A place to gather things that have no category!
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 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 →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 […]
Read More →The 2014 AGM and 6th birthday party took place last Tuesday. There was a Tooting related quiz and the usual AGM formalities of re-electing co-chairs and presenting accounts before a brief update on projects past present and future. While we look forward to big events like the Foodival, three exciting new ideas include a drive […]
Read More →Tomorrow evening we are holding TTT’s annual general meeting (AGM) and 6th birthday party and everyone is welcome to attend. We will vote for or against our beloved dear leaders, there will be a Tooting related quiz with great prizes, a bit of official business and a chance to hear about TTT’s variety of ongoing […]
Read More →the heART of the libraries interactive project has been devised by artist Sam Haynes who has been piloting it with Wandsworth Libraries since the new year, and some of the results are can be seen in Tooting Library until the end of April. Two of us from TTT have been involved – this is a creative […]
Read More →Furzedown Low Carbon ZoneWe had a productive monthly planning meeting last week – please see the minutes and actions here. In outline we’re at the stage of visiting local partners to explore sites where there is space and interest to be involved by ‘hosting’ renewable energy generation equipment – whatever technology is appropriate – and sharing in the […]
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