If you’ve walked past the Derinton Community Centre in Tooting recently, you may have noticed vibrant yellow planters bursting with colourful flowers, where rubbish used to reside, and young people sitting on bright benches doing their homework. Those young people, who attend the CARAS youth club on the site, worked with a team from Transition […]
Read More →That’s right. It’s less than a month until South London’s favourite sustainable food festival – Tooting Foodival! Over on the Foodival blog, we’re ramping up the announcements – letting you know about all the great things that will be happening over the weekend, and all the great people who make Foodival the glorious local festival […]
Read More →On Sunday August 2nd we focused on Shelter. Each family Field Day safari has a theme that’s about enjoying the local outdoors, creativity and also low-carbon living. We’ve explored Travel, Water, Nature and more…and had a lot of fun together, and discovered parts of Tooting we didn’t know at all. What did we do?In the […]
Read More →The Meet & Make that was planned for tonight at Sprout has been postponed and moved to a new venue. We will now be making for the Foodival on Weds 19th August at Streatham Cemetery from 6:30 – 8:30 Check the calendar and/or contact Jeni at jeniannewalker@gmail.com for info or to let her know if […]
Read More →Over the last six weeks, we’ve run a series of workshops called Carbon Conversations, to help a small group of people learn about the steps they can take to reduce their carbon footprint, and investigate why some steps are harder than others. We’re looking to run another series in October, so if you’d like to […]
Read More →All welcome to make a FREE day of it together this Sunday – with an outdoor focus:Tooting Community Garden will be open to all from 11:00 to 1:00There’s lots to do, from sowing autumn crops to sculpting our bramble bushes (there’s going to be a lot of fruit for the Tooting Foodival on 12 & […]
Read More →Foodival in the Guardian There are so many things you can get involved with over the next few days in Tooting, hopefully something for everyone! Why not start tonight at the Streatham Cemetery Chapel by helping Jeni & SMArT make the Bird with Borrowed Feathers for Sunday’s Field Day. It’s a Mindful Making workshop where […]
Read More →Last week, on appropriately the hottest day of the year, we held the second of our Urban Heat workshops, led by the Policy Studies Institute at the University of Westminster(See http://www.psi.org.uk/site/project_detail/urban_heat for more details).This project work is taking place in Tooting, Hounslow and Hackney and will also engage with the local councils, emergency services, and other public […]
Read More →Pop-Up Cinema on the Green at the local bowling club in Furzedown, to enjoy a social evening, meet people and raise funds for the Furzedown Low Carbon Zone workshops we’re planning for this winter. Free popcorn! At Streatham Park Bowling Club, Pringle Gardens, London SW16 1SH Timings: 7:00pm to 9:30pm We’re showing ‘The Emperor’s […]
Read More →Electrical or electronic items that need fixing? Broken something and don’t want to throw it away?. The Restart Project, encourage and empower people to use their electrical and electronics longer! They are back in Tooting this weekend so do come along! Saturday 26th September – 2.30 – 5.30pmMushkil Aasaan, 220 – 222 Upper Tooting Road, […]
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