The Llanfyllin Transition Project Handbook - By Steven Jones & Jack Hunter
About the Book
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Facing up to the challenges of our changing climate goes much deeper than erecting a few wind turbines and switching to a Honda Prius - it challenges the very heart of our economic and philosophical models. The transition before us will require active involvement from everybody. What if we can find new ways of living and working that are actively beneficial for the earth, that lock carbon away in plants and soils, while also meeting the needs of the 7 billion of us? If each person can have a net beneficial impact on planet and climate then maybe, at this moment that we face our greatest challenge, the many hands available to us become a big part of the solution. The Llanfyllin Transition Project seeks to bring these ideas into the mainstream education curriculum, and this small book is a record of our efforts at achieving this. www.llanfyllin.sector39.co.uk |
About the Authors
Steve Jones is a passionate and articulate teacher and practitioner of permaculture design with extensive knowledge of both the theory and practice of sustainable development. More than 25 years of hands-on experience implementing and project-managing land-based initiatives such as community gardens, small farms and sustainable housing cooperatives underpin Steve’s expertise. Steve has worked as a member of the Get-Growing team in Newtown, Powys, which supports the development of community food growing projects, and as a consultant to the Squash Nutrition urban food growing project in Liverpool. Steve is a certified Business Studies and Economics teacher and has a degree in sustainable development, which bring depth and professionalism to his teaching approach, he writes several blogs and is an avid networker and communicator on the subjects of sustainability, transition and co-operatives. With his colleagues at Sector39, Steve delivers up to six on-site permaculture design certificate courses per year alongside numerous shorter courses, including on low-impact structures, introduction to permaculture and forest gardening.
Jack Hunter is an anthropologist exploring the borderlands of consciousness, religion and the paranormal, living in the hills of Mid-Wales. His doctoral research with the University of Bristol examines the experiences of spirit mediums and their influence on the development of self-concepts and models of consciousness. He is the founder and editor of Paranthropology: Journal of Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal (www.paranthropology.co.uk). He is the author of Why People Believe in Spirits, Gods and Magic (2012), editor of Strange Dimension: A Paranthropology Anthology (2015), Damned Facts: Fortean Essays on Religion, Folklore and the Paranormal (2016), and co-editor with Dr. David Luke of Talking With the Spirits: Ethnographies from Between the Worlds (2014). He is a lecturer in A-level Religious Studies and Sociology, and also teaches modules on Education, Criminology and Abnormal Psychology. He completed his Permaculture Design Course at Chester Cathedral in 2017. He is particularly interested in exploring the possibility of an alternative way of engaging with and understanding the landscape and environment, informed by his anthropological research and interests.
Jack Hunter is an anthropologist exploring the borderlands of consciousness, religion and the paranormal, living in the hills of Mid-Wales. His doctoral research with the University of Bristol examines the experiences of spirit mediums and their influence on the development of self-concepts and models of consciousness. He is the founder and editor of Paranthropology: Journal of Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal (www.paranthropology.co.uk). He is the author of Why People Believe in Spirits, Gods and Magic (2012), editor of Strange Dimension: A Paranthropology Anthology (2015), Damned Facts: Fortean Essays on Religion, Folklore and the Paranormal (2016), and co-editor with Dr. David Luke of Talking With the Spirits: Ethnographies from Between the Worlds (2014). He is a lecturer in A-level Religious Studies and Sociology, and also teaches modules on Education, Criminology and Abnormal Psychology. He completed his Permaculture Design Course at Chester Cathedral in 2017. He is particularly interested in exploring the possibility of an alternative way of engaging with and understanding the landscape and environment, informed by his anthropological research and interests.
Endorsements:
“Many people are worried about climate change, concerned that there is no serious leadership from government, instead a dangerous silence. They are also looking for real, practical solutions, rather than smoke and mirrors theories about reducing global warming with Big Technology. There are many tried and tested solutions that can be found all over the world in different climates and nations but where do we start at home? It is exciting to discover a Welsh community that has already done so much to pioneer these practical solutions using permaculture design and the power of the Transition Movement: influencing school curriculum, creating local community orchards and gardens, establishing a housing co-op and associated enterprises, storytelling, offering cutting edge training to spread this knowledge far and wide, and grounding all of this with an understanding of our deep interconnection with all species as humans alive at this critical time in our history. Reaching out, Llanfyllin Transition Project have gathered stories about their approach and shared it in this book. Prepare to be inspired.”
Maddy Harland, editor of Permaculture Magazine and co-founder of Permanent Publications.
Maddy Harland, editor of Permaculture Magazine and co-founder of Permanent Publications.
"The Llanfyllin Transition Project (which embodies both pragmatic daily wisdom, and myth inspired storytelling), is a vitally important means to invite our participation toward eliminating the variety of eco-crises threatening all life on planet Earth. I encourage all of us to support this project and read this book."
Mark A. Schroll, PhD, author of Transpersonal Ecosophy, Vol. 1.
Mark A. Schroll, PhD, author of Transpersonal Ecosophy, Vol. 1.