Sustainable Redland

Dates for the year

Angela — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:50:33 +0000

Here are the dates for upcoming susred gatherings – the October date will be a film, and the others aren’t planned yet. Do put the dates in your diaries. Mostly we have talks, or workshops or just a gathering to keep everyone up to date. Everyone is welcome – even if you’ve never been before – we promise to be friendly and you don’t have to volunteer for anything (unless you want to). All are at the Friends Meeting House on Hampton Road, opposite the Clyde Arms pub, starting at 7.30pm.

6 October, 17 November, 19 January, 16 March, 18 May, 20 July.

Market getting busier

Angela — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:16:15 +0000

Musicians, delicious food, and an ever growing range of produce, means that more and more customers are coming along to our Saturday market – first and third Saturdays of the month, 8.30 am to 2 pm. This is an opportunity to taste and buy real food from real producers, and they can tell you exactly how everything is grown and made. The extra trade has even been spotted by one of our local bloggers.

Someday I’ll be a farmer

Angela — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:45:11 +0000

Don’t miss this lovely article by Clare Groom, describing her grand day out at The Community Farm in Chew Magna. This is a new community supported agriculture venture that Sustainable Redland is involved in helping to set up.

Lloyds of London on Peak Oil

Angela — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:37:39 +0000

Perhaps this report from Lloyds will help ensure that Government and businesses start taking resource depletion more seriously. The foreword from the Chief Executive makes it very clear that we are not talking about temporary market volatility, and that businesses that fail to take account of energy supply chains will simply not be in business in the longer term.

Whiteladies Road Farmers and Fair Trading Market

Angela — Sat, 22 May 2010 20:31:40 +0000

Due to popular demand, we have agreed to broaden the remit of our twice-a-month Farmers Market. It will now be the Whiteladies Road Farmers and Fair Trading Market, and we aim to have a wider range of produce – all to do with lovely food, plants and other items that help reduce packaging and cut down on harm to the environment. We are planning on having regular live music, teas/coffees, and some family-friendly activities so that it becomes a fun social event as well as just a chance to buy ethical, traceable delicious produce. We had a fantastic relaunch on 3 July 2010 with a Pets Corner, a barbecue, teas and coffees and a ribbon cutting ceremony where Councillor Simon Cook, Deputy Leader of Bristol City Council kindly came and cut the ribbon for us.

Debt system unravelling

Angela — Tue, 04 May 2010 07:04:02 +0000

Honest and informed commentators have been warning for many years of the potential collapse of the world’s debt-based money system. The situation in Greece demonstrates the reality of this. More will follow.

Who to vote for

Angela — Tue, 04 May 2010 06:27:39 +0000

Our Bristol West parliamentary candidates took part in a Sustainability Question Time event held at the Watershed on Friday 23 April. It was chaired by Angela who is one of the Sustainable Redland members. You can watch it here. It is quite long, and in two parts, but just the first ten minutes gives you a feel for the candidates, and their own take on sustainability.

Fix my street

Angela — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:53:29 +0000

Here is a useful and simple means of letting our local highways departments know of problems that need fixing – Fix My Street. Our Bristol officers use and act on the information if we submit it.

Judgement on aviation

Angela — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:31:30 +0000

On Friday 26 March Lord Justic Carnworth issued his judgement on the proposed Heathrow Third Runway. This arises from the judicial review brought by campaigners. The full judgemnt is here. And an article explaining the significance is here on the Airportwatch website. The Judge said that it was not reasonable to rest the case for expansion on the Aviation White Paper now that a legally binding climate change bill had been passed. The judgement is complex, as are the planning processes it examines. This has significance for Bristol airport.

Peak oil and govt

Angela — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:26:12 +0000

‘The Government has gone from the BP position ‘40 years of supply left, the price mechanism works, no need to worry’ to ‘crikey’ “. This was how the Guardian quoted Jeremy Leggett’s summing up of what happened on Wed 24 March. A workshop took place where Rob Hopkins (Totnes based permaculture teacher and co-founder of Transition Movement) and Peter Lipman (Bristol based lawyer working for Sustrans and Transition Network) explained Transition to govt officials. The event, on peak oil, was hosted by the Energy Institute and attended by Dept of Energy and Climate Change. It was under Chatham House rules. You can read Rob’s account here. It was reported in the Guardian.