[Fts-research] Update

Fri Jul 5 10:53:34 CEST 2019

Hey,

Amazing thanks so much!

Yes all being well I will definitely come to the camp/action.

I actually keep meaning to email the general list because I wondered
about bringing my Apothecary. I have a project called the Solidarity
Apothecary, where I have mostly been posting herbal medicines to people
experiencing state repression but now this summer I will start to go to
gatherings/camps and host a space. For example, with various herbal teas
etc and first aid support and just generally be a place if anyone is
unwell or needs to rest etc. Of course with a good distro of radical
herbalism literature! You can see more about the project here -
http://www.solidarityapothecary.org/ and
https://www.instagram.com/solidarity.apothecary/

I grow all the plants myself so there is this connection again to
agroecology etc. I also wondered about maybe bringing my microscope and
doing a soil biology workshop!

Anyhow! Lots of ideas. I will try to organise a crew for the travel. Do
you know if anyone is planning to go to the Earth First Gathering to
promote the camp/action?

Big thanks,

Nicole

On 04/07/2019 22:11, Annie wrote:
> Hey Nicole!
>
> Thanks for this, looks good! I had a quick scan through, will read it
> properly in the next few days. I can continue to work on the yellow
> bits that need filling in, especially the last section on agroecology
> and food sovereignty. My time is also extremely limited at the moment,
> so let's see what get's done!
>
> Nice that Corporate Watch is willing to pay someone!
>
> Will you be making it to the actual camp / action in September?
>
> Enjoy your time in Ireland and the teaching! Sounds great :)
>
> Cheers,
> Annie
> On 2019-07-04 18:54, Nicole Corporate Watch wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> Sorry for the delay. I work part time so everything is always tight!
>> So I didn't get as far as I'd hoped this week. I only really had today
>> to work on this because some admin tasks took up more of my time.
>>  Please find a draft attached. The 'yellow' bits are things to
>> complete. I am going away for a week now to Ireland and then actually
>> teaching a company investigation course followed by teaching a
>> permaculture course!!
>>
>> So my time over the next three weeks is sadly very limited :( I think
>> the remaining sections are the parts that there is already the most
>> existing information on, so perhaps others can start to complete these
>> sections? I can also come back to them at the end of July if not too
>> late.
>>
>> The cool news is that Corporate Watch are happy to pay a graphic
>> designer we work with to knock it into a report/zine as I won't have
>> time.
>>
>> I will still have internet access so will try to stay on top of my
>> emails at least! Anything really urgent maybe email my personal email
>> - nicole at emptycagesdesign.org
>>
>> Thanks so much,
>>
>> Nicole
>>
>> On 27/06/2019 13:59, Elizabeth Knight wrote:
>>
>>> Hey hey!
>>>
>>> I love the idea of translating the lexicon, and also of sending it
>>> through the free the soil list. Could be nice for us to send it
>>> through
>>> the FFA list as well. If no one is opposed I think it could be nice
>>> to
>>> publish on the ASEED webpage with a link to Free the Soil and the
>>> email
>>> for joining the bus from the Netherlands. Is that okay?
>>>
>>> Cheers! Liz
>>>
>>> On 6/26/2019 5:35 PM, flip wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Cool to get those contributions from Nicole and Belen and/or Pascoe!
>>>
>>> Op 26-06-19 om 16:20 schreef Annie:
>>>
>>> p.s.
>>> I just uploaded loads of articles in all the different sections of
>>> the
>>> research folder on the FTS cloud, so maybe you can find some useful
>>> information there!
>>>
>>> In the FtS research folder there is as well an updated version of
>>> the
>>> Lexicon. Please have a look and add terms and discriptions if you
>>> want.
>>>
>>> The plan is to have this info available in the languages that are
>>> most
>>> relevant for the campaign. At the moment this seem to be English,
>>> German, Dutch and Danish. So if people feel like translating bits
>>> this
>>> would be very helpful. If we do some outreach in those different
>>> countries it is important that we use the right terms.
>>>
>>>
>> https://oc-freethesoil.immerda.ch/index.php/apps/files/?dir=/FTS%20-%20research&fileid=314
>>
>>>
>>> Personally I think that it would be good to send an email about this
>>> lexicon and the yara company file to the general FtS list. Those
>>> documents are also meant to educate ourselves. And we don't have to
>>> wait
>>> until the files are completly ready, probably they will always stay
>>> work
>>> in progress.
>>>
>>> Any objections against sending an update to the general email list?
>>>
>>> greetings, Flip
>>>
>>> On 2019-06-26 16:04, Annie wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey!
>>>
>>> Ok nice.
>>>
>>> Yes there is some information on the ASEED website, some on the FTS
>>> cloud in the Alternatives folder. But then also I have some stuff on
>>> my computer here, maybe I can upload that onto the cloud, or I can
>>> try
>>> to write something and send it over in line with your subheadings.
>>> Although sounds like you also have some interesting sources to tap
>>> into.
>>>
>>> Definitely up for giving feedback and contributions once your
>>> skeleton
>>> is up and running.
>>>
>>> Thanks Nicole!
>>>
>>> Annie
>>>
>>> On 2019-06-26 15:49, Nicole Corporate Watch wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey!
>>>
>>> Yes I am using the research already undertaken in the company
>>> profiling document :) I am happy to do a lot of the work but it
>>> would
>>> be great to have feedback and contributions once the 'skeleton' is
>>> ready.
>>>
>>> That would be great to have your existing info on alternatives! Is
>>> that on the ASEED website? I also have a lot of existing agroecology
>>> resources I can use for this too.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the feedback about the structure, I will integrate that
>>> now!
>>>
>>> That's great about the lobbying stuff already being covered.
>>>
>>> Big thanks,
>>>
>>> Nicole
>>>
>>> On 26/06/2019 13:50, Annie wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey Nicole,
>>>
>>> Thanks for all this, it is looking great with lots of really
>>> important points to cover. Do you want to divide the work /
>>> subsections up slightly between the people on this list? It looks
>>> like a lot of things to be covered by you, although maybe there are
>>> more people planning to work on it at Corporate Watch? Also some of
>>> the information you can just take from the company file you can find
>>> on the cloud as some of the points are covered in that document. And
>>> also with the alternatives, we have information within ASEED that we
>>> could share with you so that you don't have to do the same work
>>> twice!
>>>
>>> My main point about the order of the subsections is that I would
>>> move the "Controversy" section to the bottom or before the
>>> alternatives. Of course it is important to know what kind of
>>> controversies Yara has been involved in and also shows how
>>> despicable these multinational corporations can be, but I think we
>>> need to have the main focus on Yara and it's affect on climate
>>> change, threat to food security, greenwashing etc which you cover
>>> after the point about "Controversy". It feels like the point of the
>>> Free the Soil campaign is to highlight Yara in relation to its
>>> impact on climate change throught the production of synthetic
>>> nitrogen fertilizer and and the fact that no one knows this, so this
>>> should continue to be our focus. However, I do like your idea to
>>> make a map of all these controversies to show visually where Yara is
>>> and where people could potentially do local decentralised actions.
>>>
>>> The other thing is now we have had contact with Belen and Pascoe
>>> from Corporate Europe Observatory and they will most probably write
>>> something on EU lobbying so it would be good not to overlap.
>>>
>>> Ok, let me know what you think to those comments. And thank you a
>>> lot for the work you have done so far!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Annie
>>>
>>> On 2019-06-26 13:14, Nicole Corporate Watch wrote:
>>> Hey!
>>>
>>> Apologies, my research with this Gold Mining campaign has taken
>>> longer
>>> than expected.
>>>
>>> I have started to do some Yara research. So far, mapping the
>>> controversies and making a directory that can accompany the article
>>> with all the locations on one page in case of decentralised actions.
>>> I
>>> also did some shareholder research. I need to copy what I am doing
>>> on
>>> crabgrass into the cloud, I keep forgetting!
>>>
>>> I have attached an overview of the article I am planning to write.
>>> It
>>> will obviously be significantly larger than one blog post, so we are
>>>
>>> hoping to format it into a pdf/report that can be downloaded also.
>>>
>>> Can people take a look and give me feedback of what is missing? Is
>>> it
>>> what you were hoping for?
>>>
>>> Massive thanks,
>>>
>>> Nicole
>>>
>>> On 14/06/2019 08:07, Annie wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey Research team!
>>>
>>> How is everyone?
>>>
>>> Is anyone going to make it to the meeting this weekend? I cannot as
>>> I have to work on the farm and no one can cover for me this
>>> weekend!!
>>>
>>> I just sent an email to the fts list with a link to the company file
>>>
>>> about Yara that I uploaded onto the FTS cloud. This is a piece of
>>> work from Flip, Katie, Jula and I who are based in the Netherlands.
>>> It needs more work but at least I wanted to show that something has
>>> been happening on the research side of things.
>>>
>>> Hope it goes well this weekend and hope to see you all soon if not
>>> in September!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Annie
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