Wandsworth Council’s May 2014 Brightside magazine has come though our doors, and the eagle-eyed will spot the nice short article with photo mentioning our Tooting Community Garden project with Gatton School. See it on page 8 of Brightside by clicking here. Here’s the photo: Year Six children planning how to construct the cold frame The article is about Project […]
Read More →Yesterday’s Community Garden Open Day was a lot of fun, and we’ll bring you some more updates and photos soon. Panorama in mid afternoon More than a hundred people came along: almost all of them for the first time, which is exactly the idea. There was a super diversity of visitors’ interests and we had […]
Read More →We have a new project promoting all things Made In Tooting. It’s the brainchild of low impact living initiative founder Dave Darby who has organised an inaugural meeting on Wednesday June 18th – all welcome. Over to Dave to explain the concept in more detail: The idea is to promote local businesses making things in […]
Read More →Report on Carbon Conversations by Eleanor. On 27th May we looked at our carbon footprints and then at home energy. I’ll try to explain without jargon while recognising that learning new ‘carbon literacy’ skills is useful. Carbon Footprint:Our carbon footprint is a measure of the amount of emissions in tonnes of C02 equivalent (called C02e for short) that […]
Read More →On June 15th, as part of the Open Garden Squares weekend, TTT presents the Tooting Community Garden Open Day & Father’s Day Fete at the Community Garden, 5 North Drive, not far the Lido. Come and discover for yourself this hidden garden paradise. It’s free, naturally, and there are events for all ages including story-telling, […]
Read More →On Tuesday evening 3rd June the Furzedown Low Carbon Zone is having its monthly planning meeting at the Furzedown Pub, in the back room from 1900 to 2030. The group has carried out diverse local projects for the past three years with many partners. On Tuesday we’ll share updates on current plans and make new […]
Read More →TTT people have made six fascinating garden visits (well five visits to new gardens, and our garden seems fresh every day). We want to share our impressions of things that excited us in many settings, from diverse and creative points of view, all of which can inspire our growing in Tooting. Yes we are only showing snapshots – on another […]
Read More →We began last evening………..our small group’s exploration of understanding, choices and action on carbon reduction. The participants aren’t all starting from the same place on this journey. Some people in the group know a lot, some know less, and for all of us terms like a low-carbon future or carbon footprint may be simple words, but what do they […]
Read More →Come and see how easy it is to paint things in a totally artistic way! We are creating a community of papier mache ladies for the Deen City Farm exhibition as part of the Chelsea Fringe Festival. Last month we created the structures and at this evening’s Meet & Make its time to get the paints […]
Read More →All welcome to our eighth series of Tooting Carbon Conversations.We have a group formed now to start on 19th May, with a couple of places left – please do join in for a free, instructive, practical and non-judgemental tour around reducing your own carbon footprint. Click here for the flyer with all the details. And click on […]
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