Activities and events at Loughborough

Wild herb meditations

Sunday 20 May 3pm to 4.30pm, Myatt's Fields Park, SE5 9RA

Learn to identify wild spring herbs and flowers, spend some time in nature, go for a walk, be outdoors in warm company, meet some local people and bring all your knowledge, memories and curiosity. The session will include wild herb tea tasting.

On most Invisible Food walks, we focus on identification and discussion of uses of plants. We work on a more cognitive level, enabling you to see your natural environment in a different way, recognising potential food sources in the green spaces around you. In the meditation sessions, we contemplate and observe the plants in a more intuitive way.

In order to welcome some silence and stillness into each session, we will look in depth at one plant, its properties and uses, we will spend some time contemplating the plant and journaling or drawing it. No prior experience required, just a willingness to spend some moments in silence as part of an otherwise social experience.

Please book a place at invisiblefood@gmail.com or 07963 446 605. Places are limited. Please get in touch with your phone number so we can communicate with you in the event of rain on the day.

Ceri has just participated in a Co-creating with Nature workshop with artist and writer Glennie Kindred and Flower essence maker Sophie Knock at the Chalice Well Gardens at Glastonbury and will be passing on some of that experience during this session.

Street Food workshops: Saturday 26 May 11am to 2pm, Myatt's Fields Park, SE5 9RA

This month we are cooking our world food with wild food with a central and Eastern European theme. Menu will include some of the below.

May: Central and Eastern Europe

wild sorrel soup and eggs
nettle souffle
dandelion and elder fritters
hawthorn flower syrup
elderflower and strawberry jam

Please book a place at invisiblefood@gmail.com or 07963 446 605 and get in touch if you want to be involved in planning this event.

Participate more? We need someone to read some Eastern European stories from this amazing book http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Hidden_Tales_From_Eastern_Europe.html?id=aIiTYR8iLEIC. No experience necessary, just the confidence to read to a bunch of friendly people.

These events are free.

Donations welcome or buy a poster and tea towel to support the project.

These two events are part of a wider series of workshops and film showings organised by the network Ayanna.

We are very proud to participate in this series of workshops to nourish and inspire people involved in community work and social change.

If you enjoy getting messy with paint when banner making at the workshop in January, there's an art workshop with Anna on Tuesday 22 May.

If you like the singing, there's singing with Shilpa on Thursday 24 May and again on Tuesday 12 June.

There's a Wild food workshops with Ceri on 20 and 26 May and an exciting film and discussion night on 9 June with Marvi too.

And all the events are FREE!

Myatt's Fields Park Midsummer Fair

Saturday 2 June 2012, 1pm to 5pm

This year we are combining the traditional annual fair with a Diamond Jubilee celebration, and a Big Lunch.

To mark the Diamond Jubilee, there will be a 1950s style big band playing on the bandstand during lunch, which will take place on long tables near the café (complete with bunting!). There will be a jazz band and dancing from 3pm, as well as a small fairground running all afternoon and a range of children's entertainment and arts and crafts.

They are looking for people who would like to have stalls at the event and are particularly looking for stalls which sell arts and crafts, food and handmade goods and for stalls run by local community organisations. The best thing is to have as many different types of stalls as possible, you could use your imagination in providing some participation games or quizzes, and decorating your stall as cheerfully as you please! Download the application form now.

For more information please contact:

Victoria Sherwin
Development / Education Officer for Myatt's Fields Park
Telephone - 020 7926 0394
Email - either Vsherwin@lambeth.gov.uk or Victoria.sherwin@googlemail.com

Lambeth Tigers

Lambeth Tigers is a local youth football team who just finished their first season in the Saturday Youth League where they won the league in all three age groups: under 10s, under 11s and under 12s and they won three cup finals. See the photos at right and below.

Capital Growth News Special

Urgent: London's bees are in trouble and they need your support

Capital Growth has launched a campaign in partnership with the Mayor of London to help London Bees.

Visit http://www.capitalgrowth.org/bees/ and http://www.capitalgrowth.org/bees/saatchi_campaign/ to see the posters, postcards and video clips designed by Saatchi and read this short email to see how you can get involved.

Pledge your support

Please pledge your statement of support for the capital's bees by clicking http://www.capitalgrowth.org/bees/your_pledge/
This takes one click and it could make a valuble contribution to the campaign to support London's bees.

Joint councillor and police surgery

Surgeries will be held on the third Friday of every month (except August and December)

between 9.15am and 10.45am at
The Loughborough Centre
105 Angell Road
London
SW9 7PD

Or you may contact Councillor Rachel Heywood by phone or email to arrange an appointment at your convenience.

Mobile: 07961 100 198
Email: rheywood@lambeth.gov.uk

Recyclebank scheme

The Recyclebank scheme has arrive to Loughborough EMB, please see the flyer attached below.

Transition Town Brixton

Transition Town Brixton logo

Shared Space open evening

On the first Monday of every month (6pm to 9pm) at The Loughborough Centre, 105 Angell Road (corner of Barrington Road) SW9 7DT we get together, everyone and anyone, to share food, skills, knowledge, inspiration, conversation, stuff, films in a welcoming Shared Space.

Come and see whether you want to get involved with Transition Town Brixton (TTB), B£, Green Community Champions, Brixton Skill Share and more. There will be skill share tasters around:

Mending and sewing (learn to use a sewing machine)
Draught busting; how to make your home warmer, cheaper and more energy efficient for almost no money with the Green Doctors
Insulation, insulation, insulation; a short presentation on DIY options
Living with Money; exploring what money is and how to manage without it
Green Community Champions welcome and introduction
Repowering Lambeth; big visions, planning future events and local Green Open House
DIY renewable energy
Winter planting workshop
Ready for winter on your bike; bike checks and advice on continuing to cycle with Nueva Generation
Pedal powered smoothie maker
Stuff swap; especially clothes, tools, books.

If you can offer a workshop or a talk or anything please contact Duncan on 07958 635 181.

All are welcome so please bring your friends, neighbours and colleagues. Light refreshments are provided. Small donation for food, to cover costs.

Join us to vision, plan and pioneer the way to a better low energy future for Brixton and the planet.

Website: www.transitiontownbrixton.org
Website: www.remadeinbrixton.org
Email: info@transitiontownbrixton.org

Sustainability workshops for the built environment

TTB has joined the FLASH programme organised by the Institute for Sustainability which means TTB members can get access to the workshops and visits. If you would like to go to one, please contact Duncan on 07958 635 181 who can supply the pass code.

Transition Centre

TTB has now signed the lease for the transition centre. The tenure is secure and we are confident we can make it sustainable. It is available Monday to Saturday (except Friday after 9pm) for Transition activities, workshops and film shows. It is already used by TTB general meetings, B£, Brixton Re-use Centre, TTB Food and Growing Group, Slade Gardens Permaculture Garden (planning event pictured), Brixton Bees Advanced Natural Beekeeping Course, Beginners Organic Gardening Course, Brixton Food Coop and a couple of churches who help us pay the rent.

We hope to have daytime events for people who find getting to evening ones awkward, including more reskilling workshops, a regular film event and social events. If you have any ideas please be in touch. We aim to offer events that contribute to the Transition, to a good low energy future preferential or zero rent terms. Please contact us with your ideas. We plan to have a proper welcome to the Transition Centre event before the end of June to vision, plan and progress the future of our building and its use. There will be another workday before that. Watch this space!

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