A place to gather things that have no category!
A little taster.. of the kind of mad things… you could be making… if you come to Festive Meet & Make … this Saturday 7th Dec… 3-7pm at Mushkil Aasaan hall, 222 Upper Tooting Road SW17 7EW (next to Nandos) We will also be creating cards, producing pomanders, stirring up sweets and reusing recyclables for […]
Read More →You can read today’s monthly email to subscribers by clicking here.Please email us on transitiontowntooting@gmail.com if you would like to be added to the circulation list.We hope to see you at a meeting or event soon!
Read More →We hosted this meeting with the Furzedown Low Carbon Zone on Wednesday 27th November. Giles from http://www.thinkingworks.co.uk/ gave an interactive talk sponsored by the Citizens’ Advice Bureau. He focused on understanding our own energy supply bills, on the grants and support schemes currently available, and who is eligible, on the energy efficiency challenges in Furzedown’s housing stock, and […]
Read More →The Gatton School Community Garden project won a team award at the BATCA Community Heroes event held this evening at Jasmin’s nightclub in Tooting. Congratulations to nominees Chuck and Deputy Head Hoosen Randaree pictured above with Head Teacher Rifat Batool and their awards. Many thanks to everyone involved, especially the children!Some numbers about the project to date, since March 2013: Around 180 children […]
Read More →TTT likes to mix the global with the local where possible and in the last week, working with the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), we have sent a copy of CAT’s Zero Carbon Britain report, via our helpful local MP Sadiq Khan, to every member of the shadow cabinet. The parcels were tied up with […]
Read More →Our latest email has been sent out to subscribers – we hope it’s an enjoyable read (yes there is a lot there!). If you don’t receive it and would like to read a copy, please click here. Helena and Poppy: you wrote in and asked to be added to the list. I wrote back to you […]
Read More →TTT Co-chair, Belinda Sosinowicz blogs her first experiences of the new Foodcycle venture starting this month in Tooting. According to Foodcycle (2013) an estimated 400,000 tonnes of useable surplus food can be saved from UK supermarkets each year [1], or in other words, 400,000 tonnes of food is wasted by supermarkets that could otherwise be […]
Read More →I made a visit to the recently re-opened Work and Play Scrapstore in Blackshaw Rd this week. Running for over 20 years, the Scrapstore promotes the re-use of resources for environmental and community benefit and has a great collection of card, trimmings, fabric, plastics, carpet pieces and costumes. The Scrapstore is a registered charity and provides resources […]
Read More →TTT Open Meeting Tuesday 15th October – looking forward at TTT and local activities to build on the energy of the Foodival Please come along: we have a regular TTT meeting in the upstairs room at The Selkirk in Selkirk Road, SW17 0ES on Tuesday at 7pm. All are welcome. We’ll aim to tap in […]
Read More →News this week that the Wheatsheaf, a long standing Tooting Bec pub, right opposite the tube may be closed down and turned into a Tesco supermarket has stirred up some determined action from local Tootingites! Like others, TTT are keen to be part of campaigning to ensure that this iconic Tooting landmark does not become […]
Read More →