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THE DROUGHT IS OVER, THE SUMMER IS PAST AND THE HARVEST IS IN HAND!
It has been an unusual year (again!). Our spring sowing was almost immediately followed by 6 weeks of blazing sunshine - not a good...
Will Sutherland
Oct 4, 20182 min read


New Teaching Videos on Youtube
Here an example of one, find many more below! One great outcome from this year's summer course has been the production (by Tom and Ariane...
Will Sutherland
Oct 3, 20181 min read


Northumbrian A Frame Scythes - for Sale
My campaign to re-introduce the traditional scythe for controlling grassland and weeds has resulted in sale of 5 new scythes this year. ...
Will Sutherland
Sep 9, 20181 min read


The School's new location - a renovation story
In 2014 our courses moved to the beautiful coast of north Northumberland where we have begun the renovation of a fine old Victorian...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20181 min read


The John Seymour School of Self-Sufficiency goes on
I first met John Seymour back in 1991 at a dinner party in London held by a mutual friend John Papworth. I was very much looking forward...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20185 min read


The Zeitgeist Movement - Peter Joseph
Global movement started by the video made by Peter Joseph in 2007 The Zeitgeist Movement (TZM) claims to have around 500,000 members...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20182 min read


Whole Earth Discipline - Stewart Brand
SB has been a leading environmentalist for over 40 years. He initiated the “Whole Earth Catalogue” in 1968 – and it was published...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20181 min read


WHAT IS WAR GOOD FOR? Ian Morris 2014
The main argument of this book is that wars tend to lead to bigger states with more stability (and even police) and this reduces...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20181 min read


The Zeitgeist Movement Essays – by Peter Joseph
A summary by Will Sutherland TZM is A Sustainability Advocacy Group which operates through a network of Regional Chapters, Project Teams,...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20187 min read


The Soil
Soil - source of virtually all life and much more important than fossil fuel If I've said it once, I've said it twice Soil and shit are...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20183 min read


Choosing your smallholding
The first challenge for those searchiing after the "good life" is to decide just exactly what you want to do. Do you like animals and...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20186 min read


REALITY IS BROKEN By Jane McGonigal
A book about the importance and potential of “games” for cultural change. The amazing popularity of video games shows that the “reality”...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20182 min read


Progress and Poverty - Henry George
Written in 1877 He has a very negative view of what we now call “democracy”! Where the disparity of wealth increases then universal...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20182 min read


PLANET UNDER PRESSURE Conference 2012
This conference took place in London, March 2012. It was attended by over 3000 of the world's top scientists and its purpose was to...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20182 min read


NET SMART by Howard Rheingold
This is a “meaty” book full of good material and with 33 pages of references. Why it's important The printing press (1450) radically...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20184 min read


Money Madness and the thoughts of Silvio Gesell (1929)
The current financial problem began when a group of young bankers invented a way to parcel up risk and resell it in ways that effectively...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20184 min read


Manifesto for a future civilisation World Technology Network - James P Clark
Summary talk The next 20 years will see bigger changes in our civilisation than have occurred over the last 1000 years. Sadly we are on...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20184 min read


FLOURISH - Martin Seligman
Happiness and Well Being are not the same thing. Happiness is about being cheerful in the moment. Well Being is about flourishing and has...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20182 min read


Fear and Desire – extracts from Russell Brand “talk”
Fear and desire are the twin engines of human survival but with most of our basic needs met these instincts are being engaged to imprison...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20182 min read


CULTURE AND INSTITUTIONS
Some of my earliest memories are of fascination about how the world works. More than 60 years ago (!) I lay in my bed and looked at...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 201823 min read
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