Jobs
Please find below a list of TTB’s current voluntary vacancies: TTB Shop staff – email see below Food Group Coordinators and a variety of other roles and one-off tasks Please click here for the Food and Growing Group tasklist to see what is available (a spreadsheet should open in your browser) – email Reskilling Coordinator [...]
Transition Towns
is a movement aims to equip communities for the dual challenges of climate change and peak oil. The movement currently has over 100 member communities worldwide. History of the Transition Town Movement The Transition concept emerged from work permaculture designer Rob Hopkins had done with the students of Kinsale Further Education College in writing an [...]
Education Group report back from Open Meeting, Assembly Room, 1.10.07
Steve Korris (convenor) Anna Stopes, Harry Cormack Long Term Vision Information & knowledge of how a community can live a low energy existence & be more in tune with natural cycles, to be taught in all schools as part of the regular teaching programme This would include the knowledge and practical skills of how to [...]
Citizen Curriculum
I think that the education group should be aware that the newly introduced citizenship curriculum provides a ‘golden opportunity to politicize the environment for young people’ (Andrew Dobson, 2003). Sustainable development is a section within the curriculum and also it encourages community action and involvement with local community groups and projects (step up Transition Town [...]
TTB Shelf and Display in Brixton Library
Brixton Library has kindly offered us a 1m Transition Town Brixton shelf in the REFERENCE SECTION for Peak Oil, Climate Change and Sustainability resources. They have also offered us the Reference Section entrance to ‘launch’ this resource with an exhibition of the material. Additionally we have a large floorstanding display downstairs in the main foyer. [...]
Growing in schools
Rosendale Primary School, Rosendale Road SE24 has half an allotment. They did a wonderful FEAST in 2005 http://www.ashdendirectory.org.uk/featuresView.asp?pageIdentifier=2005930_45415896 http://www.rosendale-primary.lambeth.sch.uk/index_files/page0014.htm The coordinator is learning support worker AndyBeagley[at]hotmail.com Telferscot School has an allotment run by parent and TTB supporter Victoria Bridges. Help is needed.
Eco Schools
Groundwork Southwark are promoting the Ecoschools in Lambeth. Ecoschools are great. TTB has an excellent video made by WWF about real schools’ experiences of becoming ecoschools. You are welcome to borrow it if you think you could use it to inspire schools. Here is a list of existing Ecoschools in Lambeth. Visit WWF’s excellent learning [...]
Climate Change Action Programme in Lambeth Schools
Save our World is presenting this lively show for years 3-6 in Lambeth primary schools this November. We meet the schools first to encourage them to become Ecoschools and to have an energy saving project that the kids can share in. The show is fun and participatory and full of ideas of how the children [...]
TTB Economy and Business Working Group
Email to be included in future work of this group
Local Economy Day, June 2008
Archive of documents
