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Welcome to the Food, Gardening & Environment Working Group. If you’re interested in these subjects, or have ideas about what BAG should be doing we’d love to hear from you.
For more information, please email: foodgardeningandenvironment@blackhorseactiongroup.org.uk.
To join this group, please email: members@blackhorseactiongroup.org.uk
Thanks to all those who brought along a trowel or two and helped make BAG’s bulb planting such a success.
A thousand bulbs should hopefully brighten the area come spring, and there was still time to recover from all the excertion at the Coppermill.
(above) A few intrepid planters
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Join one of our ECO Teams - reduce your impact on the environment and save money!
• Cut household bills • Make new friends
• Environmental benefits • Health benefits
• Visits to eco-houses
No one can do everything – but we can all do something!
BAG is currently recruiting for 2 EcoTeams to start Mid-November. There are only 6 more spaces to fill - first come first served.
EcoTeams are free to all residents in the Blackhorse Road area.
What is an Eco Team?
An EcoTeam is a group of 6-8 local people who meet once a month for five months to learn simple yet effective ways of conserving household energy and reducing bills while helping to save the planet. Small changes can make a big difference by living more sustainably.
What is involved?
Meetings are informal, friendly and are organised to be within walking distance of your home. EcoTeam participants meet to discuss choices for shopping, energy, transport and water – and you can try the ideas that appeal to you.
You also monitor how much rubbish & recycling you generate and your domestic use of energy. You’ll receive our information folder filled with tips, facts and internet links to help you and your team members.
How much time will it take?
About 2 hours a month, including the meetings and measurements.
Does it work?
Yes! Past teams have achieved great environmental savings:
Waste – 20%, Gas/heating – 21%, Electricity – 7%, Water – 15%
Household annual average saving of £148
Joining an EcoTeam
If you want to be part of an EcoTeam, just let us know your details and you will be invited along to a short initial meeting. The local team leader will show you a DVD and explain how the EcoTeams initiative works in your area. You then decide if you want to participate. It’s as simple as that and, remember, it’s free.
To join or to find out more
Please email Irina
National website: www.globalactionplan.org.uk
Registered charity number 1026148
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The Hornbeam Centre’s putting on a feast of lessons, workshops and fun activities (some for kids, others for adults or the family)
Jam making, baking, wine, homebrew, herbs, pickles, apples, cakes, seeds, and more, all culminating in a great food swap.
Check out all the days and details below. For more visit their swish looking new website.
All workshops are at the Hornbeam Centre, 458 Hoe Street, Walthamstow unless otherwise specified. Prices indicated are for waged first then low income and unwaged.
Registration is appreciated and for sessions marked with * numbers are limited so please let us know if you are coming: email us or call 020 8558 6880.
Wednesday 20th August (3-4.30pm)*
Baking for kids (age 4-10) £1.50/£1
Come and have a go: mix, chop, stir and bake simple biscuits, cakes or smoothies, then enjoy the results!
Saturday 23rd August (4-5.30pm)*
Jam making £3/£2
Home-made tastes better… Discover the basic methods of this long-established way of capturing fruity goodness in a jar.
Wednesday 27th August (7-9pm)
Wine from the hedgerows: introduction to homebrew £3/£2
Brewing your own is cheaper and more satisfying. Find out how to make a fine wine from fruit you can find in the hedges, and get your cider started in time for the swap. Or just sample some we made earlier!
Sunday 14th September (11am-1pm)
Introduction to food growing £3/£2
Start early for next year’s swap – find out the basic principles of organic growing and pick up some simple tips to get you started growing your own. At Organiclea’s growing site, Drysdale Avenue, E4
There’s more, click here to read more…
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The Hornbeam Organic Veg Box Scheme is ready to go!
Locally run and supplying local produce every week. Sign up from July 2nd 2008.
How will it work?
You can pick up your box every Wednesday, from 3.30pm – 7.30pm, at the Hornbeam Centre (at 458 Hoe Street, close to the Baker’s Arms junction). The scheme is collection only, but if enough people in the Blackhorse area are interested they may consider delivering en masse. They can also make alternative pick up arrangements if you can’t make it on a Wednesday.
A few BAG members used the scheme when it first ran, and reported back very favourably.
Which box should I order?
Here are the box choices, with options for every size of household.
There’s more, click here to read more…
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The Food, Gardening & Environment working group sorts out such issues as allotments and getting hold of locally sourced and/or organic grub. It’s a place where residents can swap gardening tips, as well as tools.
To find out more, email: foodgardeningandenvironment@blackhorseactiongroup.org.uk
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