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Glenn Jenkins: Organise, Occupy,
Produce
This talk will present the background
to the activities of the Leviticus (formerly
Exodus) Collective, the Marsh Farm Outreach
team and the Organisation Workshop project in
Luton, Bedfordshire. A story of mass mobilisations
to reclaim lands and properties (by all non
violent means necessary) to build sustainable
communities and an alternative way of life in
Luton - from the grassroots. The Leviticus (formerly
Exodus) Collective are a Luton based Sound System
and Social Movement who see "Leaving Babylon"
as re-building our community on the principles
of oneness, sharing and co-operation, instead
of those of greed, competition and hoarding
which underpin the "Babylon System"(aka
capitalism). So, we re-claim disused lands and
properties in our home town to create our own
tribal dances, free festivals, workplaces and
homes...building an alternative "way of
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Marsh Farm
Outreach is a self managed workers co-operative
of 13 Marsh Farm residents all working (mainly
in a voluntary capacity) to design, develop,
promote, and fight for innovative, community
led solutions to poverty, social exclusion and
dependency. In practice our activities are wide
ranging and varied and include (naming a few):
Organising not for profit community dances and
music festivals • Orchestrating awareness
raising campaigns to prevent public/ private
agencies riding roughshod over our civil /human
/community rights • Drawing up business
plans with proposers of not for profit community
businesses • Overcoming red tape and other
barriers to inclusion, community enterprise,
localised contracting etc • Research and
develop 'from the grassroots' community building
projects
Glenn Jenkins is a member of
the 'Leviticus Collective' and "Marsh Farm
Outreach". As a long term resident of the
Marsh Farm Estate in Luton, Bedfordshire he
has 25 years first hand experience of life in
one of the Eastern regions so called 'most deprived
communities'. He is officially 'unemployed'
(and has been for many of these years) and describes
himself as a Community Development Activist.
Contact: Marsh Farm Outreach CIC - 01582
508936 - www.marshfarmoutreach.org.uk
• www.leviticuscollective.co.uk |
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Robert Verkerk - Codex Alimentariuss,
the global control of our food supply—and
what we can do about it!
Are you old enough to remember
buying your fruit and veg at the local greengrocer
in a brown paper bag? And your bread at the
local baker? Find out how in a matter of a few
decades food distribution and supply systems
have radically altered, forcing most to do the
vast majority of their shopping in one of a
small number of hypermarkets, each bringing
in produce from all over the world, much of
which is nutritionally inadequate. Dr Robert
Verkerk, founder of the Alliance for Natural
Health, will explain how and why the global
control of the food supply by corporations and
governments through the UN's Codex Alimentarius
is affecting our lives, our health and our society.
Most importantly he'll talk about practical
ways in which individuals and communities can
work together to regain control of our food
and our health. |
| Dr Robert
Verkerk BSc MSc DIC PhD, Executive
and Scientific Director of the Alliance for
Natural Health is an internationally-acclaimed
expert in sustainability, with 25 years of experience
particularly in the areas of agriculture and
healthcare. He has a Masters Degree and Doctorate
from Imperial College London, where he also
worked as a Postdoctorate Research Fellow for
7 years. He has extensive international experience,
having worked especially in Asia, Africa, Europe,
Australasia and North and Central America. He
has acted as an advisor to governments but has
always maintained strong connections with the
NGO sector. Dr Verkerk founded the ANH in 2002
and has been its Scientific and Executive Director
ever since. Contact: Alliance for Natural
Health - 01306 646600 - www.anhcampaign.org |
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Jill Swyers - Health in a Balanced Way - Avoiding
Downfalls When Changing Food Lifestyle
This talk is about Maintaining a
Healthy Balance when Transitioning to Living and
Raw foods with Guidance, and How to Integrate Living
and Raw Foods Nutrition "One Step at a Time".
Jill Swyers is an Hippocrates Health Educator/
Living Food Nutrition Living Foods Consultant/ Speaker/
Practitioner.
Contact: Living Foods for Health - www.jillswyers.com
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Duncan Law - A Transition Town Experience
A very brief background to and history
of the Transition movement, with some glimpses of
the experience so far in Brixton. Transition seeks
to engage the genius of the community in visioning
and planning a BETTER low energy future and to reskill
and build resilience within our communities.
Duncan is an actor and director who has been working
pretty full time on Climate Change for a number
of years. He is a founder member of Transition Town
Brixton.
Contact: Transition Town Brixton - 07958 635181
- www.transitiontownbrixton.org
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Mark Sanders-Barwick - Sea Shepherd - 30 years
on the frontline
In its 32 years, Sea
Shepherd has rammed and disabled over a dozen whaling
and illegal fishing vessels on the high seas, and
scuppered others in ports by sneaking aboard and
opening valves to let in seawater, and on one occasion
by blowing holes in the hulls with limpet mines.
Other tactics include fouling propellers with entangling
lines, hurling aboard nausea-inducing stink bombs
and cellulose powder to make the decks slippery,
and direct high-speed ramming. This presentation
and film will focus on the organisations history
and motives.
Mark Sanders-Barwick is the volunteer and outreach
co-ordinator for Sea Shepherd in the UK. Mark is
also a Marine Mammal Medic for British Divers Marine
Life Rescue as well as a Marine Mammal Surveyor
for Organisation Cetacea. He is a keen scuba diver,
active within the Green Party of England & Wales
and was formerly London Regional Secretary for the
Shark Trust.
Contact: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
UK - 07973 268916 - www.seashepherd.org
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John Harris - Lawful Rebellion
“Magna Carta is such a
fellow, he will have no sovereign.”– Sir
Edward Coke. John Harris read the Magna Carta and
saw that it was good. So good in fact that he decided
to make honest use of it. Particularly article 61.
Article 61 is the longest and most powerful of the
clauses within Magna Carta of 1215. It proved so
unpalatable to subsequent monarchs that when Magna
Carta was craftily re-draughted in 1297, article
61 was not to be found. But one man’s unpalatable
article is another man’s invite to freedom.
Enter John Harris, Public Defender and committed
common law practitioner. Making use of Article 61,
his recent visit to Buckingham Palace began his
process of filing for redress of grievances.
John Harris is a pioneer of the freeman movement,
which is reclaiming our common law to live peacefully
in this country without interference from the state
- see video of recent presentation http://www.tpuc.org/node/558.
Contact: The People's United Community:
- ww.tpuc.org
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