Andy Burnham backs proportional representation for Westminster with a Labour manifesto commitment if he becomes leader. He also says he would work with the Greens. My interview for @theobserveruk.bsky.social Walk observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Taking the train through Bulgaria. Lots of old rolling stock and we get to see rural Bulgaria as we travel #trains. #Bulgaria

Fully funded four year PhD: intentional communities of Wales. Closes 1st June. ⏰

Shorter: there are no jobs and pay and conditions are getting worse

Making the most of my water harvested during the rain to see me through this dry period I find it much more efficient to dunk my watering cans into a trug than stand and wait for them to fill each time. #gardening

Crabapple Community are looking for new members 😍 diggersanddreamers.org.uk/community/cr...

Congratulations to Lowfield Green Housing Co-op on this story in @theipaper.com about life at Lowfield Green! We're thrilled that our first project is sparking conversations across the country. 📰 inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

The garden suddenly feels like it’s full steam ahead. Having done a permaculture design course about 10 years ago, I use all the layers, plant vertically and cram gaps with plants (nature abhors a vacuum). Guards are against the chickens who roam 🐓 #gardening #permaculture

"He who pays the piper picks the tune..."

First garden salad of the year 😋 #allotment #gardening

As land-based communities build connections with the land, seasons + non-human temporalities, they create alternative rhythms which in turn influences how time is prioritized and ‘spent’. ... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #EcoCommunities #IntentionalComunities #BackToTheLand

The erasure of social from postwar housing

Worker-owned cooperatives prove that the people can own the economy, making society more equitable, inclusive, and free for everyone. Support worker co-ops: www.usworker.coop/directory/

Dog sitting the neighbours dogs this evening

I miss certain accounts from Twitter Like the one by Hercule Van Wolfwinkle The guy who does ‘rubbish’ pet drawings and raises money for charity. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just finished this. Good story. Shame about the misogyny #Reading. #Books.

Need to say it again; You cannot join a trade union with a problem. You need to be a member for a few months (depends on the particular union how long)

Good to hear a discussion on BBCR4 food program about the place for UK based growing - especially the potential for cooperative small scale farming. Perhaps time to revisit the LSA model of self sufficiency #SelfSufficiency #Resilience merl.reading.ac.uk/collections/...

I can see why some might think these associations qualify Streeting to be PM; millions of voters would disagree Who are they working for? A key question in politics these days

Again, not these Reform politicians aren't being suspended for supporting Nazism, they're being suspended for being *caught* supporting Nazism. Let's not also forget that they took their cues from Farage.

No, it’s not ‘normal’ for humans to be in competition all the time. It’s not normal to work for most of your waking hours of the day. It’s not normal to be stressed 24/7. Stop taking a few hundred years of capitalism and pretending that’s just how being human is. It’s not.

'Is it possible to create a space that resists capitalist notions of time? We examine what it means to step out of time in land-based communities. Using real-world examples, we consider ways in which these communities prefigure post-capitalist lifeworlds that challenge neoliberal rationalities'

New paper out today 😊 Time and eco-communities www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Drought fears in central/southern England, dry April leaves rivers low. 1trn+ litres of water a year lost to leaky pipes, 41.4trn litres since privatisation. Companies paid £85bn+ in dividends. Sewage in rivers. No national grid for water. Investment neglected. People fleeced. Nationalise water.

Wake up! The House of Commons Education Committee says fifty - yes fifty - Higher Education Institutions are at risk of insolvency within the next three years. Wake up! committees.parliament.uk/work/9012/hi...

Fresh off the recording press - interview with Simon Tilley, Hockerton Housing Project. #DiggersAndDreamers #podcast www.hockertonhousingproject.org.uk #offGrid #sustainability #cooperatives

Exciting new webinar by the co-founder and co-convenor of our Network, Lara Monticelli! 13 May 2026, 16-17h (CEST) Title: Intentional Communities. Embeddedness, Hybridity, and Porosity in Alternative Economies. To join, follow link: url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/z8DLClMY8C... Passcode: 219539

For anyone out there mourning the loss of a loved one, try to remember: ❣️we all grieve differently ❣️grief is not a visible or consistent thing ❣️grief is a process rather than an event. Be kind to each other.

Just remember. Farage isn’t really winning. He’s having power bought for him by foreign-based crypto billionaires and fossil fuel magnates. They want a corrupt PM who’ll sell off our NHS, bin NetZero and scrap our rights and protections to make more profit for them. Good day for moneymen and morons.

"Billionaires are necessary for job creation" is a lie. Worker-owned businesses employ tens of millions of people. They offer better compensation to employees and protect jobs better in and out of recessions compared to traditional companies.

Fully funded four year PHD: Intentional Communities of Wales 😍 @ecovillage.bsky.social @cohousingscotland.bsky.social @geneurope.bsky.social @cwmpas.bsky.social @cooperativesuk.bsky.social intentionalcommunities8.wordpress.com/ahrc-collabo...

Some great recordings on the Diggers and Dreamers Podcast, from setting up a commune in the north of Britain to Student Housing cooperatives in Edinburgh and Cohousing in Dorset. 🎧 #Podcast #IntentionalCommunity #Cohousing #HousingCoops #Cooperatives diggersanddreamers.org.uk/podcast-arch...

Our latest release — Orban Wallace's OUR LAND that looks at land ownership, access, and the @righttoroam.bsky.social is in UK cinemas from Friday 8 May. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Guardian ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Little White Lies ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Scotsman Find a screening (+ a hidden walk!) near you: www.metfilmstudio.com/distribution...

There is something VERY exciting about watching eggs in the incubator move for the first time. I’m on day 19 - so not long to go 🤗 #chickens #HatchingEggs #spring

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A fantastic fully-funded PhD opportunity for anyone interested in intentional communities and archives, based at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales: intentionalcommunities8.wordpress.com/ahrc-collabo...

It’s hedgehog season. Gardens are the final haven for these lovely creatures. If you don’t have a hole in your fence/ wall consider making one. 🦔🦔🦔 And don’t forget to leave out a dish of fresh water - especially in hot/dry weather. www.housebeautiful.com/uk/garden/a7...

The Industrial Revolution’s chief product was not goods, but a new class of laborers who owned nothing and worked to survive. Historian Peter Linebaugh traces the creation of this working class through the violent enclosure of the commons they once relied on.

Tea break in the beekeepers cabin 🐝🫖🐝🫖🐝 #beekeeping #woodlands. #nature

More roads can never be the solution. We have a commitment to future generations in Wales - cleaner air, green spaces and yes, prosperity, but not at the cost of the first two ✅ better public transport ✅ affordable rail www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We scythe our apiary in early spring which has slowly allowed the bluebells to spread. 😍 #beekeeping #woodlands #flowers

The lesser spotted poo bag has appeared in our woodland. 💩💩💩 Hopefully their owner will come back and get them ☹️ #dogpoo #litter

I never thought i would find myself posting in agreement woth John Major! The hitting down of consecutive leaders (whatever party) does not serve the country - we saw this in the destructive churn of the last government. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

They don’t last long but my goodness they are breathtaking. 😍 #bloomscrolling #flowers.

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Oh, thank god - BBC R4 Is doing a peice about London. I’d almost forgotten it existed 🙄 And up next … The royal yacht

A fab session with @drophelieveron.bsky.social yesterday evening. The recording will be available on the Intentional Community website from next week: intentionalcommunities8.wordpress.com/seminar-prog...

The toxic energy of a bad boss can spread through organisations – new research shows how serious it can be.