Here‘s our second blog post in response to the Climate march weekend, COP21 and Transition’s contribution Some ‘community-level’ responses LondonWe marched with the Transition bloc. Inherently local, it is affirming to feel part of a wider community form time to time. Sunday gave space for us all to talk to each other in a different […]
Read More →Our third post in response to the Climate march weekend, COP21 and Transition’s contribution Thinking about impact and action – the global view Paris Charles: Another of the replacements for the banned Paris march was the ‘human chain’ – a line kilometres long where participants linked hands (for a short while…until the stewards said ‘C’est fini’ […]
Read More →TTT will be joining the Transition Bloc at the march, join us :11am at the entrance to Tooting Bec Underground Station on Sunday 29th November. More information from organisers, including a route map is on the Campaign against Climate Change page here This weekend marks the beginning of the 2 week International Climate Conference in Paris […]
Read More →Wandsworth’s Golden Ticket prize draw scheme means that every two months a properly-sorted bag of recycling – complete with a WBC golden ticket put there by the householder – is selected to win a £5000 prize. Half of the prize is a community pot which the winner donates to local community groups, and half is […]
Read More →‘Bringing Nature Closer to Home’ is the tagline of the Wildlife Gardening Forum, which held its tenth anniversary meeting yesterday at the Natural History Museum in London. Several of us from Tooting and TTT attended – along with 80 other gardeners, enterprises, government agencies, charities and community groups. It’s always a stimulating day (available to […]
Read More →Tooting’s own Furzedown Low Carbon Zone (FLCZ) is joining Community Renewable Energy Wandsworth (CREW) and Repowering London to host the city’s first gathering of all local community energy groups: Community Energy in London – Question TimeFree Entry! City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA, United Kingdom6pm to 9pm on Thursday 12th November 2015 Please […]
Read More →We’re running a couple of fun events in the next week and you’re invited! Join us to reflect and celebrate 2015’s activities and achievements and let’s imagine what we might want to do for Tooting in 2016. Come along. Everyone welcome! Saturday, 07 November, 10am – 1pm, at Mushkil Aasaan, Upper Tooting Rd (next to […]
Read More →‘It’s all about waste’ That’s how Gill Perkins, CEO of the Wandsworth Oasis charity, describes the driving theme behind UPFest: the Oasis event on Tuesday November 3rd: All welcome to a fun and original evening: a catwalk and showcase of the joy of upcycling clothes and textiles. TTT are proud to be involved via Jeni Walker […]
Read More →Tooting has a new and delightful asset! A new garden balcony for all the staff at the Tooting campus of South Thames College opened today in memory of Mumney Olusanya (or Leo, as he was better known). Leo was Facilities Manager at the Tooting campus, and died on the 31st October 2013. Leo’s Garden […]
Read More →Back in September, Charles Whitehead wrote a preview piece about 8 of us from Tooting heading to the Transition Network International Conference at Seale Hayne, Newton Abbot. We went by caravan, car share and train arriving the day before, early afternoon and late at night. You can read all about how we contributed to the […]
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