What Might Trashcatching Look Like?
A few excerpts from June’s Trashcatching Procession at the BATCA Funday
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The UK Low Carbon Transition Plan Announced!
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 →A Few Interesting Things
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 →Tooting Goes To Town!
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 →Trashcatching Pics
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 →BATCA Midsummer Funday
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 →Tooting helps pull off National TT Conference!
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 […]
Read More →Transition Town Meet-up
TT Tooting members were involved in a successful 21st Century Network Transition Towns meet-up at EnlightenNext in Islington on Wednesday (13th May). Lucy was speaking along with TT Brixton’s Duncan Law and TT Forest Row’s Mike Grenville while David was facilitating. Loads of good ideas appeared in the breakout discussions and I personally was particularly […]
Read More →Tooting Sakura April 2009
I paid an interesting visit to the Tooting Commons MAC last night, a group who act as a consultation partner for Wandsworth Council, and for other bodies who carry out work on or near the Commons with a diverse range of interested parties attending. Discussion ranged from wind turbines and road closures to guided walks […]
Read More →Guess who’s coming to dinner..
Transition Town Tooting were pleased to be invited to join Sadiq Khan MP who hosted Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change at a supper in Tooting last week. I attended on behalf of TTT and was invited to join Mr Miliband’s table where I was quizzed by him about the transition […]
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