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Saturday 8 August 3-7pm, Free
An afternoon of eco friendly performance and salad, surrounded by the
trees and plants of the Cube’s own little tree garden.
On this day, we are planning a barbecue in celebration of a first season
of Free Cube talks this year at the Cube Cinema.
During this, we will perform the 1962 Fluxus performance piece by
Alison Knowles – where a salad is prepared artistically with amplified
chopping sounds and served spectacularly, with musical accompaniment,
to an audience for free. (more…)
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GROFUN are hosting three ‘Skill Shops’ over three weeks where anyone is welcome to come and check out the Many Hands Allotment and outdoor classroom and learn a new gardening skill there.
The workshops are lead by James Adamson who is an experienced gardener, permaculturalist and land manager.
Skill Shop 1 -Tues July 7th 7.30-8.30
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Soil care and and creating raised beds.
Skill Shop 2- Tues July 14th 7.30-8.30
The Art of Compost
Skill Shop 3- Thurs July 23rd 7.30-8.30
Companion Planting and Biodiversity
Cost is £5 each or £3.50 concessions.
£12 for all three (£9 concessions)
Location is the Many Hands Allotment in St Werbs.
Direction- go to end of Hopetoun Road and turn left up the hill.
After a few meters turn right along the level path.
The Plot is the second on the left and the entrance is further along on the same side.
Please arrive at 7.15 so that everyone is on the plot ready to start promptly at 7.30.
The gate will be locked so you need to call through the green fence to someone.
Any queries at all please call Liza on 07833515618 or Nadia on 07973847894
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Here at GROFUN we are currently trying to set up contracts for September with local primary schools to run our educational programme of food growing workshops for kids called ‘Learning by Growing’. There is a really great website here http://www.edibleplaygrounds.co.uk/ sponsored by Dorset Cereals and on it is a petition anyone who cares about the future of our planet, our health and our food should sign.
The petition’s aim is to make it government policy that every school should have an Edible Playground so that all children can learn where food comes from.
Please spread the word and if you know of any primary schools in Bristol who might be interested in what GROFUN offer please put them in touch or send them a link to our website
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Transition Bristol invites you to join an exploration of how money and
the economy will change in Bristol in a credit crunched, oil crunched,
climate changed world. Will you help create a real response?
Everyone now seems to be questioning the future validity of our debt
fueled, growth economy. The consequences for jobs, food and energy
prices, pensions and the ability of local and national governments to pay
for services and ‘essential works’ seem immense. But there is huge
potential in the people and communities in Bristol to create their own
response that is fair and leaves the environment intact for us all.
From June 2009, Transition Bristol will host a series of gatherings to
share and develop ideas, unlock creativity and inspire the people of
Bristol to adapt to the big changes already underway. We hope that
together we can promote and celebrate a real economy that works on a
human scale and ensures we live sustainably.
Maybe you’re involved in a local credit union, take part in a barter
scheme, the Freeconomy or a LETS? Do you think a Bristol Pound
might provide some safe haven from a collapsing stirling? If you work in
the struggling financial sector or have a back-round in economics or the
co-operative movement you might want to share your expertise and ideas
of how things could be done differently? (more…)
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In about 2 weeks the heads of the abundant and pretty elders will be at their peak for the heart-warming process of cordial or champagne making. My room smells like a brewery today as the fizzing bottles bubble away in a bucket. The blooms are said to signal the beginning of summer while the berries warn of the end.
Here’s one recipe, but if you want a bit more of a kick, try adding a teaspoon of yeast to some warm water and using that to ferment this heady brew.
Its a proper science and one I am a total novice in. Can anyone share their tips with me and also, is there a way of measuring the alcohol volume of the finished brew somehow?
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Eastside Roots are delighted to bring you the second Dance for the Plants of 2009. This is THE unofficial after party for St Werburghs fair, in addition to the usual DJs we have a live dub / reggie band called Inner Heights: they opened our Spring Fayre with their acoustic line up…..now they play with full band: dubtastic!
DJs: Samwise Dub, Green & Fingers bring you music for your feet & minds, playing conscious dub, ska, Balkan, klezmer, celtic, world beats & festival favourites.
Suggested donation £3, there will also be a raffle (top prize family ticket to Eden Project in Cornwall), a chance to become an Eastside Roots member & much more. Folks were turned away last time so come before 11pm to avoid disappointment.
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One of the trio, Moe, is of Palestinian heritage. Moe will be raising money which he is splitting between National Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Medical Aid for Palestinians.
They will be leaving on this SUNDAY 31st May.
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Your humbled administrator is thrilled to reveal that the password I used this time worked and I am back!
Its been months since I got on, so please accept my apologies for the lack of updates……
this will change as of now
well, as of tonight cos i have got to get a funding bid i have been working on since Jan in the post now.
hope youre all well and enjoying some sunshine wherever you are
drop me a line if you visit! i imagine i have lost most if not all my readers???
laters
nadia
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Railway Path – Photographic Competition
This photographic competition celebrates the natural environment and
our use of the Bristol & Bath Railway Path. As well as commuting and
leisure, the path provides excellent access to the countryside between
Bristol and Bath. The event is endorsed by organisations who recognise
the importance of greenways and their contribution to our quality of
life and a sustainable future: Natural England, Mind, Bristol City
Council, Sustrans, Life Cycle UK, Avon Frome Partnership, Forest of
Avon and Bristol Clean & Green.
The competition is open to local, national and international amateur
photographers of all ages working with digital and traditional
photography. All entries will be presented online to enable others to
appreciate what makes this green corridor so unique. There are six
different themes and three special awards designed to encourage
entries from particular sections of society. Please see the website
for further details and how to enter.
www.greentracks.org.uk
Bristol’s own gardening ’share-scheme’ GROFUN has some excitng news this week from the BBC. Exciting and scary!
Alys Fowler the flame-haired gardening expert who presents Gardeners World called up the project coordinator (Nadia, also your humble and currenty frustrated ed.) to ask if she could make a a ten minute film of the project to be aired on the show this Spring!
In terms of PR for GROFUN this beloved gardening show has to be the ’Golden Ticket’. The first episode was broadcast during that most historic year of political protestation and and mind expansion when flowers were really hip and hipsters really cool – way back then in 1968. The history of gardening extends across at least 4,000 years of human civilization, forever shifting with the times and of course the seasons but held fondly in the hearts of those who have dug and dreamed.
GROFUN has a unique chance here to spread its message of ‘people power’ and collective grass roots action.But to transmit this message successfully, with some professionalism, more active volunteers are required to co-create a community allotment that inspires everyone tuning in to the programme that anyone can grow food and probably should!
The crew want to begin filming around the Spring Equinox which means a tidy and attractive plot is all we can hope to show off. To offer them an abundant allotment, teeming with flowers, fruits, herbs, veggies and insects the team would need to honour their promise and return in the summer to film a follow-up piece and enjoy the harvest.
Every weekend between now and the Spring Equinox on March 21st the GROFUN plot in Ashley Vale could be teeming with people, getting down and dirty and having fun! There are supports to be built, beds to be raised, seeds to be planted and junk to recycle, but equally as important are those fresh friends to make, that different type of tea to try and that new piece of info to learn. GROFUN aims to enrich life in all its manifestations, from soil to skills to friendships.
Please come along and lend a hand. The sessions are generally afternoons Sat and Sun and are free. This means you can come and go as you please, refreshments are provided, you’re bound to enjoy your self and in the summer, you can come back and take a bag of raspberries and some leeks or whatever back home with you.
For more details leave a comment and I’ll get back to you personally.
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…for there being a real lack of new posts in the last couple of weeks. Your frustrated administrator has been unable to log on to wordpress and has no idea why.
BBB are open to your contributions still. So if you are promoting anything fun, ethical, educational, creative in the city of Bristol or a bus ride out, please e mail admissions to grofun@yahoo.ca and if deemed appropriate it will added to the site forthwith.
Thank you all for your comments, submissions and patience.
Happy Imbolc!
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The Upper Florentine’s 2yr protest camp has been destroyed this week, 32 arrests, the machines are in and they are roading the valley NOW!
Help us to send money over to Tasmania and show support from the Uk, come to the Punk Circus Cabaret benefit gig for Tasmania’s Ancient Rainforests. Inner Terrestrials, The Invisible Circus, Ed Cox, Pandemonium Circus, Gravy Train, Autonomads and Bristol’s Magpirates on tour plus live graffiti fusion painting, stall and films.
www.stillwildstillt hreatened. org for news updates and
HOW YOU CAN HELP STOP THIS CLIMATE CRIME!
Time and Place Start Time: Friday, February 13, 2009 at 7:00pm
End Time: Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 2:00am
Location: The Island
Street: Silver St.
City/Town: Bristol, United Kingdom
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Contact Info Phone: 07958793010
Email: abigailnorman@ hotmail.com
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Stuff the credit crunch, eat fresh organic food all year round.
Learn to grow fruit, veg & herbs at the Eastside Roots Garden at Trinity Arts Centre. Get fit, work outside, meet people, and gain knowledge and practical experience.
The sessions will be a mix of ideas and hands-on work in the thriving community garden. We have a poly-tunnel, compost loo, lots of fruit trees and a friendly bunch of volunteers.
The course will run from Feb 26th to Apr 23rd.
Classes will be on Thursdays 10-12 am.
After the class feel free to go, or you are very welcome to stick around for lunch (bring your own) and then our regular volunteer day in the afternoon.
The course costs £25 (waged) or £15 (unwaged).
To join or find out more, call Tom on 07988 460373, or email t_daly@hotmail.com.
Please forward this email on to anyone you think would be interested.
More courses will run every 3 months – look on the website for dates.
Eastside Roots is a ‘not-for-profit’ workers co-op that grows plants and communities. We also manage green space next to Stapleton Road Train Station. Get involved!
www.eastsideroots.org.uk/
www.3ca.org.uk/projects/trinity-gardens
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Public meeting organised by Bristol Stop The War Coalition & Bristol Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Press TV have given us unrivalled coverage of events in Gaza € ¢â’ ‘³ see http://www.presstv. ir/. Come and hear Yvonne Ridley, a Press TV presenter and journalist, together with local speakers who have been involved in the protests against Israel’s attack on Gaza. Discuss how can we take the protests forward to ensure an end to the slaughter and freedom for Palestine. All welcome.
Date: Tuesday 20th January 2009
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Kuumba Centre, 20-23 Hepburn Road (off Stokes Croft), Bristol, BS2 8UB
Map: http://www.multimap .com/maps/ ?qs=BS2+8UB+ &countryCode= GB
Speakers include:
YVONNE RIDLEY – journalist, presenter on Press TV
IMAM ASSAD ALI SHAH – St Marks Road mosque in Easton
FAROOQ SIDDIQUE – Bristol Muslim Cultural Society
ABDUL MALIK € ¢â’ ‘³ Bristol City Councillor for Easton
JOHN DRAKE – Regional Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union
PAULETTE NORTH – National Union of Teachers
DR. MOHAMMED ODEH – doctor and researcher of Palestinian origin
For further information email bristolstopwar@ hotmail.com
