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Surviving the Future

Naivety is a small word to describe my belief that…

book review, david fleming, Economy, environment, survival

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...Really enjoying my bus. Finally serving all its purposes. Spent months fitting it out ready for writing and living in. Draft 5, the ‘final’ draft of my book is finally underway. Boxes of maritime pine cones collected after storms for their seeds, a painting I bought for its frame in a Danish charity shop, a growing collection of nature nicknacks, my rootshelf of books, my barely used art fork and spade, and the circle above my sink is work by @natalieryde that I’ll tell you more about later. Love it. I’ve worked my buns off to make this place my home, and I’m also a very lucky sausage. Enjoying writing as well, while looking out on cork trees and sheep in southern Portugal, and avoiding the UK winter. Glad to be away from the political scene of the UK also, I must admit. I left on the day of the election result and mourned on the ferry crossing to Spain. What a cluster-fuck. Means we’ve got our work cut out for us, if we don’t want to be the last generations. Heavy time. Tomorrow is another day. So... to finish this piece of work that I started nearly 10 years ago, I’ve run away again. This time I carry my shell, or rather my shell carries me. On New Year’s Eve the office/kitchen/hallway/shower/toilet was a dance floor with old friends. We were parked next to the mouth of the river Mira and on New Year’s Day we moved closer to the beach and stopped there for a night, where I found that message in a bottle (previous post)... Right now, back in my spot with the sheep, I write this message to yaz’all with the wood burner ticking away. A bit of fallen cork oak wood is keeping me warm. I don’t need much. I hope it doesn’t sound like I’m bragging. I’m just happy with my choices and opportunities/‘luck’ right now. Thanks to everyone who helped make this possible. #writing #vanlife #vanconversion #vario #garrett #portugal #treeplanting #rewilding #maritimepine #corkoak #alentejo #climbingtrees #ukpolitics #leanlogic #wilding

Found a message in a bottle out walking with Zelda and Woody on beach with crazy rocks and a cold new year dip. Was very excited. Can see it was set afloat as recently as the 29th near here. Still fun. Can anyone translate? Friend @aliclearyphotography offered this translation: Thank you: From a beach called Milfontes “Hope those who find this bottle have a great 2020 year, defending the environment... Without the sea we couldn’t live, without fresh air we couldn’t bread and without Mother Earth we couldn’t eat... Seriously, Don’t pollute the ocean!! José Pedro Silva 9 years old Luís Alberto dos Santos (grandfather) 72 years old” #messageinabottle #surfersagainstsewage #protectouroceans

Seed Poacher’s Happy New Year Quiz. What is the tree? Lucky winner gets some of the seeds in the post.

Time for a picture of me in the Danish Himalayas doing the hemp harvest in 2017 - by Manos Chatzikonstantis who I just found out was a 2019 Winner, Portrait of Humanity, British Journal of Photography. https://www.manosch.net/

It was fun to behold a man dressed as a banana wearing a fat stereo dancing into the street with 50 people blocking the traffic, and honestly I'd like to see an end to private cars (and climate change)... on one hand though, this shows a movement gaining confidence which is great because the world needs a confident peaceful rebellion, and on the other hand this particular action was a little unfocused and misses the severity of the cause. Maybe. Maybe that's ok sometimes. Then, 'I will always love you' and a group hug with big flags. Can't complain. This was Just some of the joyful and reckless nuisanceing in Trafalgar Square before #extinctionrebellion were banned from London with section 14 powers. After Trafalgar Sq was packed up by the police 24 hours later. After this we paid no attention to the ban, because it's a rebellion. Actions continued all over London including this drumming outside #RupertMurdoch's London HQ at London Bridge. It's time Murdoch was exiled from our politics. Finally - that's my mum and long time friend of ours showing their distaste for being told to shut up about climate change. #youcantbanthefuture

This is the email sent out by Extinction Rebellion HQ in response to the train debacle: This morning, members of Extinction Rebellion climbed onto trains at Stratford, Canning Town and Shadwell. At Canning Town, members of the public pulled two rebels from the roof of the train. Whatever your thoughts on the action, this footage was highly distressing to watch - and must have been much more so for anyone present in person. It’s important to acknowledge that the distress did not start with the footage: this action had been announced on Tuesday, and was received with overwhelming opposition and consternation from those in our movement, both regarding the nature, location, and timing of the action. This concern was communicated to the planners of the action – a very small group, which did not participate in ‘national level’ Rebellion decision-making bodies. Some of those involved in the planning, on hearing the feedback, chose to step back from the action; but some of those involved continued and ultimately carried it out. XR’s current organising ethos is that anyone can carry out any action in the name of XR, provided it doesn’t conflict with our ten principles and values. Following two similarly controversial proposals in April and over summer, the process for ‘national’ actions has been revised such that proposals must pass through scrutiny from other teams before going ahead. But, as stated, the group involved in today’s action was operating at the grassroots level; they received the feedback from the wider movement and made their own decision. In short: very few people in XR wanted this to happen, but the ‘post-consensus’ organisational model which we currently employ is such that it happened all the same. Our fifth value is “that we value reflecting and learning”. ‘Post consensus’ organising is undoubtedly an important part of what has made us such a dynamic, fast-growing and vibrant movement. On the other hand, there are clearly serious flaws in a system that gives rise to pain such as many of us feel today. For the rest of the email: https://rebellion.earth/2019/10/17/todays-tube-action-how-it-happened/

XR Funeral Procession: best march I've been on - and I've been doing them since I was a kid. 20,000 people? Was good mainly because at the end of the march - the action didn't end. We didn't all go home. The authorities didn't get to placate us by allowing us to vent on a preplanned route. Disruption continues. Please go to www.rebellion.earth and find a way to contribute. #extinctionrebellion #rebellion #funeralprocession #naturalhistorymuseum #skeleton #britishmuseum #oxfordstreet

Say when... Leaders haven't understood emergency. Peaceful Rebellion is now our only hope. Please go to: www.rebellion.earth Or www.rebellionroles.earth Get involved. There are loads of ways to contribute. #extinctionrebellion #extinctionmovie #extinctionrebellionart #rebellion #jigsaw #jigsawpuzzle #slowmotion #satisfying Film: Henrik G Dahle Hand: Ross Styants Music: Blythe Pepino www.worldgeneralstrike.org

Three mock up covers for Art of Climbing Trees in order of new to old. I'm beginning to imagine a 4th version... #bookdesign #writinglife #treeclimbing #treescape

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