What is the Bountiful Bristol Bulletin all about then?
The BBB is to assist any pro-active and creative 'community champions' make connections, find inspiration and help and share useful info in and around Bristol. It's like an on-line notice board. It's our collaboration. BBB is for everyone growing a bountious, delicious, diverse and fun future in this fair city of schemers, dreamers and doers. You're all warmly invited to comment on a post and develop a thread or e mail nadiahillman@yahoo.ca or andy.4705@gmail.com with your own related posts.
An International Days of Action for Squats and Autonomous Public Spaces has
been called for on the 11th and 12th of April 2008. http://april2008.squat.net:8080/. Across Europe diverse groups of enraged
creatives will be reclaiming spaces for art, housing, workshops,
discussions, talks, films, food, swap-shops, music, performances & open mics
to name but the bare essentials.
Whilst their motives are locally specific, these autonomous actions are
drawn together by common threads: (more…)
Where? 1:30pm in Easton Community Centre - to learn some simple uplifting songs, then we’ll join the procession as it passes about 2:45pm
Come and join your voice to the chorus – let’s make a chorus! - it’s good for your body & soul – bring songs to share or just come and make a noise – it’s a living tradition, let’s keep it alive.
Wear: any combination of purple, pink, blue (but especially purple)
If you get stuck … shout for help. Or call John 07877 999764.
Following Transition Easton’s very postive launch event in February,
we will be holding monthly network meetings on the fourth Tuesday of
each month. Coming up we have:
Tuesday 25th March we have a gardening theme with talks by people
involved in local community gardening projects.
Tuesday 22nd April we will have a food theme featuring guest speaker
Paul Mobbs, author of ‘Energy Beyond Oil’ and former director of
Friends of the Earth.
Also, here are details of the March/April Transition Easton film
season. Films will be followed by a discussion.
Monday 31st March ‘The Power of Community’ Cuba’s inspiring response
to their taste of the effects of ‘peak oil’.
Monday 7th April ‘A Crude Awakening’ New award winning documentary on
Peak Oil often mentioned in the national media.
Monday 14th April ‘Crude Impact’ Exploration of Peak Oil and the
devastating impacts of the oil industry around the world.
Monday 21st April ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ Al Gores award winning film
on the science and effects of climate change. Plus guest speaker Paul
Mobbs, author of ‘Energy Beyond Oil’ and former director of Friends of
the Earth.
Monday 28th April.
Short films ‘Carbon Weevils’ and ‘The Story of Stuff’ followed by
Rob Newman’s ‘History of Oil’ cabaret style exploration of the
inextricable link between oil and every aspect of our lives and politics.
All events will be held 7pm at Baggator Youth Centre, The Pickle
Factory, All Hallows Road, Easton, BS5 0HH.
I am proud to report that the short film we made which chronicles the first year of the GROFUN Project is now on the web!
With the help of Kyra, a local film maker/editor and Naomi it is great that I can now point those interested to an engaging and informative film to further promote the benefits of this growing, grass-roots project. My friend Steve produced the music especially for this film.
You can watch the film here and comment or go to and watch and comment there. In terms of promotion of the scheme YouTube probably has bit more clout!
Please feel free to leave constructive comments, but go easy, much of the footage was unuseable due to poor sound or light quality and the final cut is the best it could have been with the raw material we had available. It’s not exactly Palme d’Or stuff, but it’s sort of innocent in tone dont you think?
GROFUN (Growing Real Organic Food in Urban Neighbourhoods) is a grass-roots, community lead inititative where teams of neighbours help one another set up back garden veggie patches and then reap the rewards of a mixed and locally grown ‘veg box’!
It teaches practical skills, address’s the problem of air miles and pollution and builds communites that are closer and more resilient to ever increasing energy shocks and food insecurity! Think about it, there’s only 3 days worth of food stocked in the supermarkets-what do we eat then???
For 2008 we need new recruits with gardens, preferably in the St Pauls, Montpelier and St Werbs area (to keep it local and ’sustainable’) and anyone interested in being involved, any which way, is invited to come along to the Grand Premiere of the GROFUN Movie to be aired at a get-together in the Albany Hall on Shaftesbury Avenue at 6.30pm on March 4th.
Please please tell your friends with gardens, a desire to grow veg and an interest in ‘relocalization’ and community etc to come along.
Furthermore, the current group has a Yahoo group where we stay in touch. It would be a great idea to join this…
We need many hands to make light work of this rewarding and fun project.
Vegetables need people like people need vegetables.
At Easton Community Centre, Kilburn Rd, Easton on Tuesday 5th February 2008 at 7.30 prompt . If you know people who plan to come, please pass this on. Tea and Coffee will be available. Donations will be welcomed to cover hire and refreshments costs, so please bring what you can afford. Volunteers are needed to collect donations, etc. The petition now stands at 3250, well done everyone for publicising this issue. The LibDem leader has received 800 emails on this topic and the Green party website has a large article about it, crediting Bristol Cycling Campaign with making this information public (unlike the first Evening Post article 10 days ago). If you scroll down, you will find a large amount of new information. It will be up on the website shortly www.bristolcyclingcampaign.org.uk. Happy reading!
….a series of films on the on the burning issues of our time
to be held at the Lawrence Hill Methodist Church,
Lincoln Street, Bristol BS5 0BJ
>
> On Wednesday 13th February
> The Power of Community: How Cuba survived Peak Oil
> Cuba, an isolated island nation, rebuilt its quality of life following the
> collapse of cheap oil, supplied by the former Soviet Union. This
> fascinating and empowering film shows how communities pulled together,
> created solutions, and ultimately thrived in spite of their decreased
> dependence on imported energy.
> > On Wednesday 27th February
> An Inconvenient Truth
> Former US Vice President Al Gore’s crusade to halt global warming’s deadly
> progress in its tracks by exposing the myths and misconceptions that
> surround it. An award winning film not to be missed. (1hr 40mins)
>
> > On Wednesday 12th March
> Rob Newman’s History of Oil
> Rob Newman (Newman and Baddiel) takes a look at history with oil at centre
> stage as the cause of all commotion. Based around his stand up act and
> supported by archive sequences and stills with satirical impersonations of
> historical figures from Mayan priests to archduke Ferdinand, this is
> certain to provide great entertainment as well as food for thought. (45
> minutes)
> > On Wednesday 26th March
> The End of Suburbia
> As we enter the 21st Century, serious questions are beginning to emerge
> about the continuation of the suburban way of life. As oil supply
> declines and energy prices skyrocket, what will the consequences of
> inaction be? Rather bleak if we do nothing, but stay behind for
> refreshments after this hard hitting film and find out how the transition
> towns approach offers a route out of the coming crisis and get involved
> with your local group!
>
> All films start at 7pm and will be followed by refreshments and an
> opportunity for discussion. For further information email
> marianbristol@ yahoo.co. uk. Alternatively you can call Marian on 07772
> 342920. See the Bristol website at www.transitionbrist ol.org
“Calling all urban greenspace champions!:
Help us plant the seeds of truly sustainable communities in the South West
Are you someone who recognises the growing importance of greenspace networks in our towns and cities – for health, biodiversity, local food production, low carbon access, recreation and play, sense of place, quality of life…and all round sustainability? Do you have a vision for the ‘garden’ towns and cities of the future? Would you like a stronger voice in debates about the development of the region? Growth plans are set to create lots of new neighbourhoods in urban areas of the South West alongside plans to regenerate many of our existing communities. (more…)
“The chemical war is never won, and all life is caught in its violent
crossfire”*
Breaking the Silence is a play about the life and works of Rachel
Carson, probably the most influential ecologists of the 20th Century,
She took on both the US government and the agro-chemical industry in
her ground breaking book “Silent Spring” published in 1962.This show
is not a history lesson, it’s not about fear and despair, it’s a love
story which reverberates with the world we face today.
Tickets available from
7 Generations, Picton Street, Montpelier, 0845 330 3934
Earthbound, Abbotsford Rd, Cotham, 0117 904 2260
