Great bit of publicity in today’s Wandsworth Guardian for next month’s Foodival – well done Foodival team! We now have a good selection of Tooting’s restaurants signed up and ready to get involved, cooking up great locally grown food in their own inimitable styles and are also grateful to several other supporters (see below). All […]
Read More →In a surprise first for this “correspondent”, a whole meal was created from the bounteous produce of our postage stamp garden this week (see below). It IS possible! OK we didn’t “grow” the fish but … an ocean is made of many raindrops. And doesn’t that carrot look like a well known Tooting resident? Answers […]
Read More →A few excerpts from June’s Trashcatching Procession at the BATCA Funday
Read More →Here is Rob Hopkins‘ excellent as ever analysis of The Government’s new UK Low Carbon Transition Plan, announced in the House of Commons by Ed Miliband the day before yesterday. Exciting that there is a (6 out of 10) Plan of sorts breaking down the practicalities of carbon emission reduction. But how half baked that, […]
Read More →Here’s a free guide to Urban Fruit Harvesting which looks good. Here are some showings of climate films at the London Bridge Festival next week. And here is a an Earthwatch debate in November called “From Tsunami to Drought” where they are looking for an extra speaker aged 18-30. Meanwhile, Giles still needs your pictures […]
Read More →A Tooting team travelled up to town last night to hear the final results for the TippingPoint Commission on the roof terraces of the National Theatre on The South Bank. Out of 178 applications nationally the Trashcatchers’ Carnival in Tooting was one of 4 awards presented by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate […]
Read More →Here are a few more photos of the Trashcatching and making at last weekend’s BATCA funday. Thanks to local photographer Neila (neila@hotmail.co.uk) for these.
Read More →This afternoon at the BATCA Midummer Funday, TTT helped Project Phakama, Emergency Exit Arts and a small army of Tooting kids turn TRASH into great CARNIVAL COSTUMES for a’Trashcatchers’ Carnival procession! There are grand plans for 2010 but in the meantime here is a selection of photos from today. We should be able to post […]
Read More →As part of the build up to this year’s Tooting Harvest Foodival on Sunday 27th September Giles wants your entries for Tooting’s home growing plant of the week! The Foodival now has its own webpages here. Mail your photos to Giles asap for a chance to win … er … well at least the honour […]
Read More →Need to pause to take stock of the last few weeks before getting ready for exciting summer of events coming up….. The National Transition Conference held at Battersea Arts Centre 2 weeks ago was a spectacular success.Transition initiatives from all over the UK and those from further afield. Our own Sadiq Khan was heard to […]
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