Common Knowledge Newsletter #126
Save Our Heirloom Seeds - this Wednesday.
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New Venue!!! 11th February, 7pm - Toby Hodgkin - Save Our Seeds!
Toby Hodgkin worked as a plant breeder at the Scottish Crop Research Institute (now James Hutton) and then as an international crop genetic resources conservation expert based in Rome at Bioversity International where he was Principal Scientist and Director of International Collaboration. He has worked with researchers, farmers and communities around the world on the conservation and use of traditional crop varieties and landraces. Now retired and based in Edinburgh he does a bit of vegetable gardening and seed saving at the Leith Community Croft and works with the Scottish Seed Hub on improving the supply of seeds of open pollinated vegetable varieties in Scotland.
Ticket is here.
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15th February - CK Walks, 11am at the Meeting Point
The route starts from the bottom of Lockharton Crescent, a short walk from Colinton Road. The walk is over the Craiglockhart hills, which is mixed terrain - surfaced and unsurfaced paths, pavement and steps. It will be lead by Andrew Waldie. The entire walk will take about 1h 45 mins, from which we will retire to a local establishment for refreshment.
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12pm to 4pm - You Can Do It: CK Conference on 22nd February at NMC
Are you passionate about a problem that is affecting many people around you, but feel that you are powerless to solve it? If so, this is the meeting for you.
We will hear the experiences of local people who decided they would act on their concerns, took the initiative to provide a solution, inspired others to join them, and are now achieving the results of which they dreamed.
See Ticket for details of speakers. Ticket is here.
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11th March, 7pm - The Honest Midwife! - Victoria Rixon exposes our the NHS
Victoria Rixon is a 42 years old, a mother of four boys, a wife, and a wide-awake midwife.
“On February 9th, 2024, I walked out of the NHS. Not because I stopped caring, but because I could no longer be part of a system that is committing crimes against humanity—criminal harm and manslaughter—against women, babies, and midwives.
If you care about maternity services, if you care about women, babies, and midwives—we need accountability. We all need the truth we all need justice.”
Ticket here.
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8th April - 7pm, Andrew Waldie - Are we going through a Monetary Reset?
Are we, as some financial commentators argue, going through a “monetary re-set”? That is, a fundamental re-structuring of the way that the world organises its money, debt, and currency relationships, which goes far beyond normal inflation or routine policy tweaks. In this talk, our treasurer, Andrew Waldie will examine this question by reviewing recent developments in financial markets - including the rapid rise and extreme volatility in the prices of precious metals; the weakening of the position of the US Dollar as the global reserve currency and the development of alternative global payment systems; the sharp fall in the price of Bitcoin and the growth of “stablecoins”. Andrew will also consider the feasibility of local currencies as a way of sheltering communities from the impact of any “monetary reset”.
Tickets here.
Monthly - Local Abundance Reko Ring
****The New Venue for Reko Ring is North Merchiston Community Centre****
SUPPLIERS and PRODUCTS infomation: https://www.facebook.com/groups/328909419813578
Email: localabundance@proton.me
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Call To Action!
Follow Marc Wilkinson’s Substack for information on acting locally against 5G towers amongst other threats, where and when to protest, and how you can get involved. Blog here.
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The Scottish People’s Covid 19 Inquiry
Watch the playlist here.
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A Teacher During Covid
A story full of realities about the Covid era from 2020 to 2022: its impact on education and how education had already prepared the way for Covid. Here.
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