@kirsten-s-w.bsky.social
Researches Intentional Communities, hippy communes, cohousing, low impact land based lifestyles. Interested in natural building, adobe, dry stone and utopias. Francophile. Failed vegan. Editor and writer for Diggers and Dreamers. Based in Wales. 🏴
@janh1.bsky.socialReposted by @kirsten-s-w.bsky.socialA wonderful abundance of fungi growing in the woods - and a great Festival of Fungi in Clyne Gardens, Swansea. Well done, the Friends 😍🍄🟫🍄🍄🟫
@alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gyReposted by @kirsten-s-w.bsky.socialAt the #CLIMATEMARCH26 in Brussels with my #cohousing group ❤️
@pmamtraveller.bsky.socialReposted by @kirsten-s-w.bsky.socialGeorge Hughes - Sunday Visitors
@kirsten-s-w.bsky.socialAnd here in Wales it’s Mam (even on the cards)
@i-communities.bsky.socialReposted by @kirsten-s-w.bsky.social@kirsten-s-w.bsky.social has a chapter in this book looking at when communities fail - something that is under-explored when considering intentional communities
#cohousing #cooperatives #co-living #community
@kirsten-s-w.bsky.socialI am loving these short but powerful articles on the Rachel Carson Center reviews:
@davidgraeberinst.bsky.socialReposted by @kirsten-s-w.bsky.socialOne of the knock-on benefits of Universal Basic income, would be that people would not need to waste time on forms, and could use that time for projects, growing vegetables and many many more things.
@bookshop.orgReposted by @kirsten-s-w.bsky.socialAnti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
@womensartbluesky.bsky.socialReposted by @kirsten-s-w.bsky.social'Broad haven, Pembrokeshire' by contemporary Welsh painter Sarah Evans #WomensArt
@naturerecovery.bsky.socialReposted by @kirsten-s-w.bsky.socialWe're excited to share our Nature Seminar Series for this term. All talks are online & in-person, followed by a drinks reception & often a booksigning, where you can chat to the author & others interested in the subject. We're looking forward to seeing you there! More info & to book below
@duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.socialReposted by @kirsten-s-w.bsky.social"You're telling me we can't find 10 welders?"
No - we can't and the main reason is the fact that every aspect of the education system has become a financial process for creating debt rather than a way of educating people.
(Current topic on @mrjamesob.bsky.social )
@kirsten-s-w.bsky.socialEnjoying the detail of the cat/dog living its best life in this drawing ☺️
@freedompress.bsky.socialReposted by @kirsten-s-w.bsky.socialThe politics of the commons
In governing shared systems, people are active participants. The idea of the commons offers an alternative to both private ownership and centralised state control.
Kiran S. Pillai | 5 October 2026
freedompress.org.uk/2026/10/05/t...
@james-bg.bsky.socialReposted by @kirsten-s-w.bsky.socialThe pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@annahei.bsky.socialReposted by @kirsten-s-w.bsky.socialI'll be giving a talk titled 'Blurring the boundary of sexual and non-sexual intimacies in communal and couple-defiant households' at the Manchester Metropolitan University next Wednesday, 7th Oct at 3 pm. The event is hybrid, welcome to join us! Link to the event and registration:
@guyshrubsole.bsky.socialReposted by @kirsten-s-w.bsky.socialToday, 1st October, is the start of the pheasant shooting season. Some 50 million pheasants are released into the British countryside for this sport annually.
If you have concerns about the impacts of this out-of-control industry, tell the government - handy guide below:
@coldwarsteve.bsky.socialReposted by @kirsten-s-w.bsky.social
@kirsten-s-w.bsky.socialThis was a really interesting and lively session - great stuff. And so nice to see so many of our UCU colleagues in the room ✊🏼
@michaelspicer.bsky.socialReposted by @kirsten-s-w.bsky.socialMost TV is just this now.
@kirsten-s-w.bsky.socialAs someone with a book in the pipeline this looks so much more fun than the ‘usual’.