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The Eastcliff Big Lunch
Picnic!
Hooray for local food – and drink! Bring it all on.
Date: Sunday, July 18, 2010
Time: 12:00pm – 4:00pm
Location: Mules Park, Eastcliff, Teignmouth
Picnic in the park. Bring food, if you can bring local food from our fantastic suppliers in the area, even better. Bring friends and family
Need to travel here? Enjoy a walk to the park from the railway station or the bus stops along the Dawlish Road or Town Centre. We will be at the top of the hill from the car park at the south end of the park you can see here:
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Find out more about this beautiful community space and Teign Estuary Transition.
Do you have something creative you could share with others? Let us know…
The Eastcliff Big Lunch is part of The Big Lunch run by the Eden Project
Take Note! We will be out in the weather.
Transition Network conference, June 2010
Lisa and Helen enjoyed a fascinating roller-coaster of learning experiences with over 300 delegates at the 2010 Transition Conference. The official conference details are available here: http://www.transitionnetwork.org/newsletter/2010-jun/june-2010-0
TET Open House day
Transition Network Training
Mike and I were very pleased to receive financial support from the group to attend a Transition Network training weekend in April, 2010. We’ve each produced a summary of key points highlighting aspects of the training that felt particularly significant to us, and we’re keen to cascade the information we’ve learned. Notes are available here:
Teign Estuary Transition ‘Food Group’ Meeting
Teign Estuary Transition ‘Food Group’ Meeting: 7.30pm Monday 24th May,
at the South Pacific, Regent Street, Teignmouth.
If you are interested in local food we hope you will join us on the 24th May
to discuss how we can support and increase local food production and
distribution among the communities of the Teign Estuary.
The Teign Estuary Transition Group are actively looking for land for
community use and are initiating a garden share scheme. Ideas around both
these initiatives will be shared on the 24th May and your input would be
very welcome. If you already produce local food for private use or for
distribution, we would love to hear what you are doing. If you are
interested in supporting new initiatives in this area or want help to
develop some ideas of your own, we would also love to meet you. If you just
enjoy eating local food – come and tell us about it. Whatever your interest
in food – we look forward to meeting you.
Successful screening of ‘Grow Your Own’
There was a good attendance at our screening of the film ‘Grow Your Own’ at the Carlton Theatre, and the audience enjoyed this gentle British comedy that showed some additional positive benefits of growing your own food. (It was based on a real project in Bootle that gives traumatized asylum seekers plots in a local allotment to help them develop a sense of purpose and self-sufficiency).
A number of people subsequently expressed interest in joining a new Gardening/Food subgroup of Teign Estuary Transtion and a meeting is to be held on 24th May to take this further. More about this shortly but make a note in your diaries!
Below is a picture the ‘4-Tier Growhouse’ kindly donated by Jack’s Patch that was raffled after the film.
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