It’s fair to say that the three of us like to talk. Over tea and biscuits (sure isn’t the world fuelled on tea) on dark nights this winter we have sat down around tables and next to fires and explored possibilities and dreams. The main topic of conversation, how to change the world. I say that laughingly but really that has been what has been driving these weekly conversations for the past 6 months, the need to do something, to feel empowered rather than hopeless against the avalanche of evidence that the planet is in trouble and that our wellbeing is suffering.
Out of these forays into shared thoughts and opinion The Pod Project was born.
The aim is simple ‘to change the things we can’, namely ourselves. Our habits, our way of living, our homes and gardens to be more hospitable, to accept our place as part of complex ecosystem not the masters of it.
Making change is hard, it requires willpower and in this context knowledge and teamwork. So our intention here is to share our journey into living sustainable, healthy, prosperous lives and to invite you to join us in this endeavour, learning new skills and rediscovering old techniques.
The saying goes “give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime” and we want to add to that “teach a person to make the rod and they can take ownership of the whole process.” In learning to make the metaphorical fishing rod we can choose to live differently, be less reliant on consumerism, use less plastic, create for ourselves a sustainable holistic lifestyle.
Now that all sounds grandiloquent but as well as drinking tea and philosophising we have been busily applying for funding, talking with others following this path and doing our research to enable the dream to become reality. We have drawn up a programme of conversations, presentations and workshops to form the basis of a knowledge sharing, wellbeing and sustainability centre. We hope that the programme will spark your interest and you will come and join us
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