Ethical Outings in Hastings & St Leonards: December 2011

Sunday 25 December 2011

Jai Bhim from http://nagaloka-dream-cycle.blogspot.com

A Good Week in June 2011
Are those who use the station in the early morning friends now that I see them each morning when leafleting? It's beginning to feel that way. Being friendly gets friedliness back. It's not rocket science, this happiness.
And here's the chair of the Hastings Pier & White Rock Trust:

Ethical Outings & Restorative Justice
"Ethical Outings" is firstly a drama. It's first performance in Hastings & St Leonards in 2012 will promote the "St Leonards Sharing" Timebank, & you will be able to attend on the basis of owing an equal number of hours to the timebank i.e. two and a half. Secondly, you can trade hours of doing what you like to do (& others like to have) in order to attend a guided tour of St Leonards and Hastings -with added ethics.

Coming later this century?: - possibly 2036
"Ethical Outings in Hastings & St Leonards" opens it's tours to include an option of an ethical flight to Mumbai for the purpose of:
Ethical Outings in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.

These photos and the accompanying story are from a year ago:
http://aspectsofindia.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html

"The Buddha of Sussex - Ethical Outings and Restorative Justice in Hastings & St Leonards" has the following story lines/themes:

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"The Buddha of Sussex - Ethical Outings and Restorative Justice in Hastings & St Leonards" has the following story lines/themes:

1) how a family lost it's uninsured home after a piece of paper was put through the letter box - alight
http://restorativejustice.pbworks.com ( Case 33 of 40 Cases)

2) how the internet enabled much valued conversations to be started in relation to the incident (www.peoplesjustice.org.uk)

3) pier fire anniversary community decision making processes (http://restorativetechnology.blogspot.com)

4) a friendship between one of the 5 greatest civil-rights leaders of the 20th Century (Dr B R Ambedkar) and the 21st Century blogaholic, Paul Crosland AKA 'The Imperfect Idealist'
http://nagaloka-dream-cycle.blogspot.com

5) A pier development proposal inspired both by Sangharakshita's meditation teaching in Warrior Square & by the Angel of the North
http://hastings-dream-cycle.blogspot.com

With love from
Paul
Auditions on Weds 4th Jan 2012:
http://ethicaloutings.blogspot.com/2011/12/first-three-cast-members-january.html

Friday 23 December 2011

Endless naval-gazing

A parody of the play "Ethical Outings in Hastings" is also being prepared; this one is called "Endless Naval Gazing"; a title that's bound to pull the punters in!

[insert Mark Steels jokes about the "banging times" youth have in Holyhead staring at shipping].

Thanks for half of the idea, Mike. Your share in the royalties?

Emailed from the YMCA, St Paul's Rd
(After three:
one, two, three)

With love from
Paul
-Ethical Outings in Hastings:
Auditions on Weds 4th Jan 2012:
http://ethicaloutings.blogspot.com/2011/12/first-three-cast-members-january.html

Preparing a dossier for the MP & Leader of the Council:
http://ethicaloutings.blogspot.com/p/reporting-back-to-amber-rudd-and-jeremy.html

Paul Crosland is currently:
1) Inspired by http://doctorambedkar.blogspot.com
& http://nagaloka-dream-cycle.blogspot.com I have become a playwright & tour guide.
Please also note http://ethicaloutings.blogspot.com/p/sangharakshitas-hand-in-writing-this.html
Find the next performance or tour (Brighton, Hastings, London etc) at: http://ethicaloutings.blogspot.com
2) In the process, co-directing the community interest company that is setting up St Leonards Sharing Timebank: http://stleonardssharing.info
3) Requesting you to please explore timebanking & register your interest in doing more of the things you like to do in your life. (The request is that you do that this week.)

Or tel 0780 70 66 202 for more connection than an e-mail; I'll probably have some minutes (2,000 a month) to call back.

The Buddha of East Sussex

The version of the play to be performed on 14th April 2012 i.e. the birthday of Dr Ambedkar will be titled:

The Buddha of Sussex
- Ethical Outings & Restorative Justice in Hastings & St Leonards with Dr Ambedkar

And here's the boldness of a council (leader) in commissioning "The Angel of The North"

After the soot from the pier fire went everywhere, these anti-soot posters appeared all over town!

Outing Anthony May (Maybrick44 as he is on YouTube) as a potentially Happy Man

If the t-shirt fits, wear it!

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The First Three Cast(e) Members appointed for the "Ethical Outings in Hastings" drama are:

1) Tony May as Dr Ambedkar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXJqO1dKZBg&sns=em
& http://doctorambedkar.blogspot.com
2) Mark Roberts as himself:
http://reviewsfrommark.blogspot.com
3) Paul Crosland as himself:
http://additionalinfo.blogspot.com

Wanted:
- Mr Gandhi
- A Hastings Bobby
- CEO of the Pier Trust - presumably Simon Opie

- other actors - straight or LGBT. (No outing required as part of audition.)

Auditions on Wednesday 4th January from 10.30am onwards at the Southwater Area Community Centre: just turn up there (the pink building by Warrior Square Stn, platform 2) and press the Mediation Support Ltd buzzer.

Background links:
http://ethicaloutings.blogspot.com/p/links.html
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CIRCLE 1 = BODY & MIND
Laughter Yoga anyone?; to prevent rioting (?):

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CIRCLE 2 = PEOPLE, PLACE & PLANET
-the socio-economic/political agenda

'The Economics of Happiness':

Screenings of The Economics of Happiness in your house or local community centre can be arranged through Hastings & St Leonards Action for Happiness.
The film that isn't on at mainstream cinemas but is being screened by campaigning individuals, like Amanda:

Complementary to this are initiatives that encourage sharing of items and skills; notably <a http://www.justfortheloveofit.org/
http://www.streetbank.com/
Streetbank is particularly being promoted in Hastings and St Leonards by Mediation Support Ltd, the founding sponsors of Hastings and St Leonards Action for Happiness group.

Sam from Streetbank talks here:

Below I copy one of my videos of the Action for Happiness launch event

For more on these courses being run by the founding sponsors of Hastings & St Leonards Action for Happiness, Mediation Support Ltd, see here.

And for an interview with 'the happiest man in the world' go to the bottom of this BBC page.

With Prince Charles & the director of Action for Happiness, Mark Williamson - a great outing for him in St Leonards!

Edmund Johnson (left) & Paul Crosland (middle)co-direct the community interest company (Freelending CIC) that is setting up St Leonards Sharing Timebank: http://stleonardssharing.info
Please explore timebanking & register your interest in doing more of the things you like