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About Me:

Keen to get Wandsworth transitioning as soon as possible

Key Interests

Conservation, Composting, Carbon Reduction, Wildlife, Lobbying, Gardening

Experience/Skills

PR, cooking, gardening, music, writing, lobbying

At 3:54pm on September 29, 2009, Erica Thompson said…: Hi,

I live in Putney and would like to join Transition Town Wandsworth. I've just signed up to this site - can you tell me how I could get put on a mailing list if you have one, or if not, what's the best way to get involved? Do you have regular meetings I could come along to?

Cheers,

Erica

At 10:24pm on September 15, 2009, Marian Hoffman said…: Hello again
This is about the Wandsworth Green Fair and follows on from Oli's message. Where we need a TTW person to speak is in the discussion about building sustainable communities at 2pm. If you send me your e-mail address I'll send you the preliminary plan for the discussion agreed by the two FoE people and TTWimbledon who were at the last planning meeting.

At 10:05pm on September 15, 2009, Marian Hoffman said…: Hello Dan
I can't find any sign of the meeting on Sept 28th. Is it still going ahead? I'm writing about Waterside Walk in the Wandle LETS newsletter and want to include an invitation to the meeting.

At 8:03am on September 12, 2009, Oli said…: Hi Dan
Not sure whether you're back yet from your travels.
Are you coming to the Wandsworth Green Fair on the 26th? We are very much hoping that you'll do a speech about transitioning; I think TT Wimbledon is also poling up.
All very local to Waterside Walk and hopefully a good source of recruits. Can you promote it to the TTW - the technology is beyond me!
More details of the Fair are at http://www.wandsworthgreenfair.info/
Cheers
oli

At 6:23pm on August 14, 2009, David Thorne said…: Hi Dan, it's David from TT Tooting here - we met at the TT conference and the Age of Stupid film showing in Balham. Wanted to tap your brain as to who to approach at Wandsworth Council re finding a bit of land in Tooting similar to your "Waterside Walk". Can you recommend? Cheers DT

At 11:31am on August 14, 2009, Katrina Gillard said…: Hi Dan, I am looking for members for a new project I've started - it's called www.localskillswap.com and I wonder if your group would be interested?
It started as a way to tap into local resources and find people to swap skills with -9 months later localskillswap emerged as a fully interactive website. I think the idea is suited to transition communities, but would very much like to know if you share this view? Look forward to hearing from you,
Katrina,
www.localskillswap.com

At 5:11pm on August 12, 2009, Paul C said…: Hi Dan,
I'm a reporter for the Wandsworth Guardian.
We have a dedicated Green Guardian page in our weekly paper.
If you have events such as these coming up in the future please let me know (by emailing pcahalan@london.newsquest.co.uk) and I will do my best to give them a plug.
Regards, Paul.

At 2:18pm on July 30, 2009, Marian Hoffman said…: I'm away until the 18th. I did go along on the 20th and met up with my friend from Knollmead who I'd asked to come along and give opinion/advice. I can't remember all he said as I've left my notes in London. He suggested that first of all we dig down deep in several places to know what we're working on top of. He withdrew his original suggestion of building raised beds on top - said that would be on harder ground. He didn't reckon the soil at all - we'll need lots of manure and to shift all those stones. On the shady strip with all the trees not much is possible, but maybe fruit bushes and (I think) wild flowers. He was much more encouraging about the bit round the corner, and talked about a polytunnel or greenhouse against the wall and a raised bed. He thinks we'll need to fence it, as it is very exposed to the public.
I'll be watching with interest what comes out of the 3rd August meeting.

At 8:02pm on July 26, 2009, Diane said…: Growing_Edible_Crops_Leaflet_June09.pdfI'm sorry I can't make the meeting on 3rd August. I don't have any amazing ideas at the moment especially as I haven't seen the site. Obviously we'll need composters (wood scavenged from recyling conveniently sited waste station?), shed to lock up tools (second hand from waste station), water, access to toilet if possible, greenhouse - eventually a pond. We'll need to grow companion plants for food crops. I sometimes have some time free on a Monday or Friday (but not for the next couple of weeks) during the day and I'm willing to do some work on the site. I've uploaded a document about checking whether land is contaminated but I don't know where it's gone! ... Diane

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