Winterfest video out now

Here's a video by Eric Wilkinson with editing by Philip Booth - it celebrates Transition Stroud and related projects. Winterfest was a day of stalls, bicycle servicing, storytelling and entertainment in an empty shop on Saturday 3rd November in Stroud. This film has short interviews with people involved in the projects and gives a flavour of what Transition Stroud is about.

What to do in half term with young children without costing the earth?

Sometimes it's tempting to succumb to the easy solutions - which

usually involve using lots of carbon and spending lots of money. But yesterday I took our two youngest children (3 and 6) to Bristol for the day. We travelled by train and then got a bus to Clifton Suspension Bridge, where we ate our packed lunch and got the wobbles looking over the edge of the bridge...

Then we popped in to the Occupy Bristol encampment on College Green. There were people drumming, playing guitars, and even someone organising children's craft activities!

We looked at the amazing giant graffiti on Nelson Street before rounding the trip off with cake and a drink in a neaby cafe. Total spend for the day about £25!
Our children loved it - and hopefully absorbed a few things by osmosis.....

Strouds eco-homes event videos

"Stroud's Eco-Renovation Open Homes weekend: An Introduction" is the latest and last in the series of this years' videos of the Open Homes event. See links below for the others.




Previous videos re Stroud's Open Homes:

A look at internal insulation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5zKl03kZDc

Green Roof workshop:
http://youtu.be/f8K9POATRR4

A collection of lower cost energy saving ideas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwmED2EVRkE

Feed In Tariff workshop:
http://youtu.be/3PQVZw6Qp4o

Last year's event:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObXbgMlwuyw

See details of courses:
http://ruscombegreen.blogspot.com/2011/09/open-homes-free-courses-in-energy.html

Joys of the Allotment

Just got a basket full of lovely vegetables from my allotment. Sunday lunch sorted! Really enjoying growing my own food since I was inspired by the Edible Open Gardens' gardeners and helped to get started by Down to Earth.

Stroud's Edible Open Gardens: the videos

Stroud's Edible Open Gardens weekend taster video - meet some of the people, 37 gardens and workshops: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk0NVJ2orNM

A second look at some of Stroud's Edible Open Gardens with some great photos by Cyril Laffort and others plus a few video clips: http://youtu.be/jqoKH8Wu8yY

Composting demonstration workshop from Stroud's Edible Open Gardens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z8ALUtNt2w

Chicken Keeping workshop at Stroud's Edible Open Gardens weekend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slpg0DE_jMY
 

Edible Open Gardens launch before weekend: a talk with local food organisations: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBSlhrGMYWI 

Whiteshill and Ruscombe Allotments - The movie! See the opening of this wonderful new community project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnmveLQNX3E 

Two Edible Open Garden workshops

New Transition videos just uploaded - big thanks to all who sent video clips, photos etc - apols that we can't use all the material sent as not time enough to put together - am hoping to put one more YouTube together of gardens with some of the wonderful photos.

New videos:

Chicken Keeping workshop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slpg0DE_jMY

Composting Demonstration workshop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z8ALUtNt2w

Foraging Walk by Rupert Burdock

Just been on a lovely walk as an end to the Edible weekend - this time an Edible Landscape walk with Rupert Burdock. Saw well over 20 varieties of edible weeds, plants trees and fruit. Most enjoyable. Thanks Rupert...