tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889026769761133073.post5692394832735420828..comments2023-12-22T08:42:36.132+00:00Comments on Gaian Economics: Reclaiming the landMollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12845612174674783187noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889026769761133073.post-72658350558823675292007-01-28T15:45:00.000+00:002007-01-28T15:45:00.000+00:00ah,going to do the tragedy of the commons again??
...ah,going to do the tragedy of the commons again??<br /> the fish in the sea are currently suffering from that<br /> Im sure it will work this timeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889026769761133073.post-39308813324946775382007-01-17T08:54:00.000+00:002007-01-17T08:54:00.000+00:00Locally in Gloucestershire we've seen Conservative...Locally in Gloucestershire we've seen Conservative County councillors claim that Cotswold's ancient farmland, is not at risk of being sold. However other councillors, along with farmers who protested outside Shire Hall last month are rightly concerned by the Councils move to establish a group to 'oversee farm land disposal'.<br /><br />Tories and Labour have both privatised public assets on a massive scale. It is important these farms don't go the same way and worse still end up as 'pony paddock weekenders'. Too many farms are going out of business. This makes our County farms all the more important for young people who want to start farming. Future oil price rises will also make a return to farming in Gloucestershire essential. If we sell the farms off now we will loose the possibilities of revitalising our local farming.<br /><br />The community buy-out of Fordhall farm last year by 5,500 people provides one way forward: community land trusts which mutualise landholding using a cooperative, non-profit model. By mutualising land we can enable it to be forever affordable to individuals and accessible to the community. Land is effectively taken off the market, rather than at risk of being privatised by councillors now or in the future.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03135990144492521067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889026769761133073.post-87642441515339945952007-01-12T09:57:00.000+00:002007-01-12T09:57:00.000+00:00Hi Dorothea
Thanks for your comment. It is so con...Hi Dorothea<br /><br />Thanks for your comment. It is so confirming to know that people read the blog.<br /><br />I don't actually believe in ownership of land, rather stewardship by the local community or bioregion. Practically this probably comes to the same thing as your proposal.<br /><br />Jonathan Porritt is the acceptable face of the green movement. His dad was a lord you know! He was never very radical but has done a lot of good. We all have our role to play.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12845612174674783187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889026769761133073.post-43101121691749162312007-01-11T16:12:00.000+00:002007-01-11T16:12:00.000+00:00Molly - I agree with most of what you say here, es...Molly - I agree with most of what you say here, especially about the CPRE and how this club has resulted in the exclusion of people from land and agriculture. It has turned our countryside into an empty green desert, quite the opposite of, say, William Morris's vision in 'News from Nowhere.'<br /><br />You seem here to be suggesting that we need land nationalisation, something that has been advocated since the 1880s, and could be quite straightforward, being as one person (the Queen) in principle owns all the land in Britain.<br /><br />PS. Jonathon Porrit was one of the speakers this year - is he not a green politician?Dorotheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205862841825018150noreply@blogger.com