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Transition Town Totnes Film Festival – 9th through to the 12th March
Plastic bottle deposits
Every day in the UK, 35 million plastic bottles are used and discarded. Almost half of these are not recycled and many of them end up in our oceans – killing marine life and threatening fragile ecosystems.
Deposit return schemes work by placing a small deposit on a plastic bottle, which you get back when you return it.
The more bottles that are returned, the more can be re-used or recycled, reducing the amount that end up as litter, in our oceans and in landfill.
Here is a link to a petition by Greenpeace if you wish to get involved: https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/bottle-deposit-return-ef
Clothes Swap this Saturday, Nov 5th, at TAAG
Drop off clothes at 11.00 when you will receive a token/s for each item of clothing.
Come back between 12 and 2 and exchange your token/s for an item of clothing.
Entrance £1.50
Extra tokens can be bought for £1
An enjoyable time is usually had by all! Please do come!
TEDxExeter livestream now available in Teignmouth
The Pavilions Teignmouth: April 15th 9.15 am and 1.45 pm
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, usually in the form of short, powerful talks delivered by today’s leading thinkers and doers. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience and TEDxExeter is Exeter’s leading ideas festival, back for the fifth year with an exceptional line up of speakers who are changing the world through their groundbreaking work and ideas.
Now more people will be able to watch TEDxExeter and discuss the talks they are hearing through a livestream of the event at The Pavilions Teignmouth.
The new Pavilions Teignmouth centre will show TEDxExeter as one of its first performances in its new guise. Tickets will be sold for two sessions, morning and afternoon: 9.15 am and 1.45 pm. The theatre will charge £5 for each session to cover its costs and tea or coffee.
Contact the box office by email: boxoffice@pavilionsteignmouth.org.uk or ring 01626 249049 for tickets.
This years theme is Dreams to Reality and includes a packed lineup of international speakers and inspirational guests. Speakers will explore themes of identity and radicalisation, re-imagine the world using a new set of maps and challenge how data is used. Human rights runs as a theme behind many of the talks, and speakers will also examine compassion and communication.
Photographs of previous TEDxExeter events are available to download from the TEDxExeter Flickr page. Click on individual pictures to see captions and picture credits.
The livestream is being organised by TET and TAAG (Teignmouth Arts Action Group) in association with Pavilions Teignmouth.
Earth Hour 2016
It’s Earth Hour tonight! Are you switching off your lights between 8.30 and 9.30 pm? Join in at http://earthhour.wwf.org.uk
Core Group meeting Thurs 8th October
Our first Core Group meeting after a Summer break at TAAG, Northumberland Place, Teignmouth: 8 – 9.30 pm.
We will be discussing the next Teign Estuary Transition Clothes Swap event and issues with the Walled Garden at Eastcliff Park. Please come along if you wish to contribute or just want to find out what’s happening!
Teign Estuary Transition 