A series of 11 short films from Autumn 2020 #SmallActsOfHopeAndLamentA daily outdoor practice in the park filmed on a mobile phone, propped on a tree or in a hole in the ground. Movement as a primary language, and a means through which to fall deeply in love with the land. A way of thinking, sensing, […]
Nurture
Nurture documents the development of a raised bed scheme across a city in the UK during the first national lockdown. The project installed 52 raised beds in 33 households as a direct response to the isolation, mental wellbeing and food sovereignty issues triggered by COVID 19.
Behind Locked Gates
Behind Locked Gates is an inside view of the impact COVID 19 has had within Traveller families and communities. The film explores the hopes, insights, struggles and resilience of individual Travellers, whilst highlighting specific issues connected to daily routines; mental health issues; child care & education; food scarcity and growing; work and livelihoods; post-growth and […]
Foraging for Kids
The Cultured Club
The Cultured Club is dedicated to the sharing of wisdom and knowledge of the invisible microbes capable of creating better host health through the process of fermentation and natural health practices. We see the body as an ecosystem, acknowledging its interconnection and we aim to bring balance to our microbiomes one mouthful at a time. We […]
Workers
Ten individuals give personal and sometimes moving accounts of warehouse and food factory work, and reflect on their creative lives within and beyond the workplace. Their stories reveal some of the harsh employment conditions in contemporary capitalist workplaces in these sectors, and confirm the power inequalities inherent in them. Three of the narrators also look […]
Resilience
The Green Backyard is a community green space in an urban environment, this film is a response to it and is dedicated to all the people who make it the inspirational place it is. Thank you to all of those who contributed. A film by Jay Gearing (Red 7), Kate Marsh & Welly O’Brien
LockdownLIVEs
LockdownLIVEs is a documentary project created by Greater Manchester residents who are homeless during the covid-19 pandemic.
The UBI Lab Network
In 2020, UBI Lab has become a worldwide network of researchers, activists and campaigners exploring the potential of a Universal Basic Income.
Community Apothecary
We are a collective of medical herbalist, growers, local residents and volunteers who cultivate a network of herb gardens in the London borough of Waltham Forest and offer training in herbalism and horticulture with the aim of building circles of communal knowledge and resource sharing.
The Shieling Project
The Shieling Project is a social enterprise and community-based off-grid education centre in Glenstrathfarrar, near Beauly in the Scottish Highlands. We use the story of the ‘shieling’ (àirigh in Scottish Gaelic) as a route into place-based learning about crofting, horticulture, green building, food growing and cooking, renewable technologies, traditional skills, crafts and culture. The idea is simple: to explore the landscape’s past to help build a more sustainable, resilient future.
Social Farms & Gardens in NI
Social Farms & Gardens in NI have been delivering the FSSSE programme to 23 gardens across the north of Ireland for 18 months, addressing fundamental questions of food sovereignty, power, control, biodiversity and climate instability, equipping us to find our own road to agency, through saving & exchanging seed together.
The London Renters’ Union
The London Renters’ Union is a member-led, campaigning union. We take action with our members to win better housing conditions in the here and now as well as organsing to transform the housing system so that it serves people instead of profit.
Torridge Common Ground
Torridge Common Ground is a non-party-political platform putting the shared values and practical vision of the community at the heart of local governance, empowering communities to transform their local economies and wellbeing. Our key driver is to be giving agency to those who have the least sense of agency.
The Feel Better Project
Domestic Abuse is not inevitable. Every year, globally, millions of people suffer and lose their lives as a result of this epidemic. At The Feel Better Project we use evidence and research to understand the causes that lead to violence, and what steps we can all take to preventing this tragic cycle.
Restore Project
The Restore project is about engaging polar opposite communities, locals of traditional welsh valleys and communities of asylum seekers and refugees, bridging the differences using food and the production of food, creating a space to belong and to learn.
Rethink Food
At Rethink Food we are creating systems where food becomes the solution and not the problem. Our mission is to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for children, young people and communities by changing the way we think about food.
Grass Roots Remedies co-op
Grass Roots Remedies is a Worker’s Coop based in Edinburgh and Glasgow working to rekindle our rich tradition of herbal community healthcare and promote ecologically responsible herbalism. We believe that herbal medicine is the medicine of the people, and that it should be accessible to everyone.
Regenerate
Regenerate creates opportunities for young people to thrive. We inspire and support young people by building strong relationships and creating life changing opportunities, helping them grow in confidence, make the best of their lives, and impact the world for good.
The Coping Mechanism
The Coping Mechanism monitors how people are coping with the pandemic both with positive pro-social coping (resilience) and negative anti-social coping (defendedness) and how financial stability & racial privilege impact coping.
Radmin publications:
https://fo.am/publications/radmin-reader-2019
https://fo.am/publications/radmin-reader-2020
Regenerate youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA4EHwWmMk1-ycnVECpGTBg
Centre for Human Ecology (CHE)
CHE’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Qkd-glHAoBtneJEau2JyA
McIntosh, A., 2012. ‘The Challenge of Radical Human Ecology to the Academy’ in Williams, L., Roberts, R. and McIntosh, A., 2012. Radical Human Ecology. Ashgate. Available at http://www.alastairmcintosh.com/articles/2012-Radical-Human-Ecology-McIntosh.pdf
Devlin L., Meyerricks S., Winther A. (2019) The Co-operative Intellect: Journeys in Radical Human Ecology. In: Noble M., Ross C. (eds) Reclaiming the University for the Public Good. Palgrave Critical University Studies (attached)
Rethink Food:
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