Two singer songwriters, two bands, a ukulele combo plus some alternative making & carnival will light up this weekend’s Tooting Foodival at the Samaj Hall. But can you guess who the performers are? Clues below: Head over to the Foodival blog for the full details of this great line up. We look forward to seeing […]
Read More →Our new ‘Rooting in Tooting’ project has been developed with the Tooting charity CARAS (Community Action for Refugees and Asylum-Seekers). We’ve written two posts so far, please scroll down this blog to read them. You’ll see that our pilot project in May and June was enjoyable and positive. For Those in Peril on the Sea […]
Read More →In today’s news we learn that 90% of seabirds have eaten plastic and are likely to retain some in their gut. It’s pretty horrendous that so much waste plastic ends up polluting our oceans and we will be highlighting waste at this year’s Tooting Foodival. An Albatross takes a shine to a plastic bottle It […]
Read More →TTT is looking forward to our new partnership project with CARAS and the RHS ‘Greening Grey Britain’ campaign (see our 18th Aug post below). To help launch ‘Rooting in Tooting’, we joined in at the CARAS Open Day at All Saints’ Church, Tooting. It was a very welcoming day for the extended CARAS family, where many […]
Read More →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 & […]
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