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Louise Francis's Projects
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London Climate and Commu…
7 members
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London Low Carbon Commun…
79 members
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Linking Up London progra…
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Brixton Food and Growing…
86 members
Louise Francis's Page
Profile Information
- About Me:
- I am currently coordinating a community mapping project aimed at developing a web-based map for communities across East London which they can use to express local issues surrounding sustainability. www.communitymaps.org.uk
I run a small business selling organic gardening supplies in order to encourage people to grow their own produce within urban environments.
www.sprout.org
I set up a women's cooperative with communities in Southern Africa, Uganda and Kenya to increase the capacity of women to benefit from the continued practice of indigenous craft design and production.
- Key Interests
- Conservation, Recycling, Carbon Reduction, Wildlife, Education
- Experience/Skills
- Community engagement, GIS, environmental surveys and species identification, molecular analysis and financial administration
Spent several years working throughout the Caribbean on an EU funded programme focused on community based initiatives, nature and heritage tourism, environmental education and the conservation of island ecosystems.
Events
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Hospital Build India
September 3, 2010 at 10am to September 5, 2010 at 7pm – Bombay Exhibition Centre
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Herbal Medicine
September 4, 2010 from 10am to 5pm – Hackney
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Volunteer Morning
September 4, 2010 from 10am to 12pm – Ruskin Park
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Container Growing
September 4, 2010 from 10:30am to 1pm – The Regent's Park Allotment
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Hope you're well? I am planning an event later this Summer to encourage more of my neighbours to grow their own food in our wonderful Communal Garden (a few including myself, have already begun to do so). What I need help with, is knowing where to get things like cheap Grow Bags for planting things like potatoes. It would be great if you were available to attend. I'll advise you when a firm date has been fixed. In the meantime, can I spread the word by referring my neighbours and friends to your website?
Thanks for the warm welcome. Will follow-up your suggestion.
we met outside the pub after the LLCCN event back in November and had a cigarette together I was very impressed with your noise mapping.
Our islington Green mapping has to date found 110 groups and have yet to put into the council system. Seems like a lot of us are up to the same stuff!
I have an event on tuesday 23rd march in Islington which will take some time to look at relationships with councils, green mapping and a looksee at project dirt for those north of the river who have not seen it before. The head of the Energy Savings Trust London area will be there and so will Becky Luff (on PD) who is doing the environmental wiki.
So could get a few mappers off to the pub afterwards to see what synergies are there and what resources are available.
event details
Cheers
Tom
Do you have recommendations about Public Liability Insurance?....I paid £180 last season ( covering around 30 growers, chidren and up to three special events a year), but due to the forthcoming extra strands of work in the pipeline this may go up. My current company is Tennyson. Thanks
Nick
hope you're well
Nick