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I set off from Tooting early last Friday for a leisurely journey down to Newton Abbott and the 2010 Transition Network Conference. As the train left London, passing through the hills of Berkshire and Wiltshire, and into Devon along the Teign Estuary my expectations and anticipation increased, although tinged with a little apprehension of what […]
Read More →Come and join us at The Trashcatchers’ Carnival Factory at Broadway Studios, 28 Tooting High Street! Drop by between 11am and 6pm for Carnival making. Make your own design or help with larger structures for the day. Please bring plastic bags – the more coloured the better, also coloured plastic bottle tops, jewellery and shiny silver foil. […]
Read More →ANNOUNCING TOOTING’s 3rd HARVEST FOODIVAL September 19th 2010 September 19th sees the return of Transition Town Tooting’s Harvest Foodival for the third year running and I’m looking for people to pitch in and make this year’s event even better! 2009’s Foodival was a fantastic success and saw six restaurants cook up a feast with locally grown […]
Read More →The Trashcatchers’ Carnival takes to the streets in 4 weeks’ time. Lots happening to get ready between now and then. There are workshops in many of the schools building floats, costumes, musical instruments and head pieces. Artists will be travelling between Tooting’s 15 schools on an almost daily basis. The South London Swimming Club have […]
Read More →Come and take part in creating the Trashcatchers Carnival on Tuesday 1st June at Mushkil Aasaan, 222-222 Upper Tooting Road, 7-9pm. There will be loads of creative people giving advice and tips on how to make beautiful things from rubbish, including a bunting and a plastic cloth making workshops. We will kick start the evening […]
Read More →The government commits to 10:10: The Government Signs-up to 10:10 from 10:10 on Vimeo. while Tooting continues to commit to Carnival!
Read More →At the weekend the remarkable Steph Bradley dropped in on TTT as we checked out potential venues for our Unleashing in July. Steph, pictured above with Malsara, David & Lucy, has spent the last seven weeks walking from Transition HQ in Totnes, in, you guessed it, a pair of flip-flops! She intends to spend six […]
Read More →TTT’s Sara has been away from us since last year studying permaculture in Sweden and India. She has sent us some fascinating reflections on her experiences…. I have since the middle of October been living amongst poor farmers in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The reasons I’m here are many, and the things I’ve […]
Read More →Here we are greedily consuming the world’s resources (thanks to the artists at Portugal’s Fiesa festival for this great sand sculpture). Will our political parties do something about it? Attend the hustings and ask the local Tooting candidates before deciding where to mark your big X next Thursday. BATCA have organised hustings tomorrow at St […]
Read More →A great day was enjoyed by many just a mile down the road at the 12th Streatham Common Kite Day a few days back. Check out the massive kites! Some inspiration for the Trashcatchers’ Carnival maybe? Meanwhile the next Carnival workshop awaits this Sunday at 11 (EMAIL us if you want to be part of […]
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