Transition Liverpool Newsletter, January 2020.
Transition
Nature, Gardening. Food
Co-Housing and Community
Courses, Lectures, Trainings
New Movements
Local Events, Meetings and News
Climate Crisis
Recycle, re-use, etc
Green News, Politics etc
Art and Creativity
Transition Liverpool
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Transition Café
Make Do and Mend. The meeting is on 8th January at the Quaker Meeting House, School Lane, Liverpool, beginning at 6.30 for soup, deserts, etc, and then the mending session begins after 7pm.
Bring clothes that need mending, your darning, knitting and crochet and enjoy an evening of renovating your clothing and enjoying a bring and share meal and a social evening. We will provide sewing machines, needles and thread, knitting and crochet basic materials, buttons and needlework sundries and we can all share our expertise. We know now that the clothing industry is one of the major polluters and many people are turning to more sustainable ways of managing clothing. Buying charity shop garments, hiring clothes or clothes swap sessions are all sustainable ways of getting new clothes and you are also invited to bring garments which you no longer wear for our clothes swap corner.
If you don't have any making or mending to do just come along for the shared meal and a chat over a hot drink.
Wirral Earth Fest 2020 is on 19th September – Facebook event (book your stall now !!)
Incredible Edible Knowsley is now on Facebook and is developing rapidly
Transition Town West Kirby - programme for January
6th – Incredible Edible Meeting – West Kirby Library
7th – West Kirby Drop In – United Reformed Church
8th – Hoops and Hurdles – The Making Space
11th – Incredible Edible – Grange Park
12th – High Tidiers litter pick – Cubbins Green & Wirral Way
14th – West Kirby Drop In – United Reformed Church
21st – West Kirby Drop In – United Reformed Church
22nd – Hoops and Hurdles – The Making Space
23rd – Incredible Edible – Grange Park
25th – West Kirby Farmers’ Market – St Andrew’s Church
26th – High Tidiers litter pick – West Kirby Beach
28th – West Kirby Drop In – United Reformed Church
You can also follow them on Facebook
Nature, Gardening. Food
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L- Herb spiral - R- after the bush fires
Earth Restoration Camps – Permaculture magazine website
Earth restoration camps can bring people together to regenerate landscapes and communities, changing the world for the better
Designing and Creating a Herb Garden - Permaculture magazine website
Unbroken Ground – 25-min YouTube video with very good responses
Unbroken Grounds explains the critical role food will play in the next frontier of our efforts to solve the environmental crisis. It explores four areas of agriculture that aim to change our relationship to the land and oceans. Most of our food is produced using methods that reduce biodiversity, decimate soil and contribute to climate change. We believe our food can and should be a part of the solution to the environmental crisis – grown, harvested and produced in ways that restore our land, water and wildlife.
Recycled Sewage Water grows 500-Acre Forest in the Middle of Egyptian Desert – internet article based on scientific research
Fighting Pests By Planting Wildflowers Instead of Using Chemicals - Farmers Return To Ancient Method – Internet article
Mowing urban lawns less intensely increases biodiversity, saves money and reduces pests – Internet article
Weeds are More Nutritious than Store-Bought Produce – Internet article based on a study
Greens for Good Kickstarter in Liverpool has successfully raised £25k, donated by 262 backers - kickstarter page
Using Vertical Farming and aquaponics, this campaign will eventually bring fresh, healthy, local greens to every school in Liverpool, and create a model for cities everywhere
World Food Production can be doubled if the land is returned to small farmers – Ecologist article
Incredible Edible Knowsley is now on Facebook and is developing rapidly
Growing Sudley CIC are having their annual winter gathering next weekend on Sunday 12 January 1-3pm.
The project has been active and growing for the last few years, developing a therapeutic gardening and nature therapy project in a dilapidated walled garden at Sudley Estate. They run children’s forest-school holiday clubs and projects for people with long term health conditions and disabilities, as well as a variety of community events and activities. The project aims to bring the walled garden back to life and enhance community health and wellbeing through nature. The group have developed their practice using a permaculture ethos and are actively using the approach, not just in design and growing, but as a tool for organisational development.
Growing Sudley are closely connected to the Transition Movement and invite you to join them at their winter gathering, for mulled fireside drinks and activities for all ages. Dress warmly and bring a cup if you can !
The walled garden is at the far end of Sudley Estate (NOT inside Sudley House), Mossley Hill Rd, L18 8BX, next to the bottom car park.
To join Growing Sudley’s mailing list please contact growingsudley@gmail.com
Beavers, Nature's Water Engineers – from the Devon Wildlife Trust
Downloadable PDF with fascinating details of the changes to the ecosystem after beavers were reintroduced to a small river system. Their report is a model of ecological reporting !
Nature Connected – this is the follow-on organisation for Year of the Environment 2019LCR – see their website for more information
Urban Farming in Cuba has meant that the country could keep itself fed through all the sanctions – Ecowatch article
Co-Housing and Community
Merseyside Co-Housing
Our Meetups will now be at Egg Café on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, beginning at 4 pm, and maybe continuing after 6pm. We are very grateful to Egg Café for allowing us to do this- please come and have a drink, a meal, soup or desert, or all 4 if you prefer !
The dates so far are Tuesday 21st Jan, then the 4th and 18th February. We will add other Meetups of other types as time goes on
Please pop in and meet the group, tell us what your ideas are, or stay for longer in our informal community-building process.
Email info@merseysidecohousing.org.uk to join our mailing list, and join our Facebook group
Support for community businesses in Liverpool City Region. – Major downloadable PDF report
In summer 2019, Power to Change commissioned "Capacity" to research the support needed, and available, to the community business sector in Liverpool City Region; community businesses are socially trading organisations. This report details the findings. It also includes recommendations for providing the sector with better support than is currently available, with a consistent approach across types of organisation and their geography in the City Region. The term ‘community business support’ refers to the advice and guidance that is needed for a community business to grow and develop. This can involve a number of elements, such as business planning, financial management, peer-support, professional skills, mentorship and leadership (including programmes) and more. Financial support for community businesses is outside the scope of this research and report.
Manifesto of the National Community Land Trust Network - this has just been published – PDF download
The story of a successful Ecovillage in Canada – started with almost no money – internet article
How to Start a Housing Co-op – US Webinar on Thursday, 23 January 2020 from 11:00-12:00 EST, (4pm GMT), by Co-operative Housing International - see the Facebook event
Redwing Housing Co-op in Cornwall is getting started – please help their Crowdfunder
YorSpace - a Community Led Homes success story – YouTube 2-min video of new project in York
Co-operative Housing Ireland Member’s Handbook – free download PDF
Why is Housing so Expensive – 3-min YouTube video
Could this local experiment be the start of a national transformation? – Guardian article
Courses, Lectures, Trainings
Continuing Education – a range of short courses that the public can attend, with a huge range of topics – arts, science, languages, etc, etc – 98 courses on the University of Liverpool website
Moving Forward – Creative Skills course - on the Writing on the Wall website, with the WEA and other agencies.
A 16 week intensive skills development course – only those who are currently unemployed are eligible to apply.
Employability Skills for Working in Community Horticulture – WEA course, visit their website for more details
The course is a 3-hour session every week for 11 weeks, beginning 25th February. It is for people wishing to progress their skills in horticulture and develop their personal capacity to contribute to the sector. It will include visits to projects, classroom work and some practical work
New Movements
64 Million Artists believes everyone is creative, and when we use our creativity we can make positive change in our lives and the world around us. From their website, they aim to be a catalyst for the creativity of everyone in the UK. Sign up here for their January Challenge which is free to take part in. Anybody and everybody can sign up to receive the daily challenges by email.
Effective Altruism is an interesting movement to help people give money to charity more effectively. It’s based in Blackpool – visit their website for more information
Effective altruism is about answering one simple question: how can we use our resources to help others the most? Rather than just doing what feels right, we use evidence and careful analysis to find the very best causes to work on.
Circular Economy Club We want to move Circular Economy Club Liverpool City Region forward and need your help in establishing a plan for 2020. Please take a few minutes to complete our survey and help us move towards a circular Liverpool City Region.
We would like to put together a range of events and actions starting January, so we’d be grateful if you could complete the survey by Friday 10th January 2020. Please share with other contacts you feel would benefit from being a member of the Circular Economy Club Liverpool City Region.
Ecosia Ethical Search Engine, is an ethical and sustainable internet search engine – visit their homepage
Ecosia is a relatively new internet search engine which funds planting a tree for every 45 searches. Since I started using it I have funded 11.5 trees. It does everything that Google, Yahoo etc. do and also follows ethical practice unlike its competitors. Just Google " Ecosia" and you will be able to download it.
European Movement Merseyside - Together.EU is having a meeting at Tate North on Saturday 18th January, 10am-4.30pm for EU Citizens (which we all are still)
Please book on Eventbrite as places are limited, and see this page for more information
Nature Connected – this is the follow-on organisation for Year of the Environment 2019LCR – see their website for more information
Local Events, Meetings and News
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