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CO — OVEN 19

Co-oven aka portable pizza oven

During the Beyond Crisis Conference, organized by the MA Eco-Social Design from the Free University of Bolzano, many thoughts, concepts, and ideas about a sustainable future were shared, created, and discussed.

A lot of inspiring workshops were held among the central question “How to use the virus-induced situation to build up momentum for social-ecological “transformation?”

Our little Ortnerhof community was contributing to finding solutions for the topic of “Commoning, subsistence & sufficiency”, together with a lovely and productive group of like-minded people.

Small self-supporting communities are existing and managing their way to live off the grid, whilst generating new ideas of living in the present world. Especially during the current time, we think that life in communities and around the idea of commoning is beneficial in many ways, especially in terms of financial and social issues and challenges.

Commoning is about caring, sharing, and sustainable management of one’s self, the community as well as nature.

The challenge we faced during the workshop, was the question of how we can scale up the idea of commoning, to introduce more people and make them accept and integrate the concept into their daily lives.

Here is our Outcome:

A CO – OVEN
accessible to everyone, to bake bread, share recipes and ingredients, and overall be a meeting point.

it’s a step by step process, starting with one oven and leading towards a cloud of commoning:

  1. CO – OVEN: Shared community oven where food, ingredients, recipes, products, skills can be shared (sourdough as an icon); shared space, community and gatherings are created
  2. CO – OVEN 19: let’s spread a positive virus. create a social platform for CO – OVEN to increase visibility and reach more people (e.g. website, organize pizza festival, go to other festivals with CO-OVEN and make pizza); share knowledge, offer educational courses (e.g. how to make your sourdough); create timetables for when and where people meet (could be a smartphone app); social network
  3. CLOUD OF COMMONING: Start a supportive, decentralized network of different initiatives (e.g. bike kitchen; food saving); connect different types of service; build alliances; exchange experience, knowledge & resources; Digital and physical (e.g. open-source online platform; open map of commoning projects; physical infrastructures & tools)

If you are interested in this concept and want to read more about the content we gathered during the workshop, check out our Miro working board: https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_ktpM1-8=/?fromEmbed=1

for all who love the common:

HELP US FIND A COMMUNITY; SPACE and SUPPORTERS TO BUILD OUR FIRST CO – OVEN.

stay healthy and support your community!

ZeBa

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Therapeutic Fasting | Experience

Fasting is an exciting phenomenon – a kind of threshold to something . . . new

Dear world 🌍 –

We would now like to tell you about our final stage of our therapeutic fasting action and we would look forward to an exchange with you in the comments . . .

Fasting is an exciting phenomenon – a kind of threshold to something
. . . new

A kind of liminal space, as Victor Turner, and famos ethnologist
would call it:
This liminal space is a kind of threshold state in which communities or individuals find themselves after they have broken away from a previous order through a ritual.

Our experience was very exciting! It was very inspiring to understand that it is OK to be slow and TO BE, what we so often forget in everyday life . . .

A pleasant calm has spread which was very valuable!

Nevertheless, our bodies all reacted differently! We felt various ups and downs (physically but also mentally)! We were driven by sport and a high engergy level but also kept by the calm. We found time to relax your body and mind!

The energy came suddenly – but as fast as she came – she also was gone! It has released deeper control over the mind and body.
Now we try to take care to give the previous normality more thoughtful space!

Stay healthy,

Yours,

ZeBa

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Therapeutic fasting.

cooking a brew for fasting

During Covid19. Midterm report.

It’s always been that magic thing people talk about. A restart for the body, mind and soul balance. A cleaning of the body, to gain better health. It might be a way to find total peace and clarity, especially now during Covid19, where no one is moving and there is nothing to miss. The advice of staying home, take it easy and relax, for us, is already given.

Is fasting a transition to something new?
Is it some kind of threshold?

nature blooming whilst Covid19

WE decided to do the Therapeutic fasting after Buchinger.
WE are 5 people from our little community.

We started with 3 days of relief. Fruit salad for lunch and some vegetables in the evening. Coffee who wants to and some in-between carrot or apple snacks.
The next morning’s laxative was an exciting story. We had the same food for 3 days, but from now on our bodies react completely differently.

Urge to move, shivering bodies, nausea, sleepless nights and tiredness. But the feeling of hunger distinguishes.

What triggers renunciation in us?
How does it define itself in terms of food?

We are grateful for the nature that surrounds us and the summer-like weather. We enjoy the sun and our community. We are welding together. Little rituals for drinking the soup, consultations, exchanges make fasting easier for us. Thus, no one gets left alone with questions and decisions. Depending on how we feel, we practice Yoga, Meditation, Volleyball or do some evening walks together.

We find ourselves in this privileged situation of being able to renounce, because fasting is more than not eating, as it is very nicely described in an article by Jan Henne in GEO.

https://www.geo.de/magazine/geo-magazin/273-rtkl-ernaehrung-verzichten-heilt-warum-fasten-so-gesund-ist

2 more days to come with no food. we are already looking forward to our first small meal. A South Tirolern apple. 🙂

Yours, ZeBa

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Beyond Corona . . .

So what will happend in a time beyond Corona?

Dear world, –

as we mentioned already the Conference by Design or by Disaster:
“Beyond Crisis ” – will take place ONLINE the 17th and
18th of April. We are looking forward to all our speakers and all the
discussions and transformations which will take place.

So what will happen
in a time beyond Corona?
Are there new . . .

economical chances?

political chances?

cultural chances?

individual chances?

societal chances?

chances for justice?

environmental chances?

aesthetical chances?

chances for sciences?

Based on a mapping that was created due to the weekly
Corona Transformation meeting from students and teachers of the Master in Eco–Social Design at the Free Universtiy of Bolzano we would like to share some key phrases and questions with you to think further. All these phrases and questions are based on the map you see in the main picture. (Credits to Jennifer Schubert, Kris Krois and all
students and teachers which contributed and discussed . . .)

We would gladly like to invite you to start a proper discussion in the
comments with us about the map you see up as the main picture!

Let’s interweave interconnections together about . . .

the importance of community living . . .

. . . the moment to use time for yourself . . .

. . . the awareness for green space . . .

. . . the substistence (working with hands | cooking | repairment)

. . . building synergies of local | sustainable small businesses within
awareness & empathy arising . . .

and many more crucial points like . . .

A EUROPEAN OR EVEN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE | SOLIDARITY

Let’s keep in touch!

Yours, ZeBa

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TIME

time to play

How is time defined nowadays? Is the fast pace gone? Is slow working, slow living and slow food taking over the Italian households?

WHAT DO PEOPLE DO WITH ALL THE EXTRA TIME THEY GAINED?

Do we have extra time now or not? Is there more time to think,
to sleep, to be, to make things we always wanted to do? Or is there
too much time that needs to be killed? A waiting for better times?
Or is this situation acutally very time consuming?

We can only talk about our experience. We should have more time, but the days are passing as fast as before. The weather is determining more then ever how we feel and act. Unmotivated or full of energy.
We have many small projects, work to finish, new work to start.
Quality time with our community, – like we never had before . . .

After easter, we plan to make a therapeutic fasting – finally there is the
TIME to do that. They say for a 5 day long diet, you should take holidays, – stay at home. Perfect! Take time to relax, to move a little and have someone along with you. We will report on that the following week and we would be curious to hear about your time
struggle and experiences.

Keep your rythm.

Yours, ZeBa

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Environment Transformation

CLEAR SKY – Freedom or oppression?

How does it feel when you look into the sky?

I see a blue sky, within different shades of blues. Some clouds and some birds are introducing spring with their sounds. There are no vapour trails from the aircraft visible. The pure blue sky is with no human traces. I feel free but also caught. Something is clearly changing.

The situation affects our mind and body. Do we feel freedom or opression? Freedom for our mind, oppression for the body? Or is the clean air purifying our bodies and therefore making us stronger and more resistant to do what we want?

Is there a new dynamic and understanding evolving, that brings a different form of freedom and movement?

In one point we can be certain. The reduced air pollution is beneficial for our health.

“Air pollution, research shows, lowers our ability to fight off infections.” The article by Jamie Smith Hopkins discusses the effects and affects of polluted air in cities and industrial areas compared to the health of humans, in speciality lung problems.

Now, most of the companies and industries lowered their production, therefore the air quality should rise?

Will the situation change aswell in Alto Adige? And how?

The link to the article “A likely but hidden Coronavirus Risk Factor: Pollution”: https://publicintegrity.org/health/coronavirus-and-inequality/a-likely-but-hidden-coronavirus-risk-factor-pollution/

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Beyond Crisis Conference

Beyond Crisis Conference

Dear eco–social activists, dear transformers, dear colleagues, dear friends, dear all,

We would like to invite you to join the online conference: Beyond Crisis Conference by Design or by Disaster (initated by Kris Krois) around the question: “How to use the virus-induced situation to build up momentum for social-ecological transformation?”

Here is the link where you can register and find further information: https://designdisaster.unibz.it/conference-beyond-corona-and-capitalism-17-18-april-2020/

SHARE | JOIN | ACT

Yours,

ZeBa

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Think locally, act locally

think locally, act locally

The local is gaining in importance again.
New local initiatives are emerging.

Many local initiatives have emerged in recent weeks, offering supplies of food and consumer goods, as well as help in all forms.

For instance, there is now an “Online Shop in South Tyrol for the Promotion of Local Shopping” in which everyone can offer and ask for products and services. The facebook group was intended to “Help everyone to strengthen the trade in South Tyrol in the crisis!” https://www.facebook.com/groups/270258110629872/?fref=nf

THIS IS GREAT!

BUT WHY DID IT NOT EXIST BEFORE?

The central idea is on a common helping of each other. If my community is well, then I have the best chances to be well aswell.…?

In times of Covid19 people who live nearby will be close to us and we can form a stronger cohesion, so we can manage to provide save and best help to each other. Is local the future? Local, the old global will be awesome again.

But how does it exactly work? How did it work?

Let’s take it a step back.
Barter goods and services.
Money looses importance.
What do we actually need? Is it love and a good community or tropical fruits and coffee? Yes, coffee, please but also love!

With the possibilities of digital networking we have today, we could create a new local network. What are the positive sides of barter and the former local networking and trading and how can we pick out what is interesting for our time and generate a new local? What were the advantages and disadvantages?

Only now I realize that there are MANY local possibilities. Many small companies selling nearly everything. Many small existences that need to be supported. Now and also after the Covid19 crisis!

Let us build a network that will sustain! Local, regional and global!

We are happy about numerous links to local-social initiatives!

Help to strengthen the local trade in the crisis!

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