Newsletter20120903

Hi everyone

Hope you've had a good summer! We're back with lots of great events, starting this week with a session on how to manage your home heating to save energy and reduce your bills on Thursday evening. Also coming up there's the Cropshare Harvest party on 15 Sept, the Transition stall at the Food, Garden and Produce Show on 15-16 Sept (enter your own produce to win some prizes!), a newcomers evening on Thursday 20th Sept, and a stall at the Grafton Centre Eco-event on 28-29 Sept. (And if you can help at any of these stalls, get in touch). 

CONTENTS

Transition News and Events

  • Thursday 06 September: Managing your Home Heating
  • 14-16 September: Transition Network Conference 2012
  • Sat 15 - Sun 16 Sept: Transition stall at the Food, Garden and Produce show 
  • Saturday 15 September: CropShare Harvest Party
  • Thursday 20 September: Transition newcomers evening
  • Fri-Sat 28-29 Sep 10am - 4pm: Grafton Centre Eco-event with TC stall (+ help needed)
  • Sat 27 October: People and Permacuture workshop with Looby Macnamara
  • Community Art Garden - help us get started!
  • More events for your calendar

Other News and Events

  • Thu 6th - Fri 7th Sep 11am - 3.30pm: Emmanuel Environment Expo
  • Saturday 08 September: Cambridge Wood Works Open Saturday
  • Sunday 09 September: Festival of Farming, Food and Wildlife
  • Sat 22nd and Sun 23rd Sept: Permaculture course at Dunton Community Garden
  • Sunday 23 September: Milton Produce Show
  • 6 sessions beginning in October: Carbon Conversations - October Groups
  • Contribute to the County Council's Transport Strategy

Transition News and Events

Thursday 06 September: Managing your Home Heating

19:30-21:00, Emmanuel United Reform Church, 72 Trumpington Street, CB2 1RR

For most people space heating is by far the biggest use of energy in the home. Are you heating more of your house than you need? Is it warmer or cooler than you want it? Does the heat from your radiators go straight our of your windows? If you would like tips on managing your heating, or if you'd like to know what the latest in heating controls can do, come to 'Managing your home heating' and ask our experts: Peter Thom from Green Heat and Laurence Hardwick from Homaetrix, plus experienced householders. More details here. And here's a poster (1.6MB) if you could put one up somewhere - thanks!

14-16 September: Transition Network Conference 2012

19:30, Battersea Arts Centre, London

This year's conference will take as its theme "Building resilience in uncertain times". And it's in London, so relatively easy to get to. Here's more info. If you're going and would like to travel with others, get in touch and we'll try to put people in contact with each other.

Sat 15 - Sunday 16 Sept: Transition stall at the Food, Garden and Produce show (+ help wanted)

10:00-17:00, Parker's Piece, central Cambridge

Come and visit the Transition stall at the Food, Garden and Produce show. We'll have Cropshare produce and Cambake bread available (for donations), as well as a display of our projects and some friendly Transitioners to talk to! If you can help out, please contact us. You could take a turn on the stall (with others), donate garden produce or small plants. The show is Cambridge's big early autumn event - you can also enter your own produce in their competitions (Transitioners won several cash prizes last year...). More details here.

Saturday 15 September: CropShare Harvest Party

17:00, Willow Farm, Lode, CB25 9HF

Come to CropShare's annual harvest celebration down on the farm! Bring a bottle and something to put on the BBQ, other food and drink will be provided. We'll have a live band, allotment bonfire, and activities: Felt making, Wool spinning, Grind your own rye flour from our home grown grain, Kids straw fun.   There are spaces for camping overnight - please get in touch to book. £5 suggested donation.  See you there!

Thursday 20 September: Newcomers evening

19:30-21:00, CB1 Cafe, 32 Mill Road, Cambridge

Come and find out what the Transition movement is all about, what we get up to in Cambridge, and how you can get more involved! We'll show the first Transition film "In Transition", followed by a short presentation of our current projects, and then there's be time for questions and answers and a chance to meet people. All welcome, free.

Fri-Sat 28-29 Sep 10am - 4pm: Grafton Centre Eco-event with TC stall (+ help needed)

10:00-16:00, Grafton Centre Great Court

Last year this event was called Live Green and it was great fun. There were stalls from CCF, Recycling, Cambridge Wood works, a live cooking competition and a smoothie cycle. This year the energy group are putting on a stall - this is a 2-day event and we need lots of volunteers so if you could help us out for a few hours please let us know. We are especially short of people on the Friday - we won't not be able to run the stall on both days unless we get some more help!

Saturday 27 October: People and Permacuture: Creating synergetic productive groups with Looby Macnamara

10:00-17:00, Trumpington Pavilion, King George V Playing Field, Paget Road, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 9JF

Creating synergetic productive groups - a workshop with Looby Macnamara, author of People and Permaculture. We will explore group life and how to make the most of the group energy and people's skills. This will include decision-making, facilitation techniques and roles within groups. The workshop will be fun and interactive. Cost £45/ £35 unwaged if booked and paid for by September 25th. After this date the cost will be £55/ £45 unwaged. For more information and to book contact Penny. More details here.

Community Art Garden

Cambridge Art Salon has a small plot of land we are keen to turn into a community art garden in the heart of Romsey. We are looking for a volunteer garden co-ordinator and gardeners to turn the land into a veggie patch and green space with art, installation and a possible mural. All ideas welcome!!! Contact us by e-mail or phone 07969918355.

Events for your calendar

Other News and Events

Thu 6th - Fri 7th Sep 11am - 3.30pm: Emmanuel Environment Expo

11:00-15:30, Emmanuel URC, Trumpington Street, CB2 1RR

Emmanuel United Reformed Church, will host a FREE Environment Expo focussed on sustainability in buildings, particularly saving energy and especially in older buildings such as our beautiful church (for which we have ambitious plans). We invite building professionals, managers and owners of both public and private buildings and home owners to come and discuss these issues with consultants and suppliers for energy saving and renewable energy. More details here.

Saturday 08 September: Cambridge Wood Works Open Saturday

10:00-13:00, Cambridge Wood Works

Cambridge Wood Works is open every second Saturday of the month from 10am - 1pm for your affordable reclaimed wood needs. We are at Penn Farm Studios on the road between the villages of Harston and Haslingfield. Public transport isn't great, but there are good cycle routes via Grantchester and Cantalupe Farm from the City to Haslingfield. You can browse and select what you need then we can deliver the following week. We can also cut wood to length. Any queries please give us a call on 01223 870048 or email us. More details here.

Sunday 09 September: Festival of Farming, Food and Wildlife

11:00-17:00, Bird's Farm, Haslingfield, Barton, Cambridgeshire, CB23 7AG

Come with the family and enjoy a celebration of farming, food and wildlife, including food demonstrations and talks, various local food stalls, a bread making competition (open to all), as well as tractor and trailer rides, guided farm walks, sheep dog demos, farm animals and children’s activities. Free entry. This will be followed by a church service in St Peter's Church, Barton at 5.00pm with guest speaker Gerry Hanson (author of England my England). For more information, please contact the office on 01223 262999. Organised in association with The Countryside Restoration Trust. Free entry. More details here.

Sat 22nd and Sun 23rd Sept: Permaculture course at Dunton Community Garden

09:00-17:00,

Permaculture is a design system for ecological and sustainable living, integrating plants, animals, buildings, people, and communities. The course will be led by Hannah Thorogood, and will include an introduction to permaculture, observation of natural systems and how they relate to us, using some tools of permaculture design. The course aims to inspire you to be the change you want to see in the world, and is a chance to get to know like-minded people. Cost: £70 (£50 concessions) for the weekend. Booking is essential, please email, or phone 01767 313898. 

Sunday 23 September: Milton Produce Show

11:30-15:30, Milton Country Park

NOTE NEW DATE! Milton's village produce show, now in its fourth year, with categories for fruit, veg, flowers, home produce, handicrafts and photography, plus categories for children. It's fun, very informal and open to all - why not have a go at entering? Part of the Milton Country Park Food, Farming and Countryside Event. More details here.

6 Fortnightly evening sessions beginning in October: Carbon Conversations - October Groups

19:15, Various locations around Cambridge

6 friendly, practical meetings aimed at helping you halve your carbon footprint. Over 1,000 people have already taken part so come and join us! Cost is £15 for all six sessions and a copy of the 'Carbon Conversations' handbook. More details here.

Contribute to the County Council's Transport Strategy

Cambridgeshire County Council is now consulting on issues for a new transport strategy for Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire. They say: "Growth is being planned and we need to explore how best to accommodate this while improving accessibility and reducing congestion." Their consultation document highlights some of the main issues and challenges for transport in the area and seeks views on what approach we should take in developing a new transport strategy over the coming decades. The closing date for feedback is 28 September 2012. You can also attend various public meetings to find out more. More info here.

We hope you can make it to some of these events! Please continue to send in relevant events and news from in and around Cambridge, and let us know your ideas for future projects and events - thanks!

Anna

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Transition Cambridge aims to help Cambridge make the transition to ways of life that are more resilient in the face of rising energy prices and a changing climate.

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