4th April Newsletter - Well-being and national statistics!

Hi Everyone

It’s definitely the time of year for our seed and plant swap on Sunday! There are also two great events to do with wellbeing coming up this week: a chance to tell the Office for National Statistics about sustainability and wellbeing and a wonderful workshop “Coming back to life”. And remember to book for our amazingly good value introduction to permaculture!

CONTENTS

Transition News and Events

  • Wednesday 06 April: Food Group Meeting
  • Wednesday 06 April: Transition Knitting Circle
  • Thursday 07 April: Wellbeing workshop with the Office for National Statistics
  • Saturday 09 April: Coming Back to Life: Reconnection through movement
  • Sunday 10 April: Seed and Plant Swap
  • Thursday 14 April: Cafe night: Learn how to make your own soya milk and tofu
  • Saturday 16 April - Sunday 17: Introduction to Permaculture
  • Calendar of events
  • Rob Hopkins’ talk last Monday – a big thank you!
  • Transition Cambridge has a new logo!

Community News

  • Free compost bin in Girton

Other News and Events

  • Tuesday 05 April: Grow Your Own - Spring Jobs
  • Tuesday 12 April: Green Drinks Cambridge
  • Wednesday 13 April: The Power of Community
  • “Green and Away” internships
  • Green Economics Institute training starts next weekend

Transition News and Events

Thursday 07 April: Wellbeing workshop with the Office for National Statistics

19:30-21:30, Friends Meeting House, Jesus Lane

The Office for National Statistics is developing new measures of national well-being. They want to consult with people, organisations and businesses across the UK, to ask what matters most in people's lives and what is important for measuring the nation's well-being. Transition Cambridge is hosting a workshop led by a facilitator from the ONS where we hope to focus on the sustainability issues around well-being - come along and have your say on why living sustainability matters to our current and future wellbeing! More info here.

Saturday 09 April: Coming Back to Life: Reconnection through movement

11:00-17:30, The Junction

A one-day movement and dance workshop with Mark Boylan, a joint venture with Cambsdance. Remembering our sense of embodiment is a good route to remembering what life is or should be about. We will use practices developed as part of ‘The Work That Reconnects’ by Joanna Macy and others and explore them through movement. More information here. Price: £20-£40 sliding scale – pay what you can afford depending on income. Please make cheques payable to ‘Time for Dance’. For queries or to book your place please contact Di Hinds via Heart and Soul group or call 07989 353602. More details here.

Sunday 10 April: Seed and Plant Swap

09:00-12:30, Cherry Hinton Village Centre, Colville Road, CB1 9EJ

Come and visit our seed and plant swap stall at the table-top sale at Cherry Hinton Village Centre. There will be a variety of vegetable and herb plants and seeds to swap for any surplus you have. A simple and inexpensive way to get more plants for your garden or allotment. Just give what you have and take what you want (within reason!) in return. More details here.

Thursday 14 April: Cafe night: Learn how to make your own soya milk and tofu

19:30-22:00, 22 Jesus Lane

At our next cafe night, Mary Brunning will demonstrate how to make soy milk and tofu from soya beans, using her Soyquick machine. She will also talk about their nutritional value and how quick, easy and cheap they are to make. The cafe will open at 7:30, and the demonstration will start at 8. All welcome, free!

Saturday 16 April - Sunday 17: Introduction to Permaculture

09:30-17:30, Trumpington Pavilion

Transition Cambridge are organising another Introduction to Permaculture weekend course on 16-17 April. It's a great opportunity to learn design principles and practical approaches for sustainable living, land use and growing some of your own food. Also, permaculture principles are one of the bases of Transition. The teacher is Nicole Freris, from Naturewise in London, who's a very experienced permaculture teacher and facilitator. By all accounts she's great, and very inspiring...!

The cost of this course is £60 (£45 unwaged). For more info, see the Permaculture Group courses or contact Ceri and Dave. The last course was fully booked, so book your place soon!

Calendar of events

- Tuesday 19 April: Energy Group Meeting

Rob Hopkins’ talk last Monday – a big thank you!

A huge thank you to everyone who helped out at last Monday’s event, when Rob Hopkins came to Cambridge to speak about "The Transition Journey" and to help us celebrate our 3rd birthday! Here are some photos of the event, a little video celebrating some of the things we’ve done so far, and Rob's write-up of the event on his <a href="">blog</a>. Thanks to everyone for making the night such a success!

Transition Cambridge has a new logo!

You can see our new logo here. We would like to thank Anna Williams for creating it!

Community news

Free compost bin in Girton

Large (330 litre) Dalek-style compost bin free to good home, if you can collect from Girton. Email: ljmeakin@gmail.com

Related News and Events

Tuesday 05 April: Grow Your Own - Spring Jobs

19:30-21:30, Ross Street Community Centre, Ross Street, CB1 3UZ

As daylight increases the growing season gets into full swing. It's time for spring jobs like sowing tender vegetables; and as weeds and pests get going too, learn how to identify and control them. With seasoned gardeners Keith Jordan and George Thorpe.

All levels of gardening experience welcome! Organised by Cambridge Carbon Footprint. Entry by donation (£3 suggested) towards room hire and refreshments. More details here.

Tuesday 12 April: Green Drinks Cambridge

19:30-19:30, The Old Spring 1 Ferry Path, CB4 1HB behind the Light Blue Cycle Centre.

Green Drinks events are informal meetings held once a month for people who are interested in the environmental and sustainability arena to gather, chat and generally get to know one each other. The purpose is to allow people to meet and exchange thoughts in a relaxed agenda-free setting. This will be the first Cambridge meet and so far we have a very interesting mix of people attending. Please email Ayesha]] stating your interest in attending. More details here.

Wednesday 13 April: The Power of Community

19:30-19:30, The Stables, St Andrews Church, Histon CB24 9EP

This inspiring film is a description of how the people of Cuba overcome the loss of most of their oil supply after the collapse of the USSR - How they worked together at the grassroots level to feed themselves and move forward. Film followed by drinks, cake and discussion. Free Admission. Contact Paul for more information.

“Green and Away” internships

Find out about green internship opportunities with “Green and Away”

Green Economics Institute training starts next weekend

Oxford and Glastonbury. April 10th - 17th 2011

Together with the British Council and the European Commission, they are creating a visionary group of young people to the UK in April 2011 to receive training on Green Jobs, and Sustainable Careers. They are offering this to 36 young people in total. Email greeneconomicsinstitute@yahoo.com

Enjoy the spring weather and maybe see you at one of these events!

Bev

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