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Towards a happy, healthy and resilient Walthamstow


Community Skillshare: 8pm Weds 25th September
The skillshare evening is an open space for learning and growing ideas and skills through group engagement, merging practical...
Rebecca Armstrong
Sep 12, 20131 min read
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Foraging Walk on Walthamstow Marshes Sunday 15th September
We’ll be hunting the sloes, berries and haws of early autumn and discussing what delectable uses they can be put to, as well as offering...
Rebecca Armstrong
Sep 12, 20131 min read
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Building a Cob Oven with Simon Blackwell Sat 21st September
A cob oven is a simple, hand-made, wood-fired oven that can be made by anyone. Join us and learn how to build your own outdoor oven using...
Rebecca Armstrong
Sep 11, 20131 min read
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Scrumping by bike: Saturday 14th September 2013
Joi We’ll set off from the Hornbeam Centre at 12 noon with fruit picking poles, bike panniers and trailers, do some picking of street...
Rebecca Armstrong
Sep 9, 20131 min read
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Job opportunity with Organiclea
Do you share a passion for the wide-ranging benefits of local food production and outdoor work? Are you motivated by seeing people’s...
Rebecca Armstrong
Sep 4, 20132 min read
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Job opportunity: Community Engagement Worker
Are you passionate about promoting low carbon lifestyles? – Do you know how to reach people in under represented communities? – Do you...
Rebecca Armstrong
Aug 30, 20131 min read
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A Community Wine Making Scheme for London Gardeners
The Hawkwood Winery will accept grapes from households, put them together into two separate batches to make red and white wine, and then...
Rebecca Armstrong
Aug 26, 20131 min read
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Resilient Food Systems: 13/14 Sep at Hawkwood, Chingford
The Transition Network is running a 2 day training course for growers and other food producers on low carbon resilient systems just up...
Rebecca Armstrong
Aug 24, 20131 min read
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Community skillshare: Preparing to Preserve 8pm Weds 24th July
With the ‘grow your own’ glut approaching, and year round BOGOFs (buy one get one free) in the stores, take a moment to share ideas about...
Rebecca Armstrong
Jul 18, 20131 min read
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Site development worker at Hawkwood – job opportunity
Are you: passionate about local food production, sustainable building and working with people? a “handy” person experienced in both...
Rebecca Armstrong
Jul 5, 20132 min read
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Community skillshare: Repair Cafe 8pm Weds 26th June
Household items, bikes, furniture, electrical goods, clothes … find out from other local people how easy & satisfying it is to repair...
Rebecca Armstrong
Jun 9, 20131 min read
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Wildlife Reworked
This Sunday, 19th May, she will be at The Mill from 2pm to 4pm, where anyone who’s interested in taking part can come along to find out...
Rebecca Armstrong
May 15, 20131 min read
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Community skillshare: Container Growing 8pm Weds 22nd May
Now we can’t promise that you’ll quite achieve this. But you can try to get near it! Find out how easy it is to grow spicy salad leaves...
Rebecca Armstrong
May 13, 20131 min read
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Solar Schools – Bring clean energy to a classroom near you
Do you know a school that could do something amazing? 10:10 is looking for schools to join their groundbreaking Solar Schools project in...
Rebecca Armstrong
Apr 29, 20131 min read
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TFP Summer 2013 issue out now in Walthamstow
As well as giving a unique Transition twist on news and comments upfront in the paper, there is a strong features section at the back of...
Rebecca Armstrong
Apr 28, 20131 min read
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Food growing in Waltham Forest: Monday 29th April 8:00 pm
Waltham Forest Council is holding a debate on “How can we encourage and support more residents to grow their own food?” In the current...
Rebecca Armstrong
Apr 18, 20131 min read
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Super New Foraging Plus! 8pm on Weds 24th April
We will be shown and discuss the tips and tricks of foraging: the “wheres”, “hows” and “whys” around it. There will also be an...
Rebecca Armstrong
Apr 14, 20131 min read
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£20k for best student idea to reduce building carbon emissions
Background The Mayor’s Low Carbon Prize is provided by the Mayor of London’s Office and administered by the Greater London Authority...
Rebecca Armstrong
Mar 26, 20131 min read
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Rebecca Armstrong
Mar 18, 20130 min read
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Walthamstow Food Coop launches
Thanks to steering group member Remy, who has been working so hard behind the scenes, the Walthamstow Food Coop is now up and running. ...
Rebecca Armstrong
Feb 24, 20131 min read
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