Greek film on community organising
Hey, great post! You mentioned Greece - maybe you have already seen similar, but I came across this film about community organising there yesterday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO4RXG3SgtU&feature=relmfu. On the same DVD is a film focusing on food. For that one there is only a preview on the internet so far (http://reelnews.co.uk/rushes-from-greece-potato-movement/), but the whole things will be up soon I think - anyway, I have the DVD if you are interested.
I also found this old book on the Spanish Revolution really inspiring in terms of collective solidarity: The anarchist collectives: workers' self-management in the Spanish revolution 1936-1939 - Sam Dolgoff | libcom.org
In Transition Stroud we have a few projects trying to deal with these sorts of issues, and I have had a debate with others in the group about the difference between creating enterprises and creating resilient economies where we do not rely on money changing hands.
Coming up in July we have organised four days of ‘Edible Open Gardens’, where 40 productive gardens, allotments and orchards will be open to the public, showcasing their growing methods and providing workshops from basic to advanced techniques (starting out and composting to wildlife gardening and soil micro-organisms). See here: http://www.transitionstroud.org/wpedibleopengardens/. I’ll bring some of the pamphlets we’ve made o advertise the weekend.
All the best,
James