Todmorden grows its own
Friday, December 4th, 2009
Great article here about Todmorden – can Bristol do the same at City-level?
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Efficiencity
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Greenpeace has created this picture of a town or city we’d like to live in, with renewable energy, combined heat and power, and better transport options. Just click around and explore it.
Rocket stove and pumpkin soup
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Our next orchard workday on Sunday 15 Nov will involve plenty of mud and hard labour (the annual task of silt clearing from the stream) PLUS hot pumpkin soup with a home made rocket stove, knocked up from recycled oil drum and baked bean cans. If any susred people who are not orchard members but would like to come and do a volunteer day, then get in touch – details on the orchard page.
Peak Oil report for Bristol
Sunday, November 1st, 2009
Bristol is the first City to have commissioned a thorough piece of work looking at how Bristol can continue to thrive after Peak Oil. This is a ‘must read’ document, and the facts that it contains need to underpin all planning and decision-making from now on – in the health service, in the City Council, in emergency planning and in the business world.
Evening meeting with Cllr Harrison
Sunday, November 1st, 2009
Councillor Neil Harrison will be coming to tell us what progress has been, and is being made by the Sustainability Task Force within Bristol City Council. There will be lots of opportunity for questions and discussion. This follows on from our AGM (must be the fourth) and is 4 Nov at Friends Meeting House, 126 Hampton Road opposite the Clyde Arms pub. The AGM business usually last about 8 minutes. Everyone welcome.
Bristol gardenshare
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
A new project to link up enthusaistic growers without space, to people with growing space and who need help. Check it out here
Community Farm
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
If you attended the successful Open Day in September then you may have received the thankyou letter Plans are developing for setting up the membership of the Community Farm. If you would like to be put on the mailing list so that you can be kept informed please email hello@thecommunityfarm.org.uk
Low food miles workshop
Saturday, October 24th, 2009
| November 7, 2009 | ||
| 12:30 pm | to | 4:30 pm |
An event for all ages, at Redland United Reform Church, with Bordeaux Quay Cookery School and Wrington Greens supplying all the organic veg. The Church is the one with the solar panels on the roof, and with the Vicar who has been to see Gordon Brown taking an Arc and lots of children to tell him about climate change. 
Click on the image to see the full booking information.
Brilliant local Eco-Fiesta
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Our neighbouring group ‘SusWot’ – or sustainable Westbury-on-Trym if you need the full name – took over the centre of Westbury village for an Eco-Fiesta on 20 September. When you run events like this you never know if 5 people will turn up, or 50, or….thousands!
St Mary le Port
Sunday, October 4th, 2009
St Mary le Port is at the Bristol Bridge end of Castle Park. It is one of the oldest bits of Bristol. Proposals for putting new office blocks and shops onto the site have been going back and forth for about ten years, and so far the plans have been very unpopular with Bristol residents. They would also be carbon-intensive to build and to run. They also involve loss of many of Castle Park’s lovely trees and some of the green space which is well used by office workers, shoppers and tourists. Local architect Roger Mortimer has taken a fresh look – here are his proposals … st m le port
Council leaders are all publicly lamenting the ‘lost opportunity’ of the harbourside development. So maybe they will take a look at these proposals and see that it doesn’t have to be like that. If you are interested in this issue then do contact Roger – details in the document. Read more…»