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.

Bottle tops and corks - we need you!

Got any beer bottle tops and corks lying about or destined for the bin? 

STOP! 

PLEASE save them, and drop them off in the collection points in reception area of Hornsey Vale Community Centre....

Once enough are collected, we will use them for some free community art events in the spring and summer later this year. Get collecting and let's see what we can create with them...!


*** if anyone can also collect and drop off ring pulls from cans that would be great too as we need loads to create eco-clothes for the Alternative Clothes Show! ***

TCE Winter Newsletter

See the Transition Crouch End Winter Newsletter here

Upcoming events

Thursday Jan 24th
Two important meetings in one evening! These are planning/admin events where everyone has a voice - help decide the shape of things to come.
6.45pm  Green on the Screen meeting
8.00pm Transition Crouch End meeting
Meeting Room 2, Hornsey Vale Community Centre, 60 Mayfield Road, N8 9LP
Please let us know you'll be there by email to meet24@TransitionCrouchEnd.org.uk

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Monday (28th)  Highgate Neighbourhood Forum
Stakeholders response to the neighbourhood plan

February
(2nd and 3rd) Muswell Hill sustainability Group
21st Century Homes weekend event
Conference, exhibition and house tours

Tues 5th, 8-9.30
Transition Highgate and Highgate Climate Action Network
The Highgate Society Hall, 10a South Grove, N6 6BS

Climate Change and the Media: Realism or Distortion?
The issues and the urgent need for better communication

Speakers:Vicky Pope, Senior Climate Scientist, The Met Office
Ben Webster, former Environment Editor, The Times

The Alternative Clothes Show

Alternative Clothes Show 2013

NEEDS YOU!!

2-5pm Sunday March 17^th

By ‘Alternative’ we mean promoting clothes that are ethical sourced / local /recycled.  We want to raise awareness about the ethical/environmental impact of the mainstream clothing industry. And we want to have fun!

: We are looking for people to come and display or sell handmade clothes, upcycled clothes

 or locally sourced textiles?

Display Only: Free    -    Trading Table: £12

Do you have clothes you never wear? 

Why not come and sell them!

Table: £8

We hope to hold a Real People, All Ages Catwalk Show. Come and be a model and strike a pose!! 

You must wear clothes that are handmade, recycled (from charity shops etc), upcycled or Fair Trade

    For more information and to book a table

 or get involved contact Tanya

Call: 0208 348 4612    -    Email: info@hornseyvale.org

An event being run by Transition Crouch End 

and Hornsey Vale Community Centre.

Hornsey Vale is a local, large and lively community centre,

 run almost entirely by volunteers.

Transition Crouch End is a local group focusing on building a sustainable community in the era of rising oil prices and climate change. We are part of the international Transition Movement

*Respect People* Respect the Environment *Recycle

 *Rethink *Rethink what you wear

At Hornsey Vale Community Centre

60 Mayfield Rd, N8 9LP

www.hornseyvale.org

www.transitioncrouchend.org.uk

www.transitionnetwork.org

 Come and strike the pose!!

London full permaculture design course, feb 2013

 

Skill up & explore urban nature with permaculture design ethics, principles and frameworks. This course is going to be an exciting learning experience focusing on real environmental design solutions.