Filed under: Community, Update | Tags: Abundance, Draught-proofing, Permaculture
Hi again. As nominated chronicler for Transition Burngreave, I confess to getting a little distracted by other things.
For example, over the last year I’ve been doing my bit to reduce my personal energy use. We got in Nick Parsons from South Yorkshire Energy Centre to give us a home energy audit, and are now working our way throught the recommendations. Just draught-proofing the house has made quite a difference to how the house feels, and it’s worth doing even if you’re renting. Plus, I’ve begun to cycle to work, and made a cold frame to help our seedlings get off to a good start. But I guess you want to know about Burngreave, not about me. So:
The street party went ahead. Although a combination of factors meant that event relocated to an community hall, it proved to be grand success, bringing together young and old for an afternoon of fun and conversation. Well done Abbeyfield Road!
Burngreave Apple Day. The Friends of Burngreave Cemetery chapel organised a variety of events one fresh day in October 2009. The Burngreave ‘Abundance’ group provided a heap of locally harvested apples. Apple expert Julian Brandan provided tasty samples of different apples varieties, and helped to identify those brought in. Three fruit trees were planted in the adventure playground nearby. The youngsters enjoyed pumpkin carving and a treasure hunt. The adults took away apples to cook, and the remaining fruit was distributed to local groups such as SureStart. So that was a full and lovely day.
Community growing project. The project to create edible landscapes in and around 2 local primaryschools has continued. The linked permaculture course attracted participants from as far afield as Huddersfield and Scunthorpe. The related bid to the Lottery’s Local Food initiative has made it through the first round to the second round, but is dependent on the council agreeing a 5-year lease for the land. For more information, contact Saleema Iman on 0114 2755770
Climate Change Funding from the North East Community Assembly has been allocated £41,883 towards 9 projects in the North East Sheffield area. The 9 projects receiving funds for insulation, low-energy lighting, solar panels, tree planting and fruit and veg growing, (See Report on Climate Change Fund (Word, 140kb).
So that’s all for now, after a bit of winter hibernation, I’m looking forwards to springing into life again, so if you’ve any news do add a comment below or send any info about forthcoming events straight to the email list.
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