London Transition: May News 2010




May Newsletter TALKS / FILM / EVENTS / WORKSHOPS / COURSES To receive future newsletters via email enter your email address below and click on Subscribe. TALKS April Thu 22: Ecocide meeting Polly Higgins will be presenting her UN proposal for implementation of the international Crime of Ecocide College of Law, 14 Store Street, London WC1E 7DE, 6:30pm Mon 26: Women Climb the Green Ladder Talks by inspirational women who have integrated environmental thinking and action into their lives, homes, communities, workplaces and careers. The Forge Arts Venue, 6pm-9pm May Mon 3: Will Anderson: Homes for a Changing Climate How we can design buildings and settlements to cope with climae changes and threats to energy and food security? Loughborough Centre, 105 Angell Road, 7pm-8pm Tue 4: What's Good For The Climate Is Good For Our Health Public Health and well-being with Jenny Griffiths OBE, independent consultant and author Mushkil Aasaan, 220 Upper Tooting Road, 7pm-9pm Wed 12 : Permaculture Talk with Nicole Freris + Film 'The Agricultural Rebel' Sir Richard Steele's pub, 97 Haverstock Hill, NW3 4RL, 7:30pm FILM April Mon April 26: Earthship Brighton This was the Low Carbon Trust's first project and was the first Earthship to be built in England. Trinity Church, 15 Nether St, N12 7NN, 7pm-9:30pm, £3 May May EVENTS April Sat 24: Tabard Gardens Community Allotment Open Day Community Allotment Open Day Manciple Street, SE1, 1pm-4pm Sat 24-Sun 25: Camley Street Natural Park 25th Anniversary Celebration Weekend LWT Workshops and Talks, Music and Film, Pedal Powered Cinema, etc Sun 25: Spring Plants and Gardens Fair The Garden Museum selling a wide range of plants. The Garden Museum, 10:30am-5pm Sun 25: Sustainable Haringey Spring 2010 Gathering Wolves Lane Plant Nursery, Wolves Lane, N22, 12pm-4pm Sun 25: Secret Greenhouse Open Day Come and discover our community garden and greenhouse The Secret Greenhouse, behind the Methodist Churchy, 2pm-4pm May Sun 2: Arcola Green Sunday Future Cities, in collaboration with European Alternatives and the TransEuropa Festival Arcola Theatre, 27 Arcola St, E8 2DJ Sat 8: Plant sale Annual sale of locally grown and unusual plants at affordable prices Tulse Hill, 11am-1pm Mon 10: Be The Change Symposium An inquiry into how we might realise an environmentally sustainable, socially just and spiritually fulfilling human presence on earth Pangea Project, Stamford Hill, N16 6XS, 6.30-9.30pm Wed May 12: Informal conversation about solar thermal panels for hot water TBC, 6:30pm-8pm Sat 15: How can we build a positive future for Stoke Newington? An open space event to explore a more substainable, fulfilling future for Stoke Newington Stoke Newington Library Gallery (entrance in Edwards Lane, off Church Street), 10.30am-4.30pm Sat 15: Climate Emergency overnight vigil Post election event to remind the new government that dealing with the climate crisis. Candlelit Procession down Whitehall, 11.00pm Martin's in the Fields, Trafalgar Square. WORKSHOPS April Sun 25: Dulwich Vegetable Garden Work Day Topsoil and compost to be moved into the raised beds Rosebery Lodge, Dulwich Park, London, SE21, 10am-1:30pm Fri 23: Grow Your Own with Lucy Roots Growing from seed, propagation, planting, nurturing and avoiding pests, composting and mulching Organic Garden, Queen's Wood, 1:30pm-3pm May COURSES April Thu 22: Basic organic vegetable growing and gardening course Six week gardening course St Mary's Secret Garden, 50 Pearson Street, London E2 5EL, 4pm-6:30pm, £60-£200 Thu 22: Climate Change - Effective Communication Course Course to help build the skills you need to communicate climate change. Sat 24: Making your own herbal beauty products Make your own cosmetic face and body creams using herbs St Mary's Secret Garden, 50 Pearson Street, London E2 8EL Sat 24: London EcoTeams Training Event Free training day to engage your community to tackle climate change and sustainable living Lambeth Town Hall, 9:30am-2:30pm Sat 24: Sow What? Successful Seed Sowing & Transplanting Part of Capital Growth's urban food growing training programme The Regent's Park Allotment, 10:30am-1pm Sat 24-Sun 25: Introduction to Permaculture Course Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses and Loughborough Estate Growing Project Sat 24-Sun 25: Introduction to Permaculture Course Hornsey Rise Gardens, N19, 9:30am-5pm Sat 24-Sun 25: Introduction to Permaculture Course Hawkwood Nursery, Chingford, E4, 9:30am-5pm Tue 27: Eco Teams training Free training session to become a EcoTeam Leader to those that live within the borough. Richmond Council for Voluntary Service, 6pm-9pm Wed 28: Successful Seed Sowing & Transplanting Part of Capital Growth's urban food growing training programme The Regent's Park Allotment, 5pm-7:30pm May Sat 1: Pedal-powered generators Discover how to use your own bike to power household appliances. Hackney City Farm, 1a Goldsmith's Row, 10am-5pm, £60 Fri 7-Sun 9: Power Up (Planning, the Law and your Rights) 2010 Friends of the Earth's training weekend on using the planning system to help you improve your local community All Saints Pastoral Centre Sat 8: Food Smoking Smoking food is an age-old method of preserving food - no electricity required. Hackney City Farm, 1a Goldsmith's Row, 10am-5pm, £60 Sat 8: Home Energy Check Course Free home energy check courses in April and May for anyone who lives in the London Borough of Lambeth. Stretham & Community Trust, Wellfield Centre, 16 Wellfeifl Rd, SW16 2BP Sun 9 : Herbal Cream Workshop Workshop making herbal creams and ointments using organic herbs Archway Herbal Clinic, Clerkenwell Building, Archway Campus, 10am-12pm Mon 10: Teacher's gardening with children Six week course to develop gardening skills for working with children on evironmental topics St Mary's Secret Garden, 50 Pearson Street, London E2 5EL, 4pm-6:30pm, £200 Sat 15: Planning an Organic Vegetable Garden Part of Capital Growth's urban food growing training programme The Regent's Park Allotment, 10:30am-1pm Wed 19: Planning an Organic Vegetable Garden Part of Capital Growth's urban food growing training programme The Regent's Park Allotment, 5:15pm-7:45pm Sat 22: Home Energy Check Course Free home energy check courses in April and May for anyone who lives in the London Borough of Lambeth. Loughborough EMB, 10 Featley Rd, Brixotn, SW9 7LI, 9:30am-4:30pm Sat 22-Sun 23: Introduction to Permaculture Course Hornsey Rise Gardens, N19, 9:30am-5pm Sat 22: Building an Earth Oven Build a small cob oven suitable for cooking pizzas and dishes requiring a cooking time of up to one hour. Hackney City Farm, 1a Goldsmith's Row, 10am-5pm, £60 Sun 23: Connection, Insight and Creativity in Nature Workshop to explore your connection to nature through your senses Hampstead Heath, 10:30am-5pm Sat 29: Understanding Composting & Wormeries Part of Capital Growth's urban food growing training programme The Regent's Park Allotment, 10:30am-1pm