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local people local events local food local health local environment PUBLISHER Robin Currie - 01392 422630 robin@reconnectonline.co.uk WELCOME to the first issue of reconnect.

We sincerely hope you like what you see and want to become a part of it. This first issue should give you an idea of what we are about, so we’ll let it speak for itself.

First though, a few words about this editorial page itself. Traditionally, this would be where the editor has a bit of a rant, and over the months I will no doubt climb onto my (phosphate-free, biodegradable) soapbox. And we will also use these columns to highlight particular articles, or local issues we feel deserve your particular attention.

But the primary role of this page is as a rolling mission statement; a regularly updated account of what reconnect is, what it’s doing and how it’s going about it. reconnect has been set up, and will be run, as a transparent, ethical business and we believe that only by keeping you involved will you become a part of things – and only if you are a part of things will reconnect achieve its full potential and play its part in making positive change, however small.

So we’ll start with something about the reconnect team and how we got this magazine into your hands.

What makes the reconnect team unique is that we bring together such a wealth of valuable experience: in journalism, publishing and design, but also in personal development, ethical finance, specialist retailing and complementary healthcare too.

The catalyst for the project is publisher Robin Currie and if you’re not quite sure how the term catalyst can be embodied in a person, you haven’t met him.

A leading light in Barchester Green, the original ethical investment company, Robin runs the hugely successful workshops, Making Friends With Money.

He also founded the magazine New Money and has written for everyone from the Economist Intelligence Unit to the Green Guide, from Caduceus to the Evening Standard. reconnect also sees the return of the successful local publishing duo, Martin Foster, me, and Pete Hardy, who together published Connect for four years and sold it as a thriving alternative magazine for Devon and Cornwall in 2005.

Since starting work on reconnect we have been encouraged and moved by the reaction from people we have worked with in the past.

We haven’t squandered valuable reconnect pages by filling them with messages of support and encouragement, but we can’t resist quoting Mike Bridger, principal of The Contemporary College of Homeopathy: “The original Connect provided the South West with a really vital service‌ our search for a magazine which had the same ethos, professional quality and most important of all, friendliness of staff, has been, at least for us, fruitless‌ you people must never ever go away again. I am going to ask you to submit your passports to me within the next 28 days and I have purchased some electronic tags so we can keep you all under 24-hour surveillance. If you break these conditions, you will be subject to an Alternative Community Order‌â€?

The fourth, and crucial, member of the new reconnect team is designer (and new dad – welcome, Jamie) Andy Gooding, a key member of the design studio at the ill-fated ColourWorks in Totnes and is now freelance and responsible for the design of our pages, advertisements and website.

It’s also important to point out that reconnect doesn’t, and couldn’t, support office premises or a fleet of company cars and expense accounts (perhaps we could talk about that one, Robin?).

It is, in fact, typical of a new breed of hi-tech cottage industries, with all of us working in our own homes (in Exeter, Totnes, Lympstone and Newton Abbot) and linked by email, internet, phone and regular meetings around kitchen tables with mugs of tea and laptops. reconnect is here because we and, fortunately, a great many of you, wanted it to happen. We aren’t out to make our fortune, and we all supplement our incomes with other work (giving financial advice, running workshops, teaching and freelance writing and design), but the magazine does need to pay its way, and is already showing signs that it will.

The website too is beginning to grow into the valuable resource we know it will become – check it out at www.reconnectonline.co.uk.

So advertisers have been great, and the team is working better than we could ever have wished, but the most important person in this whole venture is reading these words right now – you, the reader.

To be vibrant, worthwhile and successful, reconnect needs your input, from every corner of the reconnect region. So that’s enough about us, now tell us something about yourselves‌

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EDITOR Martin Foster - 01392 346204 editor@reconnectonline.co.uk Blacksmith’s Cottage, Washbourne, Totnes TQ9 7UB COMMERCIAL EDITOR Pete Hardy - 01392 346342 2 Withall’s Gardens, Lympstone, EX8 5JH adverts@reconnectonline.co.uk DESIGNER Andy Gooding PUBLISHED BY Reconnect Publishing Ltd, 15 Sylvan Rd, Exeter EX4 6EW ADVERTISE IN THE NEXT ISSUE Advertising for the August/September issue (out August 1) must be booked by July 17. To talk about advertising (no hard sell, we promise!), call Pete Hardy on 01392 346342 or email adverts@reconnectonline. co.uk. Advert sizes and prices are on our website: www.reconnectonline.co.uk WEBSITE Visit www.reconnectonline.co.uk and you’ll find: • an online PDF version of this issue • a day-by-day events diary • more news and articles • advert sizes and prices • details of our magazine stockists • loads of useful links To contribute, please email Martin or Pete ECO ETHOS reconnect is written, designed, printed and distributed locally, using materials from sustainable sources. The magazine is printed using vegetable-based inks and biodegradable fount solution, and the paper is 75 per cent post-consumer waste and 25 per cent virgin fibre from a sustainable source. It is also chlorine-free and FSC-accredited (www.fsc-uk.org).

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Something in the woodshed THE Woodshed Collective is a group of artists based in a former woodshed among the trees around the Bowden House community near Totnes.

The driving force behind the project is the multi-talented Doug King-Smith, who as well as organising various Woodshed courses is currently working on two 20-foot yurts and two sculptural windows for a meadow-roofed cob structure.

Check out www.woodshedcollective.co.uk and our Going Out Diary for details of events and the next issue of reconnect for more news.

An attractive proposition SLOWLY but very surely the world is waking up to the Law of Attraction, the possibility that we can manifest the things we want in life simply by putting out the right thoughts and intentions.

There are a number of films and books on the subject, and it was thrust firmly into the mainstream by the 2006 film (and 2007 book), The Secret, which through a series of interviews (and some very impressive marketing techniques), explored the theory that ‘What you think about, you bring about’.

Jonny Chuter, a counsellor and kinesiologist who lives in Ashburton, has just published a new book, The Mind Menu, which explains how we can “use this process consciously for our healing, and for creating the life we want”.

But, says Jonny, many people want something in their lives because it is lacking – but the Universe picks up on that and responds to the feelings of lack by giving you lack. “As long as you keep thinking, ‘I haven’t got enough of x’, that’s exactly how the Universe will respond – by not giving you enough of x,” he says.

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Faeries give you wings…

CORNISH fair maiden Karen Kay was our Cornwall editor on Connect magazine. And one for the trivia nuts: remember a London postcard featuring a bearskin-wearing guard alongside a spikey red-haired punk? That was her too.

In recent years, though, she’s been away with the faeries.

She was the founder of Faeries and Enchantment magazine (www.faemagazine.com) and, with her merry band of pointy-eared helpers, is the organiser of the 3 Wishes Faery Fest, at Colliford Lake Park, on Bodmin Moor, June 19-21.

For three faery-filled days you can enjoy performers and musicians, and attend a Fairy School with workshops about faeries, mermaids and unicorns.

Tickets are £85 for the full three days and nights, including access to camping areas, children under 12 are admitted free, and under16s pay £30. There’re also luxury camping facilities in the Fairy Village, provided by www.yurtsandsqurts.com.

Visit www.3wishesfaeryfest.co.uk, call 01736 330201 and be careful what you wish for…

Catch Butterflies Drama games Pick of the festivals at the Phoenix are child’s play AS always, there’s so much going on at The Phoenix in Exeter that we could fill pages with their news. But then that would be the Phoenix Programme.

There should be a story elsewhere in this issue about the Exeter Festival, which is staging a lot of events, and we wanted to mention the children’s show, Butterflies, in which TPO, one of Italy’s top visual theatre companies, tells the story from larvae to grown-up, for an audience of children from 3-8 years.

The kids get to join in too - “paint with your arms, compose lullabies with your feet, chase caterpillars on all fours and get ready to dip into a theatrical experience for the eyes, ears, knees and toes.”

If you just can’t resist, it’s at the Phoenix on Sunday and Monday, June 14 and 15.

Visit www.exeterphoenix.org.uk or call 01392 667080.

IN a time when all the emphasis seems to be on the responsibility of adults to improve the world for our children and help them to learn new ways to live and learn within it, how about a safe place, where adults can learn to play like children again?

Jo Larsen runs what she calls an adult playground at Sandwell Manor, Totnes.

“Using professional drama games, I introduce small groups of adults, from 18 to 60+, to essential and basic improvisation techniques,” says Jo. “It’s about scrambling the critical analytical left brain, so the infinitely more resourceful, highly imaginative and flexible right brain can come out and play, without worrying about perfection or competitive stress - which is what we learnt in school.”

There’s a beginners’ group, for people with no experience of drama or who feel they need to get a bit of confidence first, and an advanced group for those who want more challenging games.

“We sometimes touch on more serious subjects, but mostly we just crack up laughing,” says Jo, who has also recently introduced film acting courses, giving participants a rare chance to “see themselves in action”. Very challenging, admits Jo, but “enormously beneficial for personal development”.

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“We hope more and more people will turn towards summer camps like ours as an alternative to the mass exodus through the nation’s airports.”

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Over the years, the gathering has grown from a few scraps of tarpaulin to a meadow full of yurts, domes and a marquee. And there are now three camps a year, so as well as Qigong, you can spend a week singing at Rise Up Singing or meditating at BuddhaDharmaSangha camps.

who organises the camps with Brad Richecoeur.

“This the lowest carbon footprint holiday you could imagine and yet the time is rich in community, in human resourcefulness, in closeness to nature and in fun.

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ALMOST two decades ago, a group of “sweet crazy folk”, equipped with little more than some large pieces of canvas, hazel poles, a spade and a lot of energy, created the first Qigong Camp on Dartmoor.

DON’T you just love festival season? There’s the muso ones in fields, of course (including Beautiful Days at Ottery on August 21/22/23 – more in our next issue), but also regional ones, whether in villages, towns or cities, which are often just a multi-coloured umbrella held over a bunch of different events.

The two big ones coming up in reconnectland over the next couple of months are in Exeter and Plymouth.

Musical gems at the Exeter Festival, from June 12-28, include: TwoTone giants The Beat, currently on their 30th anniversary tour; Canadian ‘urban roots’ band Po’ Girl (below); the wonderful jazz musician Courtney Pine; Three Bonzos and A Piano (yes, as in Doo Dah Band); a night of Asian action with the Bollywood Brass Band; and that favourite double-act, real ale and music at an Exeter CAMRA event.

Under ‘comedy and spoken word’ you can find the multi-talented Jonathan Miller, Kit and the Widow and numerous other comedy shows.

And for classical fans, there’s the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Berkeley Ensemble, La Serenissima and African Sanctus by Exeter Festival Chorus and Backbeat Percussion Quartet.

For the full and varied programme, supported by Exeter City Council (good for them), at venues all over Exeter, visit www.exeter.gov.uk/summerfestival.

The Plymouth Summer Festival runs right through the season until September, with something for everyone.

Refugee Week is June 16-22, featuring artwork, displays and stalls celebrating the contribution refugees have made to the city.

From June 20-28, Taskforce sees US-based artist Stephan Koplowitz work with dancers, a composer/ performer, a filmmaker and artists to create sitespecific performances across Plymouth (and at Dartington too – check out www.dartington.org/arts).

If comedy is more up your creative avenue, check out Jimmy Carr on June 27 or Russell Howard on July 3; for gardeners there are herb and compost events on July 11; and the Plymouth Beer Festival, another CAMRA event, is July 24 and 25.

Get the details at www.plymouthsummerfestival.com.

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Stepping up for award A DEVON shoemaker has won through to the finals of the Ethical Footwear Retailer of the Year awards. “We were delighted to be in the last four,� said Becky Marshall of Green Shoes. “It’s tremendous for us, our customers who’ve made positive ethical choices and supported us over the years, and other small rural companies in the South West.�

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Trust them to give you a wild day WE’RE big fans of the Devon Wildlife Trust here at reconnect.

They are concerned with all aspects of climate change (and actually doing something about it) and they encourage people to get involved in the local environment by running practical workshops and courses – and especially for kids. What’s not to like?

They have an incredibly packed schedule of events lined up for the coming weeks, some of which we’ve included in our diary and all of which you can find on their website, www. devonwildlifetrust.org.

One big day you won’t want to miss is the DWT Festival, on Exeter Cathedral Green, on Saturday, June 20, 10am-4pm. Around 5,000 people will see DWT activities including nestbox building, crafts and displays, plus quizzes and a variety of guest exhibitors.

Exploring life at Sharpham SHARPHAM Estate, set along a three-mile stretch of the River Dart just below Totnes, is involved in everything reconnect is about – and their first open weekend, at the end of June, will provide a taste of all they have to offer.

Central to Sharpham is local food and drink, with a vineyard, Jersey cows producing milk to make cheese at the dairy, vegetables from their walled garden supplying the house and Vineyard CafĂŠ, and meat, milk and eggs from Lower Sharpham Barton farms.

A willow bed, planted by local school children, provides an ideal setting for school groups to learn about willow and its uses, and campfires and canoes add to the Sharpham outdoors programme of environmental education and conservation. The Barn is a rural retreat, centred around meditation, organic gardening and community living.

For the open weekend, on June 27 and 28, the Paladian-style mansion and gardens will be open; there will be taster sessions in everything from creative writing and meditation to canoeing on the river; children will be able to swim in the pool, help make a scarecrow and dig potatoes; and guided walks will explore the history and wildlife of the wetlands and wooded riverbanks.

The weekend will also include a production by the Heart’s Tongue Theatre, painting and willow weaving classes, tours of the vineyard and cream teas. You can even arrive by water taxi at high tide (around 10.30am on the Saturday and around 11.30am on the Sunday) call 07814 954869 for details.

Visit www.sharpham.com, or call 07943 854157, and look out in reconnect for details of an autumn open weekend, with the focus on the harvest and apple pressing.

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What if living is it?

WHAT if, suggests Katheryn Trenshaw, life was not about self-improvement? What if nothing needed changing?

What if just living was ‘it’? And what if ‘it’ was actually interesting, desirable – and simple?

She argues that often there isn’t a problem that needs fixing; that it’s not about what could be, would be, or should be, but what is actually happening in real time.

“I recommend you bring along a good sense of humour and an openness to be surprised and amused in the most profound ways,” she says.

Passionate Presence events for this year include: June 26-28, October 2-4 and December 11-13, near Totnes; and a week-long residential retreat in Somerset, Nov 30-Dec 4.

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THE Sidmouth folk festival is back at the end of July with an impressive line-up of modern and traditional folk artists, dancing, workshops, ceilidhs and more.

The line-up in the 1000-seat Ham marquee includes Jim Moray, Lau, Waterson:Carthy (Martin, Norma and Liza Carthy with Watersons founder Mike Waterson), Oysterband and the Australian Spooky Men’s Chorale.

At the Bulverton marquee you can catch the Peatbog Fairies, the Bhangra drumming of the Dhol Foundation, and Hotel Palindrone, among others.

It all starts with a special pre-festival Evening with Pam Ayres on Thursday, July 30, and runs through until August 7.

Full-week season tickets cost £160, with discounts for young people, and weekend and day tickets are also available.

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A touch of love

Many people have not heard of the Oneness Blessing. But many others believe it to be one of the most profound things to happen in the human world.

ROBIN CURRIE explains ONENESS Blessing was developed by Sri Amma and Sri Bhagavan, who were born in India after the Second World War. Both were precocious children, devoted to other people and aware of being a vehicle for divine grace. And then they met each other and got married.

In 1984 they started a school devoted to educating and loving students in a holistic manner; one of the results of which was that the children became aware of the divine energy underlying their life and were able to interact with it.

Sri Amma and Bhagavan became clear this energy should be available to all humanity and not just to local children and they created a body of teachings for the new millennium. And this is where the Oneness Blessing comes from.

It is a beautiful, divine energy, which makes it

possible to pierce the veils of unconsciousness which would have us believe we are not wholly loved, lovable and loving. And it is available to anyone. It is not a religion. There is no requirement that you believe anything at all.

It’s a deeply moving, profound experience, not a concept.

In Devon, Jackie Watson is one of the graduates trained to give the Oneness Blessing and she uses it to enhance her work, helping people to untie the knots and traumas that separate us from our experience of divine love.

Jackie offers talks to groups and the opportunity to experience the Oneness Blessing. She also offers telephone consultations, one-to-one sessions at her home in Chudleigh Knighton and runs the workshop Teach only Love.

If you would be interested in a talk or a workshop in your area, or would just like to know more, call Jackie on 01626 854367, email jackiewatson2@googlemail.com, or visit www.jackiewatson.co.uk.

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OLIVER COWMEADOW of the Holistic Cooking School explains how their macrobiotic course can lead to a professional qualification – and change your life YOU can go on a macrobiotic cruise to the Caribbean, buy the Hip Chick’s Guide to Macrobiotics or read about Madonna’s latest macro diet - macrobiotics has come a long way since the brown rice 1970s.

Society too has changed. Fast food, stressful jobs and sedentary computer pursuits have led to diseases like diabetes, heart disease and cancer, rare at the beginning of 20th century, becoming common.

As a result, many people now want to help themselves through the food they eat and the way they eat it; to live their lives consciously and constructively. If they understand more about why they are becoming unwell, they can choose better food and a healthier lifestyle.

And surely a healthier nation would naturally encourage a healthier world.

The Holistic Cooking School‘s short courses, including The Fundamentals of Healthy Eating and Looking After Your Health, revealed a demand for more in-depth learning and professional qualifications. So, in 2006, the school introduced its three-year Macrobiotic and Life Counselling course, offering training as professional Macrobiotic Cook, Health Advisor and Dietary and Life Counsellor. These new complementary health professions offer students immense opportunities to change their own lives and those of the people they are being trained to help.

The first Macrobiotic & Life Counselling course attracted 45 students - the first of whom will graduate in December, after three years of transformational study – and this response led to the founding of the International Macrobiotic School, devoted to meeting society’s everincreasing need for highly trained professionals in nutritional advice and the healing arts.

The unique course combines oriental philosophy and medicine, humanistic counselling skills and western physiology, pathology and nutrition, and attracts students from Britain and Europe and even Saudi Arabia.

The training is led by Oliver Cowmeadow and Marijke De Coninck, who have trained in macrobiotics, shiatsu, Oki yoga, Do-in, reiki, rebirthing, psychotherapy, herbalism, counselling and western nutrition, and they are assisted by a strong and dedicated teaching faculty who are all engaged in clinical practice.

RE O O The next intake is in December 2009 - visit www.macroschool.co.uk or call 01803 762598 for details.

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For more information go to www.onenessblessing.co.uk, www.onenessindia.org, www.onenesscentre.org.uk, www.onenessforall.com or www.deeksha.com

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Exploring landscapes WHEN Ashburton artist Greg Ramsden says the environment features in his paintings, he doesn’t just mean in terms of subject matter.

Greg uses materials from the landscape around him to swirl, drip, crack or scratch out an image – and sometimes that’s just the beginning.

“I also use the elements to help create my paintings,” he explains. Sometimes this means leaving the work outside to face heavy rains, strong winds and bitter frosts, or subjecting them to the heat and smoke of a bonfire.

“The natural weathering produces patterns created by nature and the elements. In effect, the background is painted by the elements degrading the paints and then I work over its delicate patterns with man-made paints and varnishes – it’s a comment on the duality of our modern relationship with the environment, both in our homes and in nature, and the chemicals we use to damage it.”

The results are thick, gritty, strong and bold landscapes - “the touch of nature, sealed onto a canvas,” says Greg.

Greg has just opened the Oakwood Gallery at 15 North Street, Ashburton, which as well as his own work has examples of photography, jewellery and ceramics from local artists and makers. And he works in the shop, so you can see him in action – presumably without the bonfire.

You can also see Greg’s work at a number of other galleries over the coming weeks: his South Hams coastal paintings are part of the Washed Up exhibition at the Delamore Gallery in Cornwood, near Plymouth, June 6-August 30; in a one-man show at the Birdwood Gallery in Totnes from August 1-8; and on-going at The Braken Gallery in Chudleigh, the Brownston Gallery in Modbury, the Fred Keetch Gallery in Exmouth and the Dutchy Centre of Creativity in Princetown.

Visit www.creativetorbay.com (thoroughly recommended for seeing the work of local artists) or call 01364 654157 or 07733 225662.

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AFTER some 30 years of parallel careers in the theatre and personal growth, Christina Artemis is combining the two strands of her experience in one-day workshops called Transformational Theatre.

“It’s a form of drama, dance and voice therapy,” says Christina.

“Sometimes, no matter how much work we do, one area of our life appears to be stuck. These innersoul journeys, uniquely designed for each individual, can access

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and heal old fears, emotions and negative belief patterns held in the subconscious, even from past lives.

Christina is also teaching others how to deliver this work.

“I want to pass on my experience as an elder and wise woman. I’m offering Module One on a 10 day spring holiday on Aphrodite’s beautiful island of Cyprus.”

Call 01202 467789 and visit www.doorways2power.co.uk.

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Kay Cook, from Exeter, uses a combination of solution-based therapy and hypnosis, with some NLP and CBT techniques, to work on the subconscious, “where behaviour patterns, beliefs about self and instinctive reactions are held”.

Says Kay: “Sometimes, even small changes in our response patterns can produce a huge change in the fulfilment we experience in our lives, whether I am helping someone overcome a phobia, gain confidence, lose weight, concentrate in an exam or stop smoking.”

She says clients sometimes fear being ‘controlled’ while under-going hypnotherapy.

“I always reassure them. If we are engrossed in a piece of music, and fail to hear someone speaking to us, we are in a trance of concentration – trance is natural and pleasant.”

Kay offers a free, no-obligation initial session and most people require five sessions or less. Call 07947 233484, or email kt.cook@btinternet.com

After studying in California, Puerto Rico, London and Florida, and with the world-renowned Tree of Life in Arizona, she now runs practical workshops on nutritious, raw-based food.

Violetta is also a specialist in Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD), a highly specialised massage technique that has a calming effect on the nervous system and reduces sleep disorders.

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QUEST is the south-west’s biggest event in the mind/body/spirit calendar, bringing together complementary therapists, spiritual teachers and speakers, musicians and festival food and stalls.

Held over four days, July 2-5, at Newton Abbott racecourse, it is open to day-visitors, but many choose to camp over and enjoy the full alternative lifestyle experience.

Speakers this year include ‘stand-up philosopher’ Tim Freke, spiritual teacher William Bloom, founder of Alternatives in London, Malcolm Stern, and our very own Robin Currie. And you can drop by and say hi at the reconnect stand.

Music is courtesy of Tim Wheater, Seizetheday, Dragonsfly and others.

Quest is the perfect opportunity to immerse yourself in every aspect of a way of life which, for many, represents the shape and colour of things to come.

As the organisers say: “Whatever the choices, the exposure to new thinking, the conversations with new friendships that so many come for, will leave you clear that only you determine where your life goes - and you cannot find any RE O security greater than that.”

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THE endlessly enthusiastic Violetta Cope, aka The Green Chef, began her journey into the world of raw, living food when she met prominent American raw food chef Chad Sarno six years ago.

Choosing your words BIG names at this year’s prestigious Ways With Words literary festival in Dartington include Graham Swift, Penelope Lively, Andrew Motion, Paddy Ashdown and Libby Purves.

But we thought we’d concentrate on speakers who might particularly interest reconnect readers some local, others on a green theme.

Lighting the fuse to the festival, in the Great Hall on the first night, Friday July 10, is the Wondermentalist Cabaret, which is a bit like traditional variety, except the comedy is funny, the music is enjoyable and there are no dancing dogs. Or there haven’t been so far.

The host is Totnes-based Radio 4 regular, standup poet Matt Harvey - living proof that intelligent, witty humour can give you a warm glow inside too (just before it splits your sides).

Qualifying on both ‘local’ and ‘green’ tickets is the Transition Morning, in the Barn Theatre on Monday, July 13.

Led by the Totnes-based director of the Transition Network, Rob Hopkins, it begins with a talk on the inspirational work being done all over the world by the Transition Network, followed by an examination of transition to a society less dependent on oil, and thoughts on how to create resilient local food supplies. It ends with a questions and answers session.

The green theme continues in the afternoon with Rubbish Ideas, a look at ways of reducing rubbish courtesy of Tracey Smith, creator of the Downshifting Week.

And later in the afternoon, EF Schumacher’s three daughters, Nicola, Barbara And Virginia, discuss why their father’s ideas are even more relevant today in Small Is More Beautiful Than Ever.

Tuesday, July 14, in the Barn Theatre has a leisure theme and argues for reclaiming traditional pursuits – and leisure itself – with talks including: Maggie Campbell-Culver on gardening the C17th way; Simon Majumdar’s feast for food lovers, Eat My Globe; the joys and wisdom of homemade items with Elspeth Thompson and Ros Badger; and Elsbeth again with Bring Back Le Weekend, campaigning for relaxation and rejuvenation instead of shopping and DIY stores.

If that’s whetted your appetite, though, you might be torn when you hear that over in the Great Hall, on the same day, Satish Kumar takes the stage. The north Devon-based publisher of Resurgence magazine will tell his life story, from nine-year-old member of the Jain brotherhood to BBC TV presenter.

Also on the programme are: Stephan Harding, Ecologist in Residence at Schumacher College, where he teaches Gaia theory, and Horatio Clare, who travelled 6000 miles following the flights of migrating swallows.

The evening has a simple living theme, with talks by Agnes Nairn, who has researched the link between materialism and self-esteem, and Monty Halls, who lived as a crofter on the West Coast of Scotland in the BBC2 TV series, Beachcomber Cottage.

Prices for tickets vary (and sell quickly) – call the box office on 01803 867383, or visit www.wayswithwords.co.uk.

Local, green and simple…

ECO Fayres have found a new, regular home and slot at St Sidwell’s Community Centre in Exeter on the last Saturday of each month.

For those who haven’t yet discovered Eco Fayres, think craft fayre meets eco-friendly. Local, green and simple…

Co-founder Carl Munson (also of www.newexeter.com - check it out) said: “The whole aim behind Eco Fayres is to bring eco products into the easy reach of the consumer.

Products/services involved must be demonstrated to have a beneficial effect, or no adverse effect, on the planet and its residents.” Call 01626 864458, or visit www.eco-fayre.ning.com.

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Savour the makers’ crafts THERE’S a fine line between art and crafts, and often little point in drawing it anyway, and you will find some strikingly beautiful work from the Devon Guild of Craftsmen at Riverside Mill in Bovey Tracey.

There are always interesting things to see there, so you can safely just drop in on the off-chance (there’s a great shop stuffed with ideal gifts and a decent café too) – and it’s open 10am-5.30pm, seven days a week, and admission is free.

THE reconnect Going Out Diary is a guide to cultural, community and charity events across the Exeter, South Devon and Plymouth region – and it’s FREE, so email us now: editor@reconnectonline.co.uk.

The August/September issue deadline is Friday, July 10, and if you get it in earlier enough we’ll try to run a story too.

All information received will also be entered into our online diary, so keep an eye on that for events received after deadline and planned for future months.

Although our contributors (like us) are meticulous in their efforts to maintain accuracy, they (like most of us) are only human, so we suggest you check with the organisers to ensure things haven’t changed.

If you organise, or want to attend, therapy or personal development events, do also turn to our Workshops and Courses Diary in The Guide section.

JUNE Until Sunday 21.

Cup, an exhibition of crafts by Devon Guild of Craftsmen makers, at Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, 10am5.30pm, seven days a week. Free. 01626 832223 devonguild@ crafts.org.uk

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Open day at Landmatters permaculture community in association with Transition Town Totnes, 11am-all day, transport via TTT on 01803 867358 only, totnes. transitionnetwork.org

Until June 18.

Glastonbury Festival, an exhibition of photographs by Stone, Paragon Gallery, Gandy Street, Exeter, 01392 420508, www.theparagongallery. co.uk.

Meet the Honey Bees with Totnes Beekeepers, 2pm, 01803 782190, downtoearth30647@ aol.com Canadian band Po’ Girl, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, www. exeterphoenix.org.uk, 01392 667080 Brixham art and craft market, harbourside area, 01803 882241

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The main exhibition currently is Cup, a celebration of that perfectly formed everyday object we take so for granted, and a wide range of makers and designers have filled the gallery with 2-D and 3-D work, in different media and dimensions. It runs until June 21.

There’s a chance to see some of the members’ best new work at the Devon Guild Contemporary Craft Showcase, which opens July 4. Expect high-quality and unique art and craft works in a range of media from print to jewellery, textiles to metalwork – and all for sale. It runs until September 13.

And opening Saturday, July 11, (running until Sunday, August 30) is an exhibition called Token Values, held in collaboration with Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum.

This show puts items from the museum’s world cultures collection together with a selection of crafts from guild members – all cleverly linked by textures, colours, materials or manufacturing processes. Again it’s all free.

Find out more at the guild’s website, www.crafts.org.uk, or call them on 01626 832223.

Babs2Brisbane, talk

by Barbara Haddrill, South Wing, Sharpham Estate, Totnes. 7.30pm with 30min meditation, suggested donation £5, 01803 732542, www. babs2brisbane.com

The Beautiful Journey, outdoor drama, Mutton Cove, Plymouth, 8.30pm, www.plymouth summerfestival.com

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WEDNESDAY 3 Vicky Cristina Barcelona, film at The Flavel, Dartmouth, 01803 839530, www.theflavel.org.uk THURSDAY 4 Coastal Farm Experience with National Trust warden and farmer, Scobbiscombe Farm, Kingston, booking essential, 01752 346585, www. southdevonaonb.org.uk SATURDAY 6 Brixham art and craft market, harbourside area, 01803 882241 Local Wisdom sharing stories of fashion ingenuity in association with Transition Town Totnes Sustainable Makers, venue tbc, 07980 575525, www. localwisdom.info

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Until June 14, Sara Downham Lotto and Joanna Martins, exhibition at Harbour House, The Promenade, Kingsbridge, 01548 854708, www. harbourhouse.org.uk

Sacred Circle Dance at Birdwood House, Totnes, 7.30-9pm, 01548 560990 Film Tokyo Sonata (12A), Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, www. exeterphoenix.org.uk, 01392 667080 FRIDAY 12 Until June 28. Exeter Festival, at venues across the city, www.exeter.gov.uk/ summerfestival Until July 19.

Paintings by Lara Viana, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, www. exeterphoenix.org.uk, 01392 667080 Until Friday 19.

The Further Education Show, Plymouth College of Art, Monday-Friday, 9am - 8.30pm, 01752 203434, www.plymouthart.ac.uk Singer/songwriter Katheryn Williams, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, www. exeterphoenix.org.uk, 01392 667080

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SUNDAY 14 TPO Company presents children’s show Butterflies, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, www.exeterphoenix.org. uk, 01392 667080 Meet the Honey Bees with Totnes Beekeepers, from 2pm, 01803 782190, downtoearth30647@ aol.com MONDAY 15 Artists talk: ceramacist Julian Stair, Devon Guild of Craftsmen makers, at Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey. £4-6. 01626 832223, devonguild@ crafts.org.uk.

TPO Company presents children’s show Butterflies at Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, 01392 667080, www. exeterphoenix.org.uk TUESDAY 16 Until Monday 22, Refugee Week, celebration of refugees’ contribution to Plymouth, venues across city, www. refugee-action.org.uk Until Sunday 21,

Chris Sampson, exhibition at Harbour House, The Promenade, Kingsbridge, 01548 854708, www. harbourhouse.org.uk Dry stone walling, meet 10am at Wembury NT car park, £10, booking essential, 01752 346585, www. southdevonaonb.org.uk Peacebuilding and the Imagination, talk by Donald Reeves, St David’s Church, Hele Road, Exeter, 7pm, £6, www. onevisionfoundation. com Verve from Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Theatre 1, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth, 7pm, £3-5, www. plymouth.ac.uk WEDNESDAY 17 Open discussion of Raja Shehadah’s Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape, Global Book Club, Exeter Community Centre, St David’s Hill, 7-9pm, www. globalcentredevon. org.uk THURSDAY 18 Tartuffe, Moliere comedy at The Flavel, Dartmouth, 01803 839530, www.theflavel.org.uk Secret Slapton: Badgers & Bats, every Tuesday and Thursday until September 10, Slapton Ley, booking essential, 01548 580685, www. southdevonaonb.org.uk FRIDAY 19 Until Sunday 21.

The 3 Wishes Faery Festival, Colliford Lake Park, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, 01736 330201, www.3wishesfaeryfest. co.uk

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local people local events local food local health local environment FRIDAY 19 Chanting for the Summer Solstice, Bogan House, Totnes, 7.30-9pm, Gavin on 01803 866138, www. listentothevoice.co.uk Three Bonzos and a Piano, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, Exeter, www.exeterphoenix.org. uk, 01392 667080 SATURDAY 20 Until Friday 26, Faculty of Arts Degree Show 2009, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth, 10am-6pm, www.plymouth.ac.uk/ arts Until June 28. Liquid Landscapes, sitespecific performance art at venues across Plymouth and South Devon, www.dartington. org/arts Brixham arts and craft market, harbourside area, 01803 882241 Family Bushcraft Day, The Quarry, Sharpham Estate, booking essential, 01803 732799, www. southdevonaonb.org.uk Devon Wildlife Trust Festival, Exeter Cathedral Green, 10am-4pm, www. devonwildlifetrust.org Fun family farm day and bonfire, Beenleigh Meadows, Harberton, £3-5, 11am-4pm, 01803 865631, www.raiseeducation.co.uk Big Days in the Park, community festival with music, stalls and activities, Freedom Fields, Plymouth, 11am8pm, 07722 308462, spurlingjonathan@ yahoo.co.uk SUNDAY 21 Summer Solstice Circle Dance Celebration at Birdwood House, Totnes, 4.30-6.30pm, 01548 560990.

Canoe race day and beer festival, Maltsters Arms, Tuckenhay, Totnes, www.southdevonaonb. org.uk Transition Town Totnes annual summer edible garden crawl around Totnes, details tbc – www.totnes. transitionnetwork.org, 01803 867358

Flitter Flutter, walk to find butterflies, Sharpham Estate, 01803 732037, www. southdevonaonb.org.uk A circular walk from Overbecks to Sharp Tor, Salcombe, with marine ecologist Nigel Mortimer, 11.30am2.30pm, www. southdevonaonb.org.uk Big Days in the Park, community festival with music, stalls and activities, Freedom Fields, Plymouth, 11am8pm, 07722 308462, spurlingjonathan@ yahoo.co.uk Summer Solstice sacred circle dance, Birdwood House, Totnes, 4.30-6.30pm, 01548 560990 TUESDAY 23 Until July 5. Press Gang, exhibition by Salcombe Printmakers at Harbour House, The Promenade, Kingsbridge, 01548 854708, www. harbourhouse.org.uk Proto-type Theatre present Whisper, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, www. exeterphoenix.org.uk, 01392 667080 WEDNESDAY 24 Robert Mitchell 3io, jazz at The Flavel, Dartmouth, 01803 839530, www.theflavel.org.uk Dartmouth Community College exhibition at The Flavel, Dartmouth, 01803 839530, www.theflavel.org.uk FRIDAY 26 Until July 3. Plymouth College of Art degree show, 9am-8.30pm, 01752 203434, www.plymouthart.ac.uk Jazz guitarist Martin Taylor, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, Exeter, www.exeterphoenix.org. uk, 01392 667080 SATURDAY 27 Eco Fayre, St Sidwell’s Community Centre, Exeter, 01626 864458, www.eco-fayre.ning. com, bookings@ecofayre.co.uk Brixham arts and craft market, harbourside area, 01803 882241 Bollywood Brass Band, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, www. exeterphoenix.org.uk, 01392 667080

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Sharpham Estate open weekend, Ashprington, Totnes, www.sharphamtrust.org Pole Lathe Day, Devon Rural Skills Trust, Rudolph Steiner School, Dartington, 9.30am4.30pm, £25, 01548 821156.

Fun family day making cob, Beenleigh Meadows, Harberton, £5-10, 11am-4pm, 01803 865631, www.raiseeducation.co.uk

Brixham arts and craft market, harbourside area, 01803 882241 Quest, mind/body/ spirit festival, Newton Abbott racecourse, 01803 762674, www.questuk.co.uk SUNDAY 5

Brixham arts and craft market, harbourside area, 01803 882241 Wildlife Mapping, Focus on Summer Species with Dr Christian Taylor, Beenleigh Meadows, Harberton, £5-10, 10am-4pm, 01803 865631, www.raiseeducation.co.uk

Sharpham Estate open weekend, Ashprington, Totnes, www.sharphamtrust.org Fun family day making cob, Beenleigh Meadows, Harberton, £5-10, 11am-4pm, 01803 865631, www.raiseeducation.co.uk

Jane Austin’s Emma, open air theatre, Greenway Gardens, Dartmouth, booking essential - 01803 842382, www. southdevonaonb.org.uk Quest, mind/body/ spirit festival, Newton Abbott racecourse, 01803 762674, www.questuk.co.uk Singer/songwriters Benjamin Larham and Josie Newton, Great Hall, Dartington, 3pm, £2.50, 01803 847070, www. dartington.org

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Until Saturday 11. The Big Arts Festival, at various locations across Plymouth, www. barefootplymouth.co.uk Until Sunday 19, artist Rosie Burns, exhibition at Harbour House, The Promenade, Kingsbridge, 01548 854708, www. harbourhouse.org.uk

Blues guitarist Robben Ford, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, www.exeterphoenix.org. uk, 01392 667080

SUNDAY 28

Climate action & transition, speakers & fish bowl discussion, 8pm, £2, Totnes Methodist Hall with Transition Town Totnes, www.totnes. transitionnetwork.org, 01803 867358 JULY WEDNESDAY 1 No Man’s Land, documentary film, Global Centre, Exeter Community Centre, St David’s Hill, 4-6pm, www. globalcentredevon. org.uk THURSDAY 2 Quest, mind/body/ spirit festival, Newton Abbott racecourse, 01803 762674, www.questuk.co.uk FRIDAY 3 Slapton Botanic Walk with Brenda Childs, 2-4pm, £2-4, booking essential, 01803 861384, www. southdevonaonb.org.uk Quest, mind/body/ spirit festival, Newton Abbott racecourse, 01803 762674, www.questuk.co.uk SATURDAY 4 Until Sunday, September 13.

Contemporary Craft Showcase featuring work of Devon Guild of Craftsmen makers, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, 10am-5.30pm, seven days a week, free, 01626 832223, devonguild@crafts. org.uk

WEDNESDAY 8 Sacred Circle Dance at Birdwood House, Totnes, 7.30-9pm, 01548 560990.

THURSDAY 9 Indie band Athlete, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, www. exeterphoenix.org.uk, 01392 667080 Take Part Exeter, how to get involved as an ‘active citizen’, Global Centre, Exeter Community Centre, St David’s Hill, 1-2pm, dde@ globalcentredevon. wanadoo.co.uk SATURDAY 11 Until Monday July 20.

Ways with Words, literary festival, Dartington, Totnes, 01803 867383, www. wayswithwords.co.uk Until Sunday August 30. Token Values, a Devon Guild of Craftsmen exhibition in collaboration with the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, 10am-5.30pm, seven days a week, free, 01626 832223 devonguild@crafts. org.uk

SUNDAY 12 Adopt-a-Beach Clean, SalcombeKingsbridge estuary meet 3.30pm, www. southdevonaonb.org.uk Wildlife Mapping, Focus on Summer Species, with Dr Christian Taylor, Beenleigh Meadows, Harberton, £5-10, 10am-4pm, 01803 865631, www.raiseeducation.co.uk

SATURDAY 18 Until August 3. Mark Coombs, exhibition at The Flavel, Dartmouth, 01803 839530, www. theflavel.org.uk Ethnographical Handling Day, with expert curator from Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 2-4.30pm, at Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, free, 01626 832223 devonguild@ crafts.org.uk Brixham arts and craft market, harbourside area, 01803 882241

WEDNESDAY 22 Sacred Circle Dance at Birdwood House, Totnes, 7.30-9pm.

Call Hara Davis on 01548 560990.

FRIDAY 24 Plymouth Beer Festival, Plymouth Pavilions, from 11am, www.plymouthpavilions. com Rockpool Ramble, Wembury Marine Centre, 1pm, 01752 862538, www. wemburymarinecentre. org SATURDAY 25 Eco Fayre, St Sidwell’s Community Centre, Exeter. 01626 864458, www.eco-fayre.ning. com, bookings@ecofayre.co.uk Brixham arts and craft market, harbourside area, 01803 882241 WEDNESDAY 29 Talk by Tony Eccles, Royal Albert Memorial Museum ethnological collection curator, 6.30pm, £4-6, 01626 832223, devonguild@ crafts.org.uk.

The Monahan and Seaman Tour, pre-Edinburgh Fringe comedy at The Flavel, Dartmouth, 01803 839530, www. theflavel.org.uk THURSDAY 30 Until August 7.

Sidmouth folk festival, concerts at venues across the town, www.sidmouthfolkweek. co.uk

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Until Friday 24. Deep Listening Retreat, Dartington Estate. www. auneheadarts.org.uk, 01822 890 539.

Kent Valentine and Matt Price, pre-Edinburgh Fringe comedy at The Flavel, Dartmouth, 01803 839530, www. theflavel.org.uk Until August 7.

Sidmouth folk festival, venues across town, www. sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk Until August 4.

Plymouth Classic Boat Rally, Sutton Harbour, Plymouth, from 10am each day, www.plymouth classicboatrally.co.uk

TUESDAY 21 Until August 2, Contemporary Passions VII, exhibition by South Hams Arts Forum at Harbour House, The Promenade, Kingsbridge, 01548 854708, www. harbourhouse.org.uk The 8th Chakra, the big picture and you! Talk by Jude Currivan, St David’s Church, Hele Road, Exeter, 7pm, £6, www. onevisionfoundation. com

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Making Running on empty it onto the market Images of Glasto AFTER working in the London artworld, with people like Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Charles Saachii, Emma Bishop has opened Exeter’s newest, hottest gallery. And she’s still only 26.

We’ll be returning to the Paragon Gallery, in the former Willy’s Shop in Gandy Street, in future issues, but we had to find space to mention Glastonbury Festival, an exhibition of photographs by Stone, yet another friend of reconnect (relax, you’ll all be friends soon).

The pics are just great and must be seen, but Emma is also creating something of the Glasto vibe by covering the gallery floor in astroturf and having a band play – and camp there in a tent.

It runs June 13-18 and all reconnect readers must go. Visit www. theparagongallery.co.uk.

THERE can’t be many stallholders who enjoy a more picturesque backdrop than those at The Brixham Art and Craft Market.

Every Saturday, around 20 local artists and makers set up their stalls on the beautiful harbourside area of Brixham.

The organisers promise unique handmade and unusual gifts to suit every taste and budget.

Now in its fourth year and growing each year, they are always looking for new traders to join them, although your goods do have to be approved by the Brixham market committee first.

For further information contact Chris Slack 01803 882241 or Pru Preston 01803 852085

IF the phrase ‘Transition Initiatives’ means something to you, you’ll know there’s a peaceful but powerful revolution going on.

Local author and permaculturist Rob Hopkins has ignited a spark of positive change that is now taking light in more than a thousand villages, towns and cities all over the world.

Transition initiatives are communitybased, ‘bottom up’, creative responses to the fact that the planet is fast running out of oil and gas – energy sources we are dependent on for our food, shelter, transport, commerce and social infrastructure.

And the other unwanted impact of our over-reliance on these fuels is climate change, so we need to find alternatives now.

Rob’s book, The Transition Handbook: From oil dependency to local resilience has been a surprise best-seller. Capturing the imagination of executives, farmers, politicians and housewives alike, it’s a guide to taking matters into our own hands and making a difference - wherever we are.

With an encouraging, optimistic tone, there is no set formula from on high. Instead we are inspired into coming up with new ideas about our own everyday issues and activities.

Transition initiatives springing up in Totnes include the planting of nut trees, a community garden sharing

scheme, and the setting up of a local energy company. And this summer, the town will publish its own energy descent plan.

Meanwhile, the Transition Network continues to spread the word and Rob recently spoke to members of the B-Eco group in Broadhempston, where villagers have rallied together to save their only shop and post office by taking it over as a community enterprise.

Now run by enthusiastic volunteers, the community shop has become a hub of local co-operation, creative ideas and community spirit.

Broadhempston Community Shop hosts its official launch party at 11am on Saturday, July 4.

There will be much more on transition initiatives in future issues of reconnect and on our website www.reconnectonline.co.uk.

See The Transition Handbook: From oil dependency to local resilience’ by Rob Hopkins, and The Transition Timeline by Rob’s colleague, Shaun Chamberlain, is hot off the press. See also www.totnes.transitionnetwork.org Srimati Edgecombe (Thrivecraft Coaching and Broadhempston Community Shop srimati.edgecombe@btinternet.com, www.thrivecraft.co.uk, 01803 812904)

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local people local events local food local health local environment FIRST he brought you Barchester Green ethical investments.

Then he brought you the hugely successful Making Friends With Money Workshops. And now he’s bringing you reconnect magazine.

So what have you got to say for yourself, Robin?

Hello, friends. Welcome back. Well, it’s been a while since we were in touch so it might be a good idea to review what’s been happening in the financial market in the past year or so.

And, to put it into context, there’s something about the word ‘pandemic’ (currently being splurted around by the media) that strikes a chord.

You’ll know about the recent swine flu which, apparently, is a combination of three different types of influenza – bird, pig and human.

It seems unlikely these different types of virus would ordinarily have been able to interact. However, the improbable development has apparently occurred because of how badly animals are treated at factory farms, specifically a unit near La Gloria in Mexico.

Nearly a million pigs are slaughtered there on an annual basis and during their lives they are treated in such an appalling way that their immune systems are suppressed. Not least is the fact that they are genetically engineered, hairless, with small ears, no tails and are dependant on antibiotics and vaccines.

As a result the viruses have been able to evolve into a new form. And to create a pandemic.

Of course, it’s easy to blame a factory farm, but you will appreciate that the way they operate is characteristic of virtually any project which exists exclusively so that its owners can make money, irrespective of how they treat the constituents.

Which is also true of the financial sector.

Going back over the last few years, virtually all the world’s banks were seduced by the idea of investing in warrants and derivatives, hedge funds and sub-prime mortgages – all of which exist exclusively so their owners and traders can apparently make money without taking any notice of the effect of how they do this.

And the result of the collapse of these investments has been catastrophic on the rest of the market, including many areas which weren’t remotely involved.

You’ll have noticed the world governments have been getting together on a fairly regular basis and

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making statements in an attempt to show they know what’s going on and have a strategy to deal with it.

Some have committed to bailing out various companies and taking on their dodgy debts so public confidence can be recovered. Despite the enormous costs involved. Others have done the opposite.

And yet a third type have umm’ed and err’ed and said they’ll get round to doing something when they have made a decision… but they can’t… and it’s all somebody else’s fault anyway.

Equally, many administrations have come up with active approaches to deal with the flu pandemic.

Egyptians have committed to killing all the pigs in their country, for example. Even though they have nothing to do with the disease and it won’t have any effect (except possibly on public confidence).

Is it confidence, incompetence or just panic?

And this is where reality kicks in. It’s true a number of people have died from the contemporary swine fever, but actually people die from ordinary flu on a regular basis, so this isn’t really significant (despite what you hear from the media). However, it seems there is a fear that swine flu may evolve into something which cannot be dealt with by our current medication. That is, unless something is done to change the way in which pigs and other animals are treated in factory farms – and you will notice that this doesn’t seem to be on the government’s agenda. Rather like their reaction to the financial downturn they are looking to develop a way of dealing with the outcome rather than changing the process.

So it comes across that scientists are pessimists because they want to create an anti-virus medication that could deal with an eventual possibility. But governments are apparently optimists because they want people to regain confidence in the present situation (despite the fact that this is what has caused the problem).

Or you can interpret it that scientists are long-term realists. And governments are short-term romantics (who will need to have a good media reaction if they’re going to get re-elected).

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But here is the good news - yes, there really is some. Government actions are unlikely to make any difference to the stock market.

Why is that good news? Because the price at which funds trade has virtually nothing to do with their actual value. And, despite the loss of confidence, the actual value of the stock market has hardly altered. It’s only the price at which it is currently trading. And because this has gone down, people have already started to buy shares again because they are trading at a substantial discount. They’re also buying residential properties. And corporate bonds. And because of this, in due course, it’s extremely likely the price at which shares are trading will recover and the ostensible decrease in their value will go back to being a conceptual profit.

But here’s the genuinely bad news. Governments seem unlikely to take action to change the processes that caused both the loss of confidence in the stock market or the development of swine flu.

Because they want people to retain their belief in the current situation rather than convince them that a change is needed.

So what can we do? Well, apart from political pressure, my inclination would be only to invest in funds which have a clear commitment to both their process and their outcome. Funds which support specific projects which will make a difference to the world. Sustainable and renewable energy. Funds which exclude animal exploitation. Ethicallyscreened investments which keep the companies in which they invest under review and interact with them on a regular basis.

You know, the ones that I specialise in.

Oh yes, and don’t eat factory-farmed pork.

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Creative writing CREATIVE Writing Summer School with Roselle Angwin, Exeter, July 20 to 25, single days (discounts two+): writing the novel (3 days), poetry (1), therapeutic journaling (1). www.fire-in-the-head.co.uk; 01548 821004 ONE-HOUR Breakfast Sessions, mental flamenco for writers, drop-ins, Totnes, Mondays. Also novel and poetry correspondence courses, and mentoring. Roselle Angwin: www.fire-in-the-head.co.uk; 01548 821004 Counselling PROFESSIONAL qualified Integrative Therapist, offering confidential counselling support. Central Exeter & Mid Devon area. www.tagtherapy.co.uk. Tel: 07925604793

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local people local events local food local health local environment Sunday 5 Introduction to Tracking. Moretonhampstead, Dartmoor. A day to open your senses to the patterns and rhythms of the natural world. Learn some tracking skills, cultivate a deeper awareness of nature and be prepared to get closer to wildlife!

10am – 4pm. £35 adults. WildWise Events, 01803 868269, www.wildwise.co.uk Wednesday 8

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WORKSHOPS AND COURSES DIARY JUNE Saturday June 6 Star Trek event, Manaton, Dartmoor. Boldly going where none of our events have gone before! ! A remarkable encounter with the dark upon Dartmoor.

An all-night vigil taking in the sunset, moonrise, stargazing, sunrise, stories, poetry and nocturnal nature. 6pm – 6am. Price - £75 adults. WildWise Events, 01803 868269, www.wildwise.co.uk Gavin Franks runs chanting groups and workshops.

The Singing Field, 10.30am-2pm, £25. On Friday, June 19, Chanting for the Summer Solstice, a chance to celebrate the solstice with chants and mantras from different traditions, costs £6. Held in Totnes. Find out more at www.listentothevoice.co.uk.

Introduction to Shiatsu Workshop with Kate Burford MRSS(T) Price: £50. Venue: Yoga Studio, Newlyn, Nr Penzance. Tel. 01736 350517.

Email: kateburford@blue-earth.co.uk Monday 8 Marketing Your Therapy in the Corporate Sector with Tunde Oshodi. Price: £70 (OPEN TO ALL THERAPISTS). Venue: Devon School of Shiatsu, Totnes. Tel. 01803 762593 Email: info@devonshiatsu.co.uk Tuesday 9 Learn On-Site/Seated Shiatsu (for Shiatsu Practitioners) with Chris Touros MRSS. Price: £70.

Venue: Devon School of Shiatsu, Totnes.

Tel. 01803 762593 Email: info@devonshiatsu.co.uk Friday 12 - Sunday 14 East Prawle, South Devon Coast. Seaside Adventure. WildWise invites you on holiday! This will be an invigorating weekend in our favourite spot on the gorgeous Devon coastline. Walks, campfires, stories, fishing, seashore foraging, boating, swimming, beachcombing etc. Fri 6pm – Sun 8pm. £125 adults, £55 kids, £275 families. WildWise Events, 01803 868269, www.wildwise.co.uk East Prawle, South Devon. Seashore Edibles Day. A brilliant day out on South Devon’s beautiful and productive coastline - foraging, harvesting, and cooking a diverse menu of seashore foods. 2pm – 8pm. £35 adults, £10 kids, £70 families. WildWise Events, 01803 868269, www.wildwise.co.uk Tuesday 16 – Saturday 20 Looking After Your Health. Price: £425. Venue: Holistic Cooking School. Tel. 01803 762598 Email: info@holistic-cooking.co.uk Friday 19 – Sunday 21 Dangerous Weekend for Boys (for Father’s Day). Moretonhampstead, Dartmoor. A dads’ & lads’ weekend to get up to all the naughty things

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Bench/coffee table making workshop with Doug King-Smith, £60, Woodshed Collective, Bowden House, Totnes, 07976589927, www. woodshedcollective.co.uk

you’re not allowed to do at home! Get dirty, mess about with fires, use sharp tools, sleep outdoors, eat weird things and have some wicked fun! Fri 6pm – Sun 4pm. £195 men, boys come free! WildWise Events, 01803 868269, www.wildwise.co.uk Friday 19 Chanting for the Summer Solstice, a chance to celebrate the solstice with chants and mantras from different traditions, costs £6. Held in Totnes.

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Saturday 13 Bench/coffee table making workshop with Doug King-Smith, £60, Woodshed Collective, Bowden House, Totnes, 07976589927, www.woodshedcollective.co.uk Wednesday 17 Mongolian Overtone Singing workshop with Doug King-Smith, £20, Woodshed Collective, Bowden House, Totnes, 07976589927, www.woodshedcollective.co.uk Friday 26 – SUnday 28 Passionate Presence events with Katheryn Trenshaw. This work explores the freedom in remembering and BEing as you are right now in this moment. This practice-less practice is about being at home in yourself. Awareness of your body, sexuality, creativity, heart and spirit allows you the luxury and deep pleasure of participating fully in your own existence. We will use sitting, inquiry, art and movement to explore becoming a space through which your presence and passion for life can flow. These sessions can be done individually or as a series. Please book early to ensure your place.

Weekend Courses £125 early / £135 in Devon. www.ktrenshaw.com 01803 863552 info@ktrenshaw.com

Monday 20 – Saturday 25 Fire In The Head summer festival, writing workshop with Roselle Angwin, Exeter Natural Health Centre, 01548 821004, www.fire-in-the-head.co.uk Sunday 26 How can we cope with the negativity that surrounds us and still come from a loving place? How can we live in the awareness of Love’s Presence? Let us open our hearts together and recognise that Love is who we really are. Join Jackie Watson at Chudleigh Knighton Village Hall, nr Newton Abbot, Devon (Opposite Anchor Inn) £35 concessions £25. Bring your own lunch, something to lie on, plus a blanket and pillow. Teas provided.

Tel 01626 854367 email: jackiewatson2@ googlemail.com. www.jackiewatson.co.uk.

Monday 27 – Thursday 30 The Wild Ones (8-12yrs) Moretonhampstead, Dartmoor.

As seen on ITV’s ‘Country Lives’, this residential camp for young people is a rare and exciting opportunity to learn and practise traditional, outdoor skills. Experienced, professional staff will blend bushcraft and nature awareness with storytelling, giving the youngsters the adventure we wished we’d had when we were young!

Mon 3pm – Thurs 2pm. £195. WildWise Events, 01803 868269, www.wildwise.co.uk.

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Saturday 27 - Sunday 28 Discover more about Sharpham. Sharpham Estate Open Weekend. activities, walks, theatre, talks, canoes, craft and food glorious food. www.sharphamtrust.org.

July Saturday 4 Green woodwork workshop with Doug King-Smith, £40, Woodshed Collective, Bowden House, Totnes, 07976589927, www.woodshedcollective.co.uk Saturday 4 Neuro-Linguistic Programming Taster Workshop. All day 10am – 5pm Ashburton – just off A38 between Exeter and Plymouth (wheelchair accessible, easy free parking) Cost: £50 (£45 for public/voluntary/community sector staff and volunteers) includes: six hours of training, a comprehensive workbook and resource list, a free optional follow-up coaching session, discounts on further NLP training with us. Erica Lewis 01803 867209. Erica@inspiringaction.co.uk

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GREEN INVESTMENT Oh, apparently there are green shoots… and I know there’s been a G20 meeting (whatever that means)…

But I’m still a bit worried about the financial market because the media keeps telling me that we’re in ongoing trouble… and yes, I want to look after my long-term finances but I don’t want to damage the environment

So what should I do???

Wouldn’t it be great if there was somebody in Exeter or Totnes who knew all about green money & ethical and socially responsible investment and could help me make money without damaging the environment and who you could talk to without worrying that you were clocking up a massive fee.

WELL, GUESS WHAT? I’M STILL HERE… Call Robin Currie on 01392 411630

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