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Written by Thomas Jackson
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Tuesday, 15 February 2011 |
Pantisocracy Week. March 15th - April 7th A week of pants, socks and theatre,In Manchester.
Climate change is not all bad news.We could build a much better post-fossil fuel world.But we have to make it happen and we have to do it now.
A play, a discussion, a musical, a farce, an evening of comedy and, of course, sales of pants and socks
Tues 15th. Plastic England. Disabled, caustic and brilliantly funny Jim Wheelwright killed his wife in a car crash. He sees in contemporary Britain an allegory of his guilt and despair. But in his dreams he finds new hope from an unexpected quarter. Comic, moving, slick and innovative writing. Followed by discussion.
Wed 16th. Easter Island. A musical recounting the tragic story of Lucio and Felicity against the background of the environmental disaster that overtook Easter Island. A deeply affecting piece. Great original music by Manchester composer Justin Morley
Fri. 18th. Pantipoetry. Local poetry, prose and music. Come and share a great night of poetry and prose on a climate change and environment theme. Everyone sees these issues through different eyes and comes to their own conclusions. Doomsday theories may bore the pantisocracy off you so come along for more creative insights. Join great Lancashire writers and musicians who will create a fabulous evening…
Mon 21st. Illusions. A farce poking fun at the Pantisocracy idea. Society queen Diana Moncrieff-Manners and disgruntled feminist Brenda find their underwear business is struggling in the recession. To the rescue come advertisers dynamically explosive Gerald and his ideas man, despairing philosopher Sebastian. Romances blossom but with all the confusions and misunderstanding you would expect in a farce, during the course of which the characters discover they are not the people they thought they were. All is resolved in an enchanting and beautiful final act presided over by Venus herself.
At Haslingden High School Theatre, starting at 7 p.m. ( Easter Island 8.15 ) Entry £4.00 (under 18's free! or £10 all Four Shows! Events in Manchester
31st March. Plastic England at 8th Day Vegetarian Restaurant (in Oxford Road oposite MMU union). Starts at 19:30.
6th April. Plastic England at The Whitworth pub . (at junction of Oxford Road and Moss Lane East). Starts at 19:30.7th April. Easter Island at The Whitworth pub . (at junction of Oxford Road and Moss Lane East). Starts at 19:30. We must hope the climate sceptics are right. But what if they are wrong? The future consequences would then be so appalling it is surely the height of folly not to take the advice of the scientific majority. In any case, ever scarcer oil will create economic chaos, even perhaps vicious resource wars. There is a still better reason to get out of fossil fuels a.s.a.p. We could build a far, far better post-fossil fuel world. But we have to make it happen. And we have to do it now.
These are the most important years there have ever been in the whole history of humanity. What an exciting time to be alive.
‘Await the great climate catastrophe in our pants and socks. Still better let’s do something about it’. Promoted by Rossendale Climate Change Group For even more information please visit thomj.co.uk |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 17 March 2011 )
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Pantisocracy pants and Socks |
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Written by Thomas Jackson
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Monday, 06 December 2010 |
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Pantisocracy aims to raise awareness of climate and trade justice issues through the medium of pants and socks. These garments are stylish, extremely comfortable, very reasonably priced for organic and fairly traded products and wash well. They are manufactured in accordance with the Fair Wear Foundation code of practice, which means that everybody is properly paid at every stage of the production process and is able to work in clean and healthy conditions. Our knickers and briefs are made from cotton but cotton with a difference. Conventionally grown cotton uses more chemicals per hectare than any other crop and is characterized by high levels of forced and child labour. This cotton is grown in a valley in India where it is hand-worked in the fields. Energy comes from wind turbines and pests are controlled by organic methods, intersowing the cotton both with other plants that the cotton pests prefer and plants that attract predators which in their turn prey on the cotton pests. No air transport is used in conveying the manufactured product to the UK. What is really exciting about these knickers is that they give us a window into what the far better, healthier, happier, more peaceful and ultimately wealthier post-fossil fuel world could be like once we had made the effort to move to it. But we need to make that effort and we need to make it now. Our socks are made from bamboo and are amazingly soft and comfortable to wear. Bamboo is an extremely environmentally friendly plant. It is very fast growing and only needs rain water, so no irrigation is required. It yields ten times as much per hectare as cotton and is a huge converter of greenhouse gas. Currently, however, there is a problem with its manufacture. The fibres of the plant can be separated and sufficiently softened for weaving into a fabric either by chemical processes or by crushing. The former is far more environmentally damaging, but at the moment, even for a fair trade firm only looking for very small profit margins, the latter is commercially quite unrealistic. However, as bamboo clothes become more common, economies of scale will begin to apply and more research into better ways of processing the fibres will be done. So even though, it has to be said, the manufacture of these socks is not as environmentally friendly as we would wish, overall, taking into account the other virtues of bamboo, the ethical principles of fair wages and good working conditions that have been followed and the economies of scale that wider sales will bring, we feel that these socks are a good ethical buy. You also need to weigh bamboo against the environmental and social damage perpetrated by conventionally grown cotton crops (see out listings for knickers and boxer shorts) Await the great climate catastrophe in our pants and socks. Or still better let’s go all out to avert it. For more information on Pantisocracy and Pantisocracy Weeks please go to www.thomj.co.uk and click on Pantisocracy. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 27 February 2011 )
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Written by Thomas Jackson
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Monday, 06 December 2010 |
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Pantisocracy Week in Rossendale March 2011 |
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