Clothes Swap Day at Carlton Theatre: Saturday 13th October
TET is organising a Clothes Swap Day at the Carlton Theatre on Saturday 13th October.
Aimed at promoting sustainable fashion whilst having fun swapping clothes and accessories.
Everyone welcome – Admission £2.50 – All sizes of men’s, women’s and children’s clothes – Clean, good quality (no footwear or underwear).
We will need a large amount of hangers. Have you got spare ones to share/give us? Do you know where we can get more?
Cakes, teas and coffee plus soups and rolls will be sold on site. Bakers and soup makers will be needed too.
Please contact Florence Briot for more information – 01626 879 113
Or email us at info@teigntransition.org.uk
June 2012 Photos of tree-damage to the Walled Garden
A tree was blown over into the garden during the recent storms in June 2012, causing structural damage to a section of the surrounding wall and to some of the work done within. Nobody was in the area at the time. After restricting access to the site, Teignbridge Council checked the area, moved the fallen tree, and confirmed that we could continue to garden on Sunday 17th June.
More details to follow.
Photos show some of the damage, and people working in the garden while enjoying the good weather on Sunday morning.
Tree damage to Walled Garden
As you know, the winds have been very powerful this week and unfortunately an ash has fallen onto the wall of our walled garden. It has cut right through a section of the wall between the old doorway and towards the compost bins.
Teignbridge will have been working on removing the tree yesterday (Saturday) and sadly we are not allowed to go into the walled garden until Teignbridge declares the site safe. So until further notice there will be no further gardening.
Food for Life Partnership Local Programme Manager – Devon
The Food for Life Partnership (FFLP) has been commissioned by NHS Devon to support the delivery of the programme in the county. They are now looking for a locally based manager to work directly with schools to improve the knowledge and consumption of healthy and sustainable food, act as the first point of contact regarding the FFLP programme for schools, caterers, producers and others, and ensure that regional stakeholders are engaged in and value the FFLP programme.
Fixed term contract until 31st March 2013 with annual extension to March 2015 depending on further funding. 15 hours per week (0.4 FTE). Salary £29,877 pro rata.
A full job description is available from the Soil Association web site.
Earth Hour 31st March 2012
A lantern of the Earth hanging outside the TAAG on the evening of 31st March was the symbol around which we gathered to celebrate the amazing planet on which we live and to affirm our determination to protect it. We sang together, we ate together and many of us did our very best to draw a map of the world from memory – all by lantern light and after a few drinks. Not surprisingly the task not only provoked some animated discussion but also a great deal of hilarity!
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the evening with lantern making, food and song including our friends in Bishopsteignton who sent over some food from their Earth Hour event for us to share. We would also like to thank Robin Brown and friends for providing the fabulous live music. See you all next year.
Mary
Iceland’s volcanoes may power UK
A web of sea-floor cables – called interconnectors – may be connecting the UK to countries around the world in the next decade, providing access to sustainable energy.
‘The energy minister, Charles Hendry, is to visit Iceland in May to discuss connecting the UK to its abundant geothermal energy. “We are in active discussions with the Icelandic government and they are very keen,” Hendry told the Guardian. To reach Iceland, which sits over a mid-ocean split in the earth’s crust, the cable would have to be 1,000 to 1,500km long and by far the longest in the world’.
See this Guardian story at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/11/iceland-volcano-green-power
Teign Estuary Transition 