This reader is prepared for the annual Back To The Land 2.0 summer school in Sweden that I run together with Konstfack (Cheryl Akner-Koler) and Annika Göran-Rodell
Annie Proulx on Barkskins
Or,
how we first got the idea that the earth’s resources are limitless.
Proulx’s story begins with the arrival in “New France” – the vast tract
of north America and Canada colonised by the French between the 16th and
18th centuries. Two young men set out to earn their freedom by clearing
an area of forest; they are soon awestruck by the imposing, often
impenetrable and seemingly limitless extent of the forest.
Simone Weil on The Need for Roots
“Rootedness
in a place is the most important and least recognized need of the human
soul. It is one of the hardest to define. A human being has roots by
virtue of his real, active and natural participation in the life of a
community which preserves in living shape certain particular treasures
of the past and certain particular expectations for the future.”
Pamela Mang on Storying of Place
“What
makes a shift to true sustainability possible is the power of the
connection between people and place. Place is a doorway into caring.
Love of place unleashes the personal and political will needed to make
profound change. It can also unite people across diverse ideological
spectra because place is what we all share: it is the commons that
allows people to call themselves a community. In every place, geology
and nature interweave over time with human history and culture to create
a place’s recognizable character and nature—its essence. Understanding
these patterns helps reveal new possibilities for how to live in
partnership with place, growing a future of greater abundance and
creativity for all life”.
Street Food
A wonderful series of short (30′) films on Netflix.
Social Food Atlas
Social Food Projects include municipal gardens and urban farms; community meals; social harvest festivals; farmer-to-farmer meet-ups; food waste platforms; community kitchens; community baking and brewing sites; care farms; school gardens; street food festivals; cooperative grain growing; farm hacks; regional gatherings; farm tours; and many more.A two minute video is here. Among the key takeways:
Back to the Land 2.0 Reader (2019)
This reader is prepared for the annual Back To The Land 2.0 summer school in Sweden that I run together with Konstfack (Cheryl Akner-Koler) and Annika Göran-Rodell
Annie Proulx on Barkskins
Or, how we first got the idea that the earth’s resources are limitless. Proulx’s story begins with the arrival in “New France” – the vast tract of north America and Canada colonised by the French between the 16th and 18th centuries. Two young men set out to earn their freedom by clearing an area of forest; they are soon awestruck by the imposing, often impenetrable and seemingly limitless extent of the forest.
Simone Weil on The Need for Roots
“Rootedness in a place is the most important and least recognized need of the human soul. It is one of the hardest to define. A human being has roots by virtue of his real, active and natural participation in the life of a community which preserves in living shape certain particular treasures of the past and certain particular expectations for the future.”
Pamela Mang on Storying of Place
“What makes a shift to true sustainability possible is the power of the connection between people and place. Place is a doorway into caring. Love of place unleashes the personal and political will needed to make profound change. It can also unite people across diverse ideological spectra because place is what we all share: it is the commons that allows people to call themselves a community. In every place, geology and nature interweave over time with human history and culture to create a place’s recognizable character and nature—its essence. Understanding these patterns helps reveal new possibilities for how to live in partnership with place, growing a future of greater abundance and creativity for all life”.
Street Food
A wonderful series of short (30′) films on Netflix.
Social Food Atlas
Social Food Projects include municipal gardens and urban farms; community meals; social harvest festivals; farmer-to-farmer meet-ups; food waste platforms; community kitchens; community baking and brewing sites; care farms; school gardens; street food festivals; cooperative grain growing; farm hacks; regional gatherings; farm tours; and many more.A two minute video is here. Among the key takeways: