SHARE FAIR - POSITIVE PRACTICAL AND LOCAL URBAN MOBILISATION...

INVITATION to SHARE FAIR OPEN SPACE

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INVITATION to be part of SHARE FAIR

Transforming the challenges of Climate Change and Peak Oil into community mobilisation, empowering each other in our endeavor for sustainable and fulfilled lives.
Interested? Be at :

CROUCH END LIBRARY

SATURDAY 19th APRIL

from 2pm until 5pm

Be there if you want to be part of the event and its launch on 21st and 22nd June 2008

CELEBRATE what our Haringey/Crouch End urban community - our services, businesses, local producers and individuals - are already doing to meet the challenges of Peak Oil and Climate Change

INFORM one another with interactive and vibrant stalls as well as a wide range of practical workshops of essential skills

INSPIRE each other by awakening the imagination and sharing our skills and knowledge.

EMPOWER ourselves by passing on learning and by taking responsibility within our 'Climate of Change'

If you are interested in any part of this project ... having a stall ... offering a workshop ... playing music ... telling your stories...or just joining the fun ... then come and meet with us .

You can also check and contribute to our Blog : www.share-fair.blogspot.com

or

phone Azul 07765 257 517
best wishes from SHARE FAIR FOCALISING GROUP

SHARE FAIR - POSITIVE PRACTICAL AND LOCAL URBAN MOBILISATION...: HOW DO WE DO THIS TOGETHER?

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SHARE FAIR - POSITIVE PRACTICAL AND LOCAL URBAN MOBILISATION...: HOW DO WE DO THIS TOGETHER?

HOW DO WE DO THIS TOGETHER?

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How do we do this together? Andrew Cohen in London The Emergence of the ‘Higher We’ Join Andrew Cohen and explore the next stage of individual and collective development. Saturday 12 April, 5 - 7pm, £15 Sunday 13 April, 1 - 6pm, £60 Both £70 EnlightenNext - North London To register email info.london@enlightennext.org I hope you can make it.

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EBO 'Rude Awakening' Peak Energy Tour, 2008

Anyhow, we're planning a new UK tour that, unlike last year's tour, will run for the whole year. We thought we'd call it "Rude Awakning" (given the rise in fuel and food prices -- the first sign most people are getting that we're approaching the capacity of the global system to deliver our needs). There's a PDF file attached with the full details (you can also download a copy from http://www.fraw.org.uk/download/ebo/rude_awakening_tour.pdf).

The dates we're proposing at the moment are:
Leg 1 – Tuesday 6th to Friday 16th May;
Leg 2 – Tuesday 3rd to Tuesday 17th June;
Leg 3 – Monday 30th June to Monday 14th July;
Leg 4 – Monday 8th to Tuesday 23rd Sept.; and
Leg 5 – Monday 6th to Thursday 16th October.

We're asking people to nominate TWO legs when they request to host an event, and state which day of the week (Monday, Tuesday, etc.) is best for you. We'll then work out all the permutations to come up with a draft programme in late March/early April. Note also, if the only date you can do is outside of the offial 'leg' dates, we'll consider it, but we'd refer not to do this as it makes resolving the other pressures on our lives (like working!) more difficult. As with last year, we're offering the same three types of event:# Energy Beyond Oil ('EBO') -- our introduction to energy and peak oil/peak energy;# Less is a Four Letter Word ('Less') -- examining how individuals use energy and the need/options to cut consumption; and# Energy and Climate ('E&C') -- the links between energy use and climate change, and why climate change and peak oil are the same, inseparable problem.

If you hosted an EBO or E&C event last year you might like to host a Less event this year. However, in the late Summer well be finishing up a new presentation, "Energy and Food", so if you previouly hosted a Less event this would ne he natural next step. "Energy and Food" concentrates on the importance of food, nutrition and agriculture to both energy consumption and climate change, and how we can significantly reduce the impacts of both by changing the way we source, store, prepare and eat food. We're not proposing to host any food workshops until the Sepember and October legs (and perhaps November/December, when we have a beter idea of what we're doing before then!). We're also happy just to bring our projection gear and show films/give a very short talk, but we will haveto work out the costs/format of the events carefully to avoid problems due to copyright (we have an extensive film library we can bring -- if you specify what type of film you're looking for we can tell you what we've got). Another big change is that this year we're asking for a £10 booking fee when we've confirmed the date. This is because last year we didn't quite cover the expenses of the tour (we were about £40 down on a £1,350 turnover). Mostly this was due to the costs of leaflets, which we gave away for a "donation" (and a lot of people didn't), and because a number of the groups involved couldn't stump-up the full travel costs and we forgave all or part of the price of the ticket. So, interested? If so, read the attached PDF. Then email us with the two legs you'd like to organise an event or, and which day of the week is best for you. Peace 'n' love The Free Range Energy Beyond Oil Project.

-- "We are not for names, nor men, nor titles of Government,nor are we for this party nor against the other but we arefor justice and mercy and truth and peace and true freedom,that these may be exalted in our nation, and that goodness,righteousness, meekness, temperance, peace and unity withGod, and with one another, that these things may abound."(Edward Burroughs, 1659 - from 'Quaker Faith and Practice')

Paul's book, "Energy Beyond Oil", is out now!For details see http://www.fraw.org.uk/ebo/ Paul Mobbs, Mobbs' Environmental Investigations3 Grosvenor Road, Banbury OX16 5HN, Englandtel./fax (+44/0)1295 261864email - mobbsey@gn.apc.orgwebsite - http://www.fraw.org.uk/mobbsey/index.html

NEW CONSCIOUSNESS

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5 Personal Guidelines for the Great Turning - by JOANNA MACY

Come from Gratitude
To be alive in this beautiful, self-organizing universe--to participate in the dance of life with senses to perceive it, lungs that breathe it, organs that draw nourishment from it--is a wonder beyond words. Gratitude for the gift of life is the primary wellspring of all religions, the hallmark of the mystic, the source of all true art. Furthermore, it is a privilege to be alive in this time when we can choose to take part in the self-healing of our world.

Don't be Afraid of the Dark
This is a dark time, filled with suffering and uncertainty. Like living cells in a larger body, it is natural that we feel the trauma of our world. So don't be afraid of the anguish you feel, or the anger or fear, for these responses arise from the depth of your caring and the truth of your interconnectedness with all beings. To suffer with is the literal meaning of compassion.

Dare to Vision
Out of this darkness a new world can arise, not to be constructed by our minds so much as to emerge from our dreams. Even though we cannot see clearly how it's going to turn out, we are still called to let the future into our imagination. We will never be able to build what we have not first cherished in our hearts..

Roll up your Sleeves
Many people don't get involved in the Great Turning because there are so many different issues, which seem to compete with each other. Shall I save the whales or help battered children? The truth is that all aspects of the current crisis reflect the same mistake, setting ourselves apart and using others for our gain. So to heal one aspect helps the others to heal as well. Just find what you love to work on and take joy in that. Never try to do it alone. Link up with others; you'll spark each others' ideas and sustain each others' energy..

Act your Age
Since every particle in your body goes back to the first flaring forth of space and time, you're really as old as the universe. So when you are lobbying at your congressperson's office, or visiting your local utility, or testifying at a hearing on nuclear waste, or standing up to protect an old grove of redwoods, you are doing that not out of some personal whim, but in the full authority of your 15 billions years.

www.joannamacy.net

SHARE FAIR - CROUCH END - STEERING GROUP UP DATE

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OUR GREEN

The steering group meet last Sunday 12th Jan 2008 . Nicole, Debbie, Phil, Azul and Jo met in Azul's flat.

It was creative, positive and energised , a meeting closing with many more ideas, inspiration, solutions and actions towards making SHARE FAIR a positive success . We maintain our original intention to meet Peak Oil and Climate Change challeneges through increasing urban awareness, imagination, action and responsibility from a positive local perspective.

WHY SHARE FAIR?

THE VISION SO FAR

We are meeting with the council in the next few days to get permission to use our public space for the event on the summer solstice this year. So far the positivity around this project is rapidly increasing and the local support is growing fast.

The next meeting is on 2nd Feb from 2 to 4pm upstairs at the Crouch End Library, for the 'active nodes' of Crouch-end and 2 miles radius...ish.! If you want to be actively involved in making this project happen be there! Looking forward to seeing you.

MAKING URBAN JELLY

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HAWTHORN JELLY - NOVEMBER picking

SAMPLE OF A STALL POSTER DESIGNED FOR CROUCH-END

FARMERS MARKET

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ALLOTMENTS

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RELAXING

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URBAN FOOD GARDENING

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COOKING - SEASONAL and LOCAL

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YOUTH and ELDERS

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COMMUNITY LIVING

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MUSIC

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SEWING and KNITTING

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SHARING - CAR/TOOLS/RESSOURCES/MACHINES etc...

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SEED COLLECTING

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BAKING

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WATER SAVING/COLLECTING/RE-USING

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POWER SAVING

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RE-USE/RE-CYCLE

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REPAIR- MEND

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GROWING FOOD in CITIES

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URBAN HARVESTING

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NATURAL PRODUCTS

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HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN CLEANSING PRODUCT FOR YOUR HOME...

SAMPLE OF A STALL POSTER FOR CROUCH-END EVENT

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