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Six Steps back to the Land

inezaponte — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 16:01:40 +0000

In Britain, over 20% of us are now considered obese, 40 % of our food is imported (with serious implications for food security and sovereignty), youth unemployment is at 14.4% and social…

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Regarding the Land

inezaponte — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 18:43:52 +0000

“What I stand for is what I stand on.” ― Wendell Berry Several years ago I was invited to work on a ‘Soil and Story’ project for the…

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The long remembering

inezaponte — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 19:35:25 +0000

“We need to haunt the house of history and listen anew to the ancestors’ wisdom.” Maya Angelou Last week I was walking on Dartmoor when I stumbled upon…

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Sleep like a river

inezaponte — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:22:03 +0000

“How we need another soul to cling to.” – Sylvia Plath Since my nine year old son watched a particularly scary episode of Dr Who we have started…

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Another day, another climate talk

inezaponte — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 19:25:42 +0000

“For sometime now I’ve been terribly worried. I wish I didn’t have to acknowledge it, but everything I have feared is happening.” Dr Sarah Perkins, Climate Scientist Another…

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