Podcasts about Totnes

Devoncast's search for the most interesting stories around the county takes it to Exeter, Plymouth, Torbay and Totnes among other places this week, as well as taking a dive into the uncharted waters of artificial intelligence. The team steps into the fire-ravaged ruins of Exeter's Royal Clarence Hotel to hear how a huge redevelopment scheme has started this week, and hears how Plymouth's landmark Civic Centre could be in line for an uplift. A veteran politician discusses how the new shape of Devon could be hammered out in the coming months, and a baton relay with a life-saving message is heading to the county later this year. There's an expert view on artificial intelligence, and a tempting cheese course to complete the feast. It's all in the latest edition of Devoncast, from Radio Exe and the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Totnes, UK Event - June 14, 2013. For this person, taking on the night shift with a sleepless baby and sensing the power in a simple hug became portals to some of life's profound questions for John to answer. Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.    For more information about John de Ruiter go to www.johnderuiter.com

Send us a textLee and Simon talk about things that bother them about themselves and learning to live with them. Things covered: Apple iCloud shared accounts and how shit they are, a ladybird backflip a la Jackie Chan, ladybugs, speaking all Northern, living in Lancaster, Blackpool, depressed British seaside towns, PIGS acronym (Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain), Bob and Lee's ladybirds experience, finding out what ladybirds taste like, Torch Song Trilogy, the difference between hardware and software, knitting stick count in, Simon getting high on his own (bread) supply, Oliver Burkeman's Meditation for Mortals, learning to live with the the things that bother them, people pleasing, Totnes street folk singer who hates Lee, Lee sounding a bit more unhinged, chaos in the world of Bob and Lee (and singing a Christmas Carol), Bob and Lee teaching with Henry and William (their dogs at the time), performing "like me", pay them bitches no mind, self-absorption, Simon's clunking dogging him until he dies, Antipodeans going overseas to see the world (their big OE), risky humour in Turkey, the line between getting it right and getting it very wrong, squaring ourselves with ourselves, being aspirational, human beings recognising their shapes, saying goodbye. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net. ---The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)

Born with achondroplasia, one of the best known forms of dwarfism, Krysten Coombs never saw anyone that looked like him growing up in Totnes in the South West of England. Sport was his passion and was the thing that helped him to change his big challenge into his superpower. Football is a passion, and he has played with the Dwarf Sports Association and is a passionate fan of Plymouth Argyle, but it was racquet sports, and most particularly badminton, where he has excelled culminating in a magical final in the Paris 2024 Paralympics.Krysten is so open and speaks about some of the key challenges that face people with dwarfism. We talk about language, Game of Thrones, panto, social media, rooming with your main rival and the joy of sport. It's a truly beautiful episode.This series we are partnering with University Campus of Football Business and have recorded episodes at their Media City studios in Salford and at their studio next to Wembley StadiumFor more information on UCFB visit their website here - https://www.ucfb.ac.uk/You can follow us on our social media @journeyspod on Instagram and Threads and we're still hanging around on X for a while! You might even find us on TikTok too!

We talk to Rob Hopkins about the importance of unleashing our imaginations in the fight against climate change, in order to create the future that we all want to see.Rob Hopkins is the co-founder of the Transition Movement and author of 'From What is to What If'. He has spoken at multiple TED events and runs ‘Imagination Catalyst' training for a wide range of organisations around the world.Rob also challenges Gwen and Kate to take a walk around their local neighbourhood and take photos of things they see that give them hope for 2030. Join in and share your photos on instagram, using #Rump2030.Find out more about Rob Hopkins and his work hereBook – From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We WantExclusive for RUMP listeners – enjoy 30% off the above using the discount code Whatif30Podcast – From What If to What NextFind out about Other Voices Festival Thank you to our team:Music - Andrew GrimesArtwork - Erica Frances GeorgeSocial Media - Kate BallsIf you enjoy the podcast, please subscribe, share with your friends and leave a review. It takes less than 60 seconds and really makes a difference in helping people discover the podcast. Thank you!Join the RUMP Club! Support the team and access exclusive content from as little as £3 p/month at: Right Up My Podcast | PatreonOr, if you'd like to make a one-off donation, you can buy us a virtual coffee from Buy Me a Coffee!Be social with us!InstagramFacebookTikTok

This week on the Motorhome Matt Podcast, Matt and Keith dive into a crucial topic for motorhome enthusiasts: motorhome layouts. Whether you're a first-time buyer or a seasoned traveller, getting the layout right can make or break your experience on the road.  Matt breaks down the various bed configurations, from island beds to drop-down beds, explaining how these choices impact the overall space, comfort, and practicality of your motorhome. We highlight the importance of trying different layouts before committing to a purchase to avoid potential pitfalls and ensure you're making the best decision for your needs. We also bring you the latest industry news, including details about the Camping and Caravanning Club's 2025 Owner Satisfaction Survey. If you've bought camping gear or a motorhome since 2021, this survey allows you to share your feedback.  Visit myccc.co.uk/ownersatisfaction Matt also unpacks the Motorhome Matt Approved directory, where you can find trusted brands and services we recommend.  In the Q&A session, the hosts answer some great listener questions. Robert from Lutterworth asks about European breakdown recovery for his 8-metre motorhome. Ruth from Totnes seeks advice for attending the NEC motorhome show as a beginner. Finally, Alison from Edinburgh is unsure about selecting the right levelling ramps for her Fiat Ducato motorhome. ✅ MOTORHOME MATT APPROVED Services, products and educational resources used and approved by Motorhome Matt mhmp.info/approved ❓ ASK MATT mhmp.info/askmatt

This week we are delighted to have Lorraine Arnold, the owner of Pier Point, as our guest. Lorraine will share what sets Pier Point apart from other hospitality businesses in the Bay, from winning awards to community involvement and rewarding her team. Pier Point is always at the heart of community activities. Upcoming Events • Interview with DJ Luna V: This Friday at the Mercure. Stop by to learn more about her story, mixes, and upcoming gigs. • Vinyl Avengers at The Osborne Hotel: Residency every Wednesday in July and August from 6 to 9 PM. Open-air mod-themed event, free entry, and dress sharp! • Summer Seaside Sessions at Shoreline, Paignton: Every Thursday in August from 6 PM - 8 PM. Great menu and drinks. Spend £10 on drinks and get complimentary garlic bread. • Wine Event at The Wine Box, Torquay: Friday 6th September. Wine flight guided by Paul from the Wine Box with canapés by MasterChef's Nick Pearce. Limited space. Book now at TheWineBox.co.uk. • Restaurant Takeover at The Kents, Wellswood: 5 courses for £55 per person by Nick Pearce on the 30th and 31st of August. Book now. • Gaia Coffee Litter Pick: 3rd August from 10.30 AM. Meet at Gaia and join the team on a circular litter picking route. Enjoy free coffee and cake after. Hospitality news highlights Local News highlights some great dining options in Devon, featuring 20 favourite places to enjoy alfresco meals. Among them is The Venus Cafe in Broadsands, which is open until 8 PM, and The Bucket and Spade Cafe in Shaldon, where you can find more information at TheBucketAndSpade.com. Wild Thyme Deli & Kitchen in Totnes offers seasonal menus, and details can be found at China-Blue.co.uk. Additionally, Cary Arms and Spa in Babbacombe hosts summer BBQs on the first and last Friday of each month until September, with more info at CaryArms.co.uk. Congratulations to all the businesses that received a mention, and see you on the terraces! Hot goss Rumour has it! The Bay has been purchased, and Juniper and Harbour 16 are now up for sale. Is it the truth or just a rumour? Time will tell. Additionally, a secret speakeasy is set to open at 1b The Terrace on Friday, run by the same team behind the Escape Rooms. SUPHub community update: During the recent meeting with the Council, a single point of contact for community issues was secured. An upcoming presentation is scheduled for the leader of the Council, elected members, and the Geopark Management Group. Additionally, Sean and Lyn will provide a radio update on Riviera FM on Tuesday, 13th August. Trendwatch Staycation snacking is becoming popular as shorter breaks gain traction over traditional holidays. This trend is contributing significantly to tourism spending, which amounts to nearly £2.5 billion annually in Devon. AU Vodka is making an appearance at The Mermaid in Brixham and has been highlighted on Soho's social media platforms AND also available at Pier Point! Kelly's Questions: Benefits of entering and winning awards – check out the Torbay Hospitality blog coming soon for Kelly's responses to your questions. Thank you to Lorraine and the team for hosting us at Pier Point. We'll be back next week with more innovations, events, trends, and features like Ask Andy and Kelly's Questions. Don't miss the great music with DJ Luna V! SHOW LINKS Riviera Connect: https://riviera-connect.co.uk/ DJ Luna V SoundCloud: https://m.soundcloud.com/laura-jayne-owen Lorraine's feature interview in 2023: https://www.treatmarketing.co.uk/podcast-production/episode/7afe8ed7/s2e25-pier-point-chronicles-lorraines-story-and-seafood-feast-insights Charlie's Hospitality Heroes interview in 2023 https://www.treatmarketing.co.uk/podcast-production/episode/2724385b/s3e5-hospitality-heroes-launch-with-charlie-james-from-pier-point The English Riviera Website: https://www.englishriviera.co.uk/ Pier Point Website: https://pier-point.co.uk/

Anthony Mangnall Anthony was one of the stars of the Election 24 Series. A former adviser to William Hague, he'd been the Conservative MP for Totnes since 2019. On 4 July he lost his seat to the Lib Dems. In this candid and hilarious interview, he reflects on defeat and reveals what advice he gave his successor. SEE Matt at the Edinburgh Festival in August and on tour until March 2025: Matt Forde The End of an Era Tour 2024 31 July - 25 August: Edinburgh, The Pleasance 2 October: Norwich Playhouse 3 October: Maidenhead, Norden Farm 9 October: Middlesbrough, The Crypt 10 October: London, Leicester Square Theatre 24 October: Hull, Truck Theatre 6 November: Exeter, Phoenix 8 November: Tunbridge Wells, Trinity Theatre 14 November: Basingstoke, The Haymarket 15 November: Colchester Arts Centre 20 November: York, The Crescent 21 November: Chorley, Little Theatre 22 November: Salford, The Lowry 27 November: Chipping Norton Theatre 28 November: Leicester, Y Theatre 29 November: Eastleigh, The Berry 31 November: Faversham, The Alexander Centre 2025 4 February: Leeds, City Varieties 5 February: Sheffield, The Leadmill 6 February: Chelmsford Theatre 7 February: Bedford, The Quarry Theatre 12 February: Bath, Komedia 13 February: Southend, Palace Theatre 16 February: Cambridge, The Junction 20 February: Nottingham, Lakeside Arts 23 February: Brighton, Komedoa 25 February: Cardiff, Glee Club 26 February: Bury St Edmunds, Theatre Royal 2 March: Bristol, Tobacco Factory 11 March: Aberdeen, Lemon Tree 12 March: Glasgow, Glee Club Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a world that wants to keep hustling and believing that “bigger is better”, we've always had a different measure of success.For Laurence and Carlos, it's about forging deep friendships and relationships, getting out in nature, making things that give people delight, and making sure that those you love get more of you.To do this can mean simplifying our lives. It can mean focusing on what matters and recognising that there's another way to be in the world - and in the business world.The Happy Startup way of thinking has been influenced by Small is Beautiful by the economist and environmentalist EF Schumacher. But they're not the first to be influenced by this classic text.In 1991 Satish Kumar, a former Jain monk and activist, launched the ground-breaking Schumacher College near Totnes with a short course on Gaia Theory led by James Lovelock. In this episode, Laurence and Carlos talk with him about getting off the treadmill of endless competition and consumption, as discussed in his book Elegant Simplicity.They explore what it means to prioritise happiness, social equity, and a desire to tread lightly on the earth. Hear why we “need to go wild” and reconnect with our souls, the soil, and our society in a less complicated, less wasteful, way. Find out what it means to “live like a poet” and find purpose through relationships, contribution, and connection to the environment around us.LinksJoin the conversation liveBecome a member of the Happy Startup SchoolJoin the next Vision 20/20 cohort

Verran is a potter living and working in Totnes, Devon. He's takes his pots into the landscape and films them and he has a passion for teaching.

Send us a Text Message.Simon and Lee discuss many things including pizza, the D-Day landings and going dry. No one reads these show-notes so we will just leave it at that. Some other details from the episode: getting things stuck in your teeth, Lee's naked ambition, remote dinner dates, kamaikaze blue tits, stressing syllables in language, how to say Alghero, Cagliari, Dittisham, Broughan, zero-alcohol beer, sleeping better without alcohol, Lee slacking off at work, whether or not the Falmouth VC listens to Midlifing, breakfast dessert, a piece of theoretical cake, the US Army and the D-Day landings (educated and inexperienced), PTS and CPTS, two slices of pizza, Simon being woken up by his neighbours having sex, Jefrey and Lee trying to figure out what the noise is (and looking like perverts), new pop-up pizza in Totnes, pizza is great, how deep pockets can be, types of handbags and just how much Lee knows about them. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net. ---The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)

Guest Narrator: Matthew Jones My name is Matthew Jones, I used to have a channel 'MJam from London' which sadly got taken down. Ah, well... I've risen from the ashes with the channels below https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAIykVoygG4Y7hj2oou3sgA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV_d51P8y35TqoT2N7FpMjA    (my own material) and most importantly my website which has everything from my old channel https://mjam-from-london.webnode.co.uk Emund Crispin Born as Robert Bruce Montgomery on October 2, 1921, in Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire, England, Edmund Crispin was a renowned English crime writer and composer. He attended Merchant Taylors' School and later graduated from St John's College, Oxford. Crispin achieved literary acclaim under his pseudonym, Edmund Crispin, penning a series of detective novels and short stories that showcased his wit, intellect, and love for the genre. His literary career spanned from the 1940s to the 1950s, leaving a lasting impact on the British detective fiction tradition. Edmund Crispin's literary output includes nine volumes of detective novels and two collections of short stories, published between 1944 and 1953. His works are known for their intricate plots, humorous dialogue, and cleverly crafted mysteries. Notable titles include "The Case of The Gilded Fly," "Frequent Hearses," and "The Moving Toyshop," which have cemented Crispin's reputation as one of the last great exponents of the classic crime mystery genre. Despite his literary success, Edmund Crispin struggled with alcoholism, which led to periods of hiatus in his writing. He maintained a solitary existence in Totnes, Devon, where he indulged in his passions for music, reading, and bridge. Crispin resisted urban developments and preferred a quiet, contemplative lifestyle away from the bustling city. Edmund Crispin's contributions to British detective fiction are situated within a rich tradition dating back to the late 19th century. Building upon the foundations laid by authors like Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, and Dorothy L. Sayers, Crispin injected new life into the genre with his innovative storytelling techniques and irreverent humor. His works emerged during a period of transition in detective fiction, marked by a shift towards more complex plots and psychologically nuanced characters. Through titles like "The Moving Toyshop" (1946) and "Frequent Hearses" (1950), Crispin demonstrated a keen understanding of the genre's conventions while simultaneously subverting them, paving the way for future generations of writers to explore new narrative possibilities within the realm of crime fiction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tapachula, entre gigantesque refuge et prison à ciel ouvertLeur souhait à tous : atteindre le rêve américain ou simplement vivre une vie digne. Depuis la pandémie, l'Amérique connaît une crise migratoire sans précédent. Les chiffres font tourner la tête : plus de 7 millions de personnes sans papiers ont traversé la frontière américaine depuis 2021. Elles viennent de toute la planète, mais principalement d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes. Toujours, ce sont les violences ou la misère qui les poussent à partir. Très souvent, l'objectif final est d'arriver aux États-Unis, mais avant, il faut traverser le Mexique. Au sud, la ville de Tapachula, la ville du Chiapas vit au rythme de ces gens de passage qui s'accrochent à leur rêve. Sorte de gigantesque refuge, ou plutôt une prison à ciel ouvert… Un Grand reportage de Gwendolina Duval qui s'entretient avec Patrick Adam. Totnes, la ville en transition C'est une petite ville de moins de 10 000 habitants, dans le sud-ouest cossu de l'Angleterre… En surface, Totnes ressemble aux autres bourgades de cette zone touristique : des rues pavées, des cafés indépendants, une promenade en bord de rivière. Mais la commune est en fait le berceau du mouvement Transition Towns, les villes en transition : des villes qui veulent mener le mouvement vers une transition écologique et sociale.Un Grand reportage d'Emeline Vin qui s'entretient avec Patrick Adam.

In this week's episode Kate Foster, Employability and Career Consultant, is joined by Lena Worwood, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Project Support Officer at the University of Exeter. Lena and Kate explore careers from the perspective of finding a supportive employer, navigating the recruitment process and the support available in the workplace.   Links and resources: Information and advice about your rights and help with finding LGBTA+ friendly employers and jobs - https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/careers/equality/sexualorientation/ LGBTQ+ Staff Network at the University of Exeter https://www.exeter.ac.uk/departments/inclusion/groups/networks/lgbtq+staff/ Exeter Trans and Non-binary Café - https://www.exeter.ac.uk/departments/inclusion/groups/networks/transcafe/ Gendered Intelligence - https://genderedintelligence.co.uk/ Stonewall - https://www.stonewall.org.uk/ Intercom Trust, Devon - https://www.intercomtrust.org.uk/ Proud2Be, Totnes - https://www.proud2be.org.uk/ Not alone, Plymouth - https://www.notaloneplymouth.co.uk/ LGBT Switchboard - https://switchboard.lgbt/ 

Did the Chancellor's much anticipated pre-election budget fall flat? Nish and Coco pick over the details and wonder why our public services are being sacrificed for the sake of tax cuts. There's reaction from Westminster from political journalist Kiran Stacey, who says that there are signs of the budget unravelling already. Rachelle Earwaker from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation says it does nothing for the poorest in society, calling it a budget for “big earners and big owners”.Find out how a sleepy corner of Devon could be about to shake up our political system. Fed up of a first past the post system that's delivered a Tory MP for the last 99 years, voters in Totnes are organising their own series of primaries to pick a progressive candidate to oust their MP Anthony Mangnall. Could it catch on in other places too?There's an International Women's Day theme to this week's hero and villain…find out what Lucy Moore and the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council have done to deserve their accolades. Meanwhile Coco's got a bone to pick with King Harold of 1066 fame, plus there are tales of micro-pigs, badgers and naughtiness at Disneyland.Pod Save the UK is a Reduced Listening production for Crooked Media. Contact us via email: PSUK@reducedlistening.co.ukWhatsApp: 07514 644 572 (UK) or + 44 7514 644 572Insta: https://instagram.com/podsavetheukTwitter: https://twitter.com/podsavetheukTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@podsavetheukFacebook: https://facebook.com/podsavetheukYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/podsavetheworldGuests:Kiran Stacey, political correspondent at The GuardianRachelle Earwaker, senior economist at The Joseph Rowntree FoundationAudio credits:parliamentlive.tvX / @SDevonPrimaryX / @lucyajmmooreUseful links:https://www.jrf.org.uk/https://crooked.com/podcast-series/pod-save-america/

C'est une petite ville de moins de 10 000 habitants, dans le sud-ouest cossu de l'Angleterre… En surface, Totnes ressemble aux autres bourgades de cette zone touristique : des rues pavées, des cafés indépendants, une promenade en bord de rivière. Mais la commune est en fait le berceau du mouvement Transition Towns, les villes en transition : des villes qui veulent mener le mouvement vers une transition écologique et sociale. « Totnes, la ville en transition », un Grand reportage d'Emeline Vin.

Welcome to this week's episode! If you're passionate about hospitality in Torbay, you are in the right place - This episode is packed with the latest news on hotels, restaurants, events and attractions, plus this weekend's live music calendar and a huge jobs listing, right in time for the spring hiring season. Don't miss the Monster Job Board! For those looking to make their next career move within hospitality! We've compiled the best job opportunities from Newton Abbot, Torquay, Paignton, Totnes and Dartmouth. Join the TH crew! We have a growing subscriber base and would love if you would join us! Simply follow for regular updates from the hospitality sector. Remember to tag us and DM on social media for a mention on next weeks episode! Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, Audible and more. Please subscribe and leave a 5-star review to help get the word out. Have a fantastic weekend everyone! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/torbay-hospitality/message

Au Royaume-Uni, une ville s'est engagée depuis quinze ans à entamer sa transition écologique : Totnes est la première « Transition Town » dans un réseau qui en compte aujourd'hui 500. La petite ville de 9 000 habitants promeut l'économie circulaire, les petits commerces et les petits gestes pour économiser l'énergie. Dix jardinières bordent l'aire de jeu de Totnes, le long de la rivière Mouth. À l'intérieur, des poireaux, des choux, des fraises… Paul, jardinier, taille les basilics.« Dans ces jardinières, nous faisons pousser des légumes, de la salade, des herbes aromatiques. Quiconque passe par là peut se servir, prendre ce qu'il veut gratuitement. Le but, c'est que les gens reprennent l'habitude des légumes venus de la terre, plutôt que des supermarchés. »D'ailleurs, il n'y a pas de supermarché à Totnes : seulement des primeurs indépendants et locaux. Deux fois par semaine, le jardinier de métier anime des ateliers pour les bénévoles, sur les quatre sites de la commune.« J'adore l'idée de resensibiliser les gens à l'agriculture. En particulier en ville, on s'en éloigne facilement. Et puis la philosophie du projet me plaît beaucoup : faire pousser de la nourriture à donner… On a aussi d'autres évènements : trois fois par an, on organise un festival de cuisine pour aller de la jardinière à l'assiette. »Un aspect social prépondérantCe jour-là, malgré le froid et le vent, John a rejoint l'atelier et élague, lui aussi, les herbes aromatiques : « Je suis venu une dizaine de fois cette année, peut-être un peu plus. Ça me fait du bien, j'aime bien. Plus je viens et plus j'apprends ».En plus de l'aspect économie circulaire et sécurité alimentaire, ce Totnésien d'une trentaine d'années aime surtout le lien social : « Ce qui me plaît le plus, c'est que j'apprends. J'ai eu pas mal de problèmes avec ma santé mentale, et tout… Ce n'est que deux heures chaque semaine, mais l'aspect social m'apporte beaucoup, il y a toujours quelqu'un qui vient papoter ».Guy Erlacher Downing est le coordinateur local de Transition Town. En plus des jardins potagers, il supervise tous les projets de la ville : l'isolation thermique, la mise en relation de covoitureurs... « On remarque que l'impact le plus important, une fois qu'ils ont commencé, les gens savent quels changements pratiques opérer chez eux. Mais surtout, ils rencontrent six, sept personnes et créent des liens. Ce qui en retour crée de super choses : par exemple, les garages deviennent des "bibliothèques à objets" partagés. »Dans ces bibliothèques, des tondeuses ou des cocottes-minute, partagées par tout un quartier. Le jeune papa, qui vit dans une communauté autonome en eau et en électricité, estime que l'action locale collective comme Transition Town représente le meilleur remède à l'écoanxiété.À lire aussiRoyaume-Uni: la biodiversité a chuté de 20% sur le sol britannique depuis 1970

Au Royaume-Uni, une ville s'est engagée depuis quinze ans à entamer sa transition écologique : Totnes est la première « Transition Town » dans un réseau qui en compte aujourd'hui 500. La petite ville de 9 000 habitants promeut l'économie circulaire, les petits commerces et les petits gestes pour économiser l'énergie. Dix jardinières bordent l'aire de jeu de Totnes, le long de la rivière Mouth. À l'intérieur, des poireaux, des choux, des fraises… Paul, jardinier, taille les basilics.« Dans ces jardinières, nous faisons pousser des légumes, de la salade, des herbes aromatiques. Quiconque passe par là peut se servir, prendre ce qu'il veut gratuitement. Le but, c'est que les gens reprennent l'habitude des légumes venus de la terre, plutôt que des supermarchés. »D'ailleurs, il n'y a pas de supermarché à Totnes : seulement des primeurs indépendants et locaux. Deux fois par semaine, le jardinier de métier anime des ateliers pour les bénévoles, sur les quatre sites de la commune.« J'adore l'idée de resensibiliser les gens à l'agriculture. En particulier en ville, on s'en éloigne facilement. Et puis la philosophie du projet me plaît beaucoup : faire pousser de la nourriture à donner… On a aussi d'autres évènements : trois fois par an, on organise un festival de cuisine pour aller de la jardinière à l'assiette. »Un aspect social prépondérantCe jour-là, malgré le froid et le vent, John a rejoint l'atelier et élague, lui aussi, les herbes aromatiques : « Je suis venu une dizaine de fois cette année, peut-être un peu plus. Ça me fait du bien, j'aime bien. Plus je viens et plus j'apprends ».En plus de l'aspect économie circulaire et sécurité alimentaire, ce Totnésien d'une trentaine d'années aime surtout le lien social : « Ce qui me plaît le plus, c'est que j'apprends. J'ai eu pas mal de problèmes avec ma santé mentale, et tout… Ce n'est que deux heures chaque semaine, mais l'aspect social m'apporte beaucoup, il y a toujours quelqu'un qui vient papoter ».Guy Erlacher Downing est le coordinateur local de Transition Town. En plus des jardins potagers, il supervise tous les projets de la ville : l'isolation thermique, la mise en relation de covoitureurs... « On remarque que l'impact le plus important, une fois qu'ils ont commencé, les gens savent quels changements pratiques opérer chez eux. Mais surtout, ils rencontrent six, sept personnes et créent des liens. Ce qui en retour crée de super choses : par exemple, les garages deviennent des "bibliothèques à objets" partagés. »Dans ces bibliothèques, des tondeuses ou des cocottes-minute, partagées par tout un quartier. Le jeune papa, qui vit dans une communauté autonome en eau et en électricité, estime que l'action locale collective comme Transition Town représente le meilleur remède à l'écoanxiété.À lire aussiRoyaume-Uni: la biodiversité a chuté de 20% sur le sol britannique depuis 1970

(00:00:48) Vers un nouveau "contrat européen" ? (00:14:09) Série COP28 (1/4) : Totnes, berceau des villes en transition

Words have the power to change worlds.  Powerful words, powerfully written can open doors to the future.  Beautiful words, beautifully written, can give us hope . Richard Wain's new collection of poetry is doing all of these, with panache, and heart and soul.We all know by now that we need total systemic change - and a central thesis of this podcast is that we'll get there best by creating narratives that build this - both highlighting the need for it and exploring possible paths through.  What's becoming clear is that this is an emotional and spiritual journey long before it's a logistical one.  So we need to find ways to reach beyond people's head-minds into their heart-minds and spirit-minds.  With this in mind, our guest this week is a poet, an entrepreneur and an artist.  Richard Wain is founder and director of the digital marketing agency Vu Online, and of the Positive Nature Network, both committed to creating networks of businesses that can support each other in the move towards a regenerative, flourishing future.  He is also a poet with a commitment to celebrating openness and vulnerability and he has now written a beautiful, generative book of poetry called Beyond the Brink is the Beginning.I met Richard when he came to our 6 month Thrutopia Masterclass back in May of 2022 - and was struck by his capacity to grasp the big ideas.  Then I began to read the poems that arose out of our classes and was really in awe of his capacity to take these big, complex ideas, find the emotional spark at their core and weave it into something that could open hearts and help others to understand what really matters.  We've been planning this podcast for ages, but his book is coming out soon, so now is the time - though in the end, as always happens, we roamed far and wide beyond the book, to the positive nature network and how small businesses and their owners, who are often their founders and may well be the sole employee, can begin to be part of the solution.  As ever, we approached our own edges, which, a bit like poetry, is what this kind of medium is all about.  Richard's book will launch on 27th November 2023 at The Barrel House in Totnes.  Go along if you can!Here's the event link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the-brink-is-the-beginning-book-launch-tickets-74349440076Buy the Book here: https://www.beyondthebrinkbook.com/Positive Nature Network https://www.positivenaturenetwork.co.uk/Vu Online https://vuonline.co.uk/Richard on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@richardwainpoet

Joe's struggles to finish the surfing saga as it's been too long and he can't recreate the life changing moment when he was surfing in California. They quickly move on to how a bookcase stuffed full of books makes you feel intelligent. Joe's bookcase is cluttered with untidy books much to David's disgust. They talk about what it's like to retire and being free from the daily grind at a young'ish age but Joe worries about running out of money by retiring too young. Campervanning is suggested as a perfect post-retirement activity. David's been to Totnes market and tries to tell Joe about it. The surfing ep morphs into a cosy ep. Follow Chatabix on Twitter & Instagram: twitter.com/chatabix1 www.instagram.com/chatabixpodcast/ Patreon for early access to our eps: https://www.patreon.com/chatabix Crunchy fresh tees and hoodies: https://chatabixshop.com/ Contact us: chatabix@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes and Transcript Dr Tess Lawrie has been with us before to discuss the great work of World Council for Health.  One of their latest briefing papers caught our eye. Human Trafficking: A Call to Action: Ending Modern-Day Slavery.  This is a harrowing subject that many "human rights" organisations don't speak of and our media are strongly quiet, yet it remains the 2nd most lucrative criminal activity after illegal drugs.  In this interview Tess gives us some of the facts and examples of the scale and the human damage and after listening please read the short report and see which of the action points you can be a part of.     WCH Policy Brief and Call for Action on Human Trafficking https://worldcouncilforhealth.org/news/statements/human-trafficking-policy-brief/ Dr Tess Lawrie is a world-class researcher and has been a consultant to the World Health Organization. Her biggest clients happen to be those who are involved in the suppression of repurposed drugs and her highly acclaimed peer-reviewed Ivermectin Review is nearing the most acclaimed of all time. (Among the Wolters Kluwer ranking algorithm called Altimetric, her paper has been ranked #8 out of some 18 million publications.) Dr Lawrie is the Director of EbMCsquared CiC, a community interest health and research company. In the course of her work as a research consultant, she has been a frequent member of technical teams responsible for developing international guidelines and her peer-reviewed publications have received over 5000 citations. Dr Lawrie is the founder of BiRD International, (British Ivermectin Recommendation Development International initiative) and is a co-founder and steering group member of the World Council for Health. Her vision is of a healthier world in which science and learned wisdom are brought together to empower people to take responsibility for their own health, strongly believing that what defines us as human beings is our capacity, desire, and freedom to choose. Follow and support Dr Lawrie at..... SUBSTACK: https://drtesslawrie.substack.com/ X: https://twitter.com/lawrie_dr?s=20&t=-mx9hbCWxt-DQfYutomHkw World Council for Health WEB: https://worldcouncilforhealth.org/ The Great FreeSethttps://thegreatfreeset.org/ Interview recorded 25.10.23 *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin and Twitter https://twitter.com/TheBoschFawstin?s=20  To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more... https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Support Hearts of Oak by purchasing one of our fancy T-Shirts.... https://heartsofoak.org/shop/ Please subscribe, like and share! Transcript (Hearts of Oak) It is wonderful to have Dr. Tess Lawrie back with us again. Tess, thank you so much for your time today.  (Dr Tess Lawrie) Thank you, Peter. Thanks for inviting me again.  Always good to have you on, and we've had you on a number of times. We're going to talk about something a little bit different today, but first of all, for all those watching stateside with the War Room Posse, who maybe haven't come across Tess because she is over in the UK. That is her handle @Lawrie_Dr that is for those listening at l a w r i e underscore Dr and she's a doctor, researcher, health advocate and co-founder of world council for health that is worldcouncilforhealth.org and betterwayconference.org convener and all those links are in the description and of course I would recommend you, for those of you who use Substack, to sign up to her Substack, drtesslawrie.substack.com. Make sure and use that. Now, Tess, we've had you on before talking about the great work that you have done, especially with World Council for Health, and I personally benefited from looking at your website, all the information. This is something slightly different. Let me bring up the website and people know what they can find when they go on the website worldcouncilforhealth.org and we're going to look up in the resources section and down in the policy brief and actually you need to jump past because you've been doing so much work you need to go past three of them onto human trafficking a call for action ending modern day slavery and I have read it when it first came out and I've read it again for this interview and it is a shocking, harrowing, in-depth, thought-provoking, brief. But maybe I can ask you, Tess, first. Obviously, we watch the work that you do on highlighting the COVID tyranny side and the attack on our medical freedoms. This is something quite different. Tell us kind of how that fits into the ethos of what you're doing.  Yeah, thanks Peter. Well, you know what's become clear over the COVID crisis and certainly in the beginning we were focused on COVID. COVID was the health crisis that was affecting everybody. We now see that it was a man-made health crisis. And in actual fact, the interventions that were rolled out by our authorities were extremely dangerous, in fact, particularly with regard to the COVID injections. However, it's become clear, especially with this concentration of power in the World Health Organization, that our sovereignty, that sovereignty is absolutely key to the health issue, to us being healthy. So our position is health sovereignty. This is what we are for. We are for health sovereignty. If you compare to the existing authorities, the legacy authorities, their position has become what they call health security. It seems more of a disease system. I would call it disease security or vaccine security, but it's certainly not a health system. And so we are for health sovereignty. And as soon as one looks at sovereignty one realizes that it's a huge issue. Now, I just wanna lay out our vision for health and a healthy world, because our slogan is there's a better way. And there's a lot of resistance. You'll see the anger and whatnot about what's going on. But we really believe that the way out of this tyranny is through creation and the creation of a better world. And we absolutely believe this is possible. And our vision for this better world is a healthy, free, and sovereign world where everyone has what we need to generate, sustain, and protect our own health, and that of our loved ones, our communities, and our environments. It's such a simple ask. But when one looks at the sovereignty side of things, the elephant in the room is the fact that we have human trafficking as the second most profitable criminal industry, but it's growing faster than the drug trade. So while we are promoting health sovereignty and we're saying sovereignty, the definition of sovereignty, or the definition that we use, and how I understand it perfectly is to personally is to, is that we act on our conscience. We know right from wrong. We govern ourselves. So we are our own territory and no one can come and do anything to me because this is my territory. And we make our own decisions. We are self-determining creatures. Now that's not what we've seen in the last three years certainly and before and we are moving into a system where the concentration of power is such that our human rights and our sovereignty is actually being derogated, it's being violated, it has been violated, there have been many violations in the last three years. So we need to all relearn about what sovereignty means and many people think sovereignty is something reserved for royalty or a king for example, but absolutely not. We all should be sovereign. And in fact, I think it's one of those words that's been hidden from us. So if you struggle with the word sovereignty, and some people certainly struggle to spell it, like me, you can use self-determination. Think of self-determination and self-governance. And the idea of self-governance frightens many people because it means taking responsibility for your actions and your behaviour and your thoughts, and everything, and your health. So it may not be something that is a desirable thing for many. But in looking at sovereignty under the lens and freedom, which is a fundamental human right, freedom to speak, to travel, to choose, and bodily autonomy and so on, these fundamental things are absolutely intangible to many, many people, and in particular, then, one has to look at slavery and human trafficking. How can we live in a world now where slavery is ubiquitous? And, you know, I was just reflecting on the fact that slavery was officially abolished in 1833, in the UK at least. So how can it be that there is still slavery occurring and not only slavery for the purposes of labour, but child sexual exploitation? So I think I probably need to refer to the document for figures, but it's something like a quarter of those. Something 6.3 million from 2019 figures per day are in a situation of forced labour, for organ trafficking, or for sexual exploitation. And a quarter of these are children. And about 2 3rds of those are children under the age of 8. So when you look at the figures, it's absolutely shocking. And it's something that's so difficult for people to engage with. And who can blame them? Because we so like to feel safe, and we like to believe in democracy, and we like to believe in the goodness of people. And so it's very difficult to look at this very, painful subject because what it says about us as society and as human beings is hard for us to face. Oh completely and when I think as when you're involved in the media space or a campaign or a policymaker you come across a lot of issues and this issue I think specifically especially on the sexual side, especially when you involve the issue of children, is extremely harrowing. And I'm very grateful, because it's a short document. It's what, 20 pages, 18 pages, reference to the back. And if I could just pull out just a few parts of it, because I went through it with a pen and highlighted some of the issues to bring. And I would encourage, I think many of our viewers and listeners are people that want truth, that want to see, as you point out, a better world, a better life, something different, and they don't necessarily agree with the narrative they're given. And I think in that context, this is an important document to read, but it is also difficult. But unless we address these difficult issues, we won't come out the other side and find solutions. But simply on just page one, Tess, it talks about, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland security. Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world, with an estimated annual revenue of $150 billion. It has become the second largest criminal enterprise in the world after drug trafficking, and may soon surpass the latter. There is a financial side to this, and I guess that is why you have the success. You've got the demand, but it is about generating finance, generating money, it's about a business and that's why it's so successful and that's why there is difficulty I guess on stopping it because there are vested interests in this. Well, slavery has always been a profitable enterprise, you know, it's extraordinary, really, that this can be going on under our noses, and yet we still don't talk about it. And you know, there are classic situations like wars, when, you know, that facilitate this, the trade in human beings. So, you know, and there are wars going on at the moment, you know, so these things, these absolute horrors are what facilitate the trade in human beings and, you know, and vulnerable people and vulnerable families are also at risk. But there is also a sense that, you know, this is something that happens in, you know, the less developed countries and, you know, and so the Western countries or Western people often, you know, feel that it's not, I think, the sense is that they feel it's not their responsibility. Well, you know, the wake-up call really is that it's the market forces in the Western world that are driving human trafficking. And it is North America and Europe that are the biggest markets for child sexual exploitation and pornography. So we are absolutely central to this abhorrent industry, if you can call it that, this criminal industry. And it's very easy for us to, for individuals to say, oh, well, this is such a big thing. And if I look at this pornographic image of a child, it doesn't hurt anybody because the image is already there. I'm just looking at it or whatever. I don't know how people justify looking at these sorts of things. But pornography is highly addictive. And so if you're looking at adult images today, you could be looking at child images tomorrow, you know, it's absolutely proven to be addictive, and very destructive on the sense of moral fibre, on your sense of sovereignty, which is acting on your conscience, doing no harm and on family life and personal sense of integrity, so it has far-reaching consequences accessing that kind of material, and beyond that, sustains and feeds this absolute beast of immoral, a degenerate, unkind, harmful, deadly, in actual fact, industry. No, completely. And you talked about a couple of things. You talked about that figure. In the report it says two-thirds of the estimated $150 billion global revenue of human trafficking comes from sexual exploitation. And then again, you touch on the figures that nearly 50 million human beings, which is one in every 150 people in the world in modern day slavery on any given day. And then over 12 million of those are children, which is a third. This is, it's not just the revenue side, but it's the scale of the side. When you're in the UK and you think 50 million, that's two thirds of the size of the UK. There are many individuals and then you begin to think of actually this affects individuals. It's not just finance or a mass of people, but actually there are 50 million personal individuals involved that have their own life story, that have their own circumstances, their situations, and they have been caught up into this industry. And I think that really hit me, the 50 million of which 12 million being children. And some as small as this. You know, this is, it's really, you know, I urge your viewers to go to one of, if you go to my sub stack, there's an interview that I had with Max Lowen, who's a survivor of, of human trafficking, child sexual exploitation, and ritual satanic abuse, and she was trafficked from a baby by an uncle, and I think one of the things that really stands out is that she was not from a poor family in some far-off place, she was from Italy, from a diplomatic family, and very well-off, and she was trafficked at the highest levels. So this is something that's perpetrated by individuals at the highest levels, and they use their positions of power to engage and probably to, you know, maintain, you know, a sense, whatever their status is with, and I would expect probably there's blackmail and bribery and all that sort of stuff that is part and parcel of this very broken system that we live in and that we're actually seeing crumble down. So I think there is an upside to this, and which is why we at World Council of Health really encourage people to engage with this issue because paedophilia runs through our society. It's family men, it's neighbours, it's in parliament, it's in, you know, in business, academia, and so on, and by shining our light on this, this is how we stop it. We shine a light on it, and obviously, you know, if there are individuals, if there are people listening who do look at images from time to time while they're waiting in a car or waiting for something or whatever they're doing when they're alone, please know that what you are doing is harmful and please stop it. And this is how by taking responsibility and control individually and shining the light on these things that have been too difficult for us. Now is the time really for us to shine a light on it, to help those victims. What you will hear from Max Lerner is that, children are literally kept in cages, People are kept in cages. There is a psychopathy of anti-human mentality. And I think what's very difficult for people who believe in humanity and loving communities and that it's especially difficult for them to look at and imagine that there could be people who don't like human beings, see them just as animals, or see them as something that's just a product that can be bought and sold. But make no mistake, people are being bought and sold despite slavery being abolished. And if I could just say, and there's no reason to be surprised that there are rules and regulations that are being flouted like the abolition of slavery, because we also have very firm conventions on human rights which have been violated for us all during COVID. Human rights have been violated, left, right, and centre with regard to masking, lockdowns and so on. So we are living in a system where the man-made rules and regulations as flawed or as competent as they may have once been, they don't work anymore. Because if you have sufficient money or incentive or you're sufficiently degenerate, you don't abide by these international treaties. The Nuremberg Code is another one which was done because of all the human rights violations of The Second World War. And that was also just totally ignored. So we really need to face facts. And the big picture is we are living in a house that is absolutely decayed from the inside out. So it's like, I don't know if you know, like the boring beetle, I think it's called the death watch beetle, you know, it eats the timber from the inside out and you don't realise your house is falling down until it's, you know, fallen down. Well, our house is falling down, it's been totally infiltrated by these corrupt parties over a very long time, the whole thing's coming down, We're going to really need to, we need to really clean it up well, shine a light on everything, get rid of all the muck and build very strong, sound foundations based on health, freedom and sovereignty for all, especially and including these very poor children and others who are in cages right now.  Yeah completely and you mentioned satanic ritual abuse, will not touch and that's probably the one of the darkest subjects I've ever come across in my life, sitting in meetings with survivors on that. That's a, and I know you touch on the side of blood being used and organs be used and satanic rituals and that is part of this. Can I just bring up the, this is what people get on your Substack, drtesslawrie.substack.com for those listening, do go along and make use of that. One of the, I want to go on to the other parts of trafficking, I think the forced labour and servitude, but one of the lines in the report was, Well drugs are bought and sold once, adults and children can be treated multiple times a day and that really struck me. You have a product like a drug that's consumed and then is finished, but the whole industry of the child sexual industry, the adult sexual industry is something that's perpetuated many times and it's so, what you said is so true that's why it becomes so profitable. Yes, I absolutely agree. Peter, I must just say I cannot take credit for this wonderful document. It's a very thorough, comprehensive document. It is put together by our team of experts and political scientists and so on. So I just wanted to make sure that you're aware that there is a team behind this and I'm very grateful and thankful to them for putting together such a robust document.  I've enjoyed watching different videos that you put out and I recognize there is a great team behind you, Tess, and hugely appreciative of all the work they do behind the scenes on all the research, which I know is immense from looking at some of the topics. But the other side is the forced labour and servitude. In the document, you talked about nearly 70 million, or actually, no, sorry, over 20 million people caught in modern day slavery are trafficked for forced labour and servitude. You talk about them toiling in mines and factories and homes, construction sites. And often that can be happening close by us. It's not just in foreign countries, you're talking about Qatar being an example of that, but it can also be happening next door to us. And that is another part of this hidden abuse, I think, that many people are unaware of. Yes, and also the products, because everybody goes out and buys the latest electric vehicle or mobile phone because it's supposedly better at x or better at y or better for the environment even, which is such a big con. Because a lot of the materials for those vehicles, for example, are actually being mined by slaves in Africa. So people really need to have a look, really examine very carefully and research before they purchase things, and that is another way, just making sure that you don't fall for the propaganda that encourages you for an environmental reason to go and do something. Remember we are living in a corrupted information ecosystem, so what you see on the TV, what you read in the newspapers, or certainly the corporate media, is not true. It needs to be. It's not balanced anyway, it's not balanced, it's there because you are a consumer, we are consumers, and they're wanting to sell us something, be it an idea, an item, or so on. So we really need to recognize that the information ecosystem, like everything else, The health system, the judiciary, has been corrupted and we need to do our own research, take back responsibility and control of our decisions and make sure that we are doing things that will lead to health, freedom and sovereignty and better for ourselves and our families and our communities and our environment. Because if we don't, then we are leaving our future in the hands of the supranational entities and a handful of billionaires who see us as data to be bought and sold and hacked and so on.  Oh completely and I think some of the areas you touch on are closer to home and our responsibility and but some of them are far away but I think with an interconnected world that we are all responsible for how we respond and how we highlight injustices even if they're not necessarily in our back garden and you talk of one of the subsets in it is organ and blood harvesting, you have a whole, side section on India's blood farmers and about how blood and organs are taken and passed on and sold, and talk about the BBC highlighting this, many journalists highlighting this. I think that the whole was the Falun Gong, you see them out often demonstrating. I remember when I first came across this and thought, these are just crazy people. I'm sure that stuff doesn't happen. And then you begin to delve into it and you realize this is the reality of many individuals and parts of the world. The Falun Gong obviously is in China, you've highlighted India. But there are many parts of the world where this happens, and I think is the norm. And it is up to each of us to highlight that and speak up. Yes. You know, as I said, it really is hard to believe, and most people struggle to believe, but it's very easy to find out the truth. One just needs to... Now, what one finds is as soon as you step away from that position of disbelief, everything becomes clearer. One needs to give new ideas a chance to breathe and then one is able to discern the truth. I think, one's intuition can be heard. So it's a question, as I say, of just allowing yourself to listen to the arguments, to hear what people have to say before dismissing it, and then you're able to make up your mind in an informed choice. And in all these things, it's not victimless that you talk about organised crime being dominated in 75% of the field of human trafficking across the board. You talk about the whole issue of child sexual abuse material, the US, the United States is the number one, with Europe being the number two. Therefore it is our responsibility, and I think often these topics are difficult to have conversations with, but others, with our friends and colleagues, we traditionally want an easy life. We just want to get through. And this doesn't come up at the dinner table, over a drink with friends. But I think it is important for us who are aware this is a problem to highlight, especially if it's happening where we live.  Yes, but I think what people don't realise with this push towards the sexualisation of children in schools, that this is going to make children more vulnerable to sex exploitation. So I'm not sure if you're aware of the material coming out of the Rutgers Foundation and the WHO's Collaborating Centre on Sexual Guidance, Sex Education, but there is a drive to educate children about sex from a very early age. And there is an article about this on my Substack as well, and it has some useful links in there if you would like to access the WHO document on this. They talk about educating children on masturbation from the age of three and four and that sort of thing. And there's also some videos from the Rutgers Foundation where you see a psychologist actually speaking. I think it's a psychologist, I don't know if it's a teacher or anyway, there's somebody positioned, an adult speaking to a little boy and a little girl about sex and touching themselves and that sort of thing and what feels good. And it's highly inappropriate. But if parents don't wake up to realise that there is this agenda to sexualise their children in schools, where children spend a lot of hours in schools where parents are not privy to see what they are learning, these sorts of things will make children vulnerable to sexual exploitation, you know, if children are used to having discussions with adults about sex from a very early age, who are not their parents, you know, this lends itself to exploitation later on by, often it is, you know, an uncle or a neighbour or a teacher or something like that. So we really do not want to have, to allow the sex education, the sex miseducation in schools. And we need, there is ample reason for everyone to engage in this. If you don't see the, if you don't think that you can help that poor child in a cage in a tunnel, you know, do bring it home and think about what the sex education, mis-education at school, what the impact might be on your children and perhaps that will help you to take action and put things in context because it is by each and every one of us turning a blind eye and thinking, well, this doesn't affect me, I'm not going to engage with that. This is what leads to, this is actually what has led us, you all be complicit and what is basically the downfall of humanity, what we're seeing is the end of a civilization, this very materialistic, individual-centred kind of behaviours, this sort of sense that we're all in isolation and what we do doesn't affect anybody else, so we just do what's best for us and very money-orientated. We're seeing the end of that, it's unsustainable, it can no longer exist, and we are having to really clean up the mess now, and create what will be a healthy, free world for people going forward. I think from a male perspective, I think men have been sold a lie that this is harmless, this is victimless and one of the parts of your briefing you say in Germany law enforcement experts of the, they said the country is 250,000 that's quarter of a million to 400,000 prostitutes 60% are trapped in a form of trafficking. What is called prostitution in Germany is in large parts a field of organized crime and that's part of, then you look at all the hosting of sexual images in Europe, you talk about the Netherlands being one of the largest hosting and I think people need to not only take responsibility, people need to accept that this is not victimless, that those women who find themselves in that situation are not empowered and living the dream of their existence. They are trapped in a crime syndicate and they're not able to escape and woe be to anyone who participates in that, holding women within that. Thank you for pointing that out, Peter. You know, so many times in my life I've met men and you've said, oh, well, there's an assumption that a prostitute makes good money or enjoys it, or, you know, and so, you know there is, there are even sort of certain groups that, you know, certain and certain cultures, you know, you take your, the groom off to a prostitute before they get married. I mean, whatever next, you know, There's a degeneracy that has found its way into our lives, and we need to get rid of it. Nobody benefits from prostitution, certainly nobody who's in the position of being a sex slave for anybody. And we are as human beings, we are creative, and we thrive when we are free to do what we like. And I don't think there's any child in the world at the age of four or five saying, I want to be a prostitute when I grow up. 100%. Can I just finish off with what you want to get out of this? You finish off with a call for targeted action and you touch on three areas. You touch on public awareness, legislation, law enforcement and other actually survivors and culture and there are 23 points in that and obviously you begin with the initial point of a public document, which is public awareness by going into the others. I mean, talk to us about that. Putting this together is not about, simply about information going out. It's certainly not about entertainment. It is about actually doing something. So tell us, you've done many policy documents on different areas. Something like this, what is the goal and the reason behind it and what you want to be the kind of follow-on events as people dissect this?  Well, we want help for the victims. So that they can be restored to the creative human beings that we all should be. But we need to stop this and we need to trust that we can stop it. And it's been some time since I think we put this document out a couple of months ago and it was at the time when there was the Sound of Freedom film and so the film generated some interest and that sort of died down and now it's sort of as if it's in the past and the issue doesn't exist anymore. And so I think what we really need to do is we need to identify individuals who are involved in this industry. And we need to bring them to book and we need to expose them because in the past there have been individuals. I'm thinking Jimmy Savile who have been among others who've been actually in high profile and absolutely protected really by, in their crimes and there are many others like this. And so we need to actually as a society, we need to work together to identify these individuals and bring them to book and hold them accountable for their crimes and stop what they are doing. And I feel if we are able to do that, we will prevent others from participating too. So, you know, we certainly need, and so that is something we can do on that level. And on the other level is, we want people to really stop and examine their own behaviours, protect their own children, and stop using pornography. Yeah, no, 100%.  And prostitution.  Yeah, 100%. Tess, huge appreciation to you for putting this together with your team. It's a fantastic document and it's wonderful seeing an organization kind of looking at other areas that aren't necessarily or haven't been central to their initial purpose and realizing there are other issues they need to address. So thank you for bringing your expertise and researchers onto this subject because I think it is absolutely essential. Thanks very much, Peter. Well, you may be aware that our counter to the Great Reset, is the Great Free Set. And we certainly can't go about setting ourselves free and ignoring all those that are really held in captivity. So I do wanna just raise awareness of the Great Free Set. The Great Reset would have us all enslaved. The Great Free Set is about all of us rediscovering our dignity and extracting ourselves from this very exploitative system where we're all on a treadmill, we all work far too many hours, we have little family time, we spend our time in nature, so it's about really bringing back, bringing ourselves back to our essence of who we are as human beings, remembering who we are, remembering our power, our courage and our strength, and the way we all work together. And so the Great Free Set is something I urge everybody to look up, thegreatfreeset.org, and not only look up, but actually subscribe to, so that we can support each other in cleaning up our society and taking back our power. And let me just finish off by saying those in the UK, you've had many great events down there in Bath on the Better Way Conference. You had Dr. Peter McCullough speaking at one of your events. Of course, those abroad can tune in and watch. But maybe finish off just by reminding people of that work you do, and certainly those in the UK can physically go and be part of some of those great events. Yes, we have a lot of in-person events. I mean, just last week I've spoken in Wales, in Totnes and in Kewstoke. We have, we're planning on doing a series of tours up North come January. And we're also doing a lot of outreach internationally with other road trips. Obviously my colleagues are in Canada and South Africa and Asia, and they're doing, we have a great conference coming up the 10th, 11th, I think it's the 9th, 10th, 11th, or 10th, 11th, 12th in Asia, it's an online conference, it's free, and it's about traditional natural healing alternatives. And so I do encourage people, especially if you're in the West, to attend that conference because it's quite mind boggling and eye opening to see all of these safe natural remedies that actually have been withheld from us. And we don't get to get to know about them, but they've been around for thousands of years, hundreds and thousands of years. So that's a great conference. And the Better Way Conference is still accessible and still very, very relevant. The one from 2022, it's a solutions-focused conference. It was seven questions we looked at. How do we reclaim science? how do we address environmental issues, how do we sort out what's happening in the media, restore media credibility, the credibility of the judiciary and so on. So it's really a fascinating conference. And the way that the conferences are designed is that they are panelled. So we have short presentations with a number of experts and then they all get together and have a kind of a Q&A thing. And it's really nice and interactive. As I say, solutions focused. So I do hope that people will look at that. It's betterwayconference.org. You can watch 2022 for free. I think there's a small charge for the 2023 one. But also you gave me an opportunity to say that out of that conference in 2022 came the Better Way Charter, which is seven principles about how we all get along together to create a better way and a better world. And which is why, you know, which is why the document on human trafficking is so key as well. Because it's about the seven principles are we act in honour and do no harm. We are free beings with free will. Obviously, you know, there are many who aren't free. So we're talking about the world that we want. We are part of nature and we need nature to be healthy as well as us. We are spiritual and we thrive when our lives have meaning and purpose. We thrive together, we value different perspectives, we actually need to have conversations like these, these difficult ones, and hear from other people so that we can develop our knowledge and wisdom. We don't have to all agree. And lastly, we use technology with discernment. So those are the seven principles of the better way. And underpinning all of this is that we do not tolerate the violation of inalienable rights and freedoms, Hence why we really need to address the human trafficking issue. Completely. And all those links are in the description for those watching on video or on any of the podcasting platforms. Dr. Tess Lawrie, I always love having you on. Thank you so much for coming and sharing the work you're doing in this document. So thank you.  Thank you very much, Peter.

We all know the climate and ecological tipping points are terrifyingly close. What can we do - as individuals and collectively? Simon Oldridge has ideas that answer both of these.  Simon first joined us back in episode #182 when he joined his colleague Anthea Simmons and they spoke eloquently about the strategies of the South Devon Primary group which are aimed at raising one progressive candidate in borderline constituencies in the UK, so that the hard right doesn't swan through the middle on a minority of the votes because the anti-Tory vote has been split (again).  Getting progressive politicians into power is their primary aim, but they also want to make sure the candidates who become MPs understand the concerns of their constituents and are prepared to act as independent-minded individuals in the House of Commons, not simply lobby fodder.  So that was a fun and sparky conversation, but it seemed to me at the time that we could have delved down a lot more deeply into SImon's broader work to find politically viable ways to address the climate and ecological emergency, particularly his work with Zero Hour, the campaign for the Climate and Ecology Bill and which has produced a number of detailed and fascinating reports, including one about the Ambition Gap we have as we head for Net Zero and another entitled, 'Creating a Nature-Rich UK'.  Hence, we came back for another conversation  - because apart from anything else, it's so enlivening to talk with someone else who spends their entire life thinking about these things: and if I can't have fun on the podcast, what's the point? I am well aware that many of you listening are not in the UK  - and that politics is a very siloed space: we all have our own rules to work within and our own levels of bureaucracy and kleptocracy masquerading as democracy that we're trying to reform.  So I hope that some of the ideas we explore, particularly the bigger ones of global power systems and routes to net zero and nature-based solutions strike home far outside the boundaries of this island.  And yes, I still have Covid, so I apologise in advance for the state of my voice.  Target Seats suitable for replicating South Devon Primary https://www.politicalprimary.org/target-mapSouth Devon Primary on Twitter https://twitter.com/sdevonprimarySouth Devon Primary on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/sdevonprimary/Simon on Twitter https://twitter.com/SiOldridgeSimon on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-oldridge-17207a206/Zero Hour:  https://www.zerohour.uk/Zero Hour Reports https://www.zerohour.uk/reports/Zero Hour on Twitter https://twitter.com/@CEBill_nowCREDS - https://low-energy.creds.ac.uk/ Stanford study: https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3539703-no-miracle-tech-needed-how-to-switch-to-renewables-now-and-lower-costs-doing-it/ Oxford study on how Decarbonising the Energy system could save $Trillions https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2022-09-14-decarbonising-energy-system-2050-could-save-trillions-oxford-studyClimate and Ecology Bill:https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/2943Episode 182: South Devon Primary https://accidentalgods.life/primary-strategy-growing-a-new-voting-paradigm-in-the-south-devon-primary/

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This week James and Toby open the discussion with James' recent gig in Dorset and the division in towns like Bridport and Totnes between the woke and the awake, particularly over traffic calming measures like LTNs, Ulez schemes and 15-minute cities. They go on to talk about Yuval Harari's calling for ‘conspiracy theorists' to be […]

This week James and Toby open the discussion with James’ recent gig in Dorset and the division in towns like Bridport and Totnes between the woke and the awake, particularly over traffic calming measures like LTNs, Ulez schemes and 15-minute cities. They go on to talk about Yuval Harari’s calling for ‘conspiracy theorists’ to be banned from the internet and Toby ask James to respond to Harari’s... Source

This week James and Toby open the discussion with James' recent gig in Dorset and the division in towns like Bridport and Totnes between the woke and the awake, particularly over traffic calming measures like LTNs, Ulez schemes and 15-minute cities.They go on to talk about Yuval Harari's calling for ‘conspiracy theorists' to be banned from the internet and Toby ask James to respond to Harari's claim that many conspiracy theories, particularly those that blame the world's problems on an elite cabal of billionaires and their acolytes, have an antisemitic component and that leads to a bigger argument about whether James's conspiracy theory about the ‘death jabs,' Paul McCartney and 'manufactured' bands.In Culture Corner, Toby heaps praise on They Cloned Tyrone, a new sci-fi conspiracy thriller (Netflix) and Lioness, the new Taylor Sheridan series (Paramount+), while James enthuses about Kohrra, an Indian police procedural (Netflix.)This week's opening sound is Yuval Noah Harari's appearance on The Lex Fridman Podcast #390.

What will happen next in Conspiracyland? In the final episode, Marianna is back where she started, in the Devon town of Totnes. With the help of locals, she makes sense of the legacy left by the conspiracy theory newspaper and the wider movement all over the UK. Host: Marianna Spring Producers: Philip Marzouk and Olivia Lace-Evans Producer for BBC Radio 4 podcasts: Nathan Jones Technical Producer: Alex Portfelix Series producer: Emma Close Senior news editor: Sam Bonham Commissioner: Rhian RobertsNew episodes released every Monday. If you're in the UK, listen to the whole series first on BBC Sounds.And please get in touch with Marianna by emailing at: mariannainconspiracyland@bbc.co.uk.

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We pick out the best of the summer's festivals, including Byline  Festival, Charleston's Festival of the Garden, Cheltenham Music Festival, Henley Festival and The Idler Festival. Jo Bausor, who's been at the helm of Henley Festival for over a decade, tells us about the impressive line-up at Britain's only boutique black tie festival. Acts performing include Boney M, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Rag n'Bone Man and Westlife.  There's a fabulous line-up of comedians too, like Jo Brand, Marcus Brigstocke, Jack Dee and Adam Kay.  Expect floating stages, fine riverside dining and fireworks and much more besides. Political journalist, Otto English, tells us about the Byline Festival in collaboration with Dartington Trust. Taking place at Dartington Hall in Devon, the festival aims to change the world with its big, challenging ideas and is guaranteed to spark controversy and robust debate.   Speakers include Lord Victor Adebowale, Dawn Butler MP, Bonnie Greer, Rosie Holt, George Monbiot and Peter Oborne. Finally, Harry Hoblyn, head gardener gives us the lowdown on the Festival of the Garden at Charleston, rural retreat of the Bloomsbury set and famously home to Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell.  Celebrating communities who care about plants and the land, the festival will include butterfly walks and garden tours.  Speakers include Isabel Bannerman, Edmund de Waal, Jake Fiennes and the Antiguan-American novelist, Jamaica Kincaid. Byline Festival, 14th to 16th July, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon Charleston Festival of the Garden, 13th to 16th July, Charleston, East Sussex Cheltenham Music Festival:  8th to 15th July, around Cheltenham Henley Festival:  5th to 9th July, around Henley The Idler Festival : 7th to 9th July, Fenton House, Hampstead, London

I spoke to Nick Bilbrough today. Nick has taught and trained language teachers in many diverse contexts in Africa, the Middle East, South America and Europe,  but is now self-employed and lives in Totnes, Devon in the UK. We spoke about the work he has done as a teacher, teacher trainer and as the founder of the Hands Up Project, an organisation dedicated to giving opportunities to children in difficult circumstances, such as Palestine, to use English to communicate with each other across borders. This involves a lot of storytelling, poetry, and remote theatre

What's happening in the Devon town of Totnes? The small town of Totnes in Devon is known for its warmth and open-mindedness, gong baths and healing crystals, but a fault line has emerged between the minority who've been drawn in by disinformation laced with hate and those who are fighting against it. Some in the town were drawn into a conspiracy theory movement during the pandemic, one whose monthly marches and rallies persist to this day. A conspiracy theory newspaper called The Light seems to have played a key part in the division there. BBC disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring investigates how the theories that dominate its pages are changing the town. Host: Marianna Spring Producers: Philip Marzouk and Olivia Lace-Evans Producer for BBC Radio 4 podcasts: Nathan Jones Technical Producer: Alex Portfelix Series producer: Emma Close Senior news editor: Sam Bonham Commissioner: Rhian RobertsNew episodes released every few days. If you're in the UK, listen to the whole series first on BBC Sounds bbc.in/42x5sO5And please get in touch with Marianna by emailing at: mariannainconspiracyland@bbc.co.uk.

Where does all the anger come from? As Marianna delves further down the rabbit-hole, she finds herself in the alternative medicine clinic of one of Totnes' movement's figureheads. He is one of the people behind a conspiracy-theory group in the town called the New World Alliance who are key to organising monthly rallies in the town and distributing The Light. Curiously Marianna finds herself invited along to one of the rallies to learn more about it and the people within it. Host: Marianna Spring Producers: Philip Marzouk and Olivia Lace-Evans Producer for BBC Radio 4 podcasts: Nathan Jones Technical Producer: Alex Portfelix Series producer: Emma Close Senior news editor: Sam Bonham Commissioner: Rhian RobertsNew episodes released every few days. If you're in the UK, listen to the whole series first on BBC Sounds bbc.in/42x5sO5And please get in touch with Marianna by emailing at: mariannainconspiracyland@bbc.co.uk.

What do those in the movement believe? And why? BBC disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring continues her investigation into Totnes' conspiracy theory movement after hearing about one of its prominent members: an artist named Jason Liosatos. Meeting him in his gallery she learns more about some of his beliefs and what that indicates about the movement. Host: Marianna Spring Producers: Philip Marzouk and Olivia Lace-Evans Producer for BBC Radio 4 podcasts: Nathan Jones Technical Producer: Alex Portfelix Series producer: Emma Close Senior news editor: Sam Bonham Commissioner: Rhian RobertsNew episodes released every few days. If you're in the UK, listen to the whole series first on BBC Sounds bbc.in/42x5sO5And please get in touch with Marianna by emailing at: mariannainconspiracyland@bbc.co.uk.

"We must remember we are exhaustible. We need renewal. Silence, quietude, time alone, naturally gives that. Then we can come back in to serve others in small ways. That we do. Then we take time for renewal. Jesus, the Buddha, Mahatma Gandhi and all the great sages recognize the importance of connection with others to serve, then step back from that into quietness, then renewal, and then serve. This is the great rhythm of life." Christopher Titmuss, a former hippie turned Theravada Buddhist monk turned social critic, is Britain's senior Dharma teacher. Having once lived on 39 British pounds per year for ten years, he has sat beneath The Tree of Enlightenment in Bodhgaya, India and, so impacted by the experience, returned to Bodhgaya for years afterward to offer retreats there. For five decades, he has been teaching Dharma around the world for free. Living primarily on donations since 1970, Christopher has noted his intention to stay true to the spirit of dana, a practice of cultivating generosity. Christopher is a teacher of Awakening and Insight Meditation in the Buddhist tradition. He does not use the label 'Buddhist' for himself but expresses the deep benefits of his long-standing connection with the Buddhist tradition. He is the founder and director of the Dharma Enquiry Programme as well as co-founder of the Prajna Vihar School in India and Gaia House, an international retreat center in Devon, England. Many of the spiritual practices along with the Dharma talks and videos he offers also are freely available online, including a conversation between Christopher and Krishnamurti in 1984. Christopher was born on Earth Day in 1944, in County Durham, England. As a practicing Roman Catholic, he attended Catholic school as a boy, where he broke the school record for the number of times he was caned for his self-described prankster ways and a lack of cooperation. At age 15, he left school and began clerking in the newsroom for a Roman Catholic weekly before becoming a reporter in the London office for the Irish Independent Newspaper. At 22, disillusioned with the Catholic Church and politics, Christopher began his journey around the world. "I felt that the world is such an extraordinary place," he has said. "I wanted to be connected, involved and listen to other cultures and environments." Arriving in India, Christopher picked up a couple of books on Buddhist teachings and, inspired, became a Buddhist monk three years later. He went on to spend six years as a Buddhist monk in Thailand and India, during which time his experiences led him to contemplate on the corpse as well as contend with snakes and scorpions while living in a cave for nine months. He disrobed in 1976 and completed his journey around the world before returning to England, having spent ten years abroad. "The freedom makes possible the adventure," Christopher has shared. His spiritual recognition that everything is changing, and that non-clinging leads to a sense of freedom in one's life, has given him the ability to embrace continuously the next adventure. A prolific writer, Christopher maintains an active blog and has written numerous books that dive deeply into meditation, spirituality, political, social and global issues, and other topics in the Buddhist tradition. Despite this depth, Christopher has an accessible approach. "I found myself deeply touched by his willingness to be utterly ordinary, available, and walking his talk with humility and simplicity," recounted author Eliezer Sobel after attending a meditation retreat given by Christopher. Christopher has even found opportunities to reflect on Buddhist teachings through songs by The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and The Beatles, works by William Shakespeare, and Dharma Dancing. Christopher is known as a steadfast exponent of applying the Dharma to contemporary issues facing people, animals and the environment. He speaks, writes, and campaigns on social, political, and global issues. He also advocates the development of spiritual values, community renewal, and a green economy. He encourages Dharma practitioners to be Agents of Change and Caregivers. Since 1982, Christopher has lived in Totnes, Devon, England, regularly engaging in local activities. Vegan and environmentally conscious, Christopher only takes flights out of the EU to teach. He has one adult daughter and four grandchildren. Join us in conversation with this master seeker and teacher of wisdom and compassion in action.

As you'll know by now, one of our core motivators in creating this podcast was the realisation that the 'democratic' systems of the world are largely broken and are not a useful way to affect change. I used to be a political activist. I thought I'd given all that up, but today's conversation has definitely re-awakened my political instincts because today I'm talking with two of the people who set up South Devon Primary: a group committed to changing the political system in the UK. So the first thing to say for those of you who live elsewhere is that this episode is focused on the need for change in the Westminster Parliament. But the issues are worldwide and whatever your political system, it could probably do with being shaken up. We need to share best practice across the globe and what Simon Oldridge, Anthea Simmons and Ben Long have created feels like a template that could be replicated not just throughout the UK but across the world.   The principles are basic and while it's not going to take us to full democracy in one giant leap, it's definitely a step in the right direction.  If adopted around the nation (and the world) it could see us move away from the politics of hatred, fear and resentment to something a great deal more generative. To look at these three in more depth and so understand where they're coming from: Simon Oldridge was an accountant with Ernst and Young and then CEO of a manufacturing company. More recently, his awareness of the climate and ecological crisis has led him to engage with a group endeavouring to put forward a Climate and Ecology Bill to the UK parliament (he talks about this in the podcast) and to set up the South Devon Primary campaign which you'll hear about in much more depth. Anthea Simmons is Editor in Chief of the progressive online paper, West Country Voices, speaker for Devon for Europe and author of a number of books, including one for young climate activists. Before that, rather like Simon, she worked in financial asset management. She's a passionate advocate for the South Devon Primary and invented the Democracy Meter, which you're also hear about in the conversation. Ben Long is an author and educator and currently helps his partner run her ceramics business in Devon. He didn't join us on the podcast - partly because I think two extra voices is enough to contend with - but he's a core part of the work of South Devon Primary. And that work is practical, active, really intelligently targeted and if it were taken up around the country, could do more, I think, to shape the outcome of the next general election than anything else I've found.  Listen, enjoy - and then make this happen as near to wherever you live as you can. South Devon Primary Website https://www.southdevonprimary.org/Zero Hour https://www.zerohour.ukAnthea Simmons on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/antheasimmons/West Country Voices on Twitter https://twitter.com/WCountryVoicesSimon Oldridge on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-oldridge-17207a206/Simon on Twitter https://twitter.com/SiOldridgeSouth Devon Primary on Twitter https://twitter.com/SDevonPrimaryBen Long on Twitter: https://twitter.com/benwhlongSimon - Twitter thread w Local MP  https://twitter.com/SiOldridge/status/1641713280967213056

Pavel Cenkl is the Director of Learning and Land, and Head of Schumacher College in Totnes, United Kingdom and previously served as the Dean of Sterling College Vermont. Pavel has worked for more than two decades in higher education in America and has always been drawn to colleges and universities whose curriculum fully integrates learning with practice and thinking with embodiment.Schumacher College: https://campus.dartington.org/schumacher-college/Dartington Trust: https://campus.dartington.org/Learn more about Thoreau College and the microcollege movement at: https://thoreaucollege.org/Driftless Folk School: https://www.driftlessfolkschool.org/Thoreau's Garden: https://thoreausgarden.com/

It's been said that it's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism and our modern way of life. Why is it so hard for us to cultivate our imagination and to imagine that things might be different? What becomes possible if communities harness the power of imagination in building a more beautiful world? In this episode I speak to Rob Hopkins, writer and co-founder of the Transition movement. I visit him in the Buttercup Field and we discuss what might be possible if we moved from ‘What is' to ‘What if?' Rob Hopkins is the co-founder of Transition Network and of Transition Town Totnes, and author of several books including ‘The Transition Handbook‘ and most recently, ‘From What Is to What If: unleashing the power of imagination to create the future we want'. He is a Director of Totnes Community Development Society and of New Lion Brewery, and hosts the podcast ‘From What If to What Next‘. LINKS:  Rob's website: https://www.robhopkins.net Rob's podcast: https://www.robhopkins.net/podcast/ Transition Towns: https://transitionnetwork.org Joanna Macy & ‘The work that reconnects' : https://www.joannamacy.net Jane McGonigal on the things that can change in 10 years: https://janemcgonigal.com Civic imagination office in Bologna: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-03-07/bologna-the-city-with-a-civic-imagination-office/ Antanas Mockus, ex-mayor of Bogota: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/17/opinion/the-art-of-changing-a-city.html New Lion Brewery in Totnes: https://www.newlionbrewery.co.uk All episodes and more at forestofthought.com Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/forestofthought Share and subscribe. Find all available platforms here: https://anchor.fm/forestofthought Our theme music is by Christian Holtsteen at stoneproduction.no. 

A Spring Equinox episode to inspire new beginnings and plant seeds of change... Rob Hopkins is the co-founder of Transition Network and Transition Town Totnes, and author of The Transition Handbook, The Transition Companion, The Power of Just Doing Stuff, 21 Stories of Transition and most recently ‘From What Is to What If: unleashing the power of imagination to create the future we want'.  He is an Ashoka Fellow, has spoken at TED Global and at several TEDx events, and appeared in the French film phenomenon ‘Demain‘.  He is a keen gardener, a founder of the New Lion Brewery in Totnes (an example of 'REconomy'), and a director of Totnes Community Development Society, the group behind Atmos Totnes, an ambitious, community-led development project.  Rob hosts the podcast ‘From What If to What Next‘, inviting imaginative thinkers to travel in a time machine to 2030 and create a visceral, tangible, innovative sense of a greener, more integrated future, where he champions collective imagination.  Rob shows us that rapid, radical and resilient change can happen. It is possible and here are some ideas, solutions and ways to create a greener future joyfully.Recommended reading:The Entangled Activist by Anthea LawsonJoin us at ANCESTRAL and explore our other gatherings, episodes and website.Gift forward by becoming a patron. Bonus content comes out with every episode alongside giveaways and discounts. Thank you to Mike Howe and Chris Park for the music in this episode. Contribute your music and artwork.Support the show

“So there was lots of working around these nooks and crannies, and I love a nook and cranny. There's nothing better than a wobbly corner that's been there forever and you've just embraced it to make it a piece of art in the corner of a building.” We're in great company with Geetie Singh-Watson, founder and owner of The Bull Inn, nestled in the English riverfront town of Totnes, where she brings her storied experience in organic cuisine and living to her eclectic, radical and ethical pub and hotel. From growing up in a socially and environmentally conscious commune, to working in a deceiving hospitality industry, Geetie was inspired to open the first certified organic pub in the world, in London. After falling in love with a farmer and moving to the countryside town of Totnes, Geetie set her sights on renovating and restoring The Bull Inn. Come 2019, she opened its doors to nine beautiful rooms, a self catered, four-bed apartment across the road and a truly supplier led, organic restaurant. In this episode, Geetie shares with the perfect blend of humility and passion, how her business follows the planet, people, profit ethos, governing what her team buys, how they trade, and how they work as a collective to deliver on this promise. Top Takeaways [1:25] How growing up in a commune gave Geetie a sense of fight and passion for the countryside. [3:45] From introducing the First Organic Pub to the world back in 1998… [7:50] To bearing witness to “Food Citizens'' demand for how society is now built around food…organic, seasonal, values driven, fair trade. [11:42] After many years introducing London to a warmer style of hospitality and a better way of eating, a farmer draws Geetie back to the countryside of Devon. [13:43] Never wanting to be wasteful, what it was about the rundown Bull Inn that excited Geetie of its potential. [17:28] Geetie is stubborn like a bull when it comes to preserving the history of the name and the character of the building. [20:49] “In order for people to create a self belief that they can live a really ecologically balanced lifestyle, they have to experience the pleasure you can get out of it.” [23:02] Whether you come into the pub in your muddy boots or sit at the bar in your high heeled shoes, everyone's welcome. [24:55] What makes the “No Bull Rules” to work, to dine and to trade by so noble while ensuring there's no bull sh*t. [33:50] The creativity it takes to prove even historical buildings can be rebuilt to live sustainably. [37:00] How Geetie and her husband have built The Baddaford Collective, a community of chefs and growers around Totnes. [41:20] The intentional gathering space for community change makers and craftsmen and women created in the Albatross. [59:10] A few final words about the pleasure behind the hospitality that makes The Bull Inn what it is today and what fuels Geetie to continue to create spaces and conversations like this. Notable Mentions The Baddaford Collective The Albatross Event Space & Apartment Visit For Yourself The Bull Inn Website @bullinn_totnes Stay In Good Company Website

On today's show Jason Liosatos will discuss his thoughts on finding strength, peace and truth in a world gone mad. GUEST OVERVIEW: Jason Liosatos is an artist and author. He has his own gallery, exhibiting his own work in the beautiful market town of Totnes in Devon, UK. Jason started his own radio show, Global Peace Radio, and then Outside The Box video talk show where he discusses creating systems and societies independent from government manipulation and control with our own source of food, electricity, water and housing, systems which are now a necessity not a luxury if we are to avoid the reckless government trajectory which can only drag people further into digital slavery, debt, control and suppression.

On today's show Jason Liosatos discusses his thoughts on finding strength, peace and truth in a world gone mad, and refer to his book "The Emergency Transformation of Human Beings". GUEST OVERVIEW: Jason Liosatos is an artist and author. He has his own gallery, exhibiting his own work in the beautiful market town of Totnes in Devon, UK. Jason started his own radio show, Global Peace Radio, and then Outside The Box video talk show where he discusses creating systems and societies independent from government manipulation and control with our own source of food, electricity, water and housing, systems which are now a necessity not a luxury if we are to avoid the reckless government trajectory which can only drag people further into digital slavery, debt, control and suppression.

This week, my guest is David O'Carroll. David runs an 11 acre agroforestry learning centre in Totnes, Devon where he teaches natural farming methods, based on the techniques around Indigenous Microorganisms (IMO) and Korean Natural Farming (KNF). He focuses on building healthy soil to produce healthy plants and is both generous with his time and knowledge as he aims to share the details of his techniques to help other growers. What We Talk About What is Korean Natural Farming? What is IMO? How do you make it? Why do you need it? What is LAB? How does it help plants? Is KNF as useful for ornamental plants as it is for edibles? Do you need a lot of space to make the KNF preparations? Preparations for home gardeners to try  Links www.ballaghbotanicals.co.uk www.zerosoap.info  Other episodes if you liked this one: Mycorrhizal Fungi with Jeff Lowenfels Garden Amendments with Nigel Palmer Patreon Membership

Imaginer une société sans pétrole... C'est ce défi que Rob Hopkins a proposé aux habitants de sa ville de Totnes, dans le sud de l'Angleterre, en 2006. 16 ans plus tard, le mouvement des villes en transition regroupe plus de 2 000 initiatives dans une cinquantaine de pays. Énergie, alimentation, transport, formation.... L'objectif est de rendre son territoire résilient au changement climatique et le moins impactant possible. Rob Hopkins est en tournée en France. La ville de Lyon, engagée dans le programme «100 villes climatiquement neutres» de la Commission européenne, l'accueille pour inspirer ses habitants.  Pour en savoir plus : - Sur le mouvement des villes en transition  - Sur le programme «100 villes climatiquement neutres».

It is a huge pleasure – I'm sure not only to me – to start a new season with scientific ecologist, teacher at Schumacher College and author of ‘Gaia Alchemy: The Reuniting of Science, Psyche and Soul', Stephan Harding. At a very young age Stephan discovered his interest in and also his concern for nature which led him to spend a lot of time with studies in biology, physics and chemistry and culminated in obtaining a Ph.D. in behavioural ecology from Oxford University. Being a former student of James Lovelock, Stephan went on to co-found Schumacher College, which offers holistic education around ecology and sustainability and where he currently teaches as Deep Ecology Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer Gaia theory, deep ecology and holistic science. In the beginning of his academic career Stephan had the notion that something important was missing within the scientific community of teachers and students alike. The focus was very much on a pretty mechanistic quantification of nature and the love and affection for it didn't seem to play a big role. Therefore, Stephan embarked on a journey to change that. Well-equipped with Jungian material and analysis he took upon himself to combine the science of Gaia, Earth itself, with psychological insights of alchemy, in other words, to (re)-unify science and soul.  In this episode of our show, we will first introduce Lovelock's Gaia theory and reflect upon Earth's four major components – rocks, water, beings and atmosphere – and how their interactions can be studied through means of cybernetics and system science.  Of course, we will discuss Stephan's most recent book in detail which offers an excellent introduction of the different transformational stages of alchemical processes and explains how they relate to both Gaia's history and internal alchemy. As Stephan is a co-founder of Schumacher College near Totnes, Devon in Great Britain, he will tell us quite a bit about the place which is just meant for exploring rather daring ideas with the main aim to understand why modern human beings are destroying their planet and how this process can be healed. In this context, we will also talk about ‘Deep Ecology' as a science of recognising and dealing with the relationships between different parts of nature, Ecosophia as ecological wisdom and how Gaia Alchemy ties in with these concepts. In the end Stephan will take some time to explain quite a few fascinating ideas such as ‘Deep Time' and what exactly living a ‘Gaian alchemical life' means and highlight his hopes for the future of our civilisation. The book page to "Gaia Alchemy" on the Inner Traditions site Stephan Harding's page on "Human and Nature" Schumacher College website Music played in this episode Once again in this episode we play music by the great esotericist Georges GURDJEFF. He was helped in orchestration and notation by his Russian composer friend, Thomas de Hartmann. These recordings were made at a concert in Mexico City in September 2020. You can find a link to the full concert BY CLICKING HERE 1) RELIGIOUS CEREMONY - Vol III #21 - Yleana Butista and Guests (Track starts at 8:24) 2) THREE SHORT PIECES - Yleana Butista and Guests PERSIAN SONG - Vol I #6 DERVISH #3 - CEREMONY FOR A DEAR DERVISH THE TREMBLING DERVISH (Track starts at 51:50) 3) PRAYER OF NOVEMBER 4, CHRIST MOHAMMED BUDDHA LAMA - Yleana Butista and Guests (Track starts at 1:30:06) Intro and Outro Musicespecially written and recorded for the Thoth-Hermes Podcast by Chris Roberts

In this conversation, I speak with the brilliant Rob Hopkins - cofounder of the Transition Network and Transition Town Totnes, and author of several wonderful books: From What Is to What If? (one of my personal favourites), The Power of Just Doing Stuff, The Transition Handbook, and The Transition Companion. Voted one of the Independent's top 100 environmentalists in 2012, and named among Nesta and the Observer's list of Britain's 50 New Radicals, Rob has appeared on BBC Radio 4's Four Thought and A Good Read, and was featured in the French film phenomenon Demain and its sequel Après Demain. An Ashoka Fellow, Rob has spoken at TEDGlobal and three TEDx events, and holds a doctorate degree from the University of Plymouth and two honorary doctorates from the University of the West of England and the University of Namur. A keen gardener, Rob is a founder of New Lion Brewery in Totnes, and a director of Totnes Community Development Society, the group behind Atmos Totnes, an ambitious, community-led development project. He's also an artist whose beautiful lino prints you can check out at robhopkins.net, and his podcast, From What If to What Next is really worth a listen if you're looking for inspiration as to how we can unleash our collective imaginations to create a more resilient world. Recorded on 28th January 2022.

Chinese medicine has some powerful principles and perspectives to offer on healing, many of which aren't known or understood in contemporary western culture. I recently had a lot of fun, and intellectual stimulation, talking with Tim Sullivan who is an experienced Chinese Medicine practitioner based in Totnes, Devon, UK. We dig into several aspects of health and healing, including the role of meditation, the significance of expectations as a cause of despair, types of healing and healers from a Chinese perspective, how to get on your path to find purpose in your life, and the power of choice and change in the healing process. As Tim's teacher and mentor, Daoist Priest Jeffrey Yuen, puts it: “The same person that gets the disease can't be the same person that cures the disease.” You have to change your mind to change the disease. Anyone can be enlightened at any moment. I hope that you find some enlightenment in this episode for your own journey. Tim teaches and mentors those interested in learning Classical Chinese Medicine. For more information on Tim's practice, visit www.incarnations.info. To contact Tim, you can email him directly: tim@incarnations.info. (Episode recorded on 4th January 2022.)

Welcome to another episode of 'Stories From...' where I share anecdotes, stories and interesting tidbits from my journey across the country on The Great Rugger Run.   This week there are stories from Ivybridge RFC where Mike Hart and Alan Knight tell me all about the club's history (and pre-history) along with their fantastic ambitions to keep building their club within the Ivybridge community. I then journey to Totnes RFC where Mike Edmonds shows me around their terrific family-centred club. Lastly, join me at Paignton where Richard Hunt talks about famous fixtures, famous guests and the Misty Maid!   https://amateurrugbypodcast.com #rugbypodcast #amateurrugby   PODCAST KIT Everything I use to create, edit and produce this podcast can be found on my Creating a Podcast (https://www.amateurrugbypodcast.com/creating-a-podcast/) page.   SUPPORT If you would like to support the podcast in some way then there are plenty of options for you on my Support the Podcast (https://www.amateurrugbypodcast.com/support/) page.

In this episode Billy and today's guest Chef Aarik Persaud, both Toronto natives, talk about the local food scene and growing up both craving Thai food… although neither Thai, as you'll hear in the episode, Toronto's international food restaurants become regular favourites amongst people that grow up and live there.Aarik is a chef, father, husband, and an amazing business man. Growing up he didn't have aspirations of becoming a chef and even hated his first job at a restaurant bussing tables!Chef Aarik has travelled the world and has owned restaurants all over. He now resides in Totnes with his wife and soon to be 2 children. He owes a fish shop, which recently started delivery in the UK. Even if you don't live in the delivery zone the photos of the seaside and fresh fish are swoon worthy and worth following. “I don't know if there is actually a ‘Canadian cuisine'. Asides from like peameal bacon sandwiches and poutine. You know, it's that global mix you find in Toronto. That's definitely more my food style.”- Aarik Persaud Shout out to Toronto restaurants Satay Satay, Green Mango, & Mr Jerk El Dorado Rum is the rum Chef Aarik mentions  Recipe for Lobster Mac & CheeseCheddar Sauce:- milk thickened with butter and flour roux- big dollop of dark miso- toss in pasta of choice- toss big handful of chopped poached lobsterEnjoy!- - - Follow Chef Aarik Persaud on Instagram @cormacksseafoodShop or check out the shop at cormacksseafood.co.uk To follow Food Is Culture | A Podcast along on Instagram @foodisculture.apodcastMusic provided by @roninimperialfrom @bigsmokebouncePodcast Art by @giftsfrombillygiftsfrombilly.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.