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Wednesday, 17 December 2008 16:48
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NewsBurst number 2, December 2008
Dear Nick Wilding 'Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.... Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!' (from W. H. Murray in The Scottish Himalaya Expedition, 1951, often attributed to Goethe). We wish you a bold, genius, powerful and magic New Year! In the meantime, why not give friends a taste of FierySpirits by forwarding on this e-newsletter?
A Warm Welcome to New Members Amongst many others, a warm welcome to Hazel Stutely ('I worked with residents to turn around a sink estate with dramatic and sustained outcomes'), Nic Millington ('media offers the 'little person' a fantastic opportunity to play on the big field'), Deri Jones ('we do everything from suicide prevention to laser scanning') and Richard Scott ('reversing the tide' - thanks for your wildflower seed collecting photo (right)!).
A Bouquet of Blogs The blog is where you fire off a comment, link, report or anecdote ... and read comments sent in the same spirit.
Paul at CAT: Poznan talks 'lack urgency ... new push from the top' is urgently needed' Page 1 of 3
needed' Paul's post describes his trip to the climate talks in Poznan, saying "What really surprised me was that even in Poznan, many participants still hadn’t really grasped our global climate predicament. Even senior experts, scientists NGO’s and political leaders failed to appreciate that the most recent evidence on climate change reveals a situation more urgent than had been expected, even by those who have been following it closely for decades." There is a now a new video on FierySpirits which brilliantly illustrates why we all need to 'get' this 'tipping point' science.
Paul from Devon Heartlands: Carnegie Key Influencers Seminar The Seminar was organised by Carnegie to highlight a range of approaches for effective Community led Planning and Engagement from both the local community and local authority perspectives."Paul pointed out that engagement through a local Forum could be “low cost, but not no cost” a point that was well received by panel members who recognised that far greater continuity of resources was essential if the benefits of Community led Planning were to be fully realised."
Lisa at Eden: BBC survey results on Community life in Britain... and what we're doing about it Every region in the UK, broadly defined by a BBC local radio areas, has seen its communities become less rooted. This is not news, of course, to many Fiery Spirits - especially to those who are actively doing something about it!
A Gaggle of Groups Any member can host a 'group' on FierySpirits. These groups can evolve to enable strong exchanges of practical know-how. Thanks to our pioneer 'practice group' hosts for braving the new technology and giving it a shot...
Food: a salvo from Mike and Pete in Fife: recapitalising the UK food system "Local and national government could start by acknowledging that a laissez-faire food system is no safer in the long run than a laissez-faire financial system... the levers include land use and town planning policy (including a tax on every inch of soil covered with concrete), public procurement, the place of food in the school curriculum, universal food vouchers for fresh and unprocessed food, management of food waste, sales taxes, choice editing, agricultural emissions trading, linking farm subsidies to public good accounting, research and development for sustainable food." See also the recent Sunday Herald article - a good example of using national media....
Welsh Wizards: Shan initiates a conversation about building a community of practice in Wales Shan has been a trail-blazer on the FierySpirits site. An early post was in Welsh only - and when I put it through the only on-line Welsh-English translation service I could find (http://www.tranexp.com:2000/Translate/result.shtml) the results were pure poetry ('forbear with content Welsh') ...
International Connections: Tara and Debi encourage global exchanges One early contributor, Serge Marti, who does participatory film-making with indigenous people in Indonesia (and elsewhere), has said: "When we localise, we shouldn't cut ourselves off, there are so many learnings that are important in the connection to other cultures. Localisation may not mean that we stop moving about - humans have been transhuman and nomadic for millennia, walking, sailing, trading, exchanging knowledge, objects, beliefs and language over vast distances. And
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sailing, trading, exchanging knowledge, objects, beliefs and language over vast distances. And finally, could the transition movement also have a strong international solidarity component becoming an actor for environmental justice?"
A Feast at the Forum Unlike the Blog, posting to the forum means you want to start an in-depth exploration of a topic which doesn't fit into an existing practice group's focus.
Forum: Juliet from Eden asks Why?Why?Why? don't Community Land Trusts not get government support? "Heidi and I had a sparky meeting today with the lovely Alan Fox our local expert on Community Land Trusts.... The Community Land Trust Fund has no government support - Why? Why? Why?". A ripple went around the Carnegie Office as we read this ... perhaps we can find some opportunities to put this right .... what do you think?
Forum: James from Uni. Gloucestershire asks why do people volunteer to initiate/assist community-led projects? "I scratched the surface of this and concluded that "self interest is the most powerful motive for individual development of rural community projects"; THAT SELF INTEREST was not viewed negatively, but rather as an honest recognition of 'where people are coming from'. The conversation is still live....
Forum: Meic from Wales showcases a successful Welsh drama approach for primary school children - and seeks ideas for further support "Other schools, not all from rural villages, have also asked for a similar service to be provided. Early evaluation records show that the activity is indeed already changing the dynamics of cultural interaction and play... Could any colleagues suggest, or offer any leads towards sources of funding that might be worth approaching?"
An Excellence of Events
... into a Fiery Future 2009 is going to be a busy year. FierySpirits will continue to grow as groups become established and each find their practice focus. There will be lots of events on-line and face-face, new collaborations, and the launch of a ‘catalyst’ fund inviting bids from diverse CoP members to co-host events on emerging ‘hot themes’.
You are receiving FierySpirits NewsBurst because you are a member of fieryspirits.com. Unsubscribe [email protected] from this list Forward to a friend
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!"#$%&'()*+%,-!.+,+'/)0%1/2",/')3456 78'%()!"#$"%#&'()*+),"-"./"0)1223)*4567 *,49()89-:)!9;#9$<)=$9-:>-&0$"<9"?:@A0-&0$"<9"?:@A0-&0$"<9"?:@A0< >43?%,/8'+43()E9"0'FG909D%)8"H%I?0%D)$A@1 Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.
NewsBurst number 2, December 2008
Dear Nick Wilding 'Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.... Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!' (from W. H. Murray in The Scottish Himalaya Expedition, 1951, often attributed to Goethe). We wish you a bold, genius, powerful and magic New Year! In the meantime, why not give friends a taste of FierySpirits by forwarding on this e-newsletter?
A Warm Welcome to New Members Amongst many others, a warm welcome to Hazel Stutely ('I worked with residents to turn around a sink estate with dramatic and sustained outcomes'), Nic Millington ('media offers the 'little person' a fantastic opportunity to play on the big field'), Deri Jones ('we do everything from suicide prevention to laser scanning') and Richard Scott ('reversing the tide' - thanks for your wildflower seed collecting photo (right)!).
A Bouquet of Blogs The blog is where you fire off a comment, link, report or anecdote ... and read comments sent in the same spirit.
Paul at CAT: Poznan talks 'lack urgency ... new push from the top' is urgently needed' Page 1 of 3
needed' Paul's post describes his trip to the climate talks in Poznan, saying "What really surprised me was that even in Poznan, many participants still hadn’t really grasped our global climate predicament. Even senior experts, scientists NGO’s and political leaders failed to appreciate that the most recent evidence on climate change reveals a situation more urgent than had been expected, even by those who have been following it closely for decades." There is a now a new video on FierySpirits which brilliantly illustrates why we all need to 'get' this 'tipping point' science.
Paul from Devon Heartlands: Carnegie Key Influencers Seminar The Seminar was organised by Carnegie to highlight a range of approaches for effective Community led Planning and Engagement from both the local community and local authority perspectives."Paul pointed out that engagement through a local Forum could be “low cost, but not no cost” a point that was well received by panel members who recognised that far greater continuity of resources was essential if the benefits of Community led Planning were to be fully realised."
Lisa at Eden: BBC survey results on Community life in Britain... and what we're doing about it Every region in the UK, broadly defined by a BBC local radio areas, has seen its communities become less rooted. This is not news, of course, to many Fiery Spirits - especially to those who are actively doing something about it!
A Gaggle of Groups Any member can host a 'group' on FierySpirits. These groups can evolve to enable strong exchanges of practical know-how. Thanks to our pioneer 'practice group' hosts for braving the new technology and giving it a shot...
Food: a salvo from Mike and Pete in Fife: recapitalising the UK food system "Local and national government could start by acknowledging that a laissez-faire food system is no safer in the long run than a laissez-faire financial system... the levers include land use and town planning policy (including a tax on every inch of soil covered with concrete), public procurement, the place of food in the school curriculum, universal food vouchers for fresh and unprocessed food, management of food waste, sales taxes, choice editing, agricultural emissions trading, linking farm subsidies to public good accounting, research and development for sustainable food." See also the recent Sunday Herald article - a good example of using national media....
Welsh Wizards: Shan initiates a conversation about building a community of practice in Wales Shan has been a trail-blazer on the FierySpirits site. An early post was in Welsh only - and when I put it through the only on-line Welsh-English translation service I could find (http://www.tranexp.com:2000/Translate/result.shtml) the results were pure poetry ('forbear with content Welsh') ...
International Connections: Tara and Debi encourage global exchanges One early contributor, Serge Marti, who does participatory film-making with indigenous people in Indonesia (and elsewhere), has said: "When we localise, we shouldn't cut ourselves off, there are so many learnings that are important in the connection to other cultures. Localisation may not mean that we stop moving about - humans have been transhuman and nomadic for millennia, walking, sailing, trading, exchanging knowledge, objects, beliefs and language over vast distances. And
Page 2 of 3
sailing, trading, exchanging knowledge, objects, beliefs and language over vast distances. And finally, could the transition movement also have a strong international solidarity component becoming an actor for environmental justice?"
A Feast at the Forum Unlike the Blog, posting to the forum means you want to start an in-depth exploration of a topic which doesn't fit into an existing practice group's focus.
Forum: Juliet from Eden asks Why?Why?Why? don't Community Land Trusts not get government support? "Heidi and I had a sparky meeting today with the lovely Alan Fox our local expert on Community Land Trusts.... The Community Land Trust Fund has no government support - Why? Why? Why?". A ripple went around the Carnegie Office as we read this ... perhaps we can find some opportunities to put this right .... what do you think?
Forum: James from Uni. Gloucestershire asks why do people volunteer to initiate/assist community-led projects? "I scratched the surface of this and concluded that "self interest is the most powerful motive for individual development of rural community projects"; THAT SELF INTEREST was not viewed negatively, but rather as an honest recognition of 'where people are coming from'. The conversation is still live....
Forum: Meic from Wales showcases a successful Welsh drama approach for primary school children - and seeks ideas for further support "Other schools, not all from rural villages, have also asked for a similar service to be provided. Early evaluation records show that the activity is indeed already changing the dynamics of cultural interaction and play... Could any colleagues suggest, or offer any leads towards sources of funding that might be worth approaching?"
An Excellence of Events
... into a Fiery Future 2009 is going to be a busy year. FierySpirits will continue to grow as groups become established and each find their practice focus. There will be lots of events on-line and face-face, new collaborations, and the launch of a ‘catalyst’ fund inviting bids from diverse CoP members to co-host events on emerging ‘hot themes’.
You are receiving FierySpirits NewsBurst because you are a member of fieryspirits.com. Unsubscribe [email protected] from this list Forward to a friend
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