Well come and find out one persons view - join us on Wednesday 10th January at 7.30 at the Old Town Hall in Stroud - the Stroud District Green party are throwing the doors open to anyone to join them for the first half of their AGM meeting to hear Aonghus Gordon's personal view around what it means to be green.Photo: beautiful moon going down over Randwick this morning.
Aonghus Gordon, was winner in 2006 of the coveted Social Entrepreneur of the Year award in England for his work in providing educational opportunities for young people. He has founded three 'schools' for young people 18-25 years of age. Each school provides a curriculum to develop practical, social, and life skills. Ruskin Mill is the largest employer in Nailsworth and emphasizes land, nature, crafts and agriculture. It is set in over 100 acres of Horsley Valley and includes a working farm and fish farm. The second, the Glass House in Stourbridge, mainly uses glass related activities while the most recent school, The Freeman School in Sheffield’s silver-smithing industry offers a range of trainings including a cultural program associated with the Merlin Theater.
Aonghus Gordon's inspiring vision knits together the philosophies of John Ruskin, William Morris and Rudolf Steiner into a coherent arts and crafts based curriculum. It uses organic and biodynamic principles and an awareness of the wider issues of environmental sustainability. In this world today when nearly everyone is claiming to be green it should be very interesting to hear his views on what he considers it means to be green. We are looking forward to a fun thought-provoking evening. See more re event here.
See also a nice piece on the BBC today re the Green party and our new Principal Speaker who talks about other parties and their 'greenness':
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6203821.stm
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