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The focus of this conference is Economics of the Commons, from Seed Form to Core…See More
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Sue Bell commented on Anna Betz's page Highlights from Health Commons Working Group Meeting 11th May 2013 in the group Commons of Health and Well-being
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"Thanks Anna. There are no more questions that I would add.  These will bring a conversation…"
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Peter Martin commented on Anna Betz's page Highlights from Health Commons Working Group Meeting 11th May 2013 in the group Commons of Health and Well-being
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Being separated leaves us fragmented and invisible to each other and the wider world We decided not to enclose our conversation but use it to open it to others by publishing it in a public space. The Health Commons group has become a point of…
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Although I don’t usually really agree with  Thomas Friedman, His column, “Need a Job? Invent It” (March 30, 2013) wasn’t bad. http://nyti.ms/YRjMKQHe quotes a Harvard education specialist saying that…

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Anna Harris commented on Darren Hill's page Notes from breakout session at Commons Gathering 30/6/12 in the group Productive Commons
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"Here is my reply to Lawrence just sent : Thanks for your speedy reply. Patrick Holden was president of the Soil Association and a few years ago gave a talk locally in Bradford where he mentioned the necessity of every area having its own food plan,…"
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Anna Harris commented on Darren Hill's page Notes from breakout session at Commons Gathering 30/6/12 in the group Productive Commons
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"HI Anna and Darren, I wrote to the conatct address and below is his reply: anna, Very nice to hear from you across the pond and thank you for your interest.  Recently we have connected with Patrick Holden from Wales who is the head of the…"
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Anna Harris commented on Darren Hill's page Notes from breakout session at Commons Gathering 30/6/12 in the group Productive Commons
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"Detailed document on structure for a food commons http://thefoodcommons.org/images/FoodCommons_2-0.pdf May need a separate group to look at all aspects. On the other hand it links with water, energy, land, unemployed, etc."
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Anna Harris replied to Anna Betz's discussion The functions of a health commons in the group Commons of Health and Well-being
"Thank you for this introduction  Anna. I think the first step is to enable people to have confidence in their own judgements about what they need.  Luckily this is happening on the net, through countless sites giving information so that…"
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The purpose of this group is to build a commons for Health & Wellbeing. We will be looking into:what a healthy healthcare system could look like using a systemic perspectivemapping existing resources and find out what resources we want to create togetherhow to work with and build bridges to health-related sectors like housing, food, NHS, private medicine, voluntary organisations, health education & training, research, community gardens and othersSee More
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Janos Abel commented on Anna Harris's blog post UK Food Sovereignty
"Indeed, if we just did what the word means and "listen to them...", we would have a "child centered" curriculum and it probably would not be "national"---i.e. one size fits all 12 million people under age of 15. But,…"
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Anna Harris replied to Anna Betz's discussion Eisenstein and Quilligan about commons, markets, gift economy, and the new economic model
"One principle which was not touched on in these interviews, but is really relevant to the gift economy that Eisenstein advocates,  is the principle of scarcity on which the money economy is based. A gift economy can only work where there is an…"
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Anna Harris commented on Anna Betz's blog post Changing the whole system of healthcare starts with practising compassion and Communities of Practice
"I recently went to the doctor about a long standing digestive problem which had disappeared for a while and then returned. He recommended a series of blood tests, and called me to discuss the results. I went with my daughter. How can I describe how…"
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Anna Harris commented on Anna Betz's blog post Changing the whole system of healthcare starts with practising compassion and Communities of Practice
"Hi Anna, I would see this situation differently. Do you think she would be able to refuse this request, if for whatever reason she didn't want to? He is in a very powerful position since she will be 'under his knife'. Clearly she…"
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Anna Harris commented on Anna Harris's blog post UK Food Sovereignty
"PS If we had less desire to 'educate' children, and more desire to listen to them and ourselves we might make a start. There is no way that children can be nurtured while being incarcerated under compulsion, to learn a set curriculum, in…"
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George Por commented on Anna Harris's blog post UK Food Sovereignty
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Janos Abel commented on Anna Harris's blog post UK Food Sovereignty
"Thank you for that information about the beginnings of the small school. Did you mention this to Mario? How is the Small School doing now? How do we transform education to do what the word actually means---bring out and nurture the latent gifts…"
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Anna Harris commented on Anna Harris's blog post UK Food Sovereignty
"Hi Janos, When Satish Kumar, editor of Resurgence magazine and initiator of Schumacher College in Devon, set up the Small School in North Devon, the first person he appointed was the cook.Then everything was built around the kitchen, with the…"
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UK Food Sovereignty

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Last weekend I attended the 'Transform our Food System' gathering in London dedicated to UK Food Sovereignty in collaboration with the European arm of Via Campesina, a global peasant movement which represents about 200 million farmers worldwide.  A wide range of food interests were represented, organic farmers, anti GM activists, permaculturists, land squatters, transition towners, War on Want, etc mostly young people wanting to take back control of our food system. I…

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