Bee Day - Monday 6 May 2013

Forthcoming Events April onwards

April

Wednesday 24th 7pm Green on the Screen: Director Nicola Peel presents her documentary ‘Blood of the Amazon’ about the oil industry seen from her small-boat journey from Ecuador to Brazil Doors 7pm. Moors Bar, Park Rd,N8

Saturday 27th 11am-5pm Crouch End Festival Cake Sale

To promote the Crouch End Festival and raise a little bit of money for it, Stroud Green Women’s Institute  will be hosting a community Cake Sale at the Stall For All outside Budgens on Crouch End Broadway. The Crochet Crouch End festival yarn bombers will also be there, as will festival flyer distributors. So come along and buy some cake, crochet a granny square or grab a flyer, to show your support for this great community-led event!

Saturday 27th 12am-3pm Stationers Park Spring Fair
Hornsey Vale CC, Mayfield Rd, N8. Kid’s Ents, Bouncy Castle, Face Painting, Kid’s crafts, Raffle, Parents Pamper Zone, Nearly New, Tombola – plum Pimms and great home cooked food!

Sunday 28th 9am-1pm Crouch End Car Boot Sale

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Crouch-End-Car-Boot/471861499509943


Monday 29th 8pm Five ways to reduce the capital’s foodprint.

Royal British Legion Hall, Muswell Hill Road, London, N10 3NG

Transition Highgate, Muswell Hill Sustainability Group and Sustainable Haringey, sponsor a series of talks on LONDON AND CLIMATE CHANGE.

If you missed the first - Drought and Flood - Managing London's Water - read a summary of Tim Evans' fascinating talk, or watch an edited video, on the TH website.

The next talk in the series:

London’s food in the spotlight: five ways to reduce the capital’s foodprint.

We are delighted to welcome Dr Vicki Hird from Friends of the Earth to talk about the carbon impact of London's food and how it can be reduced. Vicki is a Senior Campaigner Land Use, Food and Water Security Programme at FoE.

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May

Wednesday 1st 7:15pm Before the Goldrush - unplugged The Haberdashery Cafe

Thursday 2nd-16th Crouch End Open Studios 23 locations all over Crouch End

Group Show:Hornsey Library 3-16th May every afternoon. 
Studios:11-12th May 12-6pm

Brochure includes a show by Action for Kids and guest artist Lisa Hammond,

www.crouchendopenstudios.co.uk

Saturday 4th 10am-4pm North london Vintage Market St Mary's Parish Hall

There'll some of our usual excellent traders straight from Spitalfields Antique Market with us on the 2nd, as well as a sprinkling of new vendors selling everything from vintage film posters, 60's clothing, French home wares and more, so we can ensure you'll find a real variety of quality, quirky and unusual wares from the Victorian era right up to the 1970's!

North London Vintage Market is still the best one stop destination for affordable vintage homewares, fabrics, mid-century ceramics, furniture, clothing, collectables and more all under one roof in North London. Give your home and wardrobe a makeover for 2013 and come and find some gorgeous and original curiosities that you won't find on the High Street!

Our vendors will be selling a whole range of treats, from mid century home ware and ceramics, rare ephemera, 1940's & 50's clothing, Art Deco jewellery, 1960's fabrics and lots more! We'll also have our cosy cafe with home baked seasonal fare to keep you fuelled - come and see us from 10am!

http://www.northlondonvintagemarket.co.uk 
Twitter: @NLvintagemarket Facebook: NorthLondon VintageMarket

Monday 6th 2-5pm Bank Holiday Bees Day: Hornsey Vale Community Centre

Saturday 11th 10am-3pm Seed2Seed Urban Food Growing session

With Brigit Strawbridge! On the rooftop of Thorton’s Budgens Crouch End, Brigit will be talking to us about bees and other urban pollinators, how to identify them and their habitats, and we’ll also learn how to create a wild urban flower meadow.

Brigit is a writer, campaigner and leading voice on the importance of biodiversity. Her workshops are inspiring, informative and very popular!

Price: £60 (concessions available) Click here for more info and for booking.

Saturday 18th May - Nettle Celebration:  Urban Harvest UrbanHarvest.org.uk

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June

Saturday 7th-16th Crouch End Festival Ten days full of our Festival spirit!

Saturday 8th June 10am Haringey Tree Wardens Tree Walk in Crouch End (Free).

Saturday 8th June noon onwards

Transition Crouch End Fruity Fable Trail Come follow the Transition Crouch End trail and discover tall tales and incredible edible treasure in our community. Identify fables as well as hearing & sharing some of our own. Find the juciness that makes Crouch End a creative community as artists, singers, storytellers & growers collaborate for celebration and resilience in this urban transition village with Sculptures, edible plants, gardens, skillshares, and stories.Meet at 'Knowing thru Growing' (Stroud Green & Haringay Library) at noon for storytime, garden tour and then we move on following the fruity fable trail to end up at a community orchard for a 'Meadow Mad Hatters' Transition tea party, at 4pm. All ages welcome!!

News/events announced 'live' at Green on the Screen

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Ongoing intiatives and projects

Get Growing!

Knowing thru Growing  Weekly Low Maintenance Gardening and seasonal community celebrations at Stroud Green Library. Also makes signs for gardens.

Email: knowingthrugrowing@me.com.

Meadow Orchard Project. Regular growing sessions at our community orchard behind the Health Centre on Park Rd. http://shepherdscothealinggarden.ning.com  

                      

Food from the Sky Regular growing sessions up on the roof of Budgens. http://foodfromthesky.org.uk        Other Growing Spaces:

Harold Rd - community garden, Plot 21- community allotment, Naturewise Forest Garden, Priory Common Orchard and Hornsey Vale Tyre Garden - details from Transition Crouch End.

River of Flowers - working with the community to create and map ‘rivers’ of wildflowers or trails of floral forage in urban spaces for the benefit of bees, butterflies and other insect pollinators, people and plants. Transition Crouch End is in the River of Flowers: North London, the first in London. www.riverofflowers.org

Get Connected!

Green on the Screen...Bi-monthly, Last weds of the month films on sustainability, environmental issues and all things green at Moors Bar, 57 Park Rd, N8. A documentary, soup & conversation.gots.transitioncrouchend.org.uk

Urban Harvest…Free Food Foraging walks and workshops third Saturday of the month www.urbanharvest.org.uk

Barboot-7.30-10.30pm 1st Friday of each month , the Haberdashery Cafe, Middle Lane, turns into a colourful and kaleidoscopic bazaar with community artists, craftspeople and vintage sellers. 3rd Friday of each month musicians perform ' Three Songs' each, proceeds to a local cause. Also at www.mooorsbar.com

Bon Croissant Cafe Monthly Saturdays Community Music Jam. 85 Weston Park.  All levels of music skills welcome.Email:mary6104@hotmail.com

Hornsey Vale Community Centre (HVCA)A busy hub in the heart of our community with something for everyone. Home of our Tyre Garden and Recycled tabletop sales www.hornseyvale.org/

Community Acupuncture Tues eves 5.30-8.30 @ Hornsey Vale Community Centre. run by Gemma. Call in or Email: loncapinfo@gmail.com

Community Choir...singing songs of resilience, midday Thursdays @Union Church

LoVe Eating:Initiated by local vegans to explore issues & experiences of eating sustainably that is cheap, fun and ethical. Discovering where to source food and how to cook it. Informal workshops so far include; Making Sushi (using spelt), Making Gnocchi. Non vegans welcome. www.lve.org.uk or call Gemma 07806870505

Get Crafty!

Mosaic making with recycled materials: regular workshops each month, at the Meadow Orchard and Hornsey Vale Community Centre.  Email RachelFell@hotmail.com for details. www.thirdrock.moonfruit.com  

Knit Cafe – Unlibrary at Hornsey Library on Saturdays, now also at Stroud Green Library.

Get Building!

Eco building- cob, straw bale, rammed earth, timber and lime rendering at the Meadow Orchard Project.  http://shepherdscothealinggarden.ning.com

Draughtbusting (when demand arises) . Coming up... Home energy initiatives....Tool Library (looking for a coordinator to set up with our donated tools/ swaps). Contact Transition Crouch End for more info & to get involved.

Get Loaded!

NLLETS We are a member of the local exchange and trading scheme & have now joined Haringey Timebank…other ideas for boosting our local economy welcomed.

The Alternative Clothes Show 2013

Mike in his nettle and hemp suit

Transition Crouch End and Hornsey Vale Community Centre held their first Alternative Clothes Show- a local response to a significant global issue- that is the hidden human and environmental cost of the mainstream clothing industry.

Crouch Enders were invited to rethink their wardrobe at an afternoon packed with stands, displays, activities and films about Fair trade clothes, clothes recycling and up cycling projects, local clothes designers and makers, and many people came to sell on their unwanted clothes- all showing ways of embracing style with less harm to people or planet. The sustainable cafe was busy as usual, selling Fair trade / home made produce and producing zero waste.

Then it was time for lights, action and music - a highlight of the afternoon was an original Real People All Ages Catwalk show, with over 30 stylish models striking the pose, all wearing alternative clothes. The crowd was entertained by a Fair Trade Parade, Charity Shop and Vintage Glamour sections and many models in beautiful clothes they had Hand Made or Up Cycled themselves.

The fun finished up with an Extraordinary End and spring in the air- some larger than life insects and green spirits paid a visit, to spread the word about the wonderful green growing spaces in Crouch End.

If you missed it, you can catch up with the catwalk here.

The Alternative Clothes Show

Only a week to go......

Forthcoming events

Free Home Energy Assessments

Haringey Council has money for 528 free Green Deal assessments. Find out how much you could save by improving your home. Normally you might pay up to £200 for this. Available until the end of April. Get yours free here

Big Community Switch - Haringey Council is also offering an auction-based system where suppliers bid to lower your energy costs.

Coming up in June: "Crouch End Festival" including TCE "Fruity Fable Trail" details to follow.

May
Saturday 18th 
Nettle Celebration:  Urban Harvest UrbanHarvest.org.uk

Monday 6th
Bank Holiday Bees Day: Hornsey Vale Community Centre. www.hornseyvale.org

April
Wednesday 24th 7pm

Green on the Screen: Director Nicola Peel presents her documentary ‘Blood of the Amazon’ about the oil industry seen from her small-boat journey from Ecuador to Brazil Doors 7pm. Moors Bar, Park Rd,N8 Book on Facebook. More info gots.transitioncrouchend.org.uk

Saturday 20th 
Natural dyes and fibres: Urban Harvest UrbanHarvest.org.uk

Tuesday 16th 
Patés and dips email info@LVE.org.uk for a place or to be put on waiting list for other workshops. www.lve.org.uk

Wednesday 10th 8pm
Talk “The Alchemy of Dust – Waste and Recycling in the C19th” by Dr Peter Hounsell. Union Church Community Centre, Ferme Park Road and Weston Park, N8 (W3 bus), Hornsey Historical Society www.hornseyhistorical.org.uk


Sunday 7th 1pm
Walk Alexandra Palace to Bruce Castle. 5 mile walk going through parks and conservation areas. Friends of Parks Forum www.haringeyfriendsofparks.org.uk

Monday 1st Cooking dried pulses in a pressure cooker email info@LVE.org.uk for a place or to be put on waiting list for other workshops. www.lve.org.uk

March

Saturday 23rd, 9am-1pm
Muswell Hill Bicycle Jumble. St Mary with George Parish Hall (corner of Park Road and Cranley Gardens).  Admission £1 Tables £9. Refreshments. Contact Mark 0773 225 9426

Friday 22nd 1-7pm
community Fair flyer - Living under one Sun
Spring Community Fair
Take part in lots of free, fun activities on your doorstep

When: Friday 22nd March- from 1- 7 Pm

Venue: The Square- 177 Park Lane, Tottenham , N17 0HJ For More
Information contact :

Leyla Laksari at Living Under One Sun,Mob:
07435969312, Admin@livingunderonesun.co.uk

Spring Community Fair in Park Lane N17
*Have fun making your own smoothie on our smoothie bike machine
*Dr Bike –get your bike fixed for free or learn how to do it yourself
* Learn and improve your bike riding skills
* Join Sustran fun Cycle rides including Women only sessions
* Free Green Gym at Tottenham Marshes
* Free - Six 'Active Health' personal training sessions
* Make obesity yesterday’s news- Get the facts on cholesterol and diabetes
* Find out about Guided nature walks , local wildlife (including Bats) and plants and herbal medicine
* Find out about Organic food growing and bee keeping and willow workshops
* Find Out about Healthy cooking and eating sessions
* Join Time Bank to share and exchange skills
*Volunteering & Placement opportunities
*Get active, have fun, share kills and stories. Join the our over 55 or Knitting club
*Save money with energy saving tips
*Visit Smarter Travel tent to find out how you can save money, be healthier and improve the environment
*Make your neighbourhood a healthier place
*Enjoy healthy fresh & delicious food in our pop-up cafe
Supported by Smarter Travel Team London Borough of Haringey

Leyla Laksari
Living Under One Sun - Coordinator
Neighbourhood Resource Centre
177 Park Lane,
Tottenham,
London
N17 0HJ

Tel:0208 8016868
Mob: 07435969312
http://www.livingunderonesun.co.uk

Wednesday 20th 7pm
Guardian Film Critic Peter Bradshaw reads from his wartime comedy thriller 'Night of Triumph' at Muswell Hill Bookshop, 70-72 Fortis Green Road, N10

Meadow Orchard Site Management training

Meadow Orchard Site Management training
Sat 23rd Feb, 2-4pm

The Meadow Orchard Project aims to hold regular volunteer workdays on a Saturday to maintain and develop the site. The project always needs more people to help on a regular basis with supervising volunteers and managing the site tasks. We are offering a training session for people who would like to commit more regularly to helping out. The volunteer workdays are a relaxed, social and fun occasion with a shared lunch and often pub visit at end of the day. The volunteers get a lot out of the day to enjoy being in beautiful nature, socialise and meet others, to learn new skills/knowledge and be physically active in the fresh outdoors.

The session will cover:

understanding the features and layout of the site, including garden, orchard, wildlife areas and wildlife management plan

brief introduction to permaculture philosophy and principles and how they are being implemented

getting familiar with ongoing site management tasks, resources and equipment available etc

intro to garden management, including planting plan and perennial planting

safe tool use and care

health and safety

planning work tasks for the year and future projects

I hope you will be able to join us, especially if you have been coming to volunteer a few times and want to get more involved.

Please reply if you can attend to mobile 07947 617563 or email to meadoworchard@virginmedia.com.