July 2012 |
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For more green events going on this month in Camden, visit our Facebook page Film Showing: Crude Awakening Join Transition Kentish Town at their monthly film screenings. This month’s film is ‘Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash’ which explores our dependency on oil. For more information visit: transitionkentishtown.org.uk Thursday 19 July, 7pm – 9pm, The Lord Palmerston Pub, 33 Dartmouth Park Hill, NW1 1HU Love Parks Week Help celebrate the great parks in Camden by getting involved in the nation’s biggest celebration of green spaces. Spread the word, join an event, or create your own at loveparksweek.org.uk Saturday 21 July – Sunday 29 July, nationwide London Permaculture Festival Come on down to the London Permaculture festival and join in with collaborative discussions on how to build a sustainable future. There will be inspiring talks, interactive workshops, global films, acoustic music and local food. For more information visit: londonpermaculture.com Saturday 21 July, 11am – 6pm, Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regents Park Road, NW1 7AY Fruit Identification and Picking Walk Don’t miss out on another opportunity to learn how to identify fruit trees in the local area with Transition Highgate. With local resident Gemma Harris of Urban HarvestSunday 22 July, 3pm, outside Jacksons Lane Theatre, 269a Archway Road, N6 5AA Breathing Trees: The Urban Forest Taking root for 5 nights from the 23rd – 27th July, ‘Breathing Trees’ comes to Russell Square Gardens. Using synchronised light and sound, the installation will see two trees transformed into a pair of lungs breathing and responding to the urban landscape. Visit lovecamden.org for more information. Free Entry. Monday 23 July – Friday 27 July, Russell Square Gardens, WC1 Torch relay Come and see the Olympic torch making its way through Camden. Join our sustainability advisors at St. Pancras Gardens, where they will be showing you how you can take green action during the Olympic period. Find out more about the torch relay at lovecamden.org/2012/torch-relay Thursday 26 July, 7am – 10am, St Pancras Gardens, NW1 1UL Free Bicycle Maintenance Course Camden Council's Smarter Travel Team is running a free maintenance class for cyclists. The course will cover basic mechanics providing you with the skills to keep your bike roadworthy and safe. Only 10 spaces available. Advanced booking is essential. Sunday 5 August, 10am, Camley Street Nature Reserve, N1C 4PN Discounted Compost Bins Turn your kitchen and garden waste into a rich compost to keep your garden blooming with our discounted compost bins. Find out more at camden.getcomposting.com Urban Cycle Skills training Are you thinking of cycling to work during the Olympics? Not feeling confident about it? Contact our cycling team for information on our Urban Cycle Skills on road training. Email: cycle.training@camden.gov.uk Join the Capital Growth network and win £1000 If you are interested in starting a community food-growing project, join Capital Growth before the 20 August, and grab the chance to win £1000 worth of gardening vouchers to help develop your space. For more information, visit: capitalgrowth.org Free Smarter Driving Training We are offering free sustainable driving training for Camden residents and businesses. The training takes 50 minutes from a central London location - a car is provided. To be eligible, you need to have held a driving licence for at least 12 months. To book a session email: airquality@camden.gov.uk. Switch-Off Fortnight 2012: reserve your free campaign pack Be one of the first 5,000 schools to sign up to the Switch-Off Fortnight (19 November - 2 December 2012) and receive a free campaign pack, helping you track and monitor your energy usage. Find out more at eco-schools.org.uk or camden.gov.uk/greenschools Congratulations to one of our Congratulations to the Rydal Water Gardening Club who are proud winners of Capital Growth’s Grow for Gold July competition. If you have a community gardening space it’s not too late to join Capital Growth and enter the competition. There are small monthly prizes and overall category prizes worth up to £450. Find out more at capitalgrowth.org NEW Camden Cycling Facebook page Our colleagues in the Smarter Travel Team have just launched their own Facebook page dedicated to all things cycling in Camden. If you would like to find out about cycle events, training and offers in the borough; like their page at facebook.com/CyclingCamden Submit your entries for the Camden in Bloom competition The 'Camden in Bloom' competition is back. All entries must be submitted with a clear photograph. A picture of sustainability Submit your photos of local green projects and put Camden on the map, in a competition to find London’s picture of sustainability. Entries must be submitted by the 22 July. Find out more at apictureofsustainability.com Inspired Cashpoint is open for business once again VInspired is offering grants of up to £500 for young people aged 14-25 who have idea to solve a problem in their local community. Find out more at vinspired.com We always want to hear from you. If you have anything you wish to share with your fellow Green Camdeners please email: greencamden@camden.gov.uk or tell us about it on our Facebook page: facebook.com/grncamden A big thank you to all those who have liked our page so far! Please note that you are advised to do your own research into any external events or offers, not offered by Camden Council, which are highlighted in this newsletter. |
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