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<\/center><\/p>\nThis is how the activists define their project on their own blog<\/a>: Dette er hvordan aktivistene selv forklarer sitt prosjekt p\u00e5 bloggen<\/a> sin. The eco village is now threatened by the landowners who after years of keeping this area as a wasteland now have decided to build. They want to have the squatters evicted, and by going through the legal processes they probably will succeed. So as many radical and alternative projects before, this too seems to end quite soon. What is the point then, the critics might say. Why engage in a project, investing time and effort, not to mention actually living an every day life as an active part of a protest\/demonstration if it is inevitable going to be demolished and put to an end? Why is this form of activism so important? Because it shows us what is possible! It might be extreme and \u201dway out there\u201d for some, but the idea, the potential, the challenging of our conceptions of what we know as housing, everyday life and organizing of community is the point of it all. <\/p>\n \u00d8kolandsbyens eksistens er n\u00e5 truet av tomteeierne som etter \u00e5 ha latt omr\u00e5det ligge brakk i \u00e5revis n\u00e5 har bestemt seg for \u00e5 bygge. De vil ha okkupantene bortvist, og ved \u00e5 gjennomf\u00f8re juridiske prosesser, vil de nok lykkes med det. I likhet med mange tidligere radikale og idealistiske prosjekter s\u00e5 ser det ut som om ogs\u00e5 dette vil ende snart. Hva er da poenget, vil kritikerne si. Hvorfor engasjere seg i et prosjekt, investere av egen tid og innsats, for ikke \u00e5 snakke om \u00e5 faktisk bo og leve som en aktiv del av en protest\/demonstrasjon hvis det er uunng\u00e5lig at det vil jevnes med jorda og bli tilintetgjort? Hvorfor er denne type aktivisme viktig? Jo, fordi den viser oss hva som faktisk er mulig! Det kan kanskje virke ekstremt for enkelte, men ideen, potensialet, det \u00e5 sprenge rammene for hvordan vi forst\u00e5r begrep som bolig, hverdagsliv og samfunnsorganisering, det er det som er poenget.<\/em><\/p>\n I find places like this to be very inspiring, both for the mind and the soul. One of the aspects that I find very appealing is the high level of freedom of expression, both idealist and artistic. I love all the small visual details, made out of hope, dreams, joy and enthusiasm, and I have tried to capture some of them for you to see with the pictures in this entry. It was a warm, sunny, and beautiful day for visiting the eco village, and I also used the opportunity to take pictures for the pattern I have published here on the blog today. This is a pattern I\u2019ve been fiddling with for quite a while now, trying to get it exactly right. I wanted a stylish head wrap, wide enough to keep my hair in place and my ears warm, without being bulky and looking oversized. The \u201dI got hair, Baby!\u201d<\/a> head wrap is designed with the beginning knitter in mind. It is meant to take you to the next level beyond the simple purl and knit stitches, introducing increasing and decreasing techniques. I hope some of you will enjoy it, happy knitting!<\/p>\n Jeg finner steder som dette utrolig inspirerende, b\u00e5de for intellektet og sjela. Et av de aspektene som appellerer veldig til meg er den store graden av uttrykksfrihet som regjerer, b\u00e5de idealistisk og kunstnerisk. Jeg liker de sm\u00e5 visuelle detaljene, skapt ut av h\u00e5p, dr\u00f8mmer, glede og entusiasme, og jeg har pr\u00f8vd \u00e5 fange noe av dette med bildene i dette innlegget. Det var en varm, solrik og nydelig dag for v\u00e5rt bes\u00f8k, og jeg benyttet ogs\u00e5 anledningen til \u00e5 ta bildene til m\u00f8nsteret som er publisert p\u00e5 bloggen i dag. Dette er et m\u00f8nster som jeg har fiklet med en god stund for \u00e5 f\u00e5 det til \u00e5 bli helt riktig. Jeg ville ha et stilig h\u00e5rb\u00e5nd som var bredt nok til \u00e5 holde h\u00e5ret p\u00e5 plass og \u00f8rene varme, uten at det ble klumpete og for stort. \u201cI got hair, Baby!\u201d<\/a> er designet med tanke p\u00e5 de som er nybegynnende strikkere. Tanken er \u00e5 bevege seg til neste niv\u00e5, utover de enkle rett og vrang maskene, ved \u00e5 introdusere ulike teknikker for \u00e5 \u00f8ke og redusere antall masker. Jeg h\u00e5per at noen av dere vil like dette prosjektet, god strikking!<\/em><\/p>\n A few days ago my family and I made a trip to the other side of the city (from where we\u2019re at), and spent a lovely day visiting Kew Bridge Eco Village. 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\n\u201cWe live communally on a piece of land in West London, we call it Kew Bridge Eco Village and we really like it here. There are normally about 15 or 20 people living here and we like doing things like building, cooking, gardening and making music around the fire. We are all about learning, using it as a tool to empower our own ability to live effectively now and for the future; we learn about sustainability, permaculture, food, and social issues.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cVi bor sammen p\u00e5 et stykke jord i Vest London, vi kaller det Kew Bridge Eco Village og her trives vi. Vanligvis er det rundt 15 eller 20 mennesker som bor her og vi liker \u00e5 gj\u00f8re ting som \u00e5 bygge, lage mat, dyrke og spille musikk rundt b\u00e5let. For oss handler det om det \u00e5 l\u00e6re, \u00e5 bruke dette som et verkt\u00f8y til \u00e5 kunne leve mer ressursvennlig n\u00e5 og i fremtiden; vi l\u00e6rer om b\u00e6rekraftighet, permakultur, mat og sosiale forhold.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/img405.imageshack.us\/img405\/3138\/kewbridge2.jpg\")
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