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MMMM! Monday 20 Jan, Movie (The Commons: Reclaiming what is ours), Meal & Mingling

MMMM! Monday 20 Jan, Movie (The Commons: Reclaiming what is ours), Meal & Mingling

MMMM! is back this Monday 20 January:

We'll have a delicious (mostly organic) vegan curry from 6ish:

Sag aloo
Mixed dal
Basmati Rice
Onion pakoras
Gujurati Carrot salad

Pre-book to avoid disappointment!  🎟️ 🍲😋  https://ud.coop/commons

This week we're screening:

Shorts from around 6:30pm ish:

Then the main feature from around 7pm:

The Commons: Reclaiming What Is Ours (1hr 50 mins) 2019 

The Commons is a documentary film about communities re-asserting sustainable futures using consensus, equity and shared resources – ancient Commons principles. 

The film explores increasing privatisation and destruction of commons, primarily in the United States.  It also shows how many activists are re-taking commons, re-establishing communities controlling their own commons: maker spaces, land trusts, cooperatives, local food production and distribution, shared housing, free education, community centres – all as Commoners stewarding what they share.

During the making of the film, we found a re-awakening in progress. Tired of waiting for government, many Commoners are taking action to push back the tide of un-just privatisation or the destruction of shared resources. Similarly, people are working democratically, money is being re-imagined, new schools starting, co-operatives launching – most – with the new idea of ‘Open Source’ deeply embedded in their planning. People are asking for sustainability, not destruction, sharing not privatization, and justice – not brutality.

Nine years in the making, we listened as 49 communities in the Americas, Europe, Africa and south Asia told us what has made their Commons work over the centuries.

We found that commons-based inspiration flows through people, especially young people, telling them not to settle for less than what they know is possible: to make that incredible future they see just ahead of humanity: vitality, goodwill, sharing – what Dr. Andreas Weber describes as ‘Enlivenment’ . We found there are already laws protecting the rights of Commoners. Many of these laws are the underpinning of our legal system itself.

We'll also have:

Delicious (mostly) organic vegan curries from Fergus Bradbeer aka Vegie Vortex (who also does the curries at Beach and Barnicott), plus hot and cold drinks. 

Please note:

Our room hire costs £42/ week so if you're able to able to contribute more than the default ticket amount then please do so. 

We also need to ensure enough people come along to make it worthwhile for Fergus to keep coming along to cook up the delicious food - so invite a friend!

Many thanks in advance. Together We Have Everything.

Get your tickets and pre-book your food now 🎟️ 🍲😋  https://ud.coop/commons

United Diversity Bridport

Our goal: get the Bridport bioregion into the Doughnut by making "rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society" a reality in our locality.

If you'd like to help out or get more involved: