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Literary Lights Writes: Elsewhere

By PRSD, on Sunday, July 25, 2010 |

Zion Lights is a writer, poet and social entrepreneur. This week on the PRSD we have poem Elsewhere

Loving local Devon!

By Zion Lights, on Sunday, July 18, 2010 |

Devon has a lot to offer for those looking for local produce. Zion Lights highlights a few that have inspired her: Shillingford Organics, Riverford Organic and OrganicARTS (…other organic organisations focusing on local produce are available…).

How does your garden grow? Exploring permaculture and forest gardening in Devon

By Zion Lights, on Sunday, July 4, 2010 |

Zion Lights popped along Agroforestry Research Trust, at Dartington with a possee from POGOE (Permaculturists & Organic Growers of Exeter) for a guided tour of Martin Crawford’s forest garden. Forest gardening is about healing, creativity, sustainability and at it’s heart, it is about community

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Festivals which keep the original Glastonbury ethos are being killed off by commercialism and Criminal Justice Acts

By Zion Lights, on Sunday, June 27, 2010 | 1 comment - ()

It’s summer music festival season. And Glastonbury shows how big, commercial festivals can thrive, while those of a different ethos – the smaller, less money-oriented festivals demonstrating the original Glastonbury ideals, like the Sunrise festival in Somerset – are struggling against a raft of rules and commerce

Literary Lights Writes: Perspective

By Zion Lights, on Sunday, June 20, 2010 |

Zion Lights is a writer, poet and social entrepreneur. This week on the PRSD we have Perspective

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Beanfield play incredibly relevant in the world of the Criminal Justice Act and Terrorism Act

By Zion Lights, on Sunday, June 13, 2010 | 2 comments - ()

The Beanfield play at Exeter’s The Bike Shed Theatre has a special resonance for Zion Lights, who has witnessed similar horrors to what happened at Stonehenge in 1986 at recent climate camp gatherings, the peaceful gathering at Kingsnorth in Kent in 2008, for example. And with cameras and phones confiscated under section 44 of the Terrorism Act, the only record of these events tends to be memories.