Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Latest news for the conference.... now free of charge to attend, donations towards costs appreciated
Latest news (Tuesday 22nd October) is that the conference is now in the Foundation for Water building and so under donations and not charged as on the booking form and previous notifications.
Please contact Philip Kilner if you want to come and only need use the Emerson College if you want to have accommodation.
email Kilner Philip <P.Kilner@rbht.nhs.uk>
Important change: As we will fit comfortably in the Foundation for Water building, you no longer need to book through Emerson College (you only need to use the Emerson booking form or office number +44 (0) 1342 822238 if you want to book accommodation at Emerson).
Sunday, 20 October 2013
Flowforms Open Conference - 'Water: Nature's Mediator'. Emerson College November 1st – 3rd 2013 (Friday evening to Sunday lunch)
A general water conference at Emerson college organised by Philip Kilner and Simon Charter. November 1st-3rd under the name of the Science group of the Anthroposophical society. We hope many scientifically and medically minded people will attend.
Please note change of venue (Tuesday 22nd October), Change of venue for the conference now at the Foundation for Water building (Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JX) http://www.foundationforwater.org/
Contact Philip Kilner
p.kilner@rbht.nhs.uk
if you would like to come along to this unique event (Space is now limited so contact in advance to be sure of a seat)
At Emerson College
November 1st
– 3rd 2013 (Friday evening to Sunday lunch)
Water: Nature’s Mediator
An enquiry into water and its role in our environment and in human life
Water
is an essential constituent of all known life forms, including our
human form. In each living organism, water provides the medium for
ever-changing fluid and semi-fluid processes of exquisite complexity and
order. At the same time, water is a crucial dynamic constituent of our
larger scale Earth environment.
An
aim of this conference is to approach environmental issues via the
subject of water. Water’s very nature is participatory. The conference
is to be participatory , appreciative and exploratory in mood. Through
panel presentations, discussions, interactive experiments, observation
and creative artistic engagement we aim to gain appreciation of water’s diverse roles and qualities and, with respect to them, review our own ways of life .
We feel water has great educational
potential, relevant to our current time. In addition to the outline on the
webpage we (Simon and Philip) would like to consider:
Vortex geometry, as
studied by Lawrence Edwards. This is lawful yet variable – part of a way
of moving – approachable through the path curves of projective
geometry. Projective geometry can be related flexibly and specifically to natural
forms. Can its study help us develop flexibility of thinking to
meet challenges in a contextual way?
Climate Change – the recent IPCC report: The
recently published 5th report of the International Panel on Climate Change http://www.ipcc.ch/
represents judgements drawn from studies of global environmental dynamics by teams
of experts worldwide. A 36 page 'Summary for Policy Makers' has been drawn up: http://www.climatechange2013.
In it, a series of key points are highlighted and plots
representing changes of emissions, temperatures, icecap extents etc., are
grouped on the final pages. The document is phrased without emotion or hype.
Consideration of it is sobering. How will our great-great-grandchildren look
back on our generation – a generation becoming aware of the likely
consequences of our rates of consumption of fossil fuels... and continuing to
use them anyway?
This last thought may cause you, like us, think twice before
travelling far for a meeting. If we meet as a relatively small group, may it be
with no less interest, creativity and intention to learn together!
Simon
Charter and Philip Kilner
On behalf of the International
Flowform Association, the Foundation for Water
and The Science Group
of the AS in GB.
Open Conference - 'Water: Nature's Mediator'
an event at Emerson College, Forest Row, Sussex,November 1st to 3rd November 2013
to book a place for this event please go to...................
http://www.emerson.org.uk/conferences-2013-0/
See the booking form for costs. Accommodation at Emerson is limited, so please book early if wanted.
Sign up for future lectures and workshops on Flowform design
and applications. Events in the UK and worldwide will be posted on our website
at www.flowforms.com
Water in an agricultural organism
Water
in an agricultural organism.
I
suggest that we can see water active in 3 realms of the agricultural life. Just
as higher animals have 3 aspects to their organic life.
1. In
digestive and metabolic activity
2. In a
breathing, circulation and interactive activity
3. In an
informative and sensing activity.
We need
to see what is going on in order to know how to handle the water to enable the
processes to serve our intentions.
If we
have a garden or farm pond this will attract birds and amphibious animals and
collect fallen plant material. All this accumulates organic material within the
water body which requires digestion. It is mainly a metabolic realm . The
digestion can be with oxygen- quicker and odour free, or without- slower-
resulting in faster sludge build up whose removal can be a smelly event. The
ecological diversity in a well oxygenated water body is usually greater than a
stagnant one.
Regular
recirculation of the water through a Flowform of an appropriate size can
provide high levels of oxygenation up to 2 milligram per litre per pass in a
single form. The oxygen can also be detectable for longer than with other
oxygenation methods ( unpublished results from Laverstoke
Park farm).
If we are
collecting water for irrigation, this forms a reservoir which can be kept fresh
by recirculation, for distribution as and when needed . Water irrigating a
green house or polytunnel yet held and moved outside may be experienced as
integrating the protected crops more into the whole life of the place. The experience
of fresh water moving within a space can create a good mood, particularly in a
social area where people may pass by or stop and communicate with one another
or with the beings of nature. A Flowform can be a particularly harmonious
experience in such a setting, where it may even be felt to become a heart for
the farm or the garden.
If we
wish to convey particular qualities into our soil life and plant life, we can
choose to try to do this through the medium of water. We need then to inform
the water, to make it potent with the desired quality. There are many methods
for potentisation and the opening up of such water through movement means that
the soul qualities of those present can also be brought into play to further
enhance the process. So methods of direct human action stirring or shaking may
be the method of choice for many.
However
it is the experience of agronomists in many countries now that the biodynamic
preparations can be potentised by Flowform stirring. Alternating current pumps
can be used either submersed or dry mounted without destroying the effect. This
method enables more different preparations to be made at more times and in
greater quantities—if this is desired.
I
would
definitely not wish it to be thought that Flowforms are good for
everything, or
that Flowform treated (“energised”?) water is the panacea to enhance
all life. In
fact such claims seem likely to engender a greater scepticism and
reluctance to experiment. However it is not difficult to see that there
are many ways to enliven the agricultural
or horticultural organism and I would like to suggest that there may be
one or
two places where one might try using a Flowform.
Flowforms and Water - Nature's Mediator,
an event at Emerson College, Forest Row, Sussex,
November 1st to 3rd November 2013
to book a place for this event please go to...................
http://www.emerson.org.uk/conferences-2013-0/
http://ian.umces.edu/ecocheck/images/shi_conceptdiag.pngWednesday, 28 August 2013
Open Conference - 'Water: Nature's Mediator', an event at Emerson College, Sussex, November 1st to 3rd November 2013
Open Conference - 'Water: Nature's Mediator'
an event at Emerson College, Forest Row, Sussex,
November 1st to 3rd November 2013
to book a place for this event please go to...................
http://www.emerson.org.uk/conferences-2013-0/
Conference only fee: £130 (concessions £90, by application), mid morning and afternoon refreshments included.
Main meals and accommodation (if available) at Emerson College will are charged separately. See the booking form for costs. Accommodation at Emerson is limited, so please book early if wanted.
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
revolutionary new Hydroelectric Turbine based on the Archimedes Screw
The Archimedes Screw Company
The Archimedes Screw Company (TASC) has designed and built a revolutionary new Hydroelectric Turbine based on the Archimedes Screw principles. It is a fish friendly, efficient device for converting the potential energy in water to electricity.
The TASC turbine is made from reinforced plastic and is suited to smaller, domestic sites producing less than 15kw. The Turbine is designed and manufactured in UK and is easily transported and installed with minimal construction works. There are Archimedes Screw Turbines currently available in the market, but these are made from metal and are thus expensive to manufacture, transport and install. They are suited to large scale sites where you might hope to generate more than 50Kw. The Archimedes Screw Turbine is the turbine of choice of the Environment Agency, due to its low impact on the environment.
http://www.tasc.co/
Thursday, 18 October 2012
catch the ice on the 'Hannah' flowform made from old TV's
More on the lab design, video from flowforms.net
Flow form this morning at the Glasshouse college filmed by Chris Day .
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0YlNX0ZV-40" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
also at
http://firstpost.com/topic/person/john-wilkes-flowform-heartbeat-video-0YlNX0ZV-40-25622-9.html
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