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Our philosophy
I think, living as we do at the cusp of one century and another, that we
have an opportunity to take the best of the previous century forward with
us into the new one. The discoveries made by Viktor Schauberger are part of
what I would like to see carried forward.
I also think that we are living in exciting times. The industrial-revolution view
of planet Earth, as a resource to be exploited without full consideration
of the consequences, is in retreat. A new paradigm is being developed on
many fronts, building on new insights (Chaos Theory, Gaia Theory,
Morphic Fields, to name a few) and revisiting old philosophies. The view
that I am left with is of life on earth as an integrated whole, which can
be considered as a single organism. This requires a new level of respect
for Mother Earth, and new approaches to working with her.
Regarding the copper tools themselves, using them reminds me of an
experience I had a few years ago. For a while, I ate all my meals with
chopsticks, and became quite adept at balancing rice grains on the wooden
sticks. When I went back to using knives and forks, I can still remember
the physical discomfort of putting a piece of pronged metal in my mouth.
All I could taste was the grating harsh metal. However, I soon got used to
using them and re-learnt to ignore the metallic taste. I wonder if the use
of copper tools feels the same to the soil as chopsticks did to me.
Jane Cobbald
April 2001
Update, January 2009
Setting up Implementations has been a journey, a
pleasure and a privilege.
A privilege in that I am associated with a product that
works on every level. There is no contradiction in me about it. What
greater job satisfaction can there be than to promote something that you
feel to be valid throughout? The tools work well physically - they are
sharp, hardwearing and a joy to work with. I know this from my own
experience and from conversations with many users over the last eight
years. And because the tools are made with love and care, and have been
developed from sound research, they have a beauty that shines from the
inside out.
It has been a pleasure to meet so many new
friends. I like my customers, and enjoy talking to them. The idea of using
bronze implements to work the land is not exactly mainstream, and the
people who are drawn to them have an independence of outlook that I
respect. We have had some fascinating conversations, and it is heartening
to know that there are so many good people around.
The journey has been the learning. I am an ex-teacher,
ex-airfreight clerk and ex-IT person, who had never set up a business
before. And I never dreamed that I would have a book published (about to go
into its second edition as I write). As I had not had any formal training
in how to run a business, I started with a clean sheet. The tools
themselves have an inherent honesty, a quality I also wanted to see
reflected in the running of the business. Otherwise I would not be doing
them justice. My job description seems to be to make sure that they are
well represented, and that they continue to be available and accessible.
The internet has been a huge help in this - in fact, I doubt the business
would have got off the launchpad without it. My thanks to all of the supporters
of the project along the way.
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