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Written by grassroots activists, it explains how to reduce energy consumption, organise without leaders, create health collectives, educate, run social centres, and reclaim the media. Indispensable for community activists, group fascilitators, permaculture teachers and designers and anybody else engaged in world change work at any level. (Green Shopping Catalogue )
Everyone can find a part of this fantastic collection that will fire them into action. ... In a world where most books of this ilk end with a link to a government website, it's a real breath of fresh air to find one that leaves you wanting a padlock, chain and a bus ticket to RyanAir's HQ (Ecologist )
Kaleidoscopic, energetic and refreshingly full of practical details. Could become a cult classic. (Robert Newman, comedien and novelist )
A wonderful book. ... I recommend it with enormous enthusiasm. (John Holloway, author of Change the World Without Taking Power )
Very thoughtful and sophisticated ... helps you act and makes you think. Give it to everyone you know - and don't leave yourself out either. (Rebecca Solnit, author of Hope in the Dark )
Everyone can find a part of this fantastic collection that will fire them into action. ... In a world where most books of this ilk end with a link to a government website, it's a real breath of fresh air to find one that leaves you wanting a padlock, chain and a bus ticket to RyanAir's HQ (Ecologist )
Kaleidoscopic, energetic and refreshingly full of practical details. Could become a cult classic. (Robert Newman, comedien and novelist )
A wonderful book. ... I recommend it with enormous enthusiasm. (John Holloway, author of Change the World Without Taking Power )
Very thoughtful and sophisticated ... helps you act and makes you think. Give it to everyone you know - and don't leave yourself out either. (Rebecca Solnit, author of Hope in the Dark )
John Holloway, author of Change the World Without Taking Power
'A wonderful book. ... I recommend it with enormous enthusiasm.'
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Indispensable for grass-roots community activists, group facilitators, permaculture teachers
2 Oct 2011
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In these days of increasing awareness around Climate Change and Peak Oil it seems that we are awash with books which include something about 'how to change our world' in the subtitle. Often these seem to be somewhat 'light green' in tone, full of sound advice explaining how low energy light bulbs and composting will help to 'do your bit for the environment', but overlooking more fundamental questions concerning social justice or how society is organised. Not so with this radical guide to ethical and sustainable living - Trapese are a 'Popular Education Collective' who offer workshops and training aimed at inspiring and promoting action focussed on the practical steps we can all take in order to empower ourselves and take back control of our lives and communities from governments and corporations.
This book deals with solutions rather than problems, and opens with a key-note article by Andy Goldring of the Permaculture Association. He advocates permaculture not as a set of 'gardening techniques', but as an ethically based holistic design system applicable to themes such as sustainable living, decision making, health, education, food, free spaces, media and direct action. Examples, ideas and how-to guides include organising without leaders by using consensus processes, inclusive education and learning techniques, cutting carbon footprints and living off the grid, setting up social centres and community gardens as well as cultural activism like 'subvertising' and running campaigning/protest events.
Whilst arguing for fundamental social change, this isn't about seizing power, but challenging the way power operates and is linked to wealth and private power and the authors have a clear belief in the abilities of ordinary people to self-organise through voluntary agreements and mutual co-operation. It doesn't purport to contain all the answers or provide off-pat solutions to often complex situations, but instead shows how we can all chip away at the present destructoculture with its inequalities, oil wars and environmental devastation and move towards making our hopes and visions into realities.
Indispensable for grass-roots community activists, group facilitators, permaculture teachers and designers and anybody else engaged in world change work at whatever level.
This book deals with solutions rather than problems, and opens with a key-note article by Andy Goldring of the Permaculture Association. He advocates permaculture not as a set of 'gardening techniques', but as an ethically based holistic design system applicable to themes such as sustainable living, decision making, health, education, food, free spaces, media and direct action. Examples, ideas and how-to guides include organising without leaders by using consensus processes, inclusive education and learning techniques, cutting carbon footprints and living off the grid, setting up social centres and community gardens as well as cultural activism like 'subvertising' and running campaigning/protest events.
Whilst arguing for fundamental social change, this isn't about seizing power, but challenging the way power operates and is linked to wealth and private power and the authors have a clear belief in the abilities of ordinary people to self-organise through voluntary agreements and mutual co-operation. It doesn't purport to contain all the answers or provide off-pat solutions to often complex situations, but instead shows how we can all chip away at the present destructoculture with its inequalities, oil wars and environmental devastation and move towards making our hopes and visions into realities.
Indispensable for grass-roots community activists, group facilitators, permaculture teachers and designers and anybody else engaged in world change work at whatever level.
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