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March & April 2019 Events

Sat 23 March 2019 – Free taster session for WEA Growing your own Sustainable Food Business enrolonline.wea.org.uk

Sun 24 March 2019 – Grafting Workshop at Constable Community Allotment. Places are limited, please contact Lausanne on 07816 141169 to see if there are any places left.

Wed 27 March 2019 – Science Cafe Beverley presents:  Talk + Q&A: “When will Hull be Underwater?” 7:30 pm The Potting Shed pub, Flemingate, Beverley HU17 0NU. A short talk by Dr Chris Skinner of the University of Hull, in an informal environment over a coffee or a pint, followed by a question & answer session.

Thu 28 March 2019 – Friends of the Earth Film showing of  ‘Burned – are Trees the New Coal?’  7pm for prompt 7.30pm start, Cottingham Civic Hall (Oak Room), Market Green, Cottingham HU16 5QG. Drax Power station imports wood from the USA through Hull Docks and it is subsidised as a ‘renewable’ fuel. But is it?  More info and trailer at  https://burnedthemovie.com/ Admission FREE.

Sat 30 March 2019 – How to Go Greener Day in Beverley. 10am to 4pm at Toll Gavel United Church, Bevereley HU17 9AA. Speakers, workshops, activities and stalls. £15 to include vegan lunch and refreshments. Contact lindajanejohnson@icloud.com or book at eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-go-greener-day-tickets-54426788991

Mon 15 April 2019 – Transition & Permaculture Hull meeting. There will be a talk entitled “Heading for Extinction and What to do About it”  presented by Extinction Rebellion Hull. 7.30 pm, Friends Meeting House, Bean St, Hull HU3 2PR. This will be preceeded by the Transition & Permaculture Hull 2019 AGM at 6.30pm at the same venue.

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Free Trees 

Octopus Energy is offering schools and community groups bundles of free trees. You can choose from 6 different types of bundle, all composed of native saplings

https://octopus.energy/give-me-my-trees_ca

 

Transition & Permaculture Hull is part of the Transition Network

Transition & Permaculture Hull has a copies of Transition Network Publications which can be borrowed on request

• 21 Stories of Transition
• The Transition Handbook
• The Transition Companion
• The Power of Just Doing Stuff
• In Transition 1.0 DVD: from oil dependence to local resilience
• In Transition 2.0 DVD: a story of resilience and hope
• Voices of Transition DVD : community-led food production

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Sites suggested by Transition & Permaculture Hull members:

• Working together for a just transition New Economics Foundation Nov 2018: How can we manage the shift to a green economy, and provide good jobs for all?  https://neweconomics.org/2018/11/working-together-for-a-just-transition?mc_cid=d9c12a42e6&mc_eid=bb236f8f36
• Who should feed the world? the power of multinationals over proprietary seeds  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/05/feed-the-world-real-people-faceless-multinationals-monsanto-bayer
• The Trans Pennine Trail walkers & cyclists coast-to-coast going through Hull  http://www.transpenninetrail.org.uk/
• Grow trees to offset Trump’s withdrawal from climate agreement  https://trumpforest.com/
•  First Food Waste Supermarket in the UK  Pudsey, Sept 2016  http://resource.co/article/uk-s-first-food-waste-supermarket-opens-leeds-11395
• Wetwipes and Marine Conservation  Find out how you can get involved
• Ecological Land Cooperative Devon  https://vimeo.com/169613117   http://ecologicalland.coop/
• Brunswick Organic Nursery and Craft Workshop near York  http://www.brunswickyork.org.uk/
• Get worm composting today with The Urban Worm  http://www.theurbanworm.co.uk/
• The home of organic farming Soil Association website   https://www.soilassociation.org/
• Horton Community Farm permaculture site in Bradford
  https://www.permaculture.org.uk/people-projects-places/project/horton-community-farm
• Friends of Constable Street Field, Hull, Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Friends-of-Constable-Street-Field-147736172079143/
• Sustainability of urban food systems  https://susturbanfoods.com/
• Interview with the director of film ‘Threatened Forests’ at http://eubioenergy.com/2015/11/25/threatened-forests-interview-with-director-benoit-grimont/
• Envisioning a prosperous descent by focusing on what is sufficient to live well  http://simplicityinstitute.org/
• ‘Crash on Demand’  David Holmgren’s paper on stopping stopping the juggernaut of consumer capitalism from driving the world over the climate change cliff http://holmgren.com.au/crash-demand/
• A book to stimulate discussion about the relationship between personal wellbeing and environmental sustainability  http://happierpeoplehealthierplanet.com/
• Welcome to the next generation of horticulturists  http://younghort.com/
• Using gardening to change lives: http://www.thrive.org.uk/
• the myths surrounding the “fracking boom”  http://www.i-sis.org.uk/US_Fracking_Boom_a_Fallacy.php
• Plastic Bottles light up houses! http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23536914
• Use waste coffee grouts for growing mushrooms http://www.fungi-futures.co.uk/how-do-we-turn-waste-coffee-into-gourmet-mushrooms/
• Biofuelwatch  http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/
• Marinet marine conservation http://www.marinet.org.uk/
• Local Freecycle  http://groups.freecycle.org/hullfreecycle/posts/all

page updated Feb 2019