Fiery Spirits NewsBurst No.2

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NewsBurst number 2, December 2008

Dear Nick Wilding

'Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.... Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!'(from W. H. Murray in The Scottish Himalaya Expedition, 1951, often attributed to Goethe).

We wish you a bold, genius, powerful and magic New Year! In the meantime, why not give friends ataste of FierySpirits by forwarding on this e-newsletter?

A Warm Welcome to New MembersAmongst many others, a warm welcome to Hazel Stutely ('I worked with residents to turn around a sinkestate with dramatic and sustained outcomes'), Nic Millington ('mediaoffers the 'little person' a fantastic opportunity to play on the big field'), DeriJones ('we do everything from suicide prevention to laser scanning') andRichard Scott ('reversing the tide' - thanks for your wildflower seedcollecting photo (right)!).

A Bouquet of BlogsThe blog is where you fire off a comment, link, report or anecdote .. .

and read comments sent in the same spirit.

Paul at CAT: Poznan talks 'lack urgency ... new push from the top' is urgently



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needed'Paul's post describes his trip to the climate talks in Poznan, saying "What really surprised me wasthat even in Poznan, many participants still hadn’t really grasped our global climate predicament.Even senior experts, scientists NGO’s and political leaders failed to appreciate that the most recentevidence on climate change reveals a situation more urgent thanhad been expected, even by those who have been following itclosely for decades." There is a now a new video on FierySpiritswhich brilliantly illustrates why we all need to 'get' this 'tippingpoint' science.

Paul from Devon Heartlands: Carnegie Key Influencers SeminarThe Seminar was organised by Carnegie to highlight a range of approaches for effective Communityled Planning and Engagement from both the local community and local authority perspectives."Paulpointed out that engagement through a local Forum could be “low cost, but not no cost” a point thatwas well received by panel members who recognised that far greater continuity of resources wasessential if the benefits of Community led Planning were to be fully realised."

Lisa at Eden: BBC survey results on Community life in Britain... and what we'redoing about itEvery region in the UK, broadly defined by a BBC local radio areas , has seen its communitiesbecome less rooted. This is not news, of course, to many Fiery Spirits - especially to those who areactively doing something about it!

A Gaggle of GroupsAny member can host a 'group' on FierySpirits. These groups can evolve to enable strongexchanges of practical know-how. Thanks to our pioneer 'practice group' hosts for bravingthe new technology and giving it a shot...

Food: a salvo from Mike and Pete in Fife: recapitalising the UK food system"Local and national government could start by acknowledging that a laissez-faire food system is nosafer in the long run than a laissez-faire financial system... the levers include land use and townplanning policy (including a tax on every inch of soil covered with concrete), public procurement, theplace of food in the school curriculum, universal food vouchers for fresh and unprocessed food,management of food waste, sales taxes, choice editing, agricultural emissions trading, linking farmsubsidies to public good accounting, research and development for sustainable food." See also therecent Sunday Herald article - a good example of using national media....

Welsh Wizards: Shan initiates a conversation about building a community of practice in WalesShan has been a trail-blazer on the FierySpirits site. An early post was in Welsh only - and when Iput it through the only on-line Welsh-English translation service I could find(http://www.tranexp.com:2000/Translate/result.shtml ) the results were pure poetry ('forbear withcontent Welsh') ...

International Connections: Tara and Debi encourage global exchangesOne early contributor, Serge Marti, who does participatory film-making with indigenous people in

Indonesia (and elsewhere), has said : "When we localise, we shouldn't cut ourselves off, there are somany learnings that are important in the connection to other cultures. Localisation may not meanthat we stop moving about - humans have been transhuman and nomadic for millennia, walking,



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sailing, trading, exchanging knowledge, objects, beliefs and language over vast distances. Andfinally, could the transition movement also have a strong international solidarity component -becoming an actor for environmental justice?"

A Feast at the ForumUnlike the Blog, posting to the forum means you want to start an in-depth exploration of atopic which doesn't fit into an existing practice group's focus.

Forum: Juliet from Eden asks Why?Why?Why? don't Community Land Trusts notget government support?"Heidi and I had a sparky meeting today with the lovely Alan Fox our local expert on CommunityLand Trusts.... The Community Land Trust Fund has no government support - Why? Why? Why?". Aripple went around the Carnegie Office as we read this ... perhaps we can find some opportunities toput this right .... what do you think?

Forum: James from Uni. Gloucestershire asks why do people volunteer toinitiate/assist community-led projects?"I scratched the surface of this and concluded that "self interest is the most powerful motive for individual development of rural community projects"; THAT SELF INTEREST was not viewednegatively, but rather as an honest recognition of 'where people are coming from'. The conversationis still live....

Forum: Meic from Wales showcases a successful Welsh drama approach forprimary school children - and seeks ideas for further support"Other schools, not all from rural villages, have also asked for a similar service to be provided. Earlyevaluation records show that the activity is indeed already changing the dynamics of culturalinteraction and play... Could any colleagues suggest, or offer any leads towards sources of fundingthat might be worth approaching?"

An Excellence of Events

... into a Fiery Future2009 is going to be a busy year. FierySpirits will continue to grow as groups become established and eachfind their practice focus. There will be lots of events on-line and face-face, new collaborations, and thelaunch of a ‘catalyst’ fund inviting bids from diverse CoP members to co-host events on emerging ‘hotthemes’.

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