2013 Events

Dates for your diary...

18th May - Stitched Bark - Hedgerow Basketry

19th May - Rustic Stool

20th May - Transition Town Lewes May Social

27th May - Lewes Cycle Challenge

1st June - Barcombe Energy Fair

2nd June - Women's Herb Day

8th & 9th June - Heart & Soul workshop with Cedar Barstow

14th & 15th June - The Eco Technology Show

15th & 16th June - Brighton and Hove Eco Open Houses

22nd & 23rd June - Brighton and Hove Eco Open Houses

Every Friday morning - Lewes Food Market

National Environmental Events in 2013

Stitched Bark - Hedgerow Basketry

Saturday 18th May, 10.30am - 4.30pm. Held at Wowo campsite. Priced at £50 per person.

Courses suitable for 16yrs plus.  Under 18yrs to be accompanied by a participating adult.

More...

Rustic Stool

Sunday 19th May, 10am - 4.30pm. £50 per person. Woodwork workshop held at Wowo campsite.

Learn how to make your own Rustic "Split Log" Furniture. Fell a tree and use saws, axes and drawknives to cut, split and shape the logs to make simple stools and benches. More...

Transition Town Lewes May Social

 Monday 20th May 2013. Upstairs at the Lewes Arms. 7.30-10pm.

Lewes Cycle Challenge

The Lewes Cycle Challenge is basically a fun, free and sociable competition between workplaces to see who can get the most people cycling during the three week challenge period (27 May to 16 June). To take part, you have to live and/or work in Lewes and you only need to cycle for 10 minutes! There will be great prizes including a fantastic new bike. See here...

National Environmental Events in 2013

Compost Awareness Week (6 - 12 May 2013)
International Biodiversity Day (22 May 2013)
World Environment Day (UNEP) (5 June 2013)
World Oceans Day (8 June 2013)
Recycle Week (Recyclenow/WRAP): 17 - 23 June 2013
EU Sustainable Energy Week (24 - 28 June 2013)
Water Saving Week (Oxfam) (1 - 5 July 2013)

June 2013

2nd June - Women's Herb Day

8th & 9th June - Heart & Soul workshop with Cedar Barstow

14th & 15th June - The Eco Technology Show

15th & 16th June - Brighton and Hove Eco Open Houses

22nd & 23rd June - Brighton and Hove Eco Open Houses

Women's Herb Day

...With Anna Richardson & Alice Cragg.

Saturday 2nd June, 10.30am-4.30pm. Held at Wowo campsite. £35 per person.

On this day we will gather plants to make food and medicine directly from the land, looking at how herbs can support us in our cycles and nourish us as women. More....

TTL Heart & Soul workshop with Cedar Barstow

8th & 9th June 2013 - 2 day workshop. Emerson College, Forest Row.

Cedar Barstow is coming from Kalimantan, Indonesia. Cedar is the founder and director of Right Use of Power - an organization that provides workshops, facilitator trainings and consulting services. Her program focuses on providing the skills and awareness needed to use your personal and professional power effectively and with wisdom and heartfulness. 

Cedar lives in Boulder, Colorado, USA and is a psychotherapist and an international trainer for the Hakomi Institute for Experiential Psychotherapy and for Right Use of Power programs.

The Eco Technology Show

14-15 June 2013, Brighton Centre, Brighton.

'The UK's premier event for trade, building owners, occupiers, and the general public covering sustainable build, energy, transport and technology.' More...

Brighton and Hove Eco Open Houses

- Save money, save energy

In its 6th year, Brighton and Hove Eco Open Houses 2013, is showcasing over 20 low carbon homes to the general public on the 15th, 16th and 22nd, 23rd June.

Some homes are old, some are new, some are self builds, whilst others showcase cutting edge sustainable design. Six homes have been up-graded under the Green Deal Pioneers Scheme, a scheme to kick start the Green Deal in Brighton and Hove. Eco Open Houses has also collaborated with the Eco Technology Show, 14-15 June. Visitors to The Eco Technology Show can see over 100 exhibitors and talks demonstrating cost effective ways to renovate a property to be more energy efficient, some of which are installed in the Eco Open Houses.

In visiting an Eco Open House, you can learn from the experiences of Eco Open Householders and see how significant savings can be made from fairly modest investments. It is free to visit any of the houses and all are welcome. Come and be inspired!

Meadow Minders looking for volunteers

The conservation team that works on Lewes’ Railway Land is soon to be rebranded and re-launched: for the time being, though, we are still the Meadow Minders, and we are looking for new volunteers.We clear brambles, maintain paths,  plant trees and wildflowers,  count slow worms, and maintain the reed beds. No special skills are needed, though it helps if you have a sense of humour, and like mud.

If you are interested in enhancing local biodiversity, or just fancy losing a bit of weight, do come along and join us – 1.30 p.m. on the first Sunday of every month, meeting at the big white gate at the end of Railway Lane.

Lewes Food Market

Don't forget... every Friday morning at the Market Tower, Market Street, Lewes

It's bursting with fresh, seasonal, local produce and competitively priced. See you there!

Lewes Food Market is run by a not for profit, Community Interest Company: Lewes Local, which was set up by Transition Town Lewes Food Group. 

Contact the coordinator (tel: 07824711727) or go via the Lewes Food Market website...

Lewes Organic Allotment Project

Wednesday mornings, 9.30am-12.30pm, Nevill

The Lewes Organic Allotment Project  is a community allotment in Nevill which is also used as a demonstration site for workshops, composting instruction days, school trips, and more.

See the Common Cause website for more info.

Furniture Restoration with Furniture Now!

Furniture Restoration - looking at how to repair and restore items to their original state - is the signature course of Furniture Now!. The most recent course has just finished but they're hoping to run another one soon. Get in touch for more information...

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