We are doing stufffff.....

After yestrday session about SCI's history and mission, participants of the Seminar got very much into the motto of the organization - „Deeds and words”. The morning of the 3rd day of the seminar started with a visit of some activists from the „Happy De-growth” movement from the Rome group. We could hear from the first hand how does the Italian de-growth functions, what are the activities of the group and, most improtant, reasons standing behind those actions.

De-growt movement philosophy is not new. The most important propositions are:

1.We buy much more than we need. A lot of the things we need, we can do on ourslves, exchange with others or even get as a present from the others.

2.If we need to buy less, we need less money and as a consequence, we can work less! As a consequence, people will have more time to devote to their families, cpommunities, hobbies, art and culture.

3.De-growt doesn't mean going back to ancient times. It is about using what we have, but in sustainable way. Instead of growth, people should put more attention to developement. It means focusing on quality, instead of quantity.

So the propositions are actually finctioning in different periods of history. But nowadays for sure they are worth reminding!

The theorethical introduction was followed by presentations about composting and community gardening. Straight from the seminar room we went outside, to check how all that works in practice.

The group was divided into Bread Lab (daling with bread and pasta making), Compost Lab (preparation of the terrain for compost nets wich will be put up tomorrow) and Community Garden group, learning how to set up a garden, that in the cities is usually hidden under the concrete.

At the end of the session, almost everybody had to cut the pastry for the noodles, so that we can eat lunch before the sunset.

But you can be sure, that the handmade gnocchi and freshly baked bread was absolutely best lunch most of us ever had!