July newsletter out now
TTB’s latest newsletter includes details of the Lambeth Sustainability Forum on 3 July, the Future Brixton planning workshop on 4 July, plus an account of the ‘Who Feeds Lambeth?’ discussion convened by Incredible Edible Lambeth. And congratulations to Duncan Law, who was made a Lambeth Champion in May for his work on Transition Town Brixton. [...]
Eco-film: Once Upon a Time in Knoxville
Once Upon a Time in Knoxville is a funny but hard-hitting documentary about a man in Tennessee who builds houses out of recycled materials and has fascinating and unorthodox ideas about environmentalism. Recycling visionary Rollo Sullivan hits us with a vision of the resources collapse that awaits us. But where other eco-warriors preach and bore, Rollo [...]
Urban permaculture weekend course
The word ‘permaculture’ comes from ‘permanent agriculture’ and ‘permanent culture’ – it is about living lightly on the planet, and making sure that we can sustain human activities for many generations to come, in harmony with nature. This weekend course, run by Jillian Hovey and Rakesh ‘Rootsman Rak’, provides a fun and friendly introduction to permaculture. [...]
Create an edible forest garden
Imagine your garden looking as lovely as the edge of a woodland, which produces an abundance of food and ultimately will need very little digging, weeding, watering or pest control – ‘an edible forest garden’. Forest gardening is a way of growing food where nature does most of the work for you. Modelled on natural [...]
Making solar panels from recycled and scrap materials
Being connected to the grid, we take electricity for granted. Most of us consume electricity without considering where it came from, how it was produced or the true cost of producing energy. We therefore consume way more than is necessary. By taking control of our own energy production, we can learn how to use energy [...]
