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*~*~*~*THE PEOPLE'S KITCHEN COMES TO FINSBURY PARK, Sat 22nd, 12-4, Green Routes site by the Manor House entrance to the park, N4*~*~*~*
The 3rd People's Kitchen in London will be launching this Saturday at Finsbury Park! Volunteers, please come from 12 on Saturday to help make it a success, and spread the good vibes! People who love to eat great food, please come down from 4pm! http://www.facebook.com/events/121176491363442/
People's Kitchen is a free event where we collect surplus food from local grocery stores, supermarkets and food growers, along with UK grown food and locally foraged food, and then combine it with an amazing team of volunteers to make a delicious meal for the community! Check out this video to get an idea of what the project is all about. Location is here. Please feel free to invite all your friends and neighbours to this great community event. Also, if you have any food in your fridge or kitchen that you will not use this week, please bring it down so we can add it to the meal :)
*~*~*~*BEEKEEPING, Sat 22nd, 11-1, Green Routes site, N4*~*~*~*
Yup, the same place and time as the People's Kitchen event. Learn basic beekeeping with the Highbury Builders Collective. £30 Bookings to [email protected]
*~*~*~*PERMACULTURE INTRO, Sat 22nd and Sun 23rd, 10-5, Green Peppers Orchard and Forest Garden,Camden Town,London NW1 9XZ*~*~*~*
More info about the course content here. £120. Accept Time Credits and concessions. Cinzia Sarigu at [email protected] or on 07519576962 http://naturalflow.biz/
*~*~*~*TIMEBANK CAFE Sun 23rd, 11-5, Islington Ecology Centre, 191 Drayton Park, N5 1PH*~*~*~*
What nicer way to spend a Sunday than strolling around the ecology centre and then munching Priti's yummy home-made cake in the cafe? You can find out about Highbury Timebank and there's always other things going on ...
*~*~*~*GARDENING IN THE PARK Mon & Fri 10-3, Edible Landscapes London at Green Routes in the park, N4 2NQ*~*~*~*
Seasonal propagation work, finishing off our rainwater harvesting project, building wooden stools with Richard and plenty more ... Just turn up at some point after 10. Shared lunch at 1.
*~*~*~*HARINGEY TIMEBANK Mon 24th, 1-2.30, Winkfield Resource Centre, Wood Green, N22 5RP*~*~*~*
A chance to meet other Timebank members, find out what's on offer, let people know what you can offer and enjoy some delicious food.
*~*~*~*TRANSITION FINSBURY PARK CORE MEETING Mon 24th, 8-9.30, Brownswood Tavern, N4 2EX*~*~*~*
Lottery win and other stuff to discuss. Look out for the small cluster of people. We will tell the bar staff where we're sitting. Please text 07733 330 379 if you're struggling to find us. http://www.facebook.com/events/420962001293938/
*~*~*~*POWER HUNGRY Tue 25th, 6.30-10, Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA*~*~*~*
Join 6 Billion Ways for a free evening of short films, speakers, campaigns & discussion on our energy future. More info here. http://www.6billionways.org.uk
*~*~*~*TRAIDCRAFT COFFEE MORNING Sat 29th, 10.30-12.30, 39 Albert Road, N4 3RP*~*~*~*
Buying fair trade makes an enormous difference to producers lives. On sale: cards,foods, jewellery , handicrafts, wrapping paper etc...
*~*~*~*CHESTNUTS AND THE MIGHTY ACORN Sat 29th, 1-3*~*~*~*
Acorn and chestnut harvesting should be happening, for meet up details check our calendar: http://transitionfinsburypark.org.uk/events
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*OTHER GREAT THINGS GOING ON*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Transition Camp: 4-6th October, down in Sussex
Awesome family friendly camp. Just £100 for family ticket which includes camping food and workshops. A few N4ers are heading down there. Loads happening. Booking and more info here - http://there.is/transitioncamp/index.html
Transition Conference 2012, down in Battersea Arts Centre
has already happened and it was a ball! Check out the write up here.
Green Lights North London
Free environmental support is available to small to medium sized Haringey businesses. The Green Light North London project offers participants 12 hours support to help them reduce energy, waste and water costs and improve their environmental performance. Several Haringey businesses have already had environmental audits which have enabled them to make substantial savings, e.g.: a local dentist replaced their halogen lighting with LEDs saving over £1,000 per annum on energy and replacement bulb costs; a restaurant is saving 8,800 litres of water since installing water saving devices in their toilets. They have also installed a new air conditioning systems and implemented switch off procedures which helped to reduce their energy costs by 30%. Many of the these actions cost nothing and others paid for themselves very quickly through reduced bills. The aim is to sign up four new businesses each week. Your support would be particularly valuable to sign up new businesses as past experience has shown that face-to-face contact is much more successful than a letter or email when engaging with businesses. More info: Gill Cox, 0208 489 3489 [email protected]. www.glnl.org.uk
