Coming up
WEA Course, Creating Healthy Gardens, 10 weeks starting Wed 23 Jan 2019, 10am to 12 noon at Friends Meeting House, Bean St, Hull HU3 2PR More info Lausanne on 07816 141169
Mon 18 Feb 2019 – Fracking Update Meeting, in which Transition & Permaculture Hull will be showing the film Power Trip: Fracking in the UK. We will also have an update from a member of the local campaign against fracking, Frack Free East Yorkshire, which is monitoring the work Rathlin is doing at West Newton, East of Hull. FFEY January Newsletter 7.30 pm, Friends Meeting House, Bean St, Hull HU3 2PR
Sat 2 March 2019 – Hull Seed Swap – Come along and and browse the range of seeds others have brought. If you bring seeds of your own you can swap for free, otherwise a small donation is requested. There will be other activities on offer, details to follow. Transition & Permaculture Hull is one of a number of members of the Hull Food Partnership collaborating to produce this event, with Hull Veg Cities, Down to Earth and more. 10.30 am to 3 pm at the Jubilee Church Hull, 62 King Edward St, HU1 3SQ
Sat 9 March & Sun 10 March 2019, Introduction to Permaculture Course. There will be a 2-day WEA course ‘Introduction to Permaculture’ delivered in Hull on 9-10 March 2019 at Giroscope, Coltman St, Hull HU3 2SJ. To express an interest please contact Lausanne on 07816 141169. More detailed publicity will follow.
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Bettys Trees for Life Fund aims to support groups in Yorkshire working to improve local green spaces and wildlife habitats through tree planting projects, improved access to woodland and environmental management and education projects. The link between accessible green space and well-being is well documented and they are also interested in projects that aim to use environmental activity to promote good physical and mental health. Grants are available from £500 to £4000.Deadlines for 2019 are:
- 25th February 2019 (for March 2019 panel)
- 26th August 2019 (for September 2019 panel)
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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.o
rg.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
- 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 Jan 2019
