Transition Town Brixton
Supporting transition to a sustainable Brixton
Permaculture and Gardening Workshops by Social Landscapes
Streatham Hill based Community Interest Company Social Landscapes are running a series of workshops this Autumn, starting with a 2-hour Orchard Care and Maintenance session with the Open Orchard Project in Hillside Gardens Park, the a 2-day Introduction to Permaculture the last weekend of September and three 2-hour gardening sessions at Bandstand Beds on Clapham [...]
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TTB REconomy and Enterprise Group relaunch
Every Second Monday TTB holds the space for REconomy – inventing the new economy – at the amazing Open Project Night organised by Hub Brixton and TTB. You may have noticed our Local Food is Growing event in July.
On September 12 we will be relaunching the TTB REconomy and Enterprise Group (new economy inventors) and launching a project we’ve been working on [...]
Bank of Lambeth project
In November 2015, almost 1500 people raised, in 35 days, £62,095 to help Brixton cycles during their transition to a new location (forced out due to gentrification). Their bank failed to provide them the help required. But the community around Brixton showed their support through a successful crowdfunding campaign.
Economy is the basis of a society. [...]
Next Transition Town Brixton meeting 25th August
Transition Town Brixton is meeting at the new Brixton Pound cafe which opened in July 2016 (more info here). It’s Brixton’s first pay-what-you-feel cafe!
We will be there on Thursday 25th August from 6.30-8pm at 77 Atlantic Road, SW9 8PU
We will be trying some of their delicious food which they are aiming to source from local [...]
Social Landscapes is Recruiting a Gardener
Social Landscapes is a Lambeth-based Social Enterprise with the vision of generating urban cultures in which people and planet prosper. We do this through Permaculture Design Training, Community Engagement and Participatory Design as well as Placemaking and Green Space Managament. We are now recruiting a Maintenance Gardener. See the advert from their webpage below:
We’re Recruiting [...]
“Local Food is Growing” REconomy event
On Monday 11 July, TTB REconomy Project gathered 7 local food-growing enterprises at the weekly Open Project Night to build connections to get them REALLY GROWING. Watch this short film of what happened.
Six of the enterprises (see below) presented for 5 minutes each on what is happening, what is planned and what they NEED to [...]
TTB Central Project launching Tuesday 24 May
After a long pause, the core steering/strategy group of TTB is reforming. We would like to invite you to our first meeting in ages where we will be launching the TTB Cental Project. The agenda is here.
Tuesday 24 May, 7pm chat and snacks 7.30-9.30pm at the Brixton Pound Shop, 3 Atlantic Road, SW9 8HX (previously the lamented Portuguese deli, AC Continental)
The [...]
Inner Transition Evenings in Streatham Hill
After a recent break, the Inner Transition Evenings at Treadwell in Streatham Hill are starting up again. You are invited to join an open session every second Tuesday of the month at 7pm. These evenings offer an opportunity for people in and around the transition movement to get together, explore the psychology of change and [...]