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August 2009: FierySpirits has 370 members, 89 events, 73 forum topics, 10 audio clips, 55 videos, and 161 blog posts ... Dear <> Fiery Spirits is now in full swing. NewsBurst has expanded to reflect some of the latest content and video - thanks to our guest editor for this edition, Paul Allen of CAT.
Guest Editorial: Paul Allen, CAT Welcome to the August Newsburst! One way or another this is going to be an historic year, and we need to be part of the action! From the 7th to the18th of December over 15,000 civil servants, advisers, diplomats, heads of state, government leaders, environment ministers, officials, campaigners and journalists from 192 countries will gather in Copenhagen to thrash out a successor to the Kyoto protocol at what is known as the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) the highest body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). I attended last years CoP 14 in Poznan to present Zero Carbon Britain. Although we all accepted CoP14 was focused on ‘administrative progress towards Copenhagen’, many of us were still left with a sense of underachievement. Many ‘majority world’ countries attended under the assumption that climate change constituted a global emergency. South Africa and Mexico in particular, had prepared national action plans to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In contrast, the ‘long industrialised’ countries failed to set the pace by sticking to the minimal goals agreed at Bali in 2007, and blaming the credit crunch for their lack of progress. But now, at long last, there are some positive signs that the Copenhagen stage is set for a historic turning point. In April, US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton commented the US was "determined to make up for lost time both at home and abroad", and "The US is no longer absent without leave”. But what constitutes success at Copenhagen? According to Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UNFCCC, the four essentials needing an international agreement in Copenhagen are: how much are industrialised countries willing to reduce their emissions, how much are majority world countries able to do, how is the help they need to do this going to be financed, and how is that money going to be managed?
The sticking point is likely to be "burden-sharing", particularly in the light of the historical legacy from the long industrialized countries, who represent only 20% of the world’s population, but over the past 150 years have emitted 75% of global CO2 emissions. There is now wide agreement that the prevention runaway climate chaos depends on global emissions peaking around 2016, and then rapidly decline to around 80% below present levels by 2050. This is why we believe the ‘long-industrialised countries’ such as the UK must set the pace by heading to zero emissions as rapidly as humanely possible. There is much to be gained; Copenhagen will be a unique moment in human history, offering us the greatest opportunity to re-invent ourselves we've ever had. I believe we in ‘solutions networks’ such as FierySpirits must pro-actively participate in the process by making our voices heard. It is vital that we cultivate awareness that this generation can see the big picture and is committed to doing the big things. If we can bring to light what we have gained from the past 30 year of hands-on action, we demonstrate we have both the commitment and ingenuity needed to grasp this window of opportunity. To help drive this process, CAT is working furiously to have Zero Carbon Britian:2 ready to present at Copenhagen; to cultivate a vision of a brighter future that is both bold and beautiful, that goes far enough, fast enough and offers people better lives. As we travel the road to Copenhagen, I hope everyone in the FierySpirits Community of Practice will utilise their own channels, media and contacts and be pro-active in communicating both their successes and their commitment to act. A clear and wide-spread ‘yes we will’ sends a clear mandate to our national negotiators, making it crystal clear that we have both the ingenuity and the grit to play our part, if they will only play theirs. This August newsburst highlights a few of the more recent treasures from the FierySpirits network site. You will meet the most recent members, find out about recent events, and highlight a few more which are on the horizon. There is also a special message from kate, plus recent blogs, news and video posts. It’s going to be an exciting year for all of us!
Newsflash: Lots and lots of great new videos ... Check out the splurge of new videos on fieryspirits.com, including: Introducing ... the Carnegie Rural Programme and Fiery Spirits Community of Practice This 7 minute intro features the Rural Programme staff giving an overview of our work and focusses on the Community of Practice. An EXCELLENT way to quickly get up to speed with FierySpirits.com Why social media like fieryspirits.com might change the world... This video from TED talks site, recorded in June 2009, is a great overview that shows how 'social media' like fieryspirits.com is changing the world. Eigg Electric
With no mainland electricity connection, and after decades of using diesel generators, the people of community-owned Isle of Eigg switched on their own renewable electricity supply in February 2008. In a unique system, wind, water and sun provide 24 hour power for the island's 85 residents. This ten minute film tells you how it happens and how easy it is to live with a supply capped at 5kW! ClayFutures- effective community consultation The team at the Eden Project and Sensory Trust give an overview of the ClayFutures consultation they are currently running in the Clay Country in Cornwall. Welcome to the BIG TENT!!! Festival organisers on why Big Tent works, what it offers, and how it helps the bigger issues like climate change and community activism..
News Blog from Kate Braithwaite Changing times at Carnegie; At the recent AGM Melanie Leech, Director of the Food and Drink Federation in her 'day job' took the reins as Chair of the Trust. Her place as Convenor of the Rural Programme was handed to Diana Brittan - no stranger to our partners as Diana chaired the later stages of the work of our rural Commission and has been a stalwart supporter ever since. Carnegie is also about to appoint a new Chief Executive. We are also living in difficult financial times - the Trust is not immune to the turmoil on the markets and the income from our endowment has been hit badly. So like many others we face tight constraints for the foresseable future. However, we remain resourceful and determined to fight the corner for rural communities; identifying what we hope will be 'winning strategies' where the application of a small amount of funding will release multiple benefits for a great many communities. One such strategy was discussed in detail at the recent Carnegie Board meeting; Community Land Trusts started of as a bit of 'left field' thinking but now enjoy cross party support and the interest of a great many communities. Our challenge now is to dismantle the handful of bureacratic barriers that are preventing the more rapid adoption of this idea - simplifying funding streams, preventing 'leasehold enfranchisement' and so on. At the recent National CLT conference in London we announced our new Communities and Local Government funded programme of work to address these and other issues. We are building lots of resources on CLTs which you will be able to access through fieryspirits. in the meantime do have a look at the Grant Shapps interview for a glimpse of Tory ideas about CLTs and just to prove that good ideas from pioneering rural communities are catching on in cities too -- have a look at the Brixton CLT video too.
Welcome to new Members:
Events... join otherFierySpirits at:
Top Tip: Mind like a sieve? With one click, export event details to your computer or iphone calendar! Click below the event listing to export event details.
Blog highlights John McKnight Community Capacities and Community Necessities posted by Tony Kendle Our friends at the Schumacher Society recently circulated the email below. We found it spoke directly to many of the projects we have been working on at Eden, but also gives a powerful insight into Asset Based approaches that are not about buildings and ownership but about values, attitudes and
relationships. Forest Crofts on their way in Sutherland... posted by Nick Wilding Thought I'd share this article that I picked up from the most recent Local People Leading newsletter. If the good folk of Embo can show how the Forest Croft idea can be effectively translated into practice, it might open up all kinds of possibilities for rural resettlement... Save our Bees posted by John Riley Honey bees in Britain - mainly in rural areas- are dying out. The jury is out on exactly why but the Soil Association is convinced that the use of neonicontinoid pesticides is a major factor -this seems to be backed up by the fact city bees – unencumbered by pesticides are, in contrast, thriving.
Featured Groups Fieryspirits sister-site collaborators Created by Nick Wilding This group will support ning (and potentially other social network) administrators as we figure out how to create great sites that cross-fertilise in powerful ways. CAT Information Service Created by Tobi Kellner The Centre for Alternative Technology’s information service provides free, impartial information on alternative technology, answering more than 10,000 enquiries per year. What’s your question??? Food Created by Mike Small Looking at all aspects of food production & culture, localisation, organics, urban agriculture, permaculture, community development, poverty, accessibility and health related issues and land ownership.
Reminder: Blogs and Groups Blogs continue to be the place to share news, and Group hosts focus work on specific outcomes (such as planning events, seminars or publications).
Welcoming new members ... who needs an invitation? This newsletter puts you in touch with the latest action on the FierySpirits site - it's a good way to find out what you've missed, and what's coming up in the next month. Share it with others you think might like to join FierySpirits - or invite them direct. Once they join, drop them a welcome note on their profile page. They should read the 2009 Rural Programme guide for an overview.
Poem for August THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE By William Butler Yeats I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made; Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee, And live alone in the bee-loud glade. And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight's all a-glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet's wings.
I will arise and go now, for always night and day I hear the water lapping with low sounds by the shore; While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray, I hear it in the deep heart's core. 1892
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August 2009: FierySpirits has 370 members, 89 events, 73 forum topics, 10 audio clips, 55 videos, and 161 blog posts ... Dear <
Guest Editorial: Paul Allen, CAT Welcome to the August Newsburst! One way or another this is going to be an historic year, and we need to be part of the action! From the 7th to the18th of December over 15,000 civil servants, advisers, diplomats, heads of state, government leaders, environment ministers, officials, campaigners and journalists from 192 countries will gather in Copenhagen to thrash out a successor to the Kyoto protocol at what is known as the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) the highest body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). I attended last years CoP 14 in Poznan to present Zero Carbon Britain. Although we all accepted CoP14 was focused on ‘administrative progress towards Copenhagen’, many of us were still left with a sense of underachievement. Many ‘majority world’ countries attended under the assumption that climate change constituted a global emergency. South Africa and Mexico in particular, had prepared national action plans to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In contrast, the ‘long industrialised’ countries failed to set the pace by sticking to the minimal goals agreed at Bali in 2007, and blaming the credit crunch for their lack of progress. But now, at long last, there are some positive signs that the Copenhagen stage is set for a historic turning point. In April, US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton commented the US was "determined to make up for lost time both at home and abroad", and "The US is no longer absent without leave”. But what constitutes success at Copenhagen? According to Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UNFCCC, the four essentials needing an international agreement in Copenhagen are: how much are industrialised countries willing to reduce their emissions, how much are majority world countries able to do, how is the help they need to do this going to be financed, and how is that money going to be managed?
The sticking point is likely to be "burden-sharing", particularly in the light of the historical legacy from the long industrialized countries, who represent only 20% of the world’s population, but over the past 150 years have emitted 75% of global CO2 emissions. There is now wide agreement that the prevention runaway climate chaos depends on global emissions peaking around 2016, and then rapidly decline to around 80% below present levels by 2050. This is why we believe the ‘long-industrialised countries’ such as the UK must set the pace by heading to zero emissions as rapidly as humanely possible. There is much to be gained; Copenhagen will be a unique moment in human history, offering us the greatest opportunity to re-invent ourselves we've ever had. I believe we in ‘solutions networks’ such as FierySpirits must pro-actively participate in the process by making our voices heard. It is vital that we cultivate awareness that this generation can see the big picture and is committed to doing the big things. If we can bring to light what we have gained from the past 30 year of hands-on action, we demonstrate we have both the commitment and ingenuity needed to grasp this window of opportunity. To help drive this process, CAT is working furiously to have Zero Carbon Britian:2 ready to present at Copenhagen; to cultivate a vision of a brighter future that is both bold and beautiful, that goes far enough, fast enough and offers people better lives. As we travel the road to Copenhagen, I hope everyone in the FierySpirits Community of Practice will utilise their own channels, media and contacts and be pro-active in communicating both their successes and their commitment to act. A clear and wide-spread ‘yes we will’ sends a clear mandate to our national negotiators, making it crystal clear that we have both the ingenuity and the grit to play our part, if they will only play theirs. This August newsburst highlights a few of the more recent treasures from the FierySpirits network site. You will meet the most recent members, find out about recent events, and highlight a few more which are on the horizon. There is also a special message from kate, plus recent blogs, news and video posts. It’s going to be an exciting year for all of us!
Newsflash: Lots and lots of great new videos ... Check out the splurge of new videos on fieryspirits.com, including: Introducing ... the Carnegie Rural Programme and Fiery Spirits Community of Practice This 7 minute intro features the Rural Programme staff giving an overview of our work and focusses on the Community of Practice. An EXCELLENT way to quickly get up to speed with FierySpirits.com Why social media like fieryspirits.com might change the world... This video from TED talks site, recorded in June 2009, is a great overview that shows how 'social media' like fieryspirits.com is changing the world. Eigg Electric
With no mainland electricity connection, and after decades of using diesel generators, the people of community-owned Isle of Eigg switched on their own renewable electricity supply in February 2008. In a unique system, wind, water and sun provide 24 hour power for the island's 85 residents. This ten minute film tells you how it happens and how easy it is to live with a supply capped at 5kW! ClayFutures- effective community consultation The team at the Eden Project and Sensory Trust give an overview of the ClayFutures consultation they are currently running in the Clay Country in Cornwall. Welcome to the BIG TENT!!! Festival organisers on why Big Tent works, what it offers, and how it helps the bigger issues like climate change and community activism..
News Blog from Kate Braithwaite Changing times at Carnegie; At the recent AGM Melanie Leech, Director of the Food and Drink Federation in her 'day job' took the reins as Chair of the Trust. Her place as Convenor of the Rural Programme was handed to Diana Brittan - no stranger to our partners as Diana chaired the later stages of the work of our rural Commission and has been a stalwart supporter ever since. Carnegie is also about to appoint a new Chief Executive. We are also living in difficult financial times - the Trust is not immune to the turmoil on the markets and the income from our endowment has been hit badly. So like many others we face tight constraints for the foresseable future. However, we remain resourceful and determined to fight the corner for rural communities; identifying what we hope will be 'winning strategies' where the application of a small amount of funding will release multiple benefits for a great many communities. One such strategy was discussed in detail at the recent Carnegie Board meeting; Community Land Trusts started of as a bit of 'left field' thinking but now enjoy cross party support and the interest of a great many communities. Our challenge now is to dismantle the handful of bureacratic barriers that are preventing the more rapid adoption of this idea - simplifying funding streams, preventing 'leasehold enfranchisement' and so on. At the recent National CLT conference in London we announced our new Communities and Local Government funded programme of work to address these and other issues. We are building lots of resources on CLTs which you will be able to access through fieryspirits. in the meantime do have a look at the Grant Shapps interview for a glimpse of Tory ideas about CLTs and just to prove that good ideas from pioneering rural communities are catching on in cities too -- have a look at the Brixton CLT video too.
Welcome to new Members:
Events... join otherFierySpirits at:
Top Tip: Mind like a sieve? With one click, export event details to your computer or iphone calendar! Click below the event listing to export event details.
Blog highlights John McKnight Community Capacities and Community Necessities posted by Tony Kendle Our friends at the Schumacher Society recently circulated the email below. We found it spoke directly to many of the projects we have been working on at Eden, but also gives a powerful insight into Asset Based approaches that are not about buildings and ownership but about values, attitudes and
relationships. Forest Crofts on their way in Sutherland... posted by Nick Wilding Thought I'd share this article that I picked up from the most recent Local People Leading newsletter. If the good folk of Embo can show how the Forest Croft idea can be effectively translated into practice, it might open up all kinds of possibilities for rural resettlement... Save our Bees posted by John Riley Honey bees in Britain - mainly in rural areas- are dying out. The jury is out on exactly why but the Soil Association is convinced that the use of neonicontinoid pesticides is a major factor -this seems to be backed up by the fact city bees – unencumbered by pesticides are, in contrast, thriving.
Featured Groups Fieryspirits sister-site collaborators Created by Nick Wilding This group will support ning (and potentially other social network) administrators as we figure out how to create great sites that cross-fertilise in powerful ways. CAT Information Service Created by Tobi Kellner The Centre for Alternative Technology’s information service provides free, impartial information on alternative technology, answering more than 10,000 enquiries per year. What’s your question??? Food Created by Mike Small Looking at all aspects of food production & culture, localisation, organics, urban agriculture, permaculture, community development, poverty, accessibility and health related issues and land ownership.
Reminder: Blogs and Groups Blogs continue to be the place to share news, and Group hosts focus work on specific outcomes (such as planning events, seminars or publications).
Welcoming new members ... who needs an invitation? This newsletter puts you in touch with the latest action on the FierySpirits site - it's a good way to find out what you've missed, and what's coming up in the next month. Share it with others you think might like to join FierySpirits - or invite them direct. Once they join, drop them a welcome note on their profile page. They should read the 2009 Rural Programme guide for an overview.
Poem for August THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE By William Butler Yeats I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made; Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee, And live alone in the bee-loud glade. And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight's all a-glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet's wings.
I will arise and go now, for always night and day I hear the water lapping with low sounds by the shore; While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray, I hear it in the deep heart's core. 1892
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