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Hi Bryan I read your introduction in the Genuine Wealth System and am interested in the concept. We're trying to get a Community Land Trust going here and one of the problems will be to raise capital to build the housing, since the land will…
Apr 17, 2009

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In the context of Transition Towns my interests / passions are:
I have been involved in permaculture for many years and have been committed to the process of transition to sustainability for individuals and communities. The Transition Towns initiative is a well designed vehicle for doing just this. I love its viral, bottom-up nature and its timeliness.
Its a great vessel for integrating the great social, environmental and economic movements of our time through an enabling, organic, whole system design approach
What are you happy to share about yourself:
I am 60 years old, partner of Joanna Pearsall, father of two sons, grandfather of 4 children, step father of two daughters and grandfather of another two children.
I see the universe as a friendly nurturing place and I use permaculture design to unlock the bounty and abundance that all unconstrained beings in nature experience.
I am involved in a number of projects designed to transition small communities to empowerment through healthy housing, food production, autonomous energy systems and financial relationships based on reciprocity.
I enjoy the ah-has that come from spontaneous insite, like the discovery, when looking through the rear view mirror, that by traveling at 80 km/hr with ten vehicles backed up behind me I was successfully reducing the carbon emissions of the collective of cars by more than my car alone was emitting i.e.I should be eligible for carbon credits simply by driving slower - I was creating a lower carbon footprint than had I been riding a bike. The birth of the slow car movement! Life is fun.
I am also developing the Genuine Wealth System, a system based on reciprocity and the power of declaration (a man is his word/ a woman is her word). In landmark lingo it has enabled me to create a new realm of possibility, the possibility for all relationships to be grounded in individual and community, the possibility to create enterprise in the context of cooperation as opposed to capitalist enterprise. It is an exciting liberation.
Where do you live (City or Town):
Taupo
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At 12:15pm on April 17, 2009, Geert DierickGeert Dierick said…
Hi Bryan

I read your introduction in the Genuine Wealth System and am interested in the concept.
We're trying to get a Community Land Trust going here and one of the problems will be to raise capital to build the housing, since the land will be owned by the trust and not the families who want to build the houses.

Do you have more information on the system ? Any case studies ?

Best regards,
Geert
At 10:33pm on August 24, 2008, Paul MarcroftPaul Marcroft said…
Bryan - thanxx for taking the trouble to write such a detailed reply at such a late hour. I will certainly come and see the cal earth building, and would like to touch base with you, but I realise you will probably have many punters to attend to. In the meantime is there a blogpage or weblink yopu could point me to so I could have a look at the kinds of things you are doing? regards from Te Rangitikei
At 10:20pm on August 21, 2008, Paul MarcroftPaul Marcroft said…
I have been meaning to touch base with you as I am interested in the affordable housing issue. James Samuel mentioned that you have already done quite a bit of research into this area and probably could share ideas about what is workable. My background is Architecture so I know how many laws have been created to weld people's housing needs to a debt slavery system.

regards

Paul Marcroft
At 10:19pm on May 5, 2008, Deirdre KentDeirdre Kent said…
Hi Bryan! Welcome. The idea of a slow car "movement" is so exciting. A couple of years ago I travelled at 80kph knowing it would reduce my petrol bill but I gradually gave way to group pressure. How exciting it would be if we all did what you are doing now, especially if we put a sticker on our car to say why we are going at 80! Could catch on.
 
 
 

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