Occupy the Seed and Freedom Seed Bank – Join us on 2nd Oct
‘Seed is the source of life and the first link in the food chain. Control over seed means a control over our lives, our food and our freedom’. Vandana Shiva
Well that was enough for us at FOOD from the SKY and now many more in London to respond to the call and Occupy the Seed joining SeedFreedom during the Fortnight of Action 2nd Oct to 16th Oct 2012
On Tuesday 2nd October at 2pm to 5pm we will meet on the roof of FOOD from the SKY or in case of rain or wild a weather we will meet few meters away in the Union Church & Community CenterWe will start a active conversation to explore how to create the very first Freedom Seed Bank in London (Bank is: a place here we store what is precious to us) and Occupy the Seed.
Some of the organisations present on the day are:
FOOD from the SKY, Embercombe, Eradicating Ecocide, Transition Network, Permaculture Network, Gaia Foundation in Hampstead, Organic Lea, Open Pollinated Seeds, London Food Board, Capital Growth, Carbon Coach, Thornton’s Budgens and others…100+ people have make contact through facebook, twitter, emails, and texts. Others will start the conversation and action in their own countries to bring forth the crucial and vital importance of regaining our freedom trough saving our oow seeds, in reskilling our communities on how to do so in a way that preserves our heritage and food diversity.
The day – Tuesday 2nd Oct – 2pm to 5pm – Venue the roof of FOOD from the SKY or a close by venue if it rains2pm – Opening circle. Planting a Seed & Hearing everyone’s voice and shared vision3pm – World Cafe around the 4 mains points harvested from the previous session4pm – Review and next action for Seed freedom and the first Freedom Seed Bank in London. Who are the people/networks/organisations to bring it to life4:30pm – Seeds of Freedom showing - film by Gaia Foundation5pm – Closing circle + home
’What is freedom if it does not include the right to grow our own food, harvest our own seed, and share this most precious gift amongst our people? Laws which separate people from essential freedoms break trust and cage us into dependency. To be dependent is to lose freedom. To lose freedom is to lose everything. Occupy the Seed.’ Tim ‘Mac’ Macartney
Reblogged this on the Positive Earth Project and commented:
3 days to go to Occupy the Seed in London!