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TTT’s Sara has been away from us since last year studying permaculture in Sweden and India. She has sent us some fascinating reflections on her experiences…. I have since the middle of October been living amongst poor farmers in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The reasons I’m here are many, and the things I’ve […]
Read More →Here we are greedily consuming the world’s resources (thanks to the artists at Portugal’s Fiesa festival for this great sand sculpture). Will our political parties do something about it? Attend the hustings and ask the local Tooting candidates before deciding where to mark your big X next Thursday. BATCA have organised hustings tomorrow at St […]
Read More →A great day was enjoyed by many just a mile down the road at the 12th Streatham Common Kite Day a few days back. Check out the massive kites! Some inspiration for the Trashcatchers’ Carnival maybe? Meanwhile the next Carnival workshop awaits this Sunday at 11 (EMAIL us if you want to be part of […]
Read More →Tuesday’s food and seed swap event attracted a good crowd and provoked a wide range of food growing discussion. Giles Read reviewed TTT’s past Foodivals, talked about plans for Foodival 2010, showed a film and gave away a collection of tools refurbished by inmates at Wandsworth Prison. The Tools Shed project takes broken tools collected […]
Read More →Just a quick reminder about next Tuesday’s Food Event and Seed Swap. After looking at last year’s Foodival there’ll be a short film on the “Story of Food” and how you can grow for this Autumn’s festival. To get everyone kick started there will be some FREE tools to give away and also a Seed […]
Read More →TTT were delighted to join in BATCA’s (the Balham and Tooting Community Association) Open Forum on the theme ‘Let’s make Tooting Better’ on 17 March at St Augustine’s Hall. As Kate Allan of BATCA reports: ‘The event drew a good crowd and generated a stream of ideas on improving Tooting. Both individuals and community organisations took […]
Read More →Award-winning sustainable architect and TTT stalwart Susan Venner has been underatking an eco-retrofit of her Balham house for some time and you can visit it as part of the SuperHome Spring Openings on 28th March. There’s plenty of and varied insulation including an exterior cork wall plus solar water heating and a wood-burning stove. It […]
Read More →More good publicity but … let’s not forget our co-Champion Hilary!
Read More →Last night at Transition Town Tooting’s inaugural First Tuesday event, a screening of the best in environmental short films, the coveted Palme Verte was awarded to Mine – story of a sacred mountain, a moving documentary by Survival about the Dongria Kondh tribe of the Niyamgiri Hills in India. The Dongria Kondh’s whole way of […]
Read More →We start our series of First Tuesday events on Tuesday March 2nd with a film night, where we will show several short films with relevance to transition and environmental issues. There’ll be time afterwards for a discussion and the award of the Tooting Palme Verte to the evening’s favourite film. Bring food to share if […]
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