Creating your own Sustainable Community with Davie Philip

This week we are thrilled to say we have our friend, the
eco-warrior, Davie Philip.


Davie is a community catalyst and facilitator
at Cultivate.ie, the sustainability cooperative based in
Cloughjordan Ecovillage, and a network weaver
with ECOLISE.eu, the European network for community-led
initiatives on climate change and sustainability. He is the
coordinator to the Open Food Hub at Cloughjordan Community Farm
and the chair of Open Food Network Ireland.  


Davie brings us through his fascinating narrative from his early
eco-warrior, revolutionist days of being arrested, and as he
describes "we were more interested in being proactive than
reactive" to the foundations of which he and a few others began
the Cloughjordan eco-village.



"Getting involved in an eco-village or a community
project at this scale is the longest self-development course you’ve
ever taken. Because you are constantly learning about yourself. And
I think that shift that you just mentioned, Steve - that ego to
eco, I think that’s a world view that we need if we are going to
survive on a hospitable planet by the end of the century. We need
to move from that individualistic just consumerist culture that
reduces everything into its parts, to where we actually start to
see relationships and connection, and the value and health and
wellbeing of the whole is good for me as a part of that
whole.”




Davie is seriously inspirational and does not sugar coat a thing,
we dive deep into the successes and difficulties of creating a
sustainable community, from our political setbacks to the health
and mental benefits of co-living and amenities sharing community.



“Community living and land trust show that there are
different approaches to living. It’s mad because in Ireland our
only two ways to secure a home is a mortgage (a massive dept)
'mort-gage' literally translates to “the grip of death”, or rental
with no secure tenure. That’s our options, whereas in Europe there
are multiple options, the diversity of ways to secure your home and
your home being more than just an asset you speculate on.”




A great conversation and a brilliant addition to our community
series. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did and listen out for
the 4 simple steps we as individuals can start right now to build
on our own communities for a healthier and happier future.


Love,


Dave & Steve x


Reference


thevillage.ie


openfoodnetwork.ie





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