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Unbreaking @unbreaking-5mbooks.bsky.social · 19d

Today. Graffiti tunnel under Waterloo station. All set up. Super exciting vibe, come find us.
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Unbreaking @unbreaking-5mbooks.bsky.social · 21d

Looking forward to taking Kalle Lasn's Manifesto for World Revolution to the Anarchist Book Fair London this Saturday. See you there.
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Unbreaking @unbreaking-5mbooks.bsky.social · Aug 8

The other two are cheeky interlopers, two of our books: Kalle Lasn’s Manifesto for World Revolution & Six Inches of Soil. Which we hope will play a small part in the identifying & carrying out the work. @adbusters.bsky.social

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Unbreaking @unbreaking-5mbooks.bsky.social · Aug 8

Don Hall distils his long experience in the Transition Movement to provide, in The Regeneration Handbook, a toolkit to develop both personal & wider community resilience.

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Unbreaking @unbreaking-5mbooks.bsky.social · Aug 8

In Small Farm Future, Smaje makes a compelling case for a future centred on local, small-scale, agroecological farms providing not just our food, but central points around which we can reconnect with each other & the land. It is a future I want to be in.

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Unbreaking @unbreaking-5mbooks.bsky.social · Aug 8

I see in the other books suggestions for the work Hine encourages us to undertake. Krznaric’s History for Tomorrow identifies & details 10 examples from history that have something to teach us, to equip us for the near future, such as the regenerative, circular economy of Edo-era Japan.

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Unbreaking @unbreaking-5mbooks.bsky.social · Aug 8

He offers four. (1) Salvaging as much of the good as possible. (2) Mourning the good we can’t. (3) Identifying the things that aren’t good, & happily walking away from them. (4) Reviving skills currently thought of as obsolete.

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Unbreaking @unbreaking-5mbooks.bsky.social · Aug 8

Hine’s At Work in the Ruins often left me staring into space, mind whirring, no longer looking at the page. In many ways it is a difficult read (not the writing, that is top notch, but the ask). Hine asks what is the work worth doing among the ruins of our ‘civilisation’.

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Unbreaking @unbreaking-5mbooks.bsky.social · Aug 8

Jancovici’s World Without End is a wonderfully illustrated graphic novel that pulls no punches & makes it abundantly clear what a pickle we are in. The power of such well-crafted illustrations & simple story telling is a great tool for reaching those less fond of the written word.

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Unbreaking @unbreaking-5mbooks.bsky.social · Aug 8

Conway, in Material World details the histories of 6 key materials – sand, salt, iron, copper, oil & lithium – and our relationships & reliance on them. He illustrates (1) how complex & interconnected our global economy is & (2) how immense the task will be to use less materials.

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Unbreaking @unbreaking-5mbooks.bsky.social · Aug 8

@romankrznaric.bsky.social, History for Tomorrow (WH Allen)

@chrissmaje.bsky.social , A Small Farm Future (Chelsea Green)

Don Hall, The Regeneration Handbook (New Society Publishers)

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Unbreaking @unbreaking-5mbooks.bsky.social · Aug 8

Ed Conway, Material World (@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social )

Jean-Marc Jancovici, World Without End (Particular Books)

@dougald.bsky.social, At Work in the Ruins ( @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social)

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Unbreaking @unbreaking-5mbooks.bsky.social · Aug 8

These 📚 have been occupying us recently. Two aside, they have something in common – the authors were guests on podcasts we love: @natehagens.bsky.social Great Simplification, www.thegreatsimplification.com, and Oliver Goshey’s Regenerative Skills, regenerativeskills.com.

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Unbreaking @unbreaking-5mbooks.bsky.social · Jun 18

🤞 Big day today! We find out if we have won The Guild of Food Writers award for our Six Inches of Soil book. 🤞

@5mbooks.bsky.social @nffn.bsky.social @thesoilassociation.bsky.social @sustainablesoils.bsky.social @sustainweb.org @susfoodtrust.bsky.social @realfarmed.bsky.social

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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · Jun 6

In this webinar with Prof Richard Wilkinson, @academiclee.bsky.social & @vanessaboon.bsky.social of the Equality Trust, we discussed the Socio-Economic Duty as England has now opened up consultation.
Here my webinar and read my article 👇
drdavebeck.substack.com/p/implementi...

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Unbreaking @unbreaking-5mbooks.bsky.social · Jun 9

Short, interesting read, with link to great 9 min video on the power of, and need for, localisation of food supply.

Tackling Food Poverty: open.substack.com/pub/drdavebe...

@drdavebeck.bsky.social @fungalll.bsky.social @vickihird.bsky.social

Tackling Food Poverty:

Insights from My Recent Interview

open.substack.com

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5m Books @5mbooks.bsky.social · Jun 5

The Farmers Club Book Club on 22 July will be discussing The Profitable Farm with authors Chris Clark and Brian Scanlon.

The event is open to non-members and includes a talk and Q&A with Chris and Brian, a drinks reception and dinner with wine.

www.thefarmersclub.com/events#MEMBE...

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Unbreaking @unbreaking-5mbooks.bsky.social · May 16

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Unbreaking @unbreaking-5mbooks.bsky.social · May 16

Extract of Kalle Lasn's Manifesto for World Revolution available on Resilience.org

www.resilience.org/stories/2025...

@adbusters.bsky.social @5mbooks.bsky.social @postcarbon.org

Manifesto for World Revolution: Excerpt

After centuries of rule by kings, emperors, tyrants, mad men, fascists, communists, military dictatorships and mega-corporations, We the People of the world are now ready to take charge of our own des...

www.resilience.org

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · May 13

We've been growing. And must continue to.

But this is now about taking the opoortunity to really build something bigger and bolder - that can really change the country.

From the grassroots to our future MPs.

In the @newstatesman.com 👇🏽

#BackZack

m.youtube.com/watch?v=lLz5...

Can the Green Party beat Reform with "Eco- Populism"? | UK Politics | The New Statesman

YouTube video by The New Statesman

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Unbreaking @unbreaking-5mbooks.bsky.social · May 14

Honoured that our Six Inches of Soil has been shortlisted for the The Guild of Food Writers Investigative Food Writer Award

www.gfw.co.uk/2025/guild-o...

#thegfw2025 @5mbooks.bsky.social @ipghq.bsky.social @publishersassoc.bsky.social @ipgbook.bsky.social @booksource.bsky.social

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Unbreaking @unbreaking-5mbooks.bsky.social · May 14

Billionaires are attacking our rights, our media, and our freedom. It’s time to resist. I just signed this petition—add your name and be part of the movement: act.gp/3Rqfnlz #TimeToResist

Fight the billionaire takeover - Greenpeace International

If you think billionaires should not be deciding our rights and freedoms? Sign now. Using their vast fortunes, they weaken regulations meant to protect people and the planet, fund candidates who serv...

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Unbreaking @unbreaking-5mbooks.bsky.social · May 12

Catch Chris at the Devon County Show on Thursday 15 May.

Thursday will be a month to the day that we published Chris & Brian's The Profitable Farm: 5mbooks.com/product/prof...

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Martin Lines @linesmartin.bsky.social · Apr 24

Really enjoyed joining Tom & Ed on the Defra Farming podcast. We talked through what IPM actually looks like on farm - building habitats, adapting the system, learning from trials, and working closely with your agronomist to cut inputs and back nature 🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1657363/epis...

Tom Allen-Stevens, Martin Lines, Ed Schofield - How IPM works for us: a farmer and agronomist’s perspective - Defra Farming Podcast

Episode 16 – How IPM works for us: a farmer and agronomist’s perspectiveIn this episode of the Defra Farming Podcast, guest host Tom Allen-Stevens—an arable farmer in Oxfordshire and founder of the Br...

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