BLIP blog archive: Sept 2010 to Mar 2011
This is the archive of the Bringing Land into Production project, ‘BLIP’ for short, from September 2010 to March 2011. What a transformation in just a short space of time! Many thanks to so many volunteers who have given their time so generously. As some of you may know, we were not able to continue [...]
TTB website visited by 57 countries last month
The Communications Group meeting last week looked at different statistics about the website, Twitter, our newsletter and so on. A couple of surprising statistics were that the website had visitors from 57 countries last month and 75% of all visitors were visiting the site for the first time. We added these and other statistics to [...]
Communications Group Formed
A new TTB Communications Group was formed last week and had it’s first meeting. The main topics were overall strategy and current priorities. There were 5 participants and apologies from several others. The meeting included a description of the different parts of TTB and areas of current communication including the newsletter, website, facebook, leaflets and [...]
2012 Transition Network Conference in Battersea Sept 14-16
Sign up to attend Offer accommodation Make a donation to enable someone else to go The Transition Network holds yearly conferences and this year’s conference will be in Battersea, at the Battersea Arts Centre, so it is a good opportunity to go. Also could you offer accommodation to someone coming from further away (see link [...]
Food Coop August order – join now and get ordering!
WELL … “Times are hard” (and food prices are only going to go up ! ) … but we still want to buy food that is healthy and is grown in a sustainable and ethical way ! … SO … We have formed a co-operative to collectively bulk-buy organic wholefoods … (NOT including fresh vegetables and [...]
South London community farm vacancies
Exciting vacancies at a community farm 8 miles from Brixton: Managing Director (maternity cover), Growing Training Manager, Organic Growers. They are also looking for people who can help out with local delivieries (paid). But if you’re not looking for a job you can also volunteer and support the farm through Farm membership. Sutton Community Farm, a [...]
Chance to change the streets of Brixton and Stockwell
Karibu Education Centre, 7 Gresham Road SW9 7PH: Tuesday 10 July 6.30 – 8.30 p.m A real opportunity – with budget attached – to make a difference to Brixton. The area includes Slade Gardens and the Transition Centre. Please be there and we’ll get some real make a difference stuff rather than titivating and moving the [...]
Most recent Newsletter and archive
For newsletters since March 2012 click here. For the most recent one, see below. Newsletter of 4th May 2012 (click the image): Newsletters from before March 2012 are not archived here, though you will find some from the sub-groups if you type ‘newsletters’ in the search box in the top right hand corner.
Rosendale Allotments – 3 job vacancies
All three positions are part time with flexible working hours. See www.rosendale-allotments.org.uk for more details: Community Education Officer; Community Outreach Officer; and Project Support Officer They are scheduled to commence in July 2012, and last for 21 months. The project officer’s position is only available for internal applicants who are members of the Association; the [...]
Meeting with South African Groups SEED and Thatu
Please join us on 4th July, 2-4 (+ lunch at 1) at 6-8 Robsart St, SW9 0DJ. Bring your lunch for informal discussion at 1 and for the formal meeting from 2 – 4. If you can, please let us know if you are coming and send in any questions you would like to ask [...]
