tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70189644351639589042024-03-13T22:18:53.671+02:00mid(E)stHistory and future in the midst of EstoniaRainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327014235814976902noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018964435163958904.post-56197565314882996582014-02-04T01:07:00.000+02:002014-02-04T11:22:24.385+02:00Our Year 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In year 2013 we did quite many different things in Paide Community Centre. We participated in several projects helping to renovate Tallinna 11 house, trained and educated others and ourselves, and organized other events. We also thought thoroughly about our communication activities and as a result of this we now have a new conception for our house</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A complete summary of the year can be found in Estonian language at Weissenstein blog post <a href="http://weissenstein.blogspot.com/2013/12/2013-aasta.html" target="_blank"><i>2013. aasta</i></a>. Below a short summary of the summary.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In January we hosted a meeting of Estonian Information Centres for Sustainable Renovation in <a href="http://midest.blogspot.com/p/srik.html" target="_blank"><i>Paide SRIK</i></a> and started the <a href="http://midest.blogspot.com/2013/02/farmfoodclub.html" target="_blank">FarmFoodClub</a> (<i>Talutoiduklubi </i>in Estonian). </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/112958576927527576556/albums/5852235602442544465" target="_blank">February</a> and <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/112958576927527576556/MunaolitemperaKoolitusPaideSRIKis" target="_blank">March</a> we organized some </span><a href="http://midest.blogspot.com/2013/04/paper-plaster-and-egg-tempera.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">workshops</a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> on paper plaster, sawdust plaster and egg tempera. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">In March we had second <a href="http://midest.blogspot.com/2013/04/freetown-congress.html" target="_blank">Freetown Congress</a> (<i>Wabalinna kongress </i>in Estonian), </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">finished with project <a href="http://weissenstein.blogspot.com/p/annetuskeskkond.html" target="_blank"><i>Annetuskeskkond</i></a> and started several new projects for organizing workshops and events, drafting our communication plan and a new conception for Tallinna 11 house, and renovating our house. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">In March we participated in project </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><a href="http://www.terresaterres.altervista.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14&Itemid=130" target="_blank"><i>Terres à Terres</i></a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"> transnational <a href="http://www.terresaterres.altervista.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67:agenda&catid=31&Itemid=251" target="_blank">meeting</a> in <a href="http://www.terresaterres.altervista.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=31&Itemid=145" target="_blank">Italy</a> and in May hosted one in Paide and Mooste (see <a href="http://www.terresaterres.altervista.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72:agenda-estonia&catid=33&Itemid=259" target="_blank">agenda</a>, <a href="http://www.terresaterres.altervista.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73:presentationestonia&catid=33&Itemid=262" target="_blank">presentations</a> and <a href="http://www.terresaterres.altervista.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74:photoestonia&catid=33&Itemid=263" target="_blank">photos</a>). </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">In April we hosted Year of Cultural Heritage event in Paide and had first ten-days workshop on sustainable renovation in the </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><a href="http://midest.blogspot.com/p/volunteers.html" target="_blank">Centre of Volunteers in Järva county</a> (<i>Järvamaa Vabatahtlike Keskus</i> in Estonian).</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">In May we watched together </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><a href="http://www.tedxtallinn.org/en/simulcast/" target="_blank">TEDxTallinn 2013 livestream</a>, organized the yearly "<a href="http://www.teemeara.ee/en" target="_blank">Let's do it</a>" <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/112958576927527576556/albums/5874852407985551489" target="_blank">day of civil actions</a> in the <a href="http://midest.blogspot.com/p/community-centre.html" target="_blank">Community Centre</a> (<i>Kogukonnakeskus </i>in Estonian), opened the wood workshop in Paide SRIK </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">for communal use</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">, got funding for renovating our kitchen for organizing food workshops with FarmFoodClub, hosted a reception of National Heritage Board information day and advised some nice people from Haapsalu to start </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">there </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">another Information Centre for Sustainable Renovation (shortly </span><i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">SRIK</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"> </span></i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">in Estonian).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">In June we were busy with renovating the Tallinna 11 house and preparing for next events. In July we had another <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/112958576927527576556/albums/5961701489083480721" target="_blank">ten-days workshop</a> on renovating old houses. In middle of July we opened a graphics exhibition and had a lecture/talk about "Soviet flower-power" in Walge Gallery, and participated in organizing the <a href="http://janvutt.blogspot.com/2013/07/kreisilinnapaev-2013.html" target="_blank"><i>Kreisilinnapäev</i></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">In August we were still renovating our house and also helped the organizers of <a href="http://www.arvamusfestival.ee/#!home/mainPage" target="_blank"><i>Arvamusfestival</i></a>. In September we had a FarmFoodClub workshop about natural canning, organized another annual festival <a href="http://janvutt.blogspot.com/2013/09/kolmkola-festival-2013-esimene-paev.html" target="_blank"><i>Kolmkõla</i></a>, attended the <a href="http://ecomess.eu/english/" target="_blank">EcoMess</a> festival </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">in Tallinn, and organized another annual <a href="http://janvutt.blogspot.com/2013_09_01_archive.html" target="_blank">Old Town Conference</a> (<i>Vanalinna konverents</i> in Estonian). </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Before the local elections we had four </span><a href="http://janvutt.blogspot.com/2013/09/kodanike-klubi.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" target="_blank">Citizens' Clubs</a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"> (<a href="http://weissenstein.blogspot.com/2013/09/kodanike-klubi_18.html" target="_blank"><i>Kodanike Klubi</i></a> in Estonian) i</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">n September and October. Since September until December we had Mentoring Club in the Community Center.</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"> In the end of September we started another <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/112958576927527576556/albums/5961703280872589713" target="_blank">ten-days workshop</a> on restoration of old doors and windows. In October we started teaching sustainable renovation in Koeru School and went to the first <a href="http://www.weissenstein.ee/dokumendid/Plant_Ireland.pdf" target="_blank">meeting</a> of <a href="http://european-plant.eu/" target="_blank">PLANT</a> project in <a href="http://european-plant.eu/?page_id=45" target="_blank">Ireland</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">In November we had an Indian music concert in Walge Gallery, meeting of the members of Estonian Society of EcoBuilding (<i>Ökoehituse Ühing</i> in Estonian) in Community Center, and another ten-days <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/112958576927527576556/albums/5961707460927073345" target="_blank">workshop</a> in the Centre of Volunteers. In the end of November we started FreeCinema (<i>Wabakino </i>in Estonian) in cooperation with <a href="http://kinobuss.ee/en/" target="_blank">Cinema Bus</a>, and organized <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/112958576927527576556/albums/5959455749219752721?banner=pwa" target="_blank">Freetown House Day</a> (<i>Wabalinna maja päev</i> in Estonian) to present the new "face" of the community center.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">In December we had FarmFoodClub christmas sale and wax candle workshop. agreed on sustainable renovation curriculum starting in Türi School in 2014 and had our end of year party. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Besides all this there were the permanent activities in <i>SRIK </i>through the year (counseling house owners, gathering old materials, sustainable renovation shop), permanent work with volunteers, publication of our newspaper <a href="http://midest.blogspot.com/p/our-newspaper.html" target="_blank">KoosOlek</a>, operation of <a href="http://midest.blogspot.com/p/welopark.html" target="_blank">Welopark</a>, and launching the free cafe (w<i>abakohvik</i> in Estonian).</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">We thank all helpers and supporters (<a href="http://www.kysk.ee/nfcs" target="_blank">NFCS</a>, <a href="http://oef.org.ee/en/" target="_blank">OEF</a>), including specially <a href="http://www.paide.ee/index.php?page=540&" target="_blank">Paide Town Government</a> that in our opinion could be a trendsetter for all Estonian local governments in supporting local activities and activists.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">The era of the Community Center ended with year 2013. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><b>Welcome to the <a href="http://wabalinn.weissenstein.ee/wabalinna-maja/" target="_blank">Freetown House</a> in 2014!</b></span></span></span>Katrinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08060050121095492370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018964435163958904.post-42582262891944147722013-04-01T22:00:00.000+03:002014-06-11T12:53:51.209+03:00Paper plaster and egg temperaAmong other things <a href="http://midest.blogspot.com/p/srik.html" target="_blank">Paide SRIK</a> organizes workshops of natural plastering and painting techniques, usually lime or clay plasters etc.<br />
This March and April we had 2 such worksops.<br />
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First the workshop on "paper plaster" and "sawdust plaster".<br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xAcik3NJTWY/UTdRWFd2lfI/AAAAAAAADlc/k7T3BU6g8Mw/s512/paberkrohv_13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xAcik3NJTWY/UTdRWFd2lfI/AAAAAAAADlc/k7T3BU6g8Mw/s320/paberkrohv_13.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a>"<b>Paper plaster</b>" is also known as<i> paper mache</i>. It is actually one of the traditional ways to make handmade paper and it is used also on making paper ornaments, toys etc. But it is also possible to use it as a plaster - to cover wooden or stone walls inside. It gives good insulating effect and is also good technique in old houses, where walls are not very even.<br />
The recipe of the plaster is simple: first chop (better wettered) newspapers, make small pieces and leave them into the water for a while. Then squeeze the water out of the paper, put it into the bucket, add water and methyl cellulose (a glue, you can also replace it with glue for wallpapering). Then mix it and add chalk (about 3-4 handfuls per bucket), also add a little bit boron (against mould) and mix it really well to make it look and feel like paste - then it is easier to plaster it. Then you have plastering which is warm and nice with structure of paper. It also one of the cheapest plasters you can get and also available for people, who live in towns and cities.<br />
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Another natural plaster is what we call "<b>sawdust plaster</b>". It is also natural, cheap and have great insulating effect. Take 3 parts of sawdust, 2 parts of chopped and wettered newspaper and 1 part of clay (you can use normal pottery dry clay powder). Add just water and mix it well. And it is ready for use. Using very fine pieces of paper makes it possible to use it for finishing layer.<br />
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For the finishing we used another natural paint - <b>egg tempera.</b> Take simply 1 egg, the same part by volume of boiled lineseed oil and the same part by volume of water. First filter egg through gauze or stockings to remove bigger parts of it. Then mix it first with oil and only then with water. Now you have transparent paint, also good for primer before or after painting.<br />
If you add to this 1 part of talc or kaolin or what we cell "titanwhite" you get more covering paint, a nice natural white paint. If you add natural pigments you get beatiful finishing, especially on natural plasters, but also on wood.<br />
For 10-15m2 you need 5 eggs and corresponding parts of other ingredients.<br />
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All ingredients necessary for these techniques are available in Paide SRIK.<br />
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<i>Photos of <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/vanapaide/PaberJaSaepurukrohviKoolitusPaideSRIKis" target="_blank">plastering workshop</a> and <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/vanapaide/MunaolitemperaKoolitusPaideSRIKis" target="_blank">egg-tempera workshop</a>.</i>Rainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327014235814976902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018964435163958904.post-9514050384715493902013-04-01T19:39:00.001+03:002013-04-02T10:02:01.215+03:00Freetown congress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In March we had second "Wabalinna kongress", which may be transalted as "Freetown congress". As you see, it has a symbol of "Anarchy is Order". Yes, it was about anarchy. Many ideas, espacially on economic issues implemented by "communty movements" are actually borrowed form early works of anarchists (P.J.Proudhon, J. Warren, S. Gesell, L. Tolstoy, M. Rothband etc). It is often forgotten, that anarchy symbol says that it is connected to order not chaos. In many ways it is possible in small local communities, where people can and should cooperate without external pressure and regulations.<br />
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This time we had guests from Tallinn and Tartu: people who are involved in animal rights movement and squatters. And punk-bands in the evening of course :)<br />
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<a href="http://janvutt.blogspot.com/2013/03/wabalinna-konverents-2.html" target="_blank">Some photos here of the congress</a> and <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/vanapaide/WabalinnaKongress" target="_blank">some of 2012 congress</a>.<br />
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<br />Rainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327014235814976902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018964435163958904.post-11503546615219112442013-02-18T19:19:00.002+02:002013-02-18T19:21:33.638+02:00FarmFoodClub<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since 2013 we have FarmFoodClub (Talutoiduklubi in estonian) in our community centre.<br />
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The idea is nothing new, actually it is already quite popular in Estonia. It involves direct marketing of local (Järva county) farm products (talukaup in estonian) to local, people of Paide town.<br />
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But it is not just marketing, it is also a club, where farmers can make presentations about their products. Also lectures and workshops (incl cooking) are planned. We have small community coffee, where different local chefs can practice and which is working with the help of volunteers.<br />
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The aim of these activities is to value local resources, incl food and to help local community to become more viable.<br />
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FarmFoodClub webpage (in estonian): <a href="http://talukaup.jarva.ee/">http://talukaup.jarva.ee</a><br />
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<br />Rainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327014235814976902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018964435163958904.post-59901933579214221432011-08-23T13:00:00.005+03:002011-08-23T16:23:40.801+03:00Wabalinn Paide festival Kolmkõla – Poetry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7A45D9z03H0/TlOpRmYQ7OI/AAAAAAAACEg/tD97r13cfrE/s1600/pilt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7A45D9z03H0/TlOpRmYQ7OI/AAAAAAAACEg/tD97r13cfrE/s200/pilt2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">KIVISILDNIK:</span> <br />
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Kivisildnik (civil name Sven Sildnik; born on 3 January 1964 in Rakvere) is an Estonian writer and journalist. He has been a member of literary groups “Hirohall” and Young Authors' Association in Tartu as well as the Estonian Kostabi-$ociety. In 1993-1996 worked as a journalist for the newspaper Post. Wham! Zaiks' singer. <br />
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In 2006-2009 he was the Secretary General of the Estonian Independence Party, and from 2009 he is the party chairman. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">TÕNU TRUBETSKY:</span> <br />
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Tõnu Trubestky (born on 24 April 1963 in Tallinn) is a poet, novelist, anarchist, musician whose mostly known to the general public as the leader and singer of Vennaskond. <br />
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He reads his poetry and answers to audience's questions on 10th of September at 20:00 pm at Reval Cafe.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018964435163958904.post-70725140014635087562011-08-23T11:52:00.005+03:002011-08-23T16:23:11.407+03:00Wabalinn Paide Festival Kolmkõla – Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7A45D9z03H0/TlOpRmYQ7OI/AAAAAAAACEg/tD97r13cfrE/s1600/pilt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7A45D9z03H0/TlOpRmYQ7OI/AAAAAAAACEg/tD97r13cfrE/s200/pilt2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">JANNO BERGMANN:</span> <br />
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Janno Bergman has always searched for sideways and secret passages instead of the well-trodden ways of the art scene. His education is a proof of this - he studied social work, art at Sütevaka Art Department, Academia Non Grata, at Ilya Kabakov's studio in New York as well as info-technology at the Pärnu German Technology School. <br />
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Since 1996 he has actively engaged in action, video and installation art; he has curated, visualized and conceptualized, leaving an imperceptible, yet lasting mark on the development of Estonian indie art. <br />
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The exhibition "Glasperlenangst" focuses on the deconstruction, modification and reproduction of various cultural utopias. It comprises six works - "Picasso's Bullet", "Literary Black Square", "The Deconstruction of Malevich' Black Square", "Why Would You Want Milk, If You Could Have Culture", "The Script for Validating the Human Soul", "A Transhumanistic View on the Development of Language and Culture". <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">MIHKEL ILUS:</span> <br />
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Mihkel Ilus is a native of Paide and has graduated Department of Arts at the University of Tartu. Currently he is studying fine arts at Estonian Academy of Arts in postgraduate studies. He has participated in several art projects both here and abroad (eg: Georgia). <br />
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In spring at St. Canute a unique modern dance and painting uniting project "Kapriisid" took place – <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Z4auyzEwE&NR=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Z4auyzEwE&NR=1</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018964435163958904.post-62270087063641797712011-08-22T18:09:00.009+03:002011-08-23T16:22:15.623+03:00Wabalinn Paide festival Kolmkõla – Music<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7A45D9z03H0/TlOpRmYQ7OI/AAAAAAAACEg/tD97r13cfrE/s1600/pilt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7A45D9z03H0/TlOpRmYQ7OI/AAAAAAAACEg/tD97r13cfrE/s200/pilt2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">MARI KALKUN:</span> <br />
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Mari Kalkun's father is a native of Võru and mother a singer from Kihnu-Pärnu, so you may hear a forest as well as a sea in her songs. <br />
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She has drawn inspiration from nature, Estonian poetry and folk songs. In creating music, she uses a variety of musical instruments such as zither, accordion, guitar, piano, but she also likes to experiment with unusual sounds – whitsles, pipes and childhood instruments. <br />
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She has released two albums: “Üü tulõk” (2007) and „Vihmakõnõ” (2010). <br />
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<a href="http://www.myspace.com/marikalkun">http://www.myspace.com/marikalkun</a> <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">ANS. ANDUR:</span> <br />
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Started in Paide in 2002, in eight years this merry guitar pop band has released several albums, won a heart of music critics' as well as countless people in Estonia. Keywords describing Ans. Andur's music are: simplicity, beauty, romance and it's all presented in the form of home-made in the best sense of the word. <br />
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<a href="http://ansandur.bandcamp.com/">http://ansandur.bandcamp.com</a> <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">RAGATMIKA:</span> <br />
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Ensemble Ragatmika began its activity in Tallinn in 2000 and in the same year the band was awarded by music critics with a title as "the best undeground band." <br />
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During their activity of four years, two different oriented albums were published: guitar pop, flok and electronics connecting “One day this world will betray us & we will abandon it” (2002) and more into ambient music's depths diving “Katkiminekud”(2004). <br />
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After nearly 8 years of break, the band continues to make music in full-strength composition and also recording and issuing a brand new album, which should appear in the near future. <br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOCwMAf3Cq0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOCwMAf3Cq0</a> <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">TIIT KIIK:</span> <br />
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Born in Kuressaare, Saaremaa, in 1950, Tiit Kiik graduated Tallinn conservatory as a concert-organist under the guidance of Hugo Lepnurm in 1976. <br />
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He is Estonia Concert Hall's and St. Nicholas' Church organist and organ's curator since 1985. <br />
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Over time he has performed in many European countries, USA and Canada, Saaremaa's organ festival and in many other Estonian churches. <br />
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<a href="http://www.myspace.com/tiitkiik">http://www.myspace.com/tiitkiik</a> <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">TIIU KIIK:</span> <br />
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Singer and songwriter Tiiu Kiik is blessed with talent to put simple ideas and melodies ring softly, deeply and sometimes dramatically. Listeners have found that her music and fairy-like singing voice has a therapeutic effect. <br />
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With her song "Second Chance", she reached the semi-finals in 2011 Eesti Laul and the song "The One and Only – Love" reached to the finals of Eesti Laul 2010. <br />
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At the end of summer 2010, she revealed two different albums, “Lend ja tants” and “Muinasjutuline teekond”. <br />
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Tiiu has learned piano, violin and a little bit of organ at Paide Music School, music theory at Tallinn Georg Ots Music School and belonged to bands Forgotten Sunrise and Solweig. <br />
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<a href="http://www.myspace.com/tiiukiik">http://www.myspace.com/tiiukiik</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018964435163958904.post-49782614835534137002011-08-17T20:31:00.003+03:002011-08-17T21:07:46.909+03:00Wabalinn Paide festival KolmkõlaTil 9th to 11th of September, a new three-day festival, called "Wabalinn Paide festival Kolmkõla" takes place In Paide. Organizers are <a href="http://www.lehorubis.com/">Leho Rubis</a>, <a href="http://www.kaidokirikmae.com/">Kaido Kirikmäe</a> and <a href="http://weissenstein.blogspot.com/">Rainer Eidemiller</a>. It is funded by <a href="http://www.kulka.ee/">Cultural Endowment of Estonia</a>.
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<br />So far there has been lacking a comprehensive, contemporary music and other art forms presenting festival in Paide. Now this festival is scheduled to run and also to bring together other initiatives so far acted alone.
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<br />Among other things, this means that so far in February held "Kolmkõla" will now take place in September in an enlarged format. Venues are different importated places for Paide located in the heart of the city, including town hall, Vallitorn, cafe, Paide Restaurant’s rooftop and Paide Community Center (Tallinna 9/11), which is the center of the festival in its organizational sense.
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<br />The name "Wabalinn" derives from a project, carried by association Weissenstein, which essence is to shape the city of Paide more communal and efficient with cooperation by the initiative of the so-called free, public and private sector. The project is meant to support the same nonprofit activities as our festival. You can read more about the project at <a href="http://blogi.weissenstein.ee/">blogi.weissenstein.ee</a>.
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<br />3kõla will cover Wabalinn projects as well as concerts, poetry evenings, exhibitions, film evenings and perfomances. The goal is to offer something interesting for citizens and visitors which at the same time will be carried by a single worldview and supports common goals.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018964435163958904.post-14161847816691695842011-08-16T19:53:00.017+03:002011-08-23T16:21:28.408+03:00Wabalinn Paide festival Kolmkõla – timetable<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7A45D9z03H0/TlOpRmYQ7OI/AAAAAAAACEg/tD97r13cfrE/s1600/pilt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7A45D9z03H0/TlOpRmYQ7OI/AAAAAAAACEg/tD97r13cfrE/s200/pilt2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">9th of September, Friday</span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">The opening of Wabalinn and “Kolmkõla”</div></span> <br />
11:00 Invitation to the festival in front of the Town Hall and central square <br />
11:30-14:00 Wabalinn presentations and lectures at the Town Hall, free <br />
14:00-16:00 Vegetarian lunch at the central square’s green area <br />
18:00 Janno Bergmann’s exhibition “Klaaspärliäng” opening at Thin Grete’s Gallery (Paide Community Centre, Tallinna 11), free <br />
20:00 Poetry evening at Reval Kondiiter café – Kivisildnik, Batman & Robin (Vee 1), free <br />
22:00 Mari Kalkun at Wittenstein Time Centre’s glass gallery (Vallitorn), 5 EUR <br />
00:00 Night cinema at Paide Restaurant’s rooftop café (Keskväljak 15), free <br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">10th of September, Saturday</span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">“Külmkõla”</div></span><br />
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</div>12:00 Wabalinn performance in front of Paide Culture Centre (Pärnu 18), free <br />
15:00 Welo orientation at the Old Town (Paide Community Centre, Tallinna 9 and 11), free <br />
18:00 Mihkel Ilus’ art exhibition opening and Gottlieb Walrus Walrus Entertainment’s concert “Sarvekandja tihasnokk”, artist Chungin Han Minjujuji (Tallinna 11 box), free <br />
20:00 Poetry- and meeting evening – Tõnu Trubetsky at Reval Kondiiter café (Vee 1), 2 EUR <br />
22:00 “Külmkõlad” album presentation – 8 compositions dedicated to Arvo Pärt at Paide Restaurant’s rooftop café (Keskväljak 15), Ans Andur and Ragatmika concert, 5 EUR <br />
00:00 Tallinfilm presents – night cinema at Paide Restaurant’s rooftop café (Keskväljak 15), fantasy and sci-fi movie “Commander Pirx” (1978), free <br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">11th of September, Sunday</span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">“Sunday”</div></span> <br />
14:00 Concert of music by Arvo Pärt at Paide Holy Cross Church (Keskväljak 1) <br />
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Tiit Kiik (Niguliste Church) – organ <br />
Tiiu Kiik – vocals, electronics <br />
18:00 The ending at Thin Grete’s Gallery (Tallinna 11) – not quite free, something good should be brought along :)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018964435163958904.post-82750878738840068882011-07-09T02:11:00.008+03:002011-07-09T02:31:20.332+03:00Summary from June 2011 KoosOlek<span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Food is our primary medicine</span></span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Author: Kaido Kirikmäe</span><br /><br />Food and health – as important subject matters – are with high impact to all of us – without them rhythm of life soon stops as well as all sorts of activities associated with human habitation.<br /><br />By now, food culture for me is as important as music and not only from consumer’s point of view, but also from composer's.<br /><br />As you can experiment with interesting sounds, try their suitability and imapct on human consciousness, then all this can be done to prepare yourself and others delicious food.<br /><br />Vegetable food makes us more vivacious and it coincides with scientific way of thinking, which argues that it is more time-consuming and energy expending to digest meat (compared to plant food).<br /><br />Through a succesful combination of plant-based nutrients such as fruits and vegetables, leguminous, cereals and animal protein such as milk and cheese, it is possible to achieve surprising and delicious results.<br /><br />I personally feel that if a person decides to choose what, how and where he eats, then it will also shape more consciously the choices of his other areas of life.<br /><br />Diet should not be just simply human needs' fast satisfaction, but also meditation and procedure with therapeutic effects, which offers taste adventures and creates a sense of satisfaction at the same time.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018964435163958904.post-49976512926713654002011-05-26T23:18:00.018+03:002011-08-16T14:22:00.709+03:00Wabalinn Paide<div style="text-align: left;">On 2nd May association Weissenstein and The National Foundation of Civil Society signed a grant contract to support the project “Communal and Sustainable Paide”, total 10 700 €.</div>
<br />The project starts in May 2011 and lasts for 12 months. Its objective is to develop a vision and action plan through cooperation between citizens’ initiative and public authorities in order to shape Paide into more natural and sustainable city and vibrant and enterprising community.
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<br />The first part is preparation (from May to August), where will be discussed the basics of cooperation. In the second part (from September 2011 to April 2012) will be formed an initiative a group whose aim is to determine the main activities and working groups, who have professional competence in these areas. These areas may include:<div>
<br />1. Transport – reducing car ownership in the heart of the city, the uptake of electric cars, promoting biking and walking, developing a better public transport, etc.</div><div>2. Building – more extensive use of traditional and natural building materials in urban environments, increasing energy efficiency in buildings, sustainable renovation, etc.</div><div>3. Local enterprise development – to ensure local manufacturers and service providers more favorable conditions; completion of district’s inherent product branding; promotion of local culture and cultural heritage.</div><div>4. Communal way of life – promoting civic initiatives to develop urban environment; permaculture; extending local money’s flow.</div><div>5. Energy and waste management – the expansion of alternative energy (chips, solar and wind energy, biogas, etc). Sustainable waste management in urban environments.</div><div>
<br />The first draft will be held on 27th May at Paide community center.</div><div>
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<br /></div><div>See also: <a href="http://www.transitionnetwork.org/">http://www.transitionnetwork.org</a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018964435163958904.post-5672110553948421732011-04-29T16:45:00.026+03:002011-04-29T18:23:57.715+03:00Summary from April 2011 KoosOlek<div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Natural capitalism</span></b></div><div><i>Author: Rainer Eidemiller</i></div><div><br /></div><div>19th century industrial revolution laid foundation for modern capitalism, which consists of four components: human, financial, industrial and natural capital. The first three capitals are used to make the fourth (natural resource) necessary in our daily life: into cars, roads, towns, bridges, houses, food, medicines, hospitals, schools, etc. In doing so it is considered natural that the fourth capital essentially has no value.</div><div><br />Natural capital only appears to be low-cost (or even free); ignoring its real price, however, is not possible in a long term just as it was at the time of human resources. World has reached close to population explosion and exhaustion of natural resources. Even now natural capitalism may seem like an inhibitory idea for economic development, but in fact – just as human rights took place in the economic sphere and improved it – natural resources fairer assessment makes economy more sustainable.</div><div><br />Solutions offered by natural capitalism, which help economy to continue operating freely in the market, are:</div><div>1. Radical resource productivity. This means that the natural resources enable to derive more energy compared to current systems, which means that our energy needs does not actually need to spend more natural capital. To promote meaningful employment, wage taxes should be reduced and imported goods to be taxed at a greater rate, because oil will be wasted more.</div><div><br />2. Savings – to cease garbage production; maximum recycling. All garbage is waste and it is actually a sign of poor economic policies.</div><div><br />3. Service-based economy. This does not mean banking versus agriculture. This means that rather than selling goods, we should sell what people expect from those products. For example, people really do not want to buy a radiator or heating systems, as such, but they expect to receive – as a result – a warm room. Thus, in spite of selling these products, we should sell a complete solution, which would give the desired result.</div><div><br />Natural capitalism is not, therefore, conservative or liberal, nor left- or right-wing ideology. This practical way of thinking would help to guide economy to a completely new and sustainable market trends and particularly energises local economy. Natural capitalism believes in this, that a true market economy, where all forms of capital are treated equally, could perhaps be the best way to deal with the crisis. In other words: what if a free market economy would not only be based on profit, but people, environment and then profit?</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Some reading: Natural Capitalism – Creating the Next Industrial Revolution (P. Hawken, A. Lovins, L.Hunter Lovis)</i></div></div><div><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 346px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tAmn6pNNpd0/TbrF1KZI1uI/AAAAAAAAABM/kSjhCP30Kfk/s400/natural-capitalism1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601006603702163170" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018964435163958904.post-82121997422951512122011-04-28T22:15:00.014+03:002011-05-02T20:56:17.695+03:00Summary from March 2011 KoosOlek 3/3<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Waldorf in our family</span></span></div><span style="font-style:italic;">Author: Kadri Roosi</span><br /><br />On February 11th was held in Paide community center a discussion about education, where Keila waldorf school’s “Läte” one of the founders, Urmas Keller, shared his experience in founding and maintaining a school. Driven by this talk-circle, I would like to share my impressions and experiences from one waldorf pedagogic methods using kindergarten which was related to our family for two years.<br /><br />When our child became three, we started to practice him with a kindergarten-life. Problems were sleeping and eating, the child’s dislike of one teacher, diseases and relationships with playmates (in a group of 24 children). The child showed no enthusiasm for going there and I also had no good sense to send child there. We stayed there for one and a half seasons. But I heard about another one where children wanted to go gladly all along and even parents came together each week and discussed about education issues. I became interested and decided to try.<br /><br />The house had two groups – older and younger, total 20 children. Children groups were compiled partly by their nature – peace-loving in younger group and noisier in older group. Most children did not go to kindergarten every day, but some day a week. Breakfast was eaten at home and at nine o’ clock they came to the kindergarten. Then by candlelight a fairy tale reading took place and after that each day a different creative activity – painting, acting, movement. Playing outdoor activities was followed, as in any other nursery.<br /><br />One major difference between the regular kindergarten was the only meal of the day which took place after going outdoors. Children helped to cover the table. Nobody was forced to eat the food as well as to sleep. After lunch you just had to be more quiet. Who wanted or became tired, could sleep.<div><br />I probably think that we do not have enough active parents currently to build a nursery school or a school using waldorf pedagogics. However, Järvamaa has many schools and kindergartens, where we could at least partly use that method.<div><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X5PJZyeb2BU/Tbm-z3_b8GI/AAAAAAAAABE/n3cSk-W9WX0/s400/Picture%2B1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600717410024550498" /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018964435163958904.post-25880407831444533332011-04-24T22:14:00.011+03:002011-04-28T22:21:42.116+03:00Summary from March 2011 KoosOlek 2/3<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thin Grete’s gallery and Alley of a Hungry Culture</span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"></span></span><i>Author: Leho Rubis</i><br /><br />“Thin Grete’s” gallery has worked for almost a year in Tallinn’s street now and it is a testimony that there is something very good and weird at the same time. Gallery set up by civic initiative, has exhibited paintings by both local and foreign artists. It is known by the painter Irina Ošleja currently showing her works there and probably by a small part of the local population. The problem is wider – visual arts is something that decorates (at best) lunchroom or it has to offer people something more.<br /><br />Fine art has lost its consumption value but more important is a personal perception of the world which relieved from the obligation of consumption can bear other goals. For example, the possibility to somehow perceive the world in a new way, to see or perceive things which existence was not of prior notice. That is certainly the ability to simply observe without a purpose, which may have a liberatory effect in a world where everything is done only to catch some certain outcome. It is necessary to educate yourself in this field as well as you have to study music or whatever discipline, such as whether chemistry to understand its language.<br /><br /></div><div>On the one hand this understanding should be provided by education and on the other hand by the gallery/galleries, because only fully functional art life offers an opportunity and a lasting need to enjoy art and so to enrich our daily lives. Art is also perceived as a creator of the local identity. Because of Paide Vallitorn was carrying out changes a year ago, its function as a gallery was vanishing. Thanks to Jaak Salmar’s initiative and a number of volunteer helepers’ work, a year ago the basis of comfortable “Thin Grete” was done which we hope will enrich the local art scene for long. It was also pleasing to see that Kultuurimaja’s concert hall had a new gallery space which has a natural supplement out there next to concerts and performances, but it would certainly be embarrasingly out of place next to sport center’s corridor wall.<div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 235px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3EwskOxkDXQ/TbR4MiEYN4I/AAAAAAAAAA8/RUtNb7ECVbo/s400/Picture%2B1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599232393427302274" /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018964435163958904.post-2955060027437672402011-04-21T01:06:00.017+03:002011-04-21T02:04:15.469+03:00Summary from March 2011 KoosOlek 1/3<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The face of Paide could be its music</span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"></span></span><span style="font-style:italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Author: Kaido Kirikmäe (</span></span><i>professional composer and freelance anarchist)</i></div><div><br />It might be true that I look at things related to Paide from a migrant’s point of view, but it seems to me that many years of image creation has not borne a fruit. Time to time we try to figure out something new but miss larger cultural and natural resources we have got.</div><div><br /></div><div>Namely, these are musicians born or living in Paide who are able to set the fashion in Estonian cultural landscape as well as worldwide.</div><div><br /></div><div>For example, a local guitar pop collective <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ansandur">Ans. Andur</a> who are known among music lovers thanks to their particular and simple, so-called Paide sound. Organisers are familiar that this quartet from Järvamaa is able to attract hundreds of listeners into the concert hall.</div><div><br />Or Paide stoner-kings <a href="http://www.myspace.com/nevesisband">Nevesis</a> who have attained reputation as an ensemble with profound technical proficiency and against whom has also been interested Finnish festival organisers.<br /><br />And are we informed with up-and-coming <a href="http://onesensemusic.com/">One Sense</a> label’s weird and cosmic hip-hop/rnb producers Kali Briis and Ki En Ra?<br /><br />Also with delicate but beautiful voice <a href="http://www.myspace.com/tiiukiik">Tiiu Kiik</a>, who has participated in two Eurovision Song Contest’s semifinals and has repeatedly attracted the attention of music fans living abroad.<br /><br />Do we know the enigmatic <a href="http://www.pinkband.tk/">Kurt Webbers Pink Band</a>, whose album “Café Regatt” was honoured by many of Estonian leading media publications as a week's No. 1 album?<br /><br />Or, who knew that band’s <a href="http://www.sinine.org/">Sinine</a> leader Mauno Meesit has signed a significant record contract with Germany’s record label or that he has toured across Russia?<br /><br />I have come to realize that Paide has an excellent basic material in shaping their own image and what a pity if it left unused: the outflow of talented people continues to go there where seems to be more fertile ground for the realization of their achievements.<br /><br />I believe that the current local culture policy requires a new breath to survive and bold, but practical solutions and which costs stay in modest numbers, compared with other investments, but because of these mentioned artists Paide is known as a nice city full of vibrant music scene and where festivals with truly interesting content take place which arouse attention both here and elsewhere.<div><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-39k6OGg_BWM/Ta9hJhLLI-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/etuhv64abPs/s400/Picture%2B2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597799677996770274" /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018964435163958904.post-21772997369099292692011-04-20T14:04:00.039+03:002011-04-20T18:59:59.767+03:00Summary from February 2011 KoosOlek<span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">"Less is more"</span></span></span><div><b><span lang="EN-US"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Author: Rainer Eidemiller</span></span></span></i></span><br /></b><div><br />We live in a time when there might be ahead next very big changes. Much larger than a question of when “recession” is going to be over and when arrives a new nice boom.<br /><br />Actually, we should have a clear choice to make. Do we really want everything to continue in a business-as-usual manner and stay on admiring GDP growth or can we understand that this development is not sustainable.<br /><br />Sustainable lifetsyle’s simple summary could be: “less is more.” Current society can be compared to people from suffering compulsive overeating disorder.</div><div><br />The solution would be a healthy diet, which doesn’t only mean less eating, but to choose what to eat and free time should be spend with new and useful activities. It is a way of life which is manifested in very different projects throghout the world. For example, you can learn new things, go out with people, do something with your hands, build something fundamentally different from current consumer culture's inherent individualism. Less consumption does not lead to the fall of economy, it only undermines over-consumption threatening our welfare.<br /><br />It can function not only as individual’s but also society’s level. Let’s take an example the so-called “degrowth” or “non-growth” movements, where towns and villages relocate agricultural and energy systems, establish communal and private gardens in order to develop local production, reduce the need for fossil fuels through new (actually old) vehicles' greater use, organize buy-nothing-days – or months –, go over to renewable energy, create parallel financial systems that does not depend on external world fluctuations, organize collecively jobs, invent lifestyles such as freeganism, WWFOOFing or even allowing young people to have fun in actions where volunteers stand in shopping malls with scissors and posters and bank credit cards are offered to cut in half.<br /><br />In addition to State, politcians and current economic thinking, there is right to exist for parallely functioning free society, which does not oppose but cooperates.<br /><br />We have to ask politicians what is their vision of communal, durable and local development. However, not to only ask and expect answers, but also to develop and implement this vision by ourselves. Paide community center has plans for some ventures which can help bring it all from words to actions.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018964435163958904.post-7724505514951643262011-04-18T20:36:00.021+03:002011-04-20T20:45:03.494+03:00Summary from January 2011 KoosOlek<span style="font-size:large;"><b>In search of a sunflake</b></span><br /><i>Author: Kaido Kirikmäe</i><br /><br />One foggy September morning, we stood with a 4-member crew (two adults with two children) in Paide bus station and there was lying ahead a savage expedition into unknown. Namely, for the first time we had a plan to raise our foot in one of the most exotic and culturally affluent land – Spain.<br /><br />We had never attempted to travel with small children so far and certainly the parents are familiar that this means at least within 50% more problems.<br /><br />We were inspired by the idea of finding a certain community from South of Spain mountainous region, which has been living for decades in harmony with nature.<br /><br />Spain local bus station is open 24 hours, whence you can ride here and there, also closer to the target of our trip which was one small village, surrounded by olive and lemon tree plantations.<br /><br />Locals were right that the community was difficult to find and our searches borne fruit in the next arrival of the darkness.<br /><br />On one side lived people who prefer more “picaroon lifestyle” and some hundreds of meters onward were living their daily lives another group who had natural and healthier lifestyle more near to the heart. This place is not recommended eating meat or alcohol consumption. There’s lots of family people and it was quite strange to see how in the early morning from this isolated location children were sent to school.<br /><br />Ethnicity was diverse, nations were represented across Europe, plus America and Japan. Some of them explore, experience, look and leave; others stay, being found this THE place where you stay until the days of your life.<br /><br />Everyone earns living there with what what they can do: there is a street circus, traveling musicians, practitioners engaged with craft activity, and some grow herbs. Also not to miss local goat cheese makers and bakers.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sIdKfCoSCeY/TayE2e1x7yI/AAAAAAAABys/kiMyUzhUpJM/s1600/p2ikeskild.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sIdKfCoSCeY/TayE2e1x7yI/AAAAAAAABys/kiMyUzhUpJM/s400/p2ikeskild.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><i>The rest of the crew: Tiiu, Täheke and Tuule-Säde</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018964435163958904.post-69657079976532386812011-01-24T15:32:00.002+02:002011-01-26T18:33:31.212+02:00Why not live in Paide?What if Paide, very small town in the centre of very small country, could be a perfect place to live for you?<br />
Yes, for many people the place is too small - we have only one hotel (plus one hostel), one restaurant, one pub, one real caffee and a few .. let's say eateries. Here we have no night-clubs (I am not sure it that is real disadvantage), but a cinema in a"culture center", where sometimes also comic plays are put up. But sometimes we still have concerts, different sport-activities etc. And when you want to take part in something bigger, you have to drive only about 100 km on every direction to bigger towns like Tallinn, Tartu or Pärnu, because this is how small Estonia is.<br />
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Besides, here you can afford property in our old town - the environment, which is usually considered most valuable in most civilized areas in the world. Many wooden houses here are not in good order right now, but they are built 250-100 years ago, so they definately have high value in many ways and there is no need to put really huge amount of money into restoration. When you have to choose between new real-property objects without almost no infrastructure on the field and those well-built premises in the heart of the well-functioning small town, the joice should be obvious. Also, in most cases you don't just buy a house, you get also big yard, because this is how Paide has traditionally managed himself - through local, small and personal economy. Paide could be a perfect place to live in green and sustainable way and still not too isolated form the rest of the world.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I23yjvJYazA/TT17P1lePWI/AAAAAAAABns/fsJXo6W7RUY/s1600/pikktn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I23yjvJYazA/TT17P1lePWI/AAAAAAAABns/fsJXo6W7RUY/s320/pikktn.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>There was a time about 3 years ago, when it seemed that about a half of our old town is on the sale. Now the prices are down and the market is smaller, but you can still find amazing offers.<br />
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One of them is the <a href="http://www.arcovara.ee/?content=608&objid=85268&object=2&action=1&location_state=8&location_city=19">complex on <b>four</b> wooden building right in the center of the town</a> with plot size of 1043 m2 and total area in the buildings of 476 m2. And the price is about <b>48 000 euros</b> (the price is of course bargainable). As you can see, there is even a <a href="http://projektid.arcovara.ee/pikk/" target="_blank">development project is drawed</a> about the poperty (in estonian). The premises are in the very traditional centre of old down, first built in 1739-1784 by local county-doctor David Alexander. Although this particular plot is not very big, it is probably possible to use the plot next to this for a small garden for example.<br />
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There are other choices too - <a href="http://www.kv.ee/muua-ainulaadse-arhitektuuriga-elamu-tallinna-tana-1492644.html?nr=16&search_key=406819c4e4cd143fe8a7ac11ddcf8bd6" target="_blank">6 rooms (200 m2, total are about 1600 m2) nicely renovated house</a> in the entrance of Paide - about 82 000 euros, or <a href="http://www.kv.ee/sumpaatne-eelmise-sajandi-algul-ehitatud-2007-a-po-1581623.html?nr=18&search_key=406819c4e4cd143fe8a7ac11ddcf8bd6" target="_blank">very small, but very nicely renovated house</a> also in the centre of the town for 78 000 euros. When using estonian real-property portals like www.kve.ee, choose first Järva county and then Paide and find even more good offers.<br />
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<b>So - welocome to Paide, let's build here enjoyable and sustainable town-community! :)</b>Rainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327014235814976902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018964435163958904.post-34497581176989719922011-01-14T11:26:00.011+02:002011-01-20T22:21:19.076+02:00Foundation "Ajakeskus Wittenstein" is looking for Manager - updated!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I23yjvJYazA/TTAgZZ5j5MI/AAAAAAAABiQ/_EBDath-aXw/s1600/346199t41hf669.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I23yjvJYazA/TTAgZZ5j5MI/AAAAAAAABiQ/_EBDath-aXw/s200/346199t41hf669.jpg" width="151" /></a></div><a href="http://www.wittenstein.ee/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22&Itemid=50">Foundation "Ajakeskus Wittenstein"</a> is meant to become main tourist attraction in the area. The tower is copy of original tower of German Order's castle, built in 1265, which was destroyed by soviets in WW2. New tower was built in 1993 and was used as museum and art gallery. In 2010 the tower was renovated (among other things it has now an elevator). The exposition is mixture of history of Estonia and entertainment based on H.G.Wells idea of "time-machine".<br />
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The foundation is looking for the <b>manager </b>(<a href="http://www.paide.ee/index.php?page=9&article_id=4927&action=article">announcement in estonian in www.paide.ee</a>) whose main responsibilities are successful management of the Foundation, project- and development initiation and management, marketing of tourism-objects.<br />
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The <b>requirements for manager of time-machine </b>are: <br />
<ul><li>Collage education (at least B.A.),</li>
<li>experience on management,</li>
<li>organizing capabilities</li>
<li> good venturous and analytic thinking</li>
</ul><b>Advantage is:</b><br />
<ul><li>working experience in tourism and marketing</li>
<li>knowledge in history</li>
<li>knowledge of two foreign languages</li>
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<b>Wittenstein offers:</b><br />
<ul><li>Attractive work</li>
<li>Modern work environment</li>
<li>Opportunity for professional and personal development</li>
<li>Competitive salary package</li>
</ul>In order to apply send your CV and application letter with your salary wish (in envelope marked ,,Wittenstein") till February 7, 2011 to Paide municipality (address Pärnu tn 3, 72712 Paide) or to e-mail info@wittenstein.ee<br />
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For more information contact: + 372 5093811 and www.wittenstein.ee<br />
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See also: <a href="http://soomets.blogspot.com/2011/01/vacancy-for-marnager.html" target="_blank">Vacacy for Manager (Soomets blog) </a>Rainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327014235814976902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018964435163958904.post-27827884591422769962011-01-11T22:20:00.007+02:002011-01-12T13:33:42.028+02:00HiThis blog should actually be a copy, a translation of the main pages like <a href="http://www.weissenstein.ee/">www.weissenstein.ee</a> or <a href="http://weissenstein.blogspot.ee/">weissenstein.blogspot.ee</a>. But since I am not very good translator (actually I am tempted to hide my poor english by pretending to be imaginative), I think the blog will be something different compared to these pages.<br />
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But yes, the original idea was simple - to have at least english-language page for weissenstein site, because first our aim was to make everybody acquinted to Paide, to its history and old town. I think there are a lot of people who are or have been connected to Paide and who are not very good in estonian language and who are interested to read about what is going on here. But, then I had some technical difficulties in making multilanguage pages to free-software-based home page and I dropped the idea.<br />
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And then, lately, one of my "co-blogger"s in the area, <a href="http://soomets.blogspot.com/">Juhan</a>, started to blog in english for some reasons (also about mid-Estonia btw). After a while I understood that it is brilliant. Because it is simple, because blogging does not seem so "static" and official and because you can actually create something new - new ideas in other language, new contacts, new feedback etc.<br />
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So, that's it. From upper menu you can get the basic information about our different projects in the area. Also a special photo-gallery for non-estonians. But the rest is regular blogging thing - just weekly updates of the ideas or events from mid-mid-Estonia (mostly about Paide). Enjoy the reading and I hope to read your comments as well.Rainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327014235814976902noreply@blogger.com1