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Meet the writing team in Mazerige Darkness has almost descended Read more about Jenny’s civic when Jenny Gkiougki arrives. Her engagement and our gathering in flight from Thessaloniki was late. Karditsa, Greece in chapter 2. made the sculpture of the ‘Crazy Dancer’ for Hannes. “It was a nightmare,” she sighs, “now I really need some food and 13. Jenny Gkiougki 14. Liljana Tanevska 15. Michael Dower We miss among us at Mateja’s These are your travel guides for some rest.” There is still some place Liljana Tanevska and Michael dark green asparagus left for her. Dower. Liljana is Forum Synergies rural transition. Will you join us? We Jenny is a food activist who runs board member. She holds a degree will guide you in slow motion into AGROECOPOLIS - The Hellenic in comparative local development the past, present and future, through Network for Agroecology, Food and has over 19 years of experience some examples of our work and some Sovereignty and Access To Land with community development of rural places that serve as exciting cases working on food justice, Community areas in North Macedonia and the for what a transition could look like. Supported Agriculture (CSA), and Balkans. A strong believer in the EU, We’ll be drifting through time, looping social inclusion of vulnerable groups she hopes she may soon count her back to reflect and forward to hope. like refugees in crisis-stricken country to its members. So don’t get worried if the timing is Greece. Jenny, who organised the Read more about Liljana’s Permaculture Caravan in 2014, works involvement in the Local Food Matters (mainly) on advocacy, research, workshop and its outputs in chapter 6. you, should you get lost. We all started working on this transition in different places and at dissemination and training both on local and national, as well as on confusing, we have a timeline to help Michael Dower is a climate and different times. We approached it European and international levels forestry activist, retired Professor from all sorts of angles. Some were through the NYELENI Forum for for Rural Development and worried about climate change, others Food Sovereignty, URGENCI (the former Director of the Countryside wanted to halt the loss of small international movement for CSAs), Commission in England. He came into farmers. Access to land, fair work and the Mediterannean Network for the work of Forum Synergies through social inclusion were the real drivers Local Solidarity Partnerships for the travelling workshop to Estonia for others. How could we approach Agroecology (MedNet LSPA), and the and Sweden, which he describes that wide a palate without good European Access To Land network, - a in chapter 11. He loves working in democratic rules and governance? broad range of responsibilities. woodland, and with wood … and he Let’s take a look. 15

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