May Transition Town Christchurch Event --CHAMPION LOCAL FOOD!

Date: 
Sat, 12/05/2012 - 09:00 - 12:00
Location: 
Druitt Hall, off High Street Christchurch, (by library)

CHRISTCHURCH FOOD FAIR

For our May Event, Transition Town Christchurch teams up with Country Markets to CHAMPION LOCAL FOOD.

Death by delay! Please help save the Sustainable Communities Act

Submitted by Rich on Thu, 03/05/2012 - 10:25
Local works

Help to stop the government’s plans to weaken the Sustainable Communities Act. Their efforts have led to encouraging progress – civil servants have given us assurances that the Act will not be weakened.

But we still face a serious problem – delay. It would seem that certain people in government want to delay things long enough to make us go away and lose interest.

The link provides a quick and simple way to email Christopher Chope MP for Christchurch.

BURTON COMMUNITY GARDEN

Submitted by Lesley on Mon, 23/04/2012 - 16:30

Anyone who lives, works or studies in Burton is welcome to help with this pioneering project for a community garden. This is a TTC project backed by the Christchurch Community Partnership.

'10,000 years of disregard for Mother Nature' -- Examining the dynamic between human actions, Nature and Ethics

Date: 
Wed, 25/04/2012 - 07:30 - 09:30
Location: 
Druitt Hall, off High Street Christchurch, (by library)

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Transition Town Christchurch wants to see Christchurch becoming more resilient and sustainable. With resources and energy under increased pressure, communities need to get together to re-shape their priorities.

March saw Global Climate Change Week and Earth Hour,
and our April TTC event follows on from that focus on the planet.

Come and join in. This promises to be a very thought-provoking evening.

“ Mankind's 10,000 years of disregard for Mother Nature”

Report of February Transition Town Event

Submitted by whiterabbit on Wed, 28/03/2012 - 03:05

Report of Transition Town Christchurch’s February’s event:

Food Security

Date: 
Wed, 28/03/2012 - 07:30 - 09:30
Location: 
Druitt Hall, off Christchurch High Street (near library)

Food Security
A key factor in building local resilience against the oil crisis, climate change and economic downturn is food security, including locally sourced food. Annemarie will give us tips on getting started with growing our own vegetables. Other topics will be the role of pollinators and how to encourage them, supermarkets and sustainability—a contradiction in terms? and how we can reduce our carbon footprint and consume ethically when it comes to food.
Free event, refreshments available. Seed swap.

New waste and recycling service for Christchurch

Submitted by Lesley on Tue, 27/03/2012 - 17:06

Come October we shall be able to recycle so much more at the curbside. See the link for full information: www.dorsetforyou.com/recyclefordorset

Food waste will be collected every week. But please note, you can't put it in a plastic bag! It must go straight into the bin as is, or wrapped in newspaper. Plastic bagged stuff will not be collected.

Permaculture Introductory Weekend

Date: 
Sat, 28/04/2012 - 09:30 - Sun, 29/04/2012 - 16:30
Location: 
Oak Tree Farm Wareham

http://oaktreefarmdorset.co.uk/permaculture-introductory-weekend

Natural Beekeeping Course Wareham

Date: 
Sat, 19/05/2012 - 09:00 - 16:30
Location: 
Oak Tree Permaculture Farm Wareham

Natural Beekeeping Course with John Haverson who is a Warre expert.

Details;
http://oaktreefarmdorset.co.uk/natural-beekeeping-course

Carbon pledges in christchurch for climate week

Submitted by Rich on Fri, 16/03/2012 - 10:58
http://www.thebreaker.co.uk

With the national Climate Week having started on Monday, Christchurch is hoping to raise awareness of the issues surrounding climate change by hosting a carbon pledge tree in the Information Centre.

The tree allows you to pick a pre-written pledge, which can be anything from promising to turn the lights off after you leave a room to cutting down your speed in the car, sign your name, stick it to the display and try to fulfill your promise for the rest of the week.