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Excited to be in Cardiff today with @shared_assets for the public event to share the inspiration and learning from the @imaginemyvalley project #ProjectSkyline 
Loving these poems about the future of Treherbert
... what would you put in your magic box of the future #5waysplace
Chris Blake reflects on the fact that communities are able to square the competing demands of economic development, environmental improvement, wellbeing and culture. They can do in ways that agencies can’t because they know their places #ostrom #commons @imaginemyvalley
“Perhaps other regeneration projects fail to fulfill their promises because they focus on giving communities money, buildings and infrastructure. What they don’t give them is control” Chris Blake @imaginemyvalley
“When we talk about #landreform we are not just talking about agriculture. We are talking about what it means to be human” @alastairmci #imaginemyvalley #projectskyline
“We have to tackle the psychology of land and power. But we also have to tackle our own psychology. We are imprisoned by the current system”. @alastairmci #imaginemyvalley #projectskyline
“Scotland’s #landreform has enabled communities to: provide affordable housing, access the renewable resources of the environment such as energy and timber, develop entrepreneurship, and experience real empowerment” @alastairmci
“It has also helped create a more helpful, enabling civil service who approach empowered, asset-owning communities differently” @alastairmci
“The biggest driver of capitalism is human unhappiness. We can’t take people out of our solutions to the environmental crisis” @alastairmci #projectskyline #imaginemyvalley
“Dig where you stand. Dig into the earth and your heart and your psyche. And be prepared for the great upwelling of joy that will carry you forwards” A message for all of us working for #landreform from @alastairmci
“We relocalised food production, were educated in forest schools to be resourceful & independent, make our furniture, homes and fuel from local timber, providing employment and livelihoods” - a postcard from a future #ynysowen #imaginemyskyline #projectskyline
