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DRUID CYCLES: A fascinating bike project

Review

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Added by Polly Robbins on September 1, 2010 at 12:37pm — No Comments

What's On This Week: Monday 30th August to Sunday 5th September

Hello everyone!

I trust you've been enjoying Bank Holiday Monday in all this sudden sunshine- what a nice surprise eh? This week we've got loads of events on (particularly at the weekend- check out the Urban Green Fair). Don't forget to… Continue

Added by Lucy Langdon on August 30, 2010 at 6:40pm — No Comments

Saving and Generating

So, I've spent the last year creating this monster of a web page resource in order to mak… Continue

Added by Roger Hollies on August 23, 2010 at 5:30pm — No Comments

What's On This Week: Monday 23rd to Sunday 29th

Good afternoon one and all,

Welcome to this week's dose of what's on and green in London. There are a few really exciting events this week, including an Animation Workshop on Thursday and the Kew Horticultural Society Show at the weekend. As always, please remember to keep a… Continue

Added by Lucy Langdon on August 23, 2010 at 4:16pm — 1 Comment

free(well sort of) solar panels

theres a company offering to fit free solar panels to your roof they get 67% you get 33% of government feed in tariff

for the next 25 years shows how generous the tariffs are if big investment cos are getting in on the act ive decided

to join having 9 solar panels fitted at cost of £9000 should produce £1250 per annum tax free & inflation linked

so if electric price rises so will money you receive from grid

also had solid wall insulation fitted on all external

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Added by john barlow on August 20, 2010 at 2:19pm — No Comments

Wandsworth Council - new sustainability page

Wandsworth Council's website now has a new 'Sustainability' page. It aims to bring together our various commitments, iniatives and achievements in the area of sustainability (including our environmental action plan)on one easy to find page for the first time.

It also links to other related parts of the Wandsworth website. I'll do my best to keep it up to date!

Here's the link: www.wandsworth.gov.uk

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Added by Ewan on August 20, 2010 at 12:07pm — No Comments

London Permaculture Festival this Sunday 22nd August

Our main aim for the event this Sunday is to connect Londoners with what is going on, on their doorstep- we want to get people already involved in groups to meet others doing the same- feel supported by this great… Continue

Added by stef on August 19, 2010 at 3:49pm — No Comments

Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses seeks Volunteer Coordinator (approx 6 hrs / week)

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Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses is a charity dedicated to helping create greener communities. We facilitate urban growing and community participation.

We are looking for a Volunteer Coordinator who can dedicate a few hours a week to helping us support the many volunteers who come to the Community Greenhouses. This

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Added by corina on August 19, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Hooray!

Just as things had ground to a halt due to the using up of the initial set up funding from Capital Growth, I was made aware of the Timberland Earthkeepers fund advertised on Project Dirt. I hopefully, but not expectantly, completed the application, and to my absolute delight were awarded £1960.00! The money will help us to finish the wildlife area and pond, which is currently just a hole in the ground, as well as build more growing spaces and hold some tutor sessions and events for the residents… Continue

Added by Lewisham Hostels Growing Project on August 17, 2010 at 3:31pm — No Comments

GOOD LUCK CAROLINE ON YOUR ENGLISH CHANNEL SWIM

Caroline, a friend i have met through Project Dirt, is attempting to swim the English Channel this week. Being Head of Marketing at the environmental charit… Continue

Added by Mark on August 17, 2010 at 9:00am — 3 Comments

What's on this week - 16th Aug to 22nd Aug

Well, well, bank holiday is drawing closer and London seems to be enjoying some new found rain - great news for those veg growers amongst us . There are some great events on this week ... and i promised to give the London Permacult

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Added by Mark on August 16, 2010 at 12:30am — 1 Comment

Mark checking out the new Bike hire scheme ...

A quick blog ... to give you the heads up my first bike hire outing. Personally (and tell me if you think im barking up the wrong tree) - i think it's great.

It's about short journeys ... and with 30 mins of use being free - the pricing structure makes sure this is absolutely the case. with the bikes being up to £50 for 24 hours ... it means it'll stop people sneaking them home and out of circulation.

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Added by Mark on August 13, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Spaced out: Allotments and urban space shortages

This week sees the celebration of an issue that’s doubtless dear to the hearts of many Project Dirt viewers – National Allotments Week!

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Added by energyrethinking on August 12, 2010 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Timberland Earthkeeper Grant (2010) - The Results

Hand me a towel Nick, because this was a closely run thing. 30+ applications came in, over a period of just over two weeks. Here at Dirt HQ we were happily overwhelmed with the level of interest – in fact, it led to a

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Added by Mark on August 11, 2010 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

What's On This Week: 9th to 15th August

Dear Project Dirters,

Another beautiful August Monday morning! Lots of events on this week, including Thames21's annual 'litter blitz'- there are four days and locations to choose from, so get stuck in! Also, a quick reminder about the… Continue

Added by Lucy Langdon on August 9, 2010 at 8:35am — No Comments

Break the Bank - Camp for Climate Action 2010

Camp for Climate Action 2010
Break the Bank!
Edinburgh

Four days of training and direct action: 21st--24th August

The Camp for Climate Action is a grassroots movement taking direct action against the root causes of climate change. We've already had major successes with Heathrow's third runway and E.ON's plans for a new coal fired power station at Kingsnorth.

This year we're targeting the Royal Bank of Scotland, one of the world's largest inv… Continue

Added by Felix Gonzales on August 6, 2010 at 8:39am — No Comments

BX Merchandising Join Go Green Plus

It's great to have BX Merchandising on board and committing to Go Green Plus. We are looking forward to helping them identify savings and grow the business in the future
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Added by Mark Parker on August 4, 2010 at 11:52am — No Comments

Evergreen everywhere...

Energy...every few seconds millions and millions of waves rise and fall in the sea and that is where we need to harness all our energy FREE for everyone with more than we could ever need. Solar panels are somewhat reflective… Continue

Added by Anne Maple on August 4, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

Sutton Community Farm Grower Position

Environmental organisation BioRegional has an exciting opportunity to help establish and maintain Sutton’s first community farm. Designed to enhance local growing skills and increase local food production, the grower will help to ensure the effective delivery of the farm.

We have 7.5 acres of land

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Added by Anna Francis on August 3, 2010 at 4:58pm — No Comments

Water- we GROW it, FREE!!!

Water - we GROW it, - FREE !!!

I have just opened an email from our local council which included items on saving water and when I ticked the box that it was not very helpful, I found my comment going through to a direct.gov site which should have known better. This is what would have been helpful...

We GROW water. It is given off as a byproduct when living green matter photosynthesizes. It is as simple as that. It is one

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Added by Anne Maple on August 3, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments