Month: February 2013
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Walthamstow Food Coop launches
Thanks to steering group member Remy, who has been working so hard behind the scenes, the Walthamstow Food Coop is now up and running. We are excitedly awaiting our first delivery of whole foods from Suma* on Monday 25th Feb. The Coop runs on a monthly cycle: members place orders online (via a google spreadsheet), […]
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Walthamstow Marshes Foraging Walk Sunday 19th May
Phil Mason from Urban Harvest & Rasheeqa Ahmad from Hedge Herbs will lead us on a walk through the marshes, pausing to identify and discuss edible wild foods, flora, medicinal herbs, and fungi. We’ll then head to the Springfield cafe where anyone new to WF LETS, Transition Walthamstow and Transition Leytonstone can find out more. […]
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Free training opportunity: community growing
Become a gardening champion and improve your local area, one plant at a time! A training course & support programme to enable you to become gardening champions in your community, greening your local environment and encouraging others to do the same. You will get: – A free 28hrs training course, involving both theoretical and practical […]
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Organiclea Horticultural Trainer, Outreach Gardens Development Worker roles
Organiclea is recruiting for 2 new posts. Horticultural Trainer Part time: 3 days per week- Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with occasional week-ends plus additional unpaid coop responsibilities Salary: £20,930 pro rata Based at: Hawkwood Community Plant Nursery and will also work at outreach garden sites across Northeast London 2 year contract subject to a 3 […]
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“Made instead of bought” skillshare 8pm Wed 27th Feb
At this month’s skillshare at the Hornbeam Cafe, we will have a look at some commonly used household goods that can be made instead of bought. There are many things that we use around the house for cleaning, personal grooming, to make jobs easier or to complete a specific task, and often we buy these […]
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Transition Free Press #1 has just arrived
Transition Walthamstow & Transition Leytonstone are taking part in an exciting new national media experiment – the creation of a new quarterly newspaper about environmental and economic issues. The first issue has just been delivered to Walthamstow, and costs just £1 for 24 pages packed with thought provoking and inspirational articles; it will be available […]