September 12th & 13th
at the Bristol Harbourside
“The Organic Food Festival is Europe’s largest showcase of all things organic. Now in its ninth successful year, the Festival demonstrates the growth of the organic movement and the increased recognition of the role organic production can play in creating a sustainable future.
Whether you are in search of delicious organic food and drink, gorgeous skin care, fabulous fashion, organic textiles, home design, tips on organic gardening or you are looking for an entertaining family-friendly outing, this much loved festival is just what you are looking for.
The Organic Food Festival provides the chance to meet producers face to face, watch recession-busting cooking demonstrations, sample street food from Bristol’s top chefs and introduce your kids to special taste workshops designed just for them.”
Click here for more information!
Saturday 4th July 2009 at 7.30pm
- Gathering at:
27 Milverton Crescent West
Leamington Spa
- Carriages at Midnight
- Formal or Creative Attire
- Glass of Bubbly and Buffet Provided
Please bring a bottle for further enjoyment…
This is a GREEN PARTY fundraiser
Suggested donations:
Generous Benefactor £12
Skint but Supportive £6
For further information, please telephone:
01926 422624
01926 332965
Storytelling at Gaia…
The lovely folk at Gaia have recently sent us this poster about a new storytelling evening they are hosting on the last Thursday of every month. Bit late notice for today, but the first one is tonight… Maybe see you there sometime!
The Age of Stupid is coming to the Royal Spa Centre
Well, after the Apollo cinema mysteriously pulled the plug on showing The Age of Stupid back in March, the Leamington Royal Spa Centre has come up trumps and will be showing the film on Sunday 26th and Monday 27th April, at 6pm (for more details, click on the link below).
Whether it sways you or not, apparently even Ken Livingstone was moved to say that “every single person in the country should be forcibly made to watch this film”!
So… if you possibly can, get yourselves down to the Spa Centre in a couple of weeks’ time and we’ll see you there!
The Age of Stupid at Leamington Royal Spa Centre
Master Pasta Event in Lillington
Make fresh pasta, cook it and eat it with our sauces, or take away to cook at home.
Blendavenda smoothies too, and lots more…
Tell all your friends!
A new WaterAid campaign and fundraising group is being launched on Saturday 21st March to mark Word Water Day.
WaterAid enables the world’s poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. The scale of the problem is enormous:
- About 1 in 8 of the world’s population do not have access to safe water
- Almost two fifths of the people in the world do not have access to adequate safe sanitation
- 5,000 children die everyday from diseases caused by unclean water and poor sanitation
- It costs only £15 per head to provide lasting safe water, sanitation and hygiene education
WaterAid will have a stall on the Parade in Leamington to raise awareness of their work. The stall will be outside the old Woolworths shop on the Parade, between 10am and 4pm on Saturday 21st March.
Please go along to show your support. James Plaskitt MP and the press will be coming at 10.30am and it would be great to have a large number of people there. Or just turn up whenever you can.
Felix Mindham is organising the event and could do with more help on the stall – so if you would like to help out please give her a ring. She will be doing a couple of briefing sessions on the evenings of Tuesday 3rd March and Thursday 12th March.
If you are interested in getting involved but can’t manage the 21st March, there will be plenty of other opportunities.
Thanks!
For further information please contact Felix on:
01926 316429 or 07963 835580
on Wednesday 4th March
The Herbert, Jordan Well, Coventry CV1 5QP at 12.30pm
Bath Place Community Venture, Bath Place, Leamington Spa from 5 – 7 pm
Presentation by Taysir Arabasi, who will demonstrate a positive story for change in Palestine with Fairtrade as the core message. Olive and olive oil production is often the only feasible agricultural activity that can take place on fragile and marginal lands and is a crucial alternative to abandonment or desertification. As a result of the conflict in the region, Palestinian farmers continue to face severe barriers in carrying out their normal day-to-day agricultural activities caused through restrictions on movement and water shortages which exacerbate levels of
deprivation and marginalisation.
Come along and learn more – free admission!
Sponsored by Leamington Spa Fairtrade Steering Group, Bath Place CV,
Gaia Cooperative, One World Link, Barry Johns Greengrocers.
Organic Food & Farming Talk by Ulrich Schmutz
A talk by Ulrich Schmutz
Monday February 16th
Ulrich’s career as a researcher in organic farming and horticulture shapes his take on the possibilities – and possibility – of total organic farming. He will draw on several projects he is involved with and other current and published research. He will outline the strength and weaknesses of the organic approach, and look at the fossil-fuel (aka carbon footprint) issue and other environmental economic issues of current conventional food production.
As everybody has to eat, and many grow their own food and even have some farming links, Ulrich is hoping for a lively discussion – as some of his organic-scenario thinking will demand personal lifestyle changes!
Ulrich Schmutz worked at Berlin University in Germany and as farm business consultant in East Germany before joining the HDRA research charity (new name – Garden Organic) at Ryton as an environmental economist seven years ago. He has been working on research projects with various UK Universities (including Warwick University’s organic research facility at Warwick HRI Wellesbourne). He is also visiting Professor for Organic Farming at Bolzano University, Italy.
http://www.cafescientifique.org/leamington_spa.htm
Low Carbon Day
LOW CARBON LEAMINGTON EVENT Saturday 31st January, 2009 – 10 am – 1.00 pm
Wolseley’s Sustainable Building Center, Harrison Way (Spa Park)
Leamington Spa CV31 3HH
Leamington Spa is working towards being a Transition Town – a place where all its residents are less reliant on oil and other scarce and increasingly expensive resources. To achieve this it is important that everyone in our community is aware of the sustainable alternatives that are readily available and affordable.
Royal Leamington Spa Town Council has joined with Wolseley, the UK’s leading distributor of plumbing and heating products and a major supplier of construction materials, to provide an opportunity for everyone to see the various energy efficient products now available and obtain advice on how to use these to maximise energy conservation and financial saving. Fittingly this event will be held at Wolseley’s Sustainable Building Center at Spa Park. This
exemplar building is a UK first and showcases the latest sustainable products and renewable technologies in their working environment, all of which are available now, through Wolseley’s nationwide branch network.
Go along to their “Low Carbon Leamington” day on Saturday 31st January between 10 am and 3 pm to find out more.
MICHAEL ROADS ON TOUR 2009
2-
Sat 4th – Sun 5TH APRIL 2009, 9.30-5.30pm
“CONSCIOUS GARDENING
Spiritual author and teacher Michael J. Roads makes his only stop in the UK on his European tour 2009. With a huge following on the continent, Michael is now being discovered in his homeland.
During this 2-day seminar, Michael will take participants on a journey through his own experiences of communicating with nature to the realisation of consciousness connecting with love. The seminar will be a combination of talks and experiential inner-exercises.
It is also possible to attend for 1 day.
Cost: Full 2-day seminar £110, 1-day: £60
(Includes tea and coffee. Organic lunch may be purchased separately at Garden Organic’s restaurant and coffee shop.)
For bookings and further information please contact Julia Wright, email: jwright@bananahill.net Tel. 01926 316962
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