I noticed the Future Labs latest term for how we are organising ourselves as consumers/citizens is The New Rurbanites - how cities are becoming more local and sustainable and we are starting to draw on 'rural' themes that are more human and intimate.

They then quote the wonderful Paul Hawken, a social and environmental activist, "We can no longer import our lives in the form of food, fuel and fundamentalism. Life is home-grown – and always has been. So is culture. And so, too, are the solutions to global problems".

Paul Hawken's book Blessed Unrest, is on my reading list, and its about the massive worldwide movement for environmental and social change. Hawken argues that collectively these groups make up the largest movement on earth - one that has no name, no leader and no set location but that is largely ignored by politicians and the media.

As designers, this is the territory we need to apply our valuable skills to, something that design writer John Thackara is always going on about.

Im off to a Facilitation Camp tomorrow to learn how to use facilitation skills to hopefully learn how to do this. The event is describe as being for "anyone who trains, consults, works with groups of people, or who wants to make things happen, build sustainable communities, lead, work better, cultivate the tools and skills needed to get to where you want to get to.... or to help others get to where they want to get to".

I'm very keen to see if there will be many other designers at this event and to really begin to learn skills to activate change through my teaching, working with the collective and particularly the exciting project we have planned with bricolage to take place in Brixton Market. Watch this space!

The Harvest Class from Angus Booker on Vimeo.

I'm planning a trip to Australia in October, where I will be giving a lecture and a few workshops at various places. I'm most excited to be going down to Melbourne to give a workshop and talk at my great friend Emma's new venture,Harvest Textiles.

They produce a lovely range of hand printed goodies and have also set themselves up as a studio offering classes in all sorts of craft and making activity.

As designers, they believe in encouraging others to find their own creativity and are happy to share their expertise and knowledge. It is so great to see designers operating in this way. For me, as a designer, teaching others about craft or textile techniques enriches my own processes and allows me to also be grateful for the skill and expertise I do have.

They have also just produced a little film, that shows their print studio with a class going on. This is such a great little film if you want a to get a glimpse into what its like in a print studio! It beautifully captures what I am always waxing lyrical about - the processes and rhythms of a craft technique...the wonderful, thoughtful movements of people as they print, or cut out a stencil or wash up their screen.

I have spent many hours in a print room and this film lets you into that space. It can be a very private experience, as you become very absorbed in your task, while also being quite social, as all the different users of the space move about. Delightful!