42 ACRES is a retreat space and regenerative farm nestled in Somerset.

Somerset
Joined April 2015
“Water is both noun and verb. Something solid and some human motion.” From fire to flood, @ElizabethaRush reflects on climate change as a transformational force on our landscapes and the words we might use to grasp this shifting reality. buff.ly/2LbKFMO
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“The one who bows into service is an artist. To see work as sacred is to bow into service to it, and thus become its instrument.” @ceisenstein
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How can we take radical action to care for the world and ourselves? 🥀💪🏿🌷buff.ly/2EU9sAo Highlights by @JLightFilms from our Feb Radical #Wellbeing event @42_Acres w/ all-stars @advayainitiativ @actionhappiness @alxflxnun @ShamashAlidina @chilledasad100 @flo_sci #Tbt
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Thank you to everyone who joined us last week at 42 Acres. It was amazing to gather 60 change makers under one roof, hear from Embercombe’s founder Mac Macartney and grow our movement together. vimeo.com/330363485
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“Our contemporary thinking about silence often sees it as an absence or a lack of speech or sound...But I have found an interior dimension of silence, a sort of stillness of mind, which is not a void but a rich space.” –Gabriela Torres Ruiz. buff.ly/2RPRNxh
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“You have to recognize the Other. I think, frankly, that the old form of “I have a big idea, I’m going to go out and make that idea happen”, it’s basically my ego in the world, and it is totally uninteresting.” Professor Arthur Zajonc #LeadershipDialogues presencing.org/aboutus/theor…
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Stop apologising, start thanking (eg “sorry I’m late” becomes “thanks for waiting”)
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Alice Aedy is a photographer and documentary maker who has become known for sharing images and stories of refugees via Instagram. “I feel very positive about my generation: it has become cool to care,” she says positive.news/society/i-feel…
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#ClimateChange is a social justice & #HumanRights crisis. Join us THIS THURSDAY to find out more with @ejfoundation @LandworkersUK @steventrent @AmnestyUK @wilsonoryema @mrgeepoet @GlobalJusticeUK @HRC_News @DamienShort @WaterAidUK Tickets from £10! bit.ly/ClimateJusticeTickets
Join us on the evening of March 18th to learn about the ground-breaking Brazilian change maker program #WarriorsWithoutWeapons at @42_Acres 42acresshoreditch.com/events… #innervation #socialchange #socinn
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“If my dog was suffering and I couldn’t do anything, I’d be heartbroken.” Jade Statt on why she founded @streetvetuk – a social enterprise that helps homeless animals and their owners positive.news/society/the-ve…
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If we all do one random act of kindness daily, we just might set the world in the right direction #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
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Today is the #NationalRandomActsOfKindnessDay and to celebrate we are listening to our Peacebeam ‘Be Selfish, Be Kind’ ✨ When we are kind, it opens something in us and creates an expansion in our hearts and in our sense of ourselves. A certain path to wellbeing and peace 🌻
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Helena Norberg-Hodge's book 'Ancient Futures' is a scathing critique of the global #economy and a rallying call for economic localization. The 2016 Edition of Ancient Futures is available on our website: bit.ly/2NOKG7g
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Join us for an evening on the human rights implications of Climate Change! Tickets: bit.ly/ClimateJusticeTickets Talks, Panels, Spoken Word, Music, Food! We are honoured to be joined by: @AmnestyUK @GlobalJusticeUK @LandworkersUK @WaterAidUK @ejfoundation @HRC_News
Yesterday we launched u.lab-S: 300 place based teams going on a journey of profound personal and societal transformation, as a collective group of 3000-4000 change makers across five continents, working together on key acupuncture points of societal transformation... #ulabS #ulab
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Hannah from the farm at @42_Acres in Somerset has been building #soilhealth through clever grazing management. Find out how #SectormentorforSoils is helping her recognise healthy soil: buff.ly/2SMzRW9
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"The means we use to prepare the future becomes its cornerstone." Totally inspiring panel last night at @42_Acres featuring @actionforhappy @WarOnWant @advayainitiativ @NetwrkWellbeing @Museumhappiness. Delighted to support and share our plans for a radical hub & hostel.
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Celebrate Valentines with Self-love and laughter! A Fun and transformative event this Friday night at our community @Museumhappiness in Shoreditch, London @42_Acres Tickets > eventbrite.co.uk/e/live-love…