July 21st, 2009
Arcola Theatre’s monthly Green Sunday event will go outside on 2nd August, and run a workshop to create recycled sculptures for the new Dalston Mill plaza. The monthly event features artistic ways to learn about being more environmentally friendly. Other workshops will show you how to make your own green cosmetics, decorate cakes. Music performances will kick off at 5pm.
Cycle down with the whole family. London Cycling Campaign will be on hand to run an MOT on your bikes and talk about cycling safely in London.
Green Sunday, 2nd August, Dalston Mill, Free to drop in and out from 3pm onwards.
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June 25th, 2009
Local social enterprise Growing Communities are looking for more market garden sites in Hackney so that they can meet the growing demand for their locally grown vegetables. It’s all about cutting food miles and ‘growing our community’ which matches the aims of Peter’s Net. This editor can testify, as a customer of their weekly vegetable/fruit bag service, to the deliciousness of their Hackney grown Mixed Salad. Sites need to be at least 100 square meters in size to be viable.
Peter’s Net has volunteered to put out a request to local churches to see if any are in a position to help with a tried and tested formula. St. Paul’s on Stoke Newington Road already hosts a successful market garden. And some excess produce from the Growing Communities trading activities is already donated for free to the Hackney Winter Night Shelter. If you would be interested please get in touch with Nick Franchini by email on nfranchini@hotmail.co.uk
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June 25th, 2009
We are looking to recruit a small network of PR professionals with the experience, commitment and contacts to help provide PR support to the Justice & Peace Commission of the Diocese of Westminster. The work will be on a volunteer basis so we are looking for working professionals who can share some additional work for this excellent cause. If you feel you can help please get in touch by emailing Nick Franchini at nfranchini@hotmail.co.uk.
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June 23rd, 2009
Joan of Arc RC Primary School in Highbury has established a successful service whereby school uniforms that children have outgrown are collected during the school year, laundered by volunteers and then displayed for free collection by parents. An information sheet with details on how to run this service is being produced so that other schools can easily copy the service. If you would like a copy please email us at info@peter-net.org and mark your email for the attention of Thrusie. Thank you.
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June 19th, 2009
Allotment holders in the parish of St.Peter’s Italian Church are volunteering to join a project run by the Sustainability department of Camden Council to offer local people in Clerkenwell and peers in their church congregation the opportunity to learn how to grow their own fruit and vegetables. If you are interested in joining this scheme either as a volunteer or as a learner please get in touch by adding a comment to this article or emailing us at our peter’s net email address.
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June 19th, 2009
Peter’s Net are delighted to support this latest event in a series called ‘Green Sundays’ which are organised by Arcola Theatre in Hackney - the first theatre in the world with the aim of achieving zero carbon status. Peter’s Net will be present at this event with a stall managed by Thrusie Maurseth with information about church based green initiatives. So if you are interested in finding out how you can get involved then come along. For details go to the Green Sundays website.
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June 4th, 2009
The London branch of ACLI (The Christian Association of Italian Workers) and fellow parishioners are working with Camden Council, FARMA and Slow Food London to create an Italian ethical market to take place once a month. The market will serve parishioners attending Mass and also the local community. This market will help fill the gap left by the closure of the much loved Terroni delicatessen next door to the church and also provide ethically sourced food. Right now we are looking for suppliers of unique and genuine products, some Italian staples such as dry pasta at very good prices and fresh vegetables and fruit direct from farms. We are aiming to start in September 2009. If you feel you can help in any way please get in touch using the comment box below or emailing the organisers at nfranchini@hotmail.co.uk
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