Redesigning Society
Ideas and projects that seek to redesign society for a better world.
Film: Politics and social change
Find out about new political movements, real utopias and green politics in this talk from Off Grid Festival 2014.
Film: Gee Vaucher Anti War Art
Gee Vaucher from CRASS, discussing her work and its impact from the 1980’s onwards, hear from people influenced by Crass and how Gee develops her art.
Dagenham, Drum & League of Black Revolutionary Workers
Film of talk by ex-members (such as the late General Baker) of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, arguably one of the most radical working class organisations in the US in the 20th century.
Popular Education
Popular Education, what it is, how to do it, loads of films and links to more information.
Real Utopias how Social Change happens
Overview of Erik Olin Wright’s theory of social change Real Utopias, which explains how social change happens using the Transition Movement as an example.
Seed Economics
Exploratory and experimental piece looks at the value of seed saving and sharing as an economic model in its own right and as a way of supporting the local resource based economies of the future.
Bioneers in the age of anti-nature
Bioneers are those people experimenting to create low impact solutions for an uncertain future.
Permaculture books
A great list of useful permaculture books to use to develop a future world of equality and sound ecology.
Community self reliance: the end of Employment?
this piece looks at community self reliance and the end of employment
Urban Permaculture: creating resilient small scale Cities for the future
Urban permaculture as a means of helping to bring about a permanent culture based on sound ecology and abundance.
Film: Bristol Green Capital Changing the World
Changing the world talk from Bristol Green Week, see how companies in Bristol are developing new technologies and ways of doing things.
Film: Beyond (Party) Politics – Bristol Green Week
What next for politics in the UK? Is the South West leading the way? Local politics in Frome was transformed last year when a group of Independents took over their council.
Film: Beyond (Eco) Campaigning – Bristol Green Week
Does environmental campaigning work today and what do we need to do today to move towards a better world, these are some of issues discussed in this talk from Bristol Green Week 2013.
Film: Energised communities – energy efficiency and renewable generation (research findings)
What is community energy, how can we reduce our reliance on energy through efficiency and renewables, listen to a range of viewpoints
Film: ‘Libres’: Songs of the Spanish Revolution (Pilar Lopez)
Pilar Lopez’s performances/songs about the Spanish Social Revolution of 1936 brings to life the spirit of these times and to today’s struggles in Spain.
Film: Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Race, Class and Gender in the 60′s U.S.
Hillbilly nationalists were a white radical movement in the US in the 1960’s and formed part of a coalition with Black panthers amongst others.
Film: Running down Whitehall with a black flag: memories of anarchism in the 1960′s
Di Parkin was a revolutionary activist from the early 1960′s to the 1980′s, hear her story of involvement with syndicalist movements and members of Durutti amongst others.
Film: Three minutes to midnight: the women’s anti-nuclear protest at Greenham Common
In this talk hear how the Greenham common women’s movement against the nuclear arms race developed and campaigned for a peaceful world.
Permaculture as a solution
Permaculture is a system that can develop a way of living that is sustainable and just.
How to be secure online – Tech Tools for Activism
The best tools for being secure online.
Individual action
How we as individuals can affect change using permaculture ideas.
Secrets and Spies: Police and Corporate Spying on Activists
Eveline Lubbers, shines a light on corporate and police spying on activists including blacklisting of trade unionists, McLibel, police spy Mark Kennedy.
Meaningful work
Can we can change work for the better of ourselves and community.
No place for capitalism in ecology movement
Are we really changing things, if we become green capitialists?
Greeniversity a sustainable education project
this piece looks at the Sustainable skills share scheme Greeniversity which is now being launched by groups in more than 25 cities and towns across the UK, cheers Steve
Daisy Dell community action group
The community at Daisy Dell took action in their area to create a community garden resource and at the same time built new relationships.
Community building in the age of individualism
How community building can be a solution to a lot of our world’s problems.
The end of the old paradigm and shifts in cautiousness
How can we change the dominance of a culture based on individualism by building community.
Film: The Fight Against Blacklisting
Find out how blacklisting has been used against people arguing for better workplace rights and conditions and how we can fight back.
Solutions to Credit Crisis and Essential Articles to read
Potential solutions to the economic crisis, that would benefit people.
Permaculture, Queerness & Feminism
A conversation between queer permaculture practitioners and community organisers, Nicole Vosper and Annie-Rose London, communicating across continents about gender, sexuality and design.
Permaculture ethics
How can permaculture ethics help us to create a better, fairer world.
Book: Commons a model for managing natural resources
Want to know how a commons system could work in reality and what a commons system means then look no further than this excellent book, free to download
43 Essential essays on the commons and Peer 2 Peer theory
43 Essential essays on the commons and Peer 2 Peer theory, this is essential primer from the p2p foundation for anyone interested in the commons.
Occupy permaculture
How can we use permaculture and inspiration of occupy to shape a new world.
Film: Resistance in an age of austerity
What does resistance mean in an age of austerity, how can we change the world for the better when all around us with huge cuts based on Ideology.
The struggle: from dependence to community self reliance
It is challenge to become self sufficient in the UK and the world for most people, but there things you can do together.
Creative learning for a Permanent culture?
Creative learning is a great process that is being used in some of the poorest communities in India and could benefit you wherever you live.
An Overview of a Permaculture Design Course
An overview of a permaculture design course and what you learn.
Reclaiming our food
Reclaiming our food is crucial to developing not only sustainable futures, but also control over our lives, how can we do this for the benefit of us all.
Scientific evidence states happiness is linked to being kind and cooperative
Scientific evidence states happiness is linked to being kind and cooperative
Neoliberalism: Back to the cave?
Neoliberalism has a detrimental effect it on human beings and their habitat, community is what is needed.
Permaculture & Human Rights (people care)
Lasse Bresson Krøner on the subject of permaculture and human rights.
Film: Ruth Potts: Falling in Love with the Material World
Ruth Potts: Falling in Love with the Material World: How the joy and intelligence of craft helps us understand limits and sets us free, filmed at Small is festival 2012
Film: Diggers 2012 : Reclaiming the land – Off Grid Festival 2012
Talk from the Diggers 2012 group that have been inspired by the Gerald Winstanley and the original Diggers and have taken to reclaiming the land at Runnymede Park.
Occupy Sandy A community responds
Occupy Sandy was a community response to the devastating effects of the hurricane on New York city, it shows how community and solidarity can respond to these uncertain times.
Film: Martin Shaw: Cultural myth making at Cloudcuckooland Festival 2012
Storyteller & mythologist Martin Shaw explores our dominant cultural stories and describes the powerful influence of myth making over our lives.
Film: Tony Juniper: People Power and Sustainability
Tony Juniper shares his views on People Power and Sustainability filmed at Small is festival 2012
Film: Lucy Gilliam: The New Dawn Traders
New Dawn Traders is a brand new social enterprise powered by sail, as well as an empowered vision of future trade!
Climate change and human diet
How does climate change effect our food supply and how we can grow other plants to replace energy hungry crops.