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Dalston Energy Angels

Jamie — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:40:50 +0100

The Arcola Theatre in Dalston has been successful in winning funding under a Department of Energy and Climate Change project called the Local Energy Assessment Fund (LEAF).

The Dalston Energy Angels project involves running home energy audits, conducting thermal imaging surveys and building up a waste wood supply network for the Arcola's biomass boiler which will be installed later this year.

There will be a particular emphasis on working with people in fuel povertyRead More...

Hackney Bike Workshop Fundraising Party 3rd December

Jamie — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:46:52 +0100

Update: Next Stoke Newington bike workshop will be on the 13th not the 6th as suggested in the mail out. There will be a workshop at the Mare Street site on the 6th. Apologies for the confusion.

On Saturday 3rd December there's going to be a party to Read More...

London Transition Groups Gathering with Rob Hopkins - 1st December

Jamie — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:37:02 +0100

Here's a great opportunity to catch up with what's going on in the many Transition initiatives scattered around London.

Rob Hopkins will be coming down and talking about his new book, The Transition Companion. Read on for more info and a link to purchase tickets...

London Transition Groups Gathering with Rob Hopkins on his new book The Transition Companion

Come along for some inspiration, soRead More...

Pangea Chorus Workshops Starting Again

Jamie — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:25:51 +0100

Pangea Chorus will be starting up again in late October and running weekly workshops on Monday evenings for 10 weeks. If you are keen to join a local choir then please read on...

Hackney’s autumn free compost give away event will take place this Saturday! We will be there offering tips and advice on how to use autumn leaves for leaf-mulching or any other composting queries you may have. We will be waiting for you at the Hackney Marshes Park Rangers Depot fRead More...

Eat Sleep Cycle

Jamie — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Here's something amazing: Anna Hughes is cycling all the way around the coast of Britain in aid of charity. Anna is involved with the bike maintenance workshops and is very active in all things environmental in Hackney.

She's on day 34 of her journey, having started at Tower Bridge a little over a month ago, and in total will be cycling 4,500 miles anticlockwise around the country. In just five weeks she's already covered 1,900 miles and is currently on Arran up onRead More...

TTSN Meeting and Meal on Monday

Jamie — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:13:49 +0100

This coming Monday we're having a little catch up meeting and sharing a meal from 8pm at the Boiler House on the George Downing Estate.

All are very welcome, please bring a little dish for people to share.

A Century of Challenges - A Talk by Stoneleigh

Jamie — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 06:06:03 +0100

On Friday 2nd September, Transition Leytonstone will be hosting a talk from Nicole Foss, a radical blogger who goes by the name of Stoneleigh and who is touring the UK at the moment.

Nicole blogs about economics on a fascinating website called The Automatic Earth, and is one of the few analysts seriously considering the impacts of resource depletion, in particular peak oil, in their assessments of the global economy.

This talk is highly recommended, howeverRead More...

Organic Food Growing Workshop

Jamie — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 06:45:40 +0100

On Saturday there will be a great opportunity for people who want to start urban organic growing but are unsure about how to get going.

Even better there is a £5 discount for TTSN members so the day long course will only cost £20. See the flyer and drop Sarah a line at the email given at the end if you are interested in taking part:

Organic Food Growing Workshop

This Tuesday, Transition Town Hackney's second Positive Pictures film night will be happening down at Passing Clouds. Here's the info...

Transition Town Hackney presents.... Positive Pictures
on Tuesday 19th July, 7pm at Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Just off Kingsland Road behind the Haggerston Pub

Positive Pictures isRead More...