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What VALUES does Fibershed stand for? 2.’Ecological Balance’
It seems we’re agreed: the usefulness of statements about Values really only come out when those affected take the chance to have a look at them and think through. Thank you to those who commented here on the first of the values, about Collaboration. Here’s the second opportunity to have your say about the Values…
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What VALUES does Fibershed stand for?
Do you remember a time when organisations didn’t seek to orientate themselves with statements of their Vision, Mission and Values? They’ve been around for quite a while now and I expect many of us have either spent some work time either brainstorming, discussing and agreeing them, or else receiving an email being told what they…
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Introduction to Seed Saving Course Takeaways
On the 17th and 24th of February, Colleen and Nick attended the Gaia Foundation’s Introduction to Seed Saving Course. This consisted of two 3h sessions, during which Sinéad Fortune and Richie Walsh talked us through the basic knowledge required to get started on a seed saving project. The first session covered overall motivations for seed…
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Fibre Flax Seed Bank Kick-Off
On February 8th we officially started the Fibre Flax Seed project with an online kick-off meeting. We can imagine a future (a few years down the line) where a Fibreshed Scotland community will be self-sufficient in flax seed. We will have an established methodology for growing for seed, selecting the seed, gathering, cleaning and storing.…
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Six Conversations Reflections
We’ve had some wonderful, insightful and very personal conversations over the course of the last month, and I’d like to offer some reflections on their implications. At the outset, I’d like to reiterate my thanks to everyone who came along – those who came for one meeting, and those who came to all. It’s sometimes…
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Conversation 5: Gifts
This week brought us to the end of this cycle of Conversations with some really beautiful insights shared. The idea of focussing on our Gifts is that that is the strongest basis for moving forwards into the community we seek to create: If you label me as ‘remote’, ‘inefficient’ or ‘disabled’, that’s what you get:…
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Conversation 4: Commitment
We had two lovely conversations this week. The commitment conversation focussed on letting go of preconceptions, and thinking more broadly about what as individuals we’d really like to contribute, as well as how engagement in Fibreshed could connect to our own enterprises and initiatives. Several people commented on the value of the questions for taking…
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Conversation 3: Dissent
‘Dissent’ conversations are designed to surface all the doubts and reservations we have about Fibreshed Scotland. Dissent can be seen as the flip side of possibility and there’s a real risk that if we don’t feel able to share our doubts, we may finish up just paying lip service to whatever ‘those in charge’ think…
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Conversation 2: Ownership
We’ve continued with our Conversations this week, focussing on ‘ownership’ – meaning feeling a sense of responsibility for rather than possession. Thank you to all the wonderful participants and the insights, ideals and challenges they shared. We tackled some tricky questions designed by Peter Block to get to the heart of what makes organisations or…
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Conversation 1: Possibility
Our Conversations to shape the future of the Fibreshed Scotland Community have started extremely well. We put strong emphasis on starting where each individual is, and co-creating the future we’d like to see. Time flew by, and at both meetings several groups of participants remained chatting beyond the 90 minutes we’d planned. This week we…