: "Houses of straw – Part 2"
Accomplishments Soil Pulverizer Annihilates Soil Handling Limits We are glad to report that the LifeTrac [https://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=797] -mounted, open source soil pulverizer has annihilated soil-handling limits from our compressed earth brick (CEB) pressing ability. Initial testing achieved 5 ton per hour soil throughput, while The Liberator CEB press [https://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=
All stories Convergence 13: Transition Strategies This looks set to be an amazing event… Cultivate Update cultivate your self | community | world Friday 22nd Feb 2008 Convergence 13: Transition Strategies Post Carbon Cities, Transition Towns and Eco-Villages 3rd to the 7th of April 2008 | Festival Pass: €120 until March 10th (€150 thereafter) Bookings 01 674 5773 or
Activism We Have Land! Hello all, INTRO As some of you know already, I’m out in Spain acquiring land for the Commons! 🙂 I came out here with 4 main tasks: 1. to see and help my Dad 2. to get my Dad’s land transferred into my name so we can invest it
Activism The Permaculture Concept Check out this video will Bill Mollison, co-founder of the Permaculture concept, explaining The Permaculture Concept… On google video As a youtube playlist
Activism Inspiring Land, Money and Media Projects In my last post about Transition Towns [https://uniteddiversity.com/transition-towns/] I mentioned that Gloria and I decided to try and write a post a day throughout May about inspiring people and projects. She’s done a pretty good job so far, having covered Maya Angelou [https://wisdomplease.blogspot.com/
Activism Commons Creation meeting The first Commons Creation [https://commonscreation.org] meeting took place on Sunday 21st January: So far I’ve got some great groups signed up to the collective: Peace Not War: https://peace.fm [https://peace.fm/] The Synergy Project: https://thesynergyproject.org [https://thesynergyproject.org/] OneTaste: https://onetaste.co.uk
All stories Commons Creation Collective UPDATE: the first Commons Creation [https://commonscreation.org] meeting [https://uniteddiversity.com/commons-creation-meeting] was held at Limehouse Town Hall on Sunday 21st January, 2007. A copy of the presentation given can be downloaded here as a PDF [https://files.uniteddiversity.com/United_Diversity/commons-creation.pdf] (1.1Mb) file. Enjoy! 🙂 Introduction
All stories 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 [https://www.landroots.co.uk] wrote: > Please find attached a legal status questionaire, sound really boring and your probebly gonna
