Film: Why radical history is important talk – Off Grid 2012
Michael Thomas of Permanent Culture Now begins the Radical History Day at the 2012 Sunrise Off grid Festival with a talk on Why Radical History is important.
Film: Yesterday’s To-Morrow – Bristol’s garden suburbs talk – BRHG @ Cloudcuckooland
Thought the transition movement was the first movement to look at localised food production and sustainability, think again as Bristol had its own transition type movement over a hundred years ago.
Film: Panel discussion on small scale food production – Off Grid 2012
Panel discussion on small scale food production with Patrick Whitefield.
Film: Patrick Whitefield “A Permaculture Life” – Off Grid 2012
Patrick Whitefield descibes “A Permaculture Life” at Off Grid festival 2012.
Film: Paddington Farm: community & educational project talk: Off Grid 2012
Film of talk: Running Paddington farm: community & educational farm project: Off Grid 2012
Film: Ragmans Lane Farm: small scale farming talk: Off Grid 2012
Ragman Lanes farm explains how it runs a small scale food production business.
Film: Running Vallis Veg a diverse horticultural smallholding talk – Off Grid 2012
Film of Talk: Running Vallis Veg a Diverse Horticultural Smallholding – Off Grid 2012
Film: Edcombe farm: small scale mixed farming – talk: Off Grid Festival 2012
Find out about Edcombe farm a residential off-grid smallholding.
Film: A three fold attack on protest
Find out how policing has changed to control/stop protest occurring in the UK through the history of the police, the militarised methods of policing, and the increasing criminalisation of protest.
Film: Blackthorn farm: residential off-grid smallholding talk – Off Grid Festival 2012
Film of a talk about running Blackthorn farm a residential off-grid smallholding from Off Grid Festival 2012
Film: Small is beautiful festival
A short film about the Small is Beautiful festival 2012, a great festival, check our site for more great talks and films
The Self Under Siege (Part 8) – Baudrillard Fatal Strategies
Rick Roderick’s great course on the Philosophy of the modern age that examines how the self is under siege (this one focus on Baudrillard) from modern day neo-liberal capitalism, although recorded in the 1990s, still very much relevant today. This one discusses Baudrillard and his post modern views of the world.
Taking control of our food supply
Can we control the our food supply in the future, or are we powerless over it, read this to find out more.
The Self Under Siege (Part 7) – Derrida and the ends of man
Rick Roderick’s great course on the Philosophy of the modern age that examines how the self is under siege from modern day neo-liberal capitalism, although recorded in the 1990s, still very much relevant today. This one discusses the Post Modernist Derrida.
The sow and grow project
The Sow and Grow Community food growing project shows how permaculture principles can help people reintegrate back into community and learn new skills.
The Self Under Siege (Part 6) – Foucault and the Disappearance of the Human
Rick Roderick’s great course on the Philosophy of the modern age that examines how the self is under siege from modern day neo-liberal capitalism, although recorded in the 1990s, still very much relevant today. This one discusses Foucault and his ideas around the control of the body and surveillance society.
Social class: A useful tool of the ruling elite
To understand society you need to understand class, its function, who it serves and how to break down the barrier of class for a fairer world
The Self Under Siege (Part 5) – Habermas and the Fragile Dignity of Humanity
Rick Roderick’s great course on the Philosophy the modern age that examines how the self is under siege from modern day neo-liberal capitalism, although recorded in the 1990s, still very much relevant today. This one focuses on Habermas of the Frankfurt School.
Semiotics: a tool to understand meaning
How can semiotics help you to understand the world, read this to find out
A common peoples history of the UK part 3: Levellers and ranters and diggers
Find out how the Levellers and Ranters are our ancestors in the campaign for a more a equal, just world.
The Self Under Siege (Part 4) – Marcuse and One-Dimensional Man
Rick Roderick’s great course on the Philosophy of the modern age that examines how the self is under siege from modern day neo-liberal capitalism, although recorded in the 1990s, still very much relevant today. This one focuses on Marcuse and his theory of the one dimensional man.
Multiculturalism
Where does multiculturalism stand today and is it still a valid project, read more to find out
A common peoples history of the UK part 2: Desolation and wilderness
Find out how Robert Kett and Thomas Moore wanted to change the world, with their ideas of Utopia.
The Self Under Siege (Part 3) – Sartre and the Roads to Freedom
Rick Roderick’s great course on the Philosophy of the modern age that examines how the self is under siege from modern day neo-liberal capitalism, although recorded in the 1990s, still very much relevant today. This one focuses on Sartre and existentialism.
Do we eat enough fruit and vegetables?
Do we get enough nutrients in the modern day diet, is convenience food making us ill, read more to find out
The Self Under Siege (Part 2) – Heidegger and the Rejection of Humanism
Rick Roderick’s great course on the Philosophy of the modern age that examines how the self is under siege from modern day neo-liberal capitalism, although recorded in the 1990s, still very much relevant today. This one focuses on Heidegger and his seminal work Being and Time. – Mike
Permaculture praxis
Permaculture needs action, and praxis is action, read this to find out why its needed to achieve a better world
The Self Under Siege – Masters of suspicion (lecture 1)
Rick Roderick’s great course on the Philosophy of the modern age that examines how the self is under siege from modern day neo-liberal capitalism, although recorded in the 1990s, still very much relevant today. This is the intro that explains why the self is under siege.
Film: Bristol Green Week Schumacher Talks 2012
Permanent Culture Now is proud to bring you the Bristol Green Week Schumacher Talks, these talks cover a wide range of issues around sustainability and green issues, from ethics, to behaviour change, to zeronauts and more.
A common peoples history of the UK part 1: Free born Englishmen
Find out about the first enclosures of land in the UK and how the common people were forced off the land into poverty and the preceding uprisings that occurred and what relevance these events have for today in this new historical serialisation about common people and the land.
The work ethic
The work ethic, is almost a given that is never questioned, but why do we work the way we do and where does the view that we should work come from, read this to find out more
The Real Economic Scandal: Understanding the Debt-Based Economy
The debt can never be paid off! To understand the economic crisis you need to understand how money is created and some of you may be surprised at how this occurs and why paying off the debt could cause economic collapse.
Planting seeds of hope in El Salvador
The Permaculture Institute of El Salvador (IPES) brings hope to El Salvador with projects that empower people to take control of their lives, read more abut this inspiring project here
Film: The Politics and Ethics of Change
Is it ethical to resist corporations, corrupt political systems, to save the planet, how can we implement ethical change, when all around us we see unethical practices, listen to this talk to hear from 3 people about what it means to be ethical in the world today.
Film: Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink
Is peak water going to be an issue, can water be better managed, how can business help towards water sustainability, watch this Schumacher talk from Bristol Green Week to find out about this and more.
Film: Regeneration for Real
What does real regeneration look like asks Kevin Cloud (Grand Designs), Rob Hopkins (Transition Towns) & Tim Smit (Eden Project) watch this film of the Schumacher talk to to find out what they think regeneration really means.
Film: No more business as usual
What role can business play in addressing environmental issues, can business ever be sustainable and ethical, the panel from a variety of backgrounds from Dragons Den Deborah Meaden, Good Energy’s Juilet Davenport to Andrew Simms of the New Economics Foundation attempts to address these questions
Film: Behaviour Change: warts and all
Can we move towards a more sustainable world by changing our behaviour, what can be done to change behaviour, whose behaviour needs to change, , watch this talk to find out some of the ways that people are working to achieve positive behaviour change
Film: Moving to a ‘zero’ society: meet the Zeronauts
Can a sustainable society be reached through a zero approach, watch this Schumacher talk to find out new and innovative ways people are taking to achieve this.
Film: Clare Hedin: Green Economics. Dynamic Emergence
Is a new convergence possible between humans and nature, Clare Hedin believes that we have to, watch to find out more.
Film: Who says we can manage the planet?
Can we manage the planet Clive Hamilton author of Requiem for a Species, Johnathon Porritt and James Vaccaro of Triodos Bank discuss the issues.
Urban Foraging in Bolton
Urban foraging in Bolton, foraging is something we can all do in our areas.
Redefining work in an age of late Capitalism
What could work look like in a different post neoliberal world.
Film: Living memory, Future Worlds: Bristol Voices on Climate Change
What can we learn from the older generation about living in a world of less resource.
Social class and Ecology
How does social class and ecology fit together.
Rocket Stoves
A brief history of rocket stoves, and why they are useful for the transition from fossil fuels
How to make cheap cider
Learn how to make great cheap cider with this easy to follow video.
Permaculture systems with and without livestock
This piece provides a basic breakdown of permaculture systems that use of refrain from the use of livestock.
Celebrating being human
We should celebrate and have fun as we make a new world and in our activism.
Thrifty times series: Grow, coppice and scavenge your own wood fuel
How to reclaim wood and use it to heat ourselves.