#focus - INQUIRY ON ALTERNATIVE LIVING AND PERMACULTURE @ PPAUW - 17 April 2016
INQUIRY ON ALTERNATIVE LIVING AND PERMACULTURE - #FOCUS WHILE WALKING BETWEEN WOODS AND VILLAS FROM EDE TO WAGENINGEN BEFORE GETTING AN INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE AT PPAUW - TEA AFTERWARDS AT THE MODDERSHIP - 17 04 2016
When: Sunday April 17, 2016 - 12:01 PM
Where: Trainstation Ede-Wageningen and we walk to Ppauw (Scheidingslaan 1, Wageningen), an ecovillage founded by Erik Groen on the grounds of an old hospital in Wageningen
Subject: an inquiry on alternative living and permaculture
Initiated by: Leonie van der Plas in collaboration with Erik Groen, Hristina Tasheva and Edwin Stolk.
Many of us may have been thinking, dreaming, talking and reading about living our lives in other ways than what is generally considered common sense. Probably we have been considering 'alternative' ways of living. Thinking of funny housing, other ways of organising our daily life. Maybe our lifes already are a bit out of sinc with the ordinary. We try to think independently. We keep on theorizing on social change. Maybe we see ourselves as captives of a contemporary neoliberal context. We may think and feel like activists, but do we dare to speak? Or is it enough to produce some art and then go on living as we always did? What happens if we have the chance to put our ideas into practice? How and where can we find opportunities to experiment? Be welcome to join #FOCUS for an afternoon on these topics.
#FOCUS invites you to come along for a visit to a place for experimental living. We gather at 12:01 PM at the station of Ede-Wageningen. After a short introduction we will walk from Ede to Wageningen and on our way we can already discuss issues on alternative living, permaculture and putting thinking into action.
Our walk will lead us along woods, villas and business complexes to Ppauw. There we will find an alternative space for a short program and to discuss things further. If you do not feel like walking, you can find us at Ppauw ± 2 o'clock (Scheidingslaan 1, Wageningen).
Ppauw is an ecovillage on the squatted grounds of an old hospital in Wageningen. It is a place for mobile, co-supporting experimental living and permaculture. Ppauw is in a process of continuous change. Erik Groen from Ppauw will introduce us to permaculture and to the possibilities of living in an experimental place like Ppauw. And we will see what is happening there right now. After the introduction we can drink tea at the Moddership. A good place for exchanging ideas about alternative living, permaculture and freedom.
For now a word on how anthropologist and activist David Graeber puts it: as long as we are not free, we can at least attempt to live as if we already free. (This is not a direct quote, it is a translation from Dutch).
Don't forget to wear good shoes and clothes.
Be warmly invited to this #FOCUS.
Leonie van der Plas on behalf of #FOCUS
