Bountiful Bristol Bulletin


Olympic ‘Park’ plans include the removal of some very nice, old allotments.
February 12, 2007, 11:24 am
Filed under: Campaign, bio-diversity, climate change, community, food-growing, gardening

The 100 year old Manor Garden Allotment field is in the middle of the
Olympic Park site. These beautiful, productive vegetable gardens are due to
be demolished to make way for a four-week footpath during the 2012 Games
despite the land being given in perpetuity. A campaign is underway to
protect the allotments and encourage a more imaginative Olympic development
which includes this special place with its healthy, green lifestyles and
vibrant community.

For more info and pictures of the allotments go to www.lifeisland. org
where there is a link to the petition site.

SIGN THE PETITION at http://petitions. pm.gov.uk/ manorgardens/ sign

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FIRST GROFUN MEETINGS SCHEDULED
January 3, 2007, 5:24 pm
Filed under: Bristol, Events, GROFUN, Workshops, bio-diversity, community, consciousness raising, education, food-growing, gardening, permaculture

Montpelier’s innovative, urban food-growing initiative is growing! GROFUN (Growing real Organic Food in Urban Neighbourhoods) is taking shape and we need a couple more participants in the York Road area with a small patch of light garden and a few hours a week to tend crops. In return a weekly delivery of free, fresh, organic produce will be yours. Also, for the work weekends we are looking for a few extra hands. If you want to help out just for a day and pick up some new skills and friends please get in touch as soon as you can.

There will be two meetings for anyone curious to know more. You are invited to join us for one or both of the meetings.

Option 1. 23rd Jan at 24 York Road, Montpelier, 7.30-9.30
Option 2. 24th Jan at 2 Brigstocke Road St Paul’s Bristol 7.30-9.30

The meetings will follow a format. First an introduction/outline to this urban permaculture experiment, a little about me and my motivation, one possible vision for the scheme, an open-discussion to share all possible ideas, seed sowing and tea drinking throughout.

Participants will be expected to attend a work weekend on the 27th/28th Jan in Montpelier where basic raised bed building, soil conditioning and sowing will be demonstrated and info sheets distributed. All materials will be provided for this.

The time is now. If you know anyone in the Montpelier area who you think this may appeal to OR know someone who may want to come and help out with sowing some modular trays or pushing a few wheelbarrows of earth around do let them know about the meetings or pass on my details.

I have a 4 page outline of GROFUN should anyone want more details.

Those planning to come to a meeting could let me know so I buy enough buscuits! Thanks and look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes for the new year!


Click here to join GROFUN
Click to join GROFUN
Nadia Hillman (Coordinator)

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BLOGGERS AGAINST LOGGERS!
December 7, 2006, 10:11 pm
Filed under: Campaign, bio-diversity, consciousness raising, education, peak oil

   

Take Action now: Ask your MP to support new illegal logging legislation

Lets make illegal logging illegal!

Unbelievably, there are no laws in place that outlaw the importation of
illegal timber into Europe - an illegal trade worth €3 billion a year.

And within Europe, WWF estimates that the UK is the largest importer of
illegal timber - consuming an area the size of Devon every year.

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biodiversity & local ecologies
December 5, 2006, 10:21 am
Filed under: Elsewhere, bio-diversity, media, peak oil

andykisaragi
I was having a look at the Guardian site the other day at work and came across this article about the decline of local biodiversity in the UK. To be honest I try not to take the Guardian’s brand of armchair activism too seriously (and find it laughable that it is actually considered to be the country’s leading ‘liberal’ or ‘loony left’ paper) but the article makes some interesting points, one of which is about the BBC’s Planet Earth. (more…)

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