Food is our primary medicine
Author: Kaido Kirikmäe
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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April 29, 2011
Summary from April 2011 KoosOlek
Natural capitalism
Author: Rainer Eidemiller
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.
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.
Solutions offered by natural capitalism, which help economy to continue operating freely in the market, are:
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.
2. Savings – to cease garbage production; maximum recycling. All garbage is waste and it is actually a sign of poor economic policies.
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.
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?
Some reading: Natural Capitalism – Creating the Next Industrial Revolution (P. Hawken, A. Lovins, L.Hunter Lovis)
April 28, 2011
Summary from March 2011 KoosOlek 3/3
Waldorf in our family
Author: Kadri RoosiOn 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
April 24, 2011
Summary from March 2011 KoosOlek 2/3
Thin Grete’s gallery and Alley of a Hungry Culture
Author: Leho Rubis
“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.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
April 21, 2011
Summary from March 2011 KoosOlek 1/3
The face of Paide could be its music
Author: Kaido Kirikmäe (professional composer and freelance anarchist)
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.
Namely, these are musicians born or living in Paide who are able to set the fashion in Estonian cultural landscape as well as worldwide.
For example, a local guitar pop collective Ans. Andur 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.
Or Paide stoner-kings Nevesis who have attained reputation as an ensemble with profound technical proficiency and against whom has also been interested Finnish festival organisers.
And are we informed with up-and-coming One Sense label’s weird and cosmic hip-hop/rnb producers Kali Briis and Ki En Ra?
Also with delicate but beautiful voice Tiiu Kiik, who has participated in two Eurovision Song Contest’s semifinals and has repeatedly attracted the attention of music fans living abroad.
Do we know the enigmatic Kurt Webbers Pink Band, whose album “Café Regatt” was honoured by many of Estonian leading media publications as a week's No. 1 album?
Or, who knew that band’s Sinine leader Mauno Meesit has signed a significant record contract with Germany’s record label or that he has toured across Russia?
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.
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.
April 20, 2011
Summary from February 2011 KoosOlek
"Less is more"
Author: Rainer Eidemiller
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.
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.
Sustainable lifetsyle’s simple summary could be: “less is more.” Current society can be compared to people from suffering compulsive overeating disorder.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sustainable lifetsyle’s simple summary could be: “less is more.” Current society can be compared to people from suffering compulsive overeating disorder.
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.
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.
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.
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.
April 18, 2011
Summary from January 2011 KoosOlek
In search of a sunflake
Author: Kaido Kirikmäe
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.
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.
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.
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.
Locals were right that the community was difficult to find and our searches borne fruit in the next arrival of the darkness.
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.
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.
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.
The rest of the crew: Tiiu, Täheke and Tuule-Säde
Author: Kaido Kirikmäe
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.
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.
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.
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.
Locals were right that the community was difficult to find and our searches borne fruit in the next arrival of the darkness.
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.
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.
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.
The rest of the crew: Tiiu, Täheke and Tuule-Säde
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