Events

Organic Fortnight, the Soil Association's 'celebration of organic food and farming' is 'widely considered to be the most important and exciting consumer event in the sector calendar.' People are encouraged to mark the occasion by visiting organic farms, joining organisations like the Soil Association, and shopping in new, sustainable ways.

Nearby events include the fortnight's kick-off event, the Soil Association Organic Food Festival (also Europe's largest organic festival) on 6-7 September at the Bristol Harbourside. On 11-15 September the Hillgrove and the Green Man in Kingsdown, Bristol, will jointly host an Organic Beer Festival featuring 40 organic and natural ales, as well as a selection of other organic drinks. There are numerous farm tours, cooking demonstrations, and other community activities scheduled throughout South West England, as well.

There will also be in store and cafe promotions across Bristol, including offers at The Better Food Company, Essential Trading, Stoneground Healthy Food, and Wild Oats Natural Foods. Ethicalsuperstore.com is also involved in the festivities.

For more information on Organic Fortnight (as well as a complete list of events in the region), visit the Soil Association web-site:
http://www.soilassociation.org/organicfortnight

For information on the Organic Food Festival:
http://www.soilassociation.org/festival

During Organic Food Fortnight, take the pledge to spend a week eating only local, organic food, free from plastic packaging.

For more information, visit http://www.pledgebank.com/eatthechange

Have fun & make a difference....what more could you want?

Revolution Festival is an amazing volunteering festival for 16 - 25 year olds with a line up of bands, delicious food and activities. The festival is completely FREE and includes a few hours conservation work in a forest....

Go to www.revolutionfestival.org.uk for details.

Bath's own alternative club night gives you the opportunity to boogie till late for the last time. With two live bands, this will surely be a great finale, celebrating 10 years of raising money for good causes.

At Burdalls Yard, London Road. 9pm-1.30am. £5.

For more information, visit http://www.leftism.co.uk

Organic Fortnight, the Soil Association's 'celebration of organic food and farming' is 'widely considered to be the most important and exciting consumer event in the sector calendar.' People are encouraged to mark the occasion by visiting organic farms, joining organisations like the Soil Association, and shopping in new, sustainable ways.

Nearby events include the fortnight's kick-off event, the Soil Association Organic Food Festival (also Europe's largest organic festival) on 6-7 September at the Bristol Harbourside. On 11-15 September the Hillgrove and the Green Man in Kingsdown, Bristol, will jointly host an Organic Beer Festival featuring 40 organic and natural ales, as well as a selection of other organic drinks. There are numerous farm tours, cooking demonstrations, and other community activities scheduled throughout South West England, as well.

There will also be in store and cafe promotions across Bristol, including offers at The Better Food Company, Essential Trading, Stoneground Healthy Food, and Wild Oats Natural Foods. Ethicalsuperstore.com is also involved in the festivities.

For more information on Organic Fortnight (as well as a complete list of events in the region), visit the Soil Association web-site:
http://www.soilassociation.org/organicfortnight

For information on the Organic Food Festival:
http://www.soilassociation.org/festival

During Organic Food Fortnight, take the pledge to spend a week eating only local, organic food, free from plastic packaging.

For more information, visit http://www.pledgebank.com/eatthechange

Have fun & make a difference....what more could you want?

Revolution Festival is an amazing volunteering festival for 16 - 25 year olds with a line up of bands, delicious food and activities. The festival is completely FREE and includes a few hours conservation work in a forest....

Go to www.revolutionfestival.org.uk for details.

Bath's own alternative club night gives you the opportunity to boogie till late for the last time. With two live bands, this will surely be a great finale, celebrating 10 years of raising money for good causes.

At Burdalls Yard, London Road. 9pm-1.30am. £5.

For more information, visit http://www.leftism.co.uk

Come and taste a wide range of potatoes. Please also bring a sample of your own home grown spuds to share.

We will be selling apples from our harvest at Bath Farmers Market, Green Park Station, every Saturday in September and through the autumn, and will need volunteers to help us run our stall for a couple of hours between 8.30am and 1.30pm.

Please contact us if you would like to help out on our market stall.
For further info & questions please contact Tim Baines: timjbaines@yahoo.co.uk (01225 312116)

Climate change. Carbon footprints. Greenhouse gases. Recycling. Composting. What's it all about?

The first ever Keynsham Green Fair will be held Saturday, 20th September from 10am-1pm in Victoria Methodist and Keynsham Baptist Church (both on the High Street in Keynsham). This will be your opportunity to come to an event with lots of information about environmental issues, as well as information on how you can make a difference and be part of the solution.

Entry to all Green Fair venues is free. Fairtrade tea and coffee will be on sale at the Baptist Church and Victoria Methodist Church.

The event is part of the More to Life 08 initiative.

For more information, please visit the ecocongregation or moretolife08 websites.

There will be a walk of the proposed Two Tunnels Greenway on Saturday, 20 September.

Begin at 10.00 from the beginning of Linear Way, just around the corner from the junction with Bellotts Road and the Lower Bristol Road, 50 metres west of the Royal Oak pub, south of Windsor Bridge - see http://tinyurl.com/5o2nj7. It will not be possible to go through either of the tunnels, so we shall be going over the top of Combe Down.

There will be time for a leisurely drink in the Hope and Anchor pub for those who wish to do so before returning by bus; or walk back as you wish.

Distance: 4 miles. Everyone welcome. Please wear sensible footware.

Nothing to report on the BathNES Council position yet. A progress request has just been submitted.

www.twotunnels.org.uk

With Sally Pattison. Meet at 11am at Odd Down
Park & Ride.
Walk to Englishcombe, approx 2.5 miles. You'll need boots and a packed lunch.
(K)

Starting at 1 o'clock on the BOGplot - bring food
and drink to share and a chair to sit on for the big outdoor, sit
down meal of the year - a celebration of local and organic food -
home cooking valued, local ingredients admired, friends and
neighbours welcomed.

For further info contact Peter Andrews zen20627@zen.co.uk

All night bike ride in teams of five in aid of bicycles for Africa at Hullavington Airfield (just north of J17, M4).

Information and registration from David on: 0870 609 2007

or email dcw@jole1000.org

Organic Fortnight, the Soil Association's 'celebration of organic food and farming' is 'widely considered to be the most important and exciting consumer event in the sector calendar.' People are encouraged to mark the occasion by visiting organic farms, joining organisations like the Soil Association, and shopping in new, sustainable ways.

Nearby events include the fortnight's kick-off event, the Soil Association Organic Food Festival (also Europe's largest organic festival) on 6-7 September at the Bristol Harbourside. On 11-15 September the Hillgrove and the Green Man in Kingsdown, Bristol, will jointly host an Organic Beer Festival featuring 40 organic and natural ales, as well as a selection of other organic drinks. There are numerous farm tours, cooking demonstrations, and other community activities scheduled throughout South West England, as well.

There will also be in store and cafe promotions across Bristol, including offers at The Better Food Company, Essential Trading, Stoneground Healthy Food, and Wild Oats Natural Foods. Ethicalsuperstore.com is also involved in the festivities.

For more information on Organic Fortnight (as well as a complete list of events in the region), visit the Soil Association web-site:
http://www.soilassociation.org/organicfortnight

For information on the Organic Food Festival:
http://www.soilassociation.org/festival

During Organic Food Fortnight, take the pledge to spend a week eating only local, organic food, free from plastic packaging.

For more information, visit http://www.pledgebank.com/eatthechange

Have fun & make a difference....what more could you want?

Revolution Festival is an amazing volunteering festival for 16 - 25 year olds with a line up of bands, delicious food and activities. The festival is completely FREE and includes a few hours conservation work in a forest....

Go to www.revolutionfestival.org.uk for details.

The regular series of sociable, easy-paced cycle rides. Meet between 10.15 and 10.30am in the Abbey Churchyard. Pub lunch unless otherwise advised.

Destination: 'Spot the Pigs,' south of Bath, via Wellow. Distance: 25.

For more information, visit http://www.rysbath.org.uk

A monthly lunch and radical film screening, downstairs at the Porter
Cellar bar, starting 12.30pm.

Screening all sorts of documentary films of an
alternative bent, such as on hunt saboteurs, graffiti, activism, etc.
email shavenyak_99@yahoo.com

The International Centre for the Environment presents the third inaugural conference of its "Sustaining Future Ecosystem Services - From Understanding to Action" series. All day conference at the University of Bath.

For more information, visit http://www.bath.ac.uk/research/seminars/esrc/

The CO-OPERATIVE PATH to FOOD SECURITY

A presentation by MOLLY SCOTT CATO about Community Supported Agriculture and other ways of
feeding ourselves.

Held at the UNITED REFORMED CHURCH ROOMS -
(Grove St. Entrance) BA2 6PJ

The James Grieve and Grenadier apple trees are cropping well this year. The Bramley, Spartan and Russet apple trees are cropping better than last year. The Cox apple trees are still rather patchy.

We will be apple picking every Thursday afternoon from the beginning of September - volunteer apple harvesters very welcome.

For further info & questions please contact Tim Baines: timjbaines@yahoo.co.uk (01225 312116)

Illustrated talk at Folk Hall, High Street,
Portishead (new venue), 7.30pm.

Illustrated talk. Old Bakery Annexe,
Armstrong Hall, Chapel Street, Thornbury, 7.30pm.

We will be selling apples from our harvest at Bath Farmers Market, Green Park Station, every Saturday in September and through the autumn, and will need volunteers to help us run our stall for a couple of hours between 8.30am and 1.30pm.

Please contact us if you would like to help out on our market stall.
For further info & questions please contact Tim Baines: timjbaines@yahoo.co.uk (01225 312116)

Goosard Work Morning.
Help is needed to continue work on this reserve and all are welcome.
Contact Roger Oliver (01761 419778) www.cvwg.org.uk

Wild Foods Foraging Course

The founders of selfsufficientish.com will be offering day courses in foraging in the Bristol area in September and October. The course is meant to highlight the many edible plants growing right under our noses, from widely known foods like the blackberry to others that are more surprising and bizarre. Learn where these plants came from, how they have been used through the years, and how you can use them in your daily life today.

The course sets off from St Werburgh's City Farm Café and runs from 10am-4pm. Expect a long walk and a short local train ride. Weather-proof clothing and walking boots are recommended. Be sure to book in advance.

There is no set cost*, and payment is accepted in cash or cheque.

For more information, or to book your place, please contact one of the self-sufficientish co-founders: andy@selfsufficientish.com or dave@selfsufficientish.com. Full details are also available at the course website. Places are being snapped up quickly, so book early to avoid disappointment!

*Selfsufficientish.com asks only that you pay what you think the forage is worth or what you are able to afford. However, please bear in mind that there are bills to pay, so the course cannot be offered for free. Comparable courses vary in price from approx. £30-100.

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Selfsufficientish.com is a website dedicated to urban homesteading, aimed at normal people with limited resources who nevertheless want to try their hand at living green. For more on self-sufficientish philosophy, visit http://www.selfsufficientish.com/.

Meet at National Trust Car Park 10.30am

See how little you can throw away in the rubbish bin by aiming to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost as much as possible instead. People who have taken part previously have reduced their rubbish to just ¼ of what they normally throw away.

The challenge is open to any community group however large or small. B&NES Waste Services can help you promote the challenge by providing you with support, ideas and information packs, providing talks, attending meetings, and through the website.

The briefing event for the challenge is being held at Culverhay School, Rush Hill, Bath on Wednesday 16th July from 7pm-8pm.

If you would like to register to take part in the challenge or discuss any of this in more detail, please contact Council Connect on 01225 394041 councilconnect@bathnes.gov.uk

The Zero Waste Challenge Week is a fun but important way to recycle and compost as much as possible and think of how we can throw less away. Already over 10 schools and community groups have already signed up to take part.

To find out more about the Zero Waste Challenge Week, residents can contact Council Connect or visit the Council’s website (www.bathnes.gov.uk/wasteservices).

Note to editors
Members of the press are very welcome to attend this event to find out more about the Zero Waste Challenge Week and future publicity opportunities.

See how little you can throw away in the rubbish bin by aiming to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost as much as possible instead. People who have taken part previously have reduced their rubbish to just ¼ of what they normally throw away.

The challenge is open to any community group however large or small. B&NES Waste Services can help you promote the challenge by providing you with support, ideas and information packs, providing talks, attending meetings, and through the website.

The briefing event for the challenge is being held at Culverhay School, Rush Hill, Bath on Wednesday 16th July from 7pm-8pm.

If you would like to register to take part in the challenge or discuss any of this in more detail, please contact Council Connect on 01225 394041 councilconnect@bathnes.gov.uk

The Zero Waste Challenge Week is a fun but important way to recycle and compost as much as possible and think of how we can throw less away. Already over 10 schools and community groups have already signed up to take part.

To find out more about the Zero Waste Challenge Week, residents can contact Council Connect or visit the Council’s website (www.bathnes.gov.uk/wasteservices).

Note to editors
Members of the press are very welcome to attend this event to find out more about the Zero Waste Challenge Week and future publicity opportunities.

International Centre for the Environment seminar by Professor Catherine Mitchell, Professor of Energy Policy, University of Exeter.

Seminar begins 4.30pm at Bath University. Arrive at 4pm for prior discussion, tea and biscuits.

Admission free.

For more information, please visit http://www.bath.ac.uk/ice/seminardates.htm

See how little you can throw away in the rubbish bin by aiming to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost as much as possible instead. People who have taken part previously have reduced their rubbish to just ¼ of what they normally throw away.

The challenge is open to any community group however large or small. B&NES Waste Services can help you promote the challenge by providing you with support, ideas and information packs, providing talks, attending meetings, and through the website.

The briefing event for the challenge is being held at Culverhay School, Rush Hill, Bath on Wednesday 16th July from 7pm-8pm.

If you would like to register to take part in the challenge or discuss any of this in more detail, please contact Council Connect on 01225 394041 councilconnect@bathnes.gov.uk

The Zero Waste Challenge Week is a fun but important way to recycle and compost as much as possible and think of how we can throw less away. Already over 10 schools and community groups have already signed up to take part.

To find out more about the Zero Waste Challenge Week, residents can contact Council Connect or visit the Council’s website (www.bathnes.gov.uk/wasteservices).

Note to editors
Members of the press are very welcome to attend this event to find out more about the Zero Waste Challenge Week and future publicity opportunities.

See how little you can throw away in the rubbish bin by aiming to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost as much as possible instead. People who have taken part previously have reduced their rubbish to just ¼ of what they normally throw away.

The challenge is open to any community group however large or small. B&NES Waste Services can help you promote the challenge by providing you with support, ideas and information packs, providing talks, attending meetings, and through the website.

The briefing event for the challenge is being held at Culverhay School, Rush Hill, Bath on Wednesday 16th July from 7pm-8pm.

If you would like to register to take part in the challenge or discuss any of this in more detail, please contact Council Connect on 01225 394041 councilconnect@bathnes.gov.uk

The Zero Waste Challenge Week is a fun but important way to recycle and compost as much as possible and think of how we can throw less away. Already over 10 schools and community groups have already signed up to take part.

To find out more about the Zero Waste Challenge Week, residents can contact Council Connect or visit the Council’s website (www.bathnes.gov.uk/wasteservices).

Note to editors
Members of the press are very welcome to attend this event to find out more about the Zero Waste Challenge Week and future publicity opportunities.

Volunteer apple picking at Broadlands Orchard every Thursday from 2pm to 6pm...all welcome!

Local food for local people
Local community groups, voluntary organisations, and schools can pick apples at Broadlands Orchard to distribute to their members, for only £1 per kilo.

By arrangement only. Contact timjbaines@yahoo.co.uk for more details and bookings.

Lift sharing to Broadlands Orchard
We have some volunteers who need transport to and from Broadlands Orchard. Can anyone offer a lift from central Bath, or from Trowbridge?

Please contact jfountaine@freenet.co.uk

First Thursday of each month.

Downstairs at The Hobgoblin, St. James Parade, 7.30-9pm.

For more information, please visit http://www.myspace.com/bathactivistnetwork

We have a new film season kicking off in September. From September we
will be showing a selection of films on the 3rd Monday and 1st Thursday
of every month. Details can be found here (pdf) but in brief our schedule is:

• Thursday Oct 2 - Escape from Suburbia

These will all be shown from 7.30pm, upstairs at the Rummer pub, near
Pulteney Weir. Discussion will follow and entry is by donation.

See how little you can throw away in the rubbish bin by aiming to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost as much as possible instead. People who have taken part previously have reduced their rubbish to just ¼ of what they normally throw away.

The challenge is open to any community group however large or small. B&NES Waste Services can help you promote the challenge by providing you with support, ideas and information packs, providing talks, attending meetings, and through the website.

The briefing event for the challenge is being held at Culverhay School, Rush Hill, Bath on Wednesday 16th July from 7pm-8pm.

If you would like to register to take part in the challenge or discuss any of this in more detail, please contact Council Connect on 01225 394041 councilconnect@bathnes.gov.uk

The Zero Waste Challenge Week is a fun but important way to recycle and compost as much as possible and think of how we can throw less away. Already over 10 schools and community groups have already signed up to take part.

To find out more about the Zero Waste Challenge Week, residents can contact Council Connect or visit the Council’s website (www.bathnes.gov.uk/wasteservices).

Note to editors
Members of the press are very welcome to attend this event to find out more about the Zero Waste Challenge Week and future publicity opportunities.

See how little you can throw away in the rubbish bin by aiming to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost as much as possible instead. People who have taken part previously have reduced their rubbish to just ¼ of what they normally throw away.

The challenge is open to any community group however large or small. B&NES Waste Services can help you promote the challenge by providing you with support, ideas and information packs, providing talks, attending meetings, and through the website.

The briefing event for the challenge is being held at Culverhay School, Rush Hill, Bath on Wednesday 16th July from 7pm-8pm.

If you would like to register to take part in the challenge or discuss any of this in more detail, please contact Council Connect on 01225 394041 councilconnect@bathnes.gov.uk

The Zero Waste Challenge Week is a fun but important way to recycle and compost as much as possible and think of how we can throw less away. Already over 10 schools and community groups have already signed up to take part.

To find out more about the Zero Waste Challenge Week, residents can contact Council Connect or visit the Council’s website (www.bathnes.gov.uk/wasteservices).

Note to editors
Members of the press are very welcome to attend this event to find out more about the Zero Waste Challenge Week and future publicity opportunities.

'Wild in the Water'

Join the Avon Biodiversity Partnership for a new festival in and around Bristol, aimed at drawing attention to the streams, rivers, coastal strips and estuary that make up such an important part of our landscape.

Activities will include water vole watches, canoe and ferry safaris, pond dipping, coastal rambles, and a Family Fun Day (Sunday, 12 October at Bristol City Council’s Create Centre in Smeaton Road).

Most events are free or subsidised by the more than 45 organisations that make up the Partnership. Support is also coming from Bristol Harbour Railway and the Bristol Ferry Boat Company, which will provide special services and discounted fares on Family Fun Day.

Details of the full Wild Waters programme can be found at www.wildwaters.org.uk or call Avon Biodiversity Partnership representative Matt Hamilton on 0117 917 7270.

We will be selling apples from our harvest at Bath Farmers Market,
Green Park Station, every Saturday in September and through the autumn,
and will need volunteers to help us run our stall for a couple of hours
between 8.30am and 1.30pm.

Please contact us if you would like to help out on our market stall.
For further info & questions please contact Tim Baines: timjbaines@yahoo.co.uk (01225 312116)

Southwest Fairtrade Day- Saturday 4th October 2008

Devon, Exeter and Torbay Fairtrade Groups invite you to attend the second South West Fairtrade Day, to be held in Exeter on 4 October 2008. The day is for all Fairtrade campigners and supporters in the South West - a chance to meet fellow campaigners, get informed and get enthusiastic!

Planned sessions include:

- tea producer Martin Odoch from Uganda presenting his research on the impact of the social premium(Martin made a very successful visit to Devon during Fairtrade Fortnight)

- working with your local coucil

- Fairtrade Devon: a case study of county-wide networking

- the Fairtrade Schools award

- working with employers, including a presentation from South West Wate

- time to meet campaigners from your local area and across the region, including planning for Fairtrade Fortnight

Venue: the Global Centre, 17 St David's Hill, Exeter (10 mins walk from Exeter St Davids station).
Date: Saturday 4 October 2008
Time: 11:00-4:30
Cost: free

This follows the first meeting, held in Bristol in April, and we hope it will become an annual event in the autumn. (Would your group be willing to host the 2009 event?)

For futher details and an application form please copy and paste the link at the bottom of this page into your web address bar. Please return applications by 20 September to Sue Kay, s.kay@blueyonder.co.uk (or 18 Queens Road, Exeter EX2 9ER).

Please pass on this invitation to anyone you think might be interested
in attending.

Hope to see you there!

Sue Kay
On behalf of the Devon, Torbay and Exeter Fairtrade Groups

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See how little you can throw away in the rubbish bin by aiming to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost as much as possible instead. People who have taken part previously have reduced their rubbish to just ¼ of what they normally throw away.

The challenge is open to any community group however large or small. B&NES Waste Services can help you promote the challenge by providing you with support, ideas and information packs, providing talks, attending meetings, and through the website.

The briefing event for the challenge is being held at Culverhay School, Rush Hill, Bath on Wednesday 16th July from 7pm-8pm.

If you would like to register to take part in the challenge or discuss any of this in more detail, please contact Council Connect on 01225 394041 councilconnect@bathnes.gov.uk

The Zero Waste Challenge Week is a fun but important way to recycle and compost as much as possible and think of how we can throw less away. Already over 10 schools and community groups have already signed up to take part.

To find out more about the Zero Waste Challenge Week, residents can contact Council Connect or visit the Council’s website (www.bathnes.gov.uk/wasteservices).

Note to editors
Members of the press are very welcome to attend this event to find out more about the Zero Waste Challenge Week and future publicity opportunities.

'Wild in the Water'

Join the Avon Biodiversity Partnership for a new festival in and around Bristol, aimed at drawing attention to the streams, rivers, coastal strips and estuary that make up such an important part of our landscape.

Activities will include water vole watches, canoe and ferry safaris, pond dipping, coastal rambles, and a Family Fun Day (Sunday, 12 October at Bristol City Council’s Create Centre in Smeaton Road).

Most events are free or subsidised by the more than 45 organisations that make up the Partnership. Support is also coming from Bristol Harbour Railway and the Bristol Ferry Boat Company, which will provide special services and discounted fares on Family Fun Day.

Details of the full Wild Waters programme can be found at www.wildwaters.org.uk or call Avon Biodiversity Partnership representative Matt Hamilton on 0117 917 7270.

The regular series of sociable, easy-paced cycle rides. Meet between 10.15 and 10.30am in the Abbey Churchyard. Pub lunch unless otherwise advised.

Destination: Dyrham. Distance: 20.

For more information, visit http://www.rysbath.org.uk

'Wild in the Water'

Join the Avon Biodiversity Partnership for a new festival in and around Bristol, aimed at drawing attention to the streams, rivers, coastal strips and estuary that make up such an important part of our landscape.

Activities will include water vole watches, canoe and ferry safaris, pond dipping, coastal rambles, and a Family Fun Day (Sunday, 12 October at Bristol City Council’s Create Centre in Smeaton Road).

Most events are free or subsidised by the more than 45 organisations that make up the Partnership. Support is also coming from Bristol Harbour Railway and the Bristol Ferry Boat Company, which will provide special services and discounted fares on Family Fun Day.

Details of the full Wild Waters programme can be found at www.wildwaters.org.uk or call Avon Biodiversity Partnership representative Matt Hamilton on 0117 917 7270.

Hi All,

Now we are well and truly in the Autumn season (along with the lovely autumnal sunshine) I thought it would be good for us to get together to catch up on our successes over the summer and discuss what we might want to do in Bath over the coming few months to support Oxfam's campaigns. There are a few different options, including a fundraising music night; a media stunt with Don Foster and a film night to name but a few......

So if you'd like to get involved, or just find out a little bit more, please do join us!

Monday 6th October

7.30 pm

The Rummer Pub, Pulteney Bridge, Bath

If you need further details, do please email me on oxfambath@yahoo.co.uk

Bath Friends of the Earth Meeting

8pm at Stillpoint, Broad Street Place, Broad Street, Bath BA1 5LH

For more information visit http://www.bath-foe.org.uk.

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Bath Friends of the Earth meet the first Monday of every month.

'Wild in the Water'

Join the Avon Biodiversity Partnership for a new festival in and around Bristol, aimed at drawing attention to the streams, rivers, coastal strips and estuary that make up such an important part of our landscape.

Activities will include water vole watches, canoe and ferry safaris, pond dipping, coastal rambles, and a Family Fun Day (Sunday, 12 October at Bristol City Council’s Create Centre in Smeaton Road).

Most events are free or subsidised by the more than 45 organisations that make up the Partnership. Support is also coming from Bristol Harbour Railway and the Bristol Ferry Boat Company, which will provide special services and discounted fares on Family Fun Day.

Details of the full Wild Waters programme can be found at www.wildwaters.org.uk or call Avon Biodiversity Partnership representative Matt Hamilton on 0117 917 7270.

Part of Avon Biodiversity Partnership's 'Wild Waters' programme celebrating our coasts and waterways, this guided riverside Bat Walk is being held on Tuesday 7 October 7-9pm, setting off from Morrisons supermarket.

You must book your place in advance but that's easy - just call Miriam Woolnough on 01225 477612.

'Wild in the Water'

Join the Avon Biodiversity Partnership for a new festival in and around Bristol, aimed at drawing attention to the streams, rivers, coastal strips and estuary that make up such an important part of our landscape.

Activities will include water vole watches, canoe and ferry safaris, pond dipping, coastal rambles, and a Family Fun Day (Sunday, 12 October at Bristol City Council’s Create Centre in Smeaton Road).

Most events are free or subsidised by the more than 45 organisations that make up the Partnership. Support is also coming from Bristol Harbour Railway and the Bristol Ferry Boat Company, which will provide special services and discounted fares on Family Fun Day.

Details of the full Wild Waters programme can be found at www.wildwaters.org.uk or call Avon Biodiversity Partnership representative Matt Hamilton on 0117 917 7270.

The next Bath Green Drinks meeting.

Bath Green Drinks is part of Green Drinks International.

'Wild in the Water'

Join the Avon Biodiversity Partnership for a new festival in and around Bristol, aimed at drawing attention to the streams, rivers, coastal strips and estuary that make up such an important part of our landscape.

Activities will include water vole watches, canoe and ferry safaris, pond dipping, coastal rambles, and a Family Fun Day (Sunday, 12 October at Bristol City Council’s Create Centre in Smeaton Road).

Most events are free or subsidised by the more than 45 organisations that make up the Partnership. Support is also coming from Bristol Harbour Railway and the Bristol Ferry Boat Company, which will provide special services and discounted fares on Family Fun Day.

Details of the full Wild Waters programme can be found at www.wildwaters.org.uk or call Avon Biodiversity Partnership representative Matt Hamilton on 0117 917 7270.

Stop by the Fair Trade stall at the local Joy of Food event! The stall will be open 11.00 - 17.00 from the 9th-12th October, in the Mall at Cribbs Causeway, Bristol.

The Joy of Food is an exciting four-day show from 9th-12th October. Highlights include the Joy of Food Theatre with celebrity chefs Aldo Zilli, Lesley Waters, Paul Rankin and Mary Berry. There will also be a Joy of Food Pavilion with 35 local and national artisan producers, an outdoor Local Somerset Farmers' Market and much, much more.

Admission to the event is free, with Theatre tickets from £7.50 (available from mallcribbs.com and the M&S Food Hall at The Mall).

For more information, visit www.mallcribbs.com or www.southgloslocalfood.org.

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If you are interested in helping run the Fair Trade stand, contact Val Harding, Local Food and Fairtrade Co-ordinator for the South Gloucestershire Council.

BROADLANDS ORCHARDSHARE

Community Orchard

Join us for apple-picking at Broadlands Orchard every Thursday, 2pm to 6pm. All are welcome!

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Also, we need some extra help to collect our windfall apples!

Last week we announced that the Zoo would like to buy our windfalls, and will need 250 kilos of apples every 10 days. This will be a good use for the Broadlands windfall apples, because it will cut down on waste and create some income for the OrchardShare.

We aim to collect 250 kilos of windfalls, as well as enough apples to sell and juice at the next Farmers Market. To achieve this we will need extra helpers to collect the windfall apples, and plenty of large, fairly shallow cardboard boxes.

Can you help?

We provide a campfire cup of tea and biscuits at about 4pm, and volunteers can take a bag of apples for themselves.

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The next volunteering day is Saturday 11th October, 2pm to 6pm. We will be apple picking and Richard needs a few helpers to do the finishing touches to the Compost Toilet (from 1pm).

We also run a stall at Bath Farmers Market every Saturday, 8am to 1.30pm selling apples and pressing apple juice. Please contact Jan (jfountaine@freenet.co.uk) if you would like to do a shift (8am-11am or 11am-1.30pm) so that she can put you on the rota.

Broadlands OrchardShare Apple Day will be on Sunday 19th October.

Fair trade or free trade? Personal or political? Change the rules or break them? Can we make a difference? Speakers include Bruce Crowther, founding father of the Fairtrade Town movement.

Thursday 9th October at the British Legion, Charlton Road, Keynsham, 7.00 for 7.30pm. Free entry.

For further information, contact Rachel Ward, B&NES Stronger Communities Manager at 0117 9868683 or St. John's Parish Church at 0117 9863345.

Event organised by More to Life 08 and the Keynsham Fairtrade Group.

'Wild in the Water'

Join the Avon Biodiversity Partnership for a new festival in and around Bristol, aimed at drawing attention to the streams, rivers, coastal strips and estuary that make up such an important part of our landscape.

Activities will include water vole watches, canoe and ferry safaris, pond dipping, coastal rambles, and a Family Fun Day (Sunday, 12 October at Bristol City Council’s Create Centre in Smeaton Road).

Most events are free or subsidised by the more than 45 organisations that make up the Partnership. Support is also coming from Bristol Harbour Railway and the Bristol Ferry Boat Company, which will provide special services and discounted fares on Family Fun Day.

Details of the full Wild Waters programme can be found at www.wildwaters.org.uk or call Avon Biodiversity Partnership representative Matt Hamilton on 0117 917 7270.

Stop by the Fair Trade stall at the local Joy of Food event! The stall will be open 11.00 - 17.00 from the 9th-12th October, in the Mall at Cribbs Causeway, Bristol.

The Joy of Food is an exciting four-day show from 9th-12th October. Highlights include the Joy of Food Theatre with celebrity chefs Aldo Zilli, Lesley Waters, Paul Rankin and Mary Berry. There will also be a Joy of Food Pavilion with 35 local and national artisan producers, an outdoor Local Somerset Farmers' Market and much, much more.

Admission to the event is free, with Theatre tickets from £7.50 (available from mallcribbs.com and the M&S Food Hall at The Mall).

For more information, visit www.mallcribbs.com or www.southgloslocalfood.org.

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If you are interested in helping run the Fair Trade stand, contact Val Harding, Local Food and Fairtrade Co-ordinator for the South Gloucestershire Council.

Need a breather from shopping? Take a coffee break with a difference...

Join Councillor David Bellotti, head of the B&NES Council, in showing support for the fair trade organisations across Bath by taking a coffee break with a difference at the city's first ever Fair Trade 'Feel Good' Lounge event.

From 10am to 4pm locals will be able to take a break from their busy day to see how they really can enjoy the best that Bath's fair trade suppliers have to offer in the comfort of their very own living rooms. Weary shoppers will be able to take the weight off their feet by relaxing in fair trade designer chairs, while enjoying a cup of fair trade coffee and other delicious fair trade treats.

Members of the Bath Fair Trade Network will be on hand to talk about the work they do and the local organisations with which they are involved. In addition Hugh Ross, managing director of the Fair Trade Furniture Company, will be able to provide comment on the guiding principles of fair trade and the challenges of operating as a fair trade business.

When: Friday, 10 October 2008, 10am to 4pm

Where: Kingston Parade, Bath

'Wild in the Water'

Join the Avon Biodiversity Partnership for a new festival in and around Bristol, aimed at drawing attention to the streams, rivers, coastal strips and estuary that make up such an important part of our landscape.

Activities will include water vole watches, canoe and ferry safaris, pond dipping, coastal rambles, and a Family Fun Day (Sunday, 12 October at Bristol City Council’s Create Centre in Smeaton Road).

Most events are free or subsidised by the more than 45 organisations that make up the Partnership. Support is also coming from Bristol Harbour Railway and the Bristol Ferry Boat Company, which will provide special services and discounted fares on Family Fun Day.

Details of the full Wild Waters programme can be found at www.wildwaters.org.uk or call Avon Biodiversity Partnership representative Matt Hamilton on 0117 917 7270.

Stop by the Fair Trade stall at the local Joy of Food event! The stall will be open 11.00 - 17.00 from the 9th-12th October, in the Mall at Cribbs Causeway, Bristol.

The Joy of Food is an exciting four-day show from 9th-12th October. Highlights include the Joy of Food Theatre with celebrity chefs Aldo Zilli, Lesley Waters, Paul Rankin and Mary Berry. There will also be a Joy of Food Pavilion with 35 local and national artisan producers, an outdoor Local Somerset Farmers' Market and much, much more.

Admission to the event is free, with Theatre tickets from £7.50 (available from mallcribbs.com and the M&S Food Hall at The Mall).

For more information, visit www.mallcribbs.com or www.southgloslocalfood.org.

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If you are interested in helping run the Fair Trade stand, contact Val Harding, Local Food and Fairtrade Co-ordinator for the South Gloucestershire Council.

New ideas from passionate advocates for change, outspoken controversialists and a dozen leading practitioners -- the people making change happen on the ground now.

<http://www.schumacher.org.uk>

Finding Ourselves in Time: Connecting with Ancestors and Future Beings.

A Deep Ecology Workshop with Dearbhaile Bradley & Jane Sanders.

(Full details in the PDF below)

We will be selling apples from our harvest at Bath Farmers Market,
Green Park Station, every Saturday in September and through the autumn,
and will need volunteers to help us run our stall for a couple of hours
between 8.30am and 1.30pm.

Please contact us if you would like to help out on our market stall.
For further info & questions please contact Tim Baines: timjbaines@yahoo.co.uk (01225 312116)

Wild Foods Foraging Course

The founders of selfsufficientish.com will be offering day courses in foraging in the Bristol area in September and October. The course is meant to highlight the many edible plants growing right under our noses, from widely known foods like the blackberry to others that are more surprising and bizarre. Learn where these plants came from, how they have been used through the years, and how you can use them in your daily life today.

The course sets off from St Werburgh's City Farm Café and runs from 10am-4pm. Expect a long walk and a short local train ride. Weather-proof clothing and walking boots are recommended. Be sure to book in advance.

There is no set cost*, and payment is accepted in cash or cheque.

For more information, or to book your place, please contact one of the self-sufficientish co-founders: andy@selfsufficientish.com or dave@selfsufficientish.com. Full details are also available at the course website. Places are being snapped up quickly, so book early to avoid disappointment!

*Selfsufficientish.com asks only that you pay what you think the forage is worth or what you are able to afford. However, please bear in mind that there are bills to pay, so the course cannot be offered for free. Comparable courses vary in price from approx. £30-100.

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Selfsufficientish.com is a website dedicated to urban homesteading, aimed at normal people with limited resources who nevertheless want to try their hand at living green. For more on self-sufficientish philosophy, visit http://www.selfsufficientish.com/.

Can we really live better by consuming less? Jonathan Porritt brings together new ideas from passionate advocates for change, outspoken controversialists and a dozen leading practitioners--the people making change happen on the ground now.

10am-6pm, Bristol Council House.

Standard - £35 / Concessions & Members - £25 / Students - £15

For more information, please visit http://www.schumacher.org.uk

Bath Freeshop - Bring along items to give away, or come along and pick up stuff for free. Find the stall in the centre of town, outside the Pump Rooms, Stall Street.

Saturday, 11 October from 12-3pm. The Freeshop runs the second Saturday of every month.

The next volunteering day at Broadlands OrchardShare is Saturday 11th October, 2pm to 6pm. We will be apple picking and Richard needs a few helpers to do the finishing touches to the Compost Toilet (from 1pm).

We also run a stall at Bath Farmers Market every Saturday, 8am to 1.30pm selling apples and pressing apple juice. Please contact Jan (jfountaine@freenet.co.uk) if you would like to do a shift (8am-11am or 11am-1.30pm) so that she can put ou on the rota.

Broadlands OrchardShare Apple Day will be held on Sunday 19th October.

"The End of Suburbia"

A popular film to be screened at Bathford Parish Rooms, Saturday 11 October at 7.45pm. Free admission.

This film, one of Grist Magazine's "Top 15 Green Movies of All Time", has introduced millions to the challenge posed by declining oil reserves around the world and is the winner of many awards. It sets out the case for reducing our oil consumption in a clear, understandable and sobering way. This is truly one film that will change your life and the way you look at the world.

The film will be followed by drinks and nibbles (contributions welcome) and a discussion about some of the issues raised by the film.

'Wild in the Water'

Join the Avon Biodiversity Partnership for a new festival in and around Bristol, aimed at drawing attention to the streams, rivers, coastal strips and estuary that make up such an important part of our landscape.

Activities will include water vole watches, canoe and ferry safaris, pond dipping, coastal rambles, and a Family Fun Day (Sunday, 12 October at Bristol City Council’s Create Centre in Smeaton Road).

Most events are free or subsidised by the more than 45 organisations that make up the Partnership. Support is also coming from Bristol Harbour Railway and the Bristol Ferry Boat Company, which will provide special services and discounted fares on Family Fun Day.

Details of the full Wild Waters programme can be found at www.wildwaters.org.uk or call Avon Biodiversity Partnership representative Matt Hamilton on 0117 917 7270.

Stop by the Fair Trade stall at the local Joy of Food event! The stall will be open 11.00 - 17.00 from the 9th-12th October, in the Mall at Cribbs Causeway, Bristol.

The Joy of Food is an exciting four-day show from 9th-12th October. Highlights include the Joy of Food Theatre with celebrity chefs Aldo Zilli, Lesley Waters, Paul Rankin and Mary Berry. There will also be a Joy of Food Pavilion with 35 local and national artisan producers, an outdoor Local Somerset Farmers' Market and much, much more.

Admission to the event is free, with Theatre tickets from £7.50 (available from mallcribbs.com and the M&S Food Hall at The Mall).

For more information, visit www.mallcribbs.com or www.southgloslocalfood.org.

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If you are interested in helping run the Fair Trade stand, contact Val Harding, Local Food and Fairtrade Co-ordinator for the South Gloucestershire Council.

Finding Ourselves in Time: Connecting with Ancestors and Future Beings.

A Deep Ecology Workshop with Dearbhaile Bradley & Jane Sanders.

(Full details in the PDF below)

Apple Pressing

Outside the Bathford village shop on Sunday 12 October from 9.30am-12.30pm.

Bring your own apples or try some from Broadlands Community Orchard (Bathford) and we will press them into delicious, aromatic juice for you. There will also be apple bobbing for the children (and adults if they like)!

The shop will be selling delicious home-made apple pies etc. ready for Sunday lunch--to be stocked just for today.

Learn the how, when and why of seed saving at the Seed-saving
workshop. Get ready for the big Seed Swap in February 2009.
Places are limited so book now. Phone Peter Andrews (01225 319117)
A Transition University of Bath event

'Wild in the Water'

Join the Avon Biodiversity Partnership for a new festival in and around Bristol, aimed at drawing attention to the streams, rivers, coastal strips and estuary that make up such an important part of our landscape.

Activities will include water vole watches, canoe and ferry safaris, pond dipping, coastal rambles, and a Family Fun Day (Sunday, 12 October at Bristol City Council’s Create Centre in Smeaton Road).

Most events are free or subsidised by the more than 45 organisations that make up the Partnership. Support is also coming from Bristol Harbour Railway and the Bristol Ferry Boat Company, which will provide special services and discounted fares on Family Fun Day.

Details of the full Wild Waters programme can be found at www.wildwaters.org.uk or call Avon Biodiversity Partnership representative Matt Hamilton on 0117 917 7270.

Better Bath gives people in Bath the chance to have their say on important local issues. The October meeting will discuss 'Transforming the public spaces in Bath - the Council's Public Realm & Movement Strategy'.

Rhodri Samuel from the B&NES Major Projects Team will outline the main elements of the Public Realm & Movement Strategy. Colin Skellett, Chairman of Wessex Water and of the B&NES Initiative, will chair the discussion and summarise the key points emerging.

All are welcome. St Michael's Church, Broad Street, Bath BA1 5LJ. Doors open 18.00, when tea and coffee will be available, for an 18.30 start. More details on www.betterbath.org.uk or ring 01225 427497.

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This meeting is the fourth and final pilot session of the Better Bath programme. After all four meetings are complete, a decision will be made regarding the Forum's success as a space for community discussion, and its potential continuation.

'Wild in the Water'

Join the Avon Biodiversity Partnership for a new festival in and around Bristol, aimed at drawing attention to the streams, rivers, coastal strips and estuary that make up such an important part of our landscape.

Activities will include water vole watches, canoe and ferry safaris, pond dipping, coastal rambles, and a Family Fun Day (Sunday, 12 October at Bristol City Council’s Create Centre in Smeaton Road).

Most events are free or subsidised by the more than 45 organisations that make up the Partnership. Support is also coming from Bristol Harbour Railway and the Bristol Ferry Boat Company, which will provide special services and discounted fares on Family Fun Day.

Details of the full Wild Waters programme can be found at www.wildwaters.org.uk or call Avon Biodiversity Partnership representative Matt Hamilton on 0117 917 7270.

Assessing Environmental Risk - Integrating Science and Society

Join Professor Guy M Poppy (School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton) and The International Centre for the Environment for a seminar on Assessing Environmental Risk - Integrating Science and Society.

The seminar will be held at University of Bath, 8 West 3.22. Arrive 4pm for discussion, tea and biscuits. The seminar runs 4.30-5.45pm.

For more information visit http://www.bath.ac.uk/ice/seminardates.htm or contact Carolina Salter, I-SEE Office, Universitly of Bath. Tel: 01225 386 156.

Join us Tuesday, 14 October, for this monthly social event involving discussion and practical solutions.

The topic this month is sustainability, and after sharing food (do bring some too if you like) we will be hearing and discussing the council's plans.

The main speaker will be Jane Wildblood who for 20 years worked for Greenpeace and is now B&NES Sustainability Manager. She is the principal person involved in guiding the Council on lowering energy consumption and reducing CO2 emissions.

These aims are very much in line with Transition Bath's overall goal, which is to avoid the perils of climate change while learning to live more sustainably.

There will be time for the audience to question the speaker, and also to put suggestions as to how the Council can help residents play their part in this overall goal.

Widcombe Social Club, Widcombe Hill, 7pm.

Details of this and other Transition Bath events from http://www.transitionbath.org.uk.

'Wild in the Water'

Join the Avon Biodiversity Partnership for a new festival in and around Bristol, aimed at drawing attention to the streams, rivers, coastal strips and estuary that make up such an important part of our landscape.

Activities will include water vole watches, canoe and ferry safaris, pond dipping, coastal rambles, and a Family Fun Day (Sunday, 12 October at Bristol City Council’s Create Centre in Smeaton Road).

Most events are free or subsidised by the more than 45 organisations that make up the Partnership. Support is also coming from Bristol Harbour Railway and the Bristol Ferry Boat Company, which will provide special services and discounted fares on Family Fun Day.

Details of the full Wild Waters programme can be found at www.wildwaters.org.uk or call Avon Biodiversity Partnership representative Matt Hamilton on 0117 917 7270.

'Wild in the Water'

Join the Avon Biodiversity Partnership for a new festival in and around Bristol, aimed at drawing attention to the streams, rivers, coastal strips and estuary that make up such an important part of our landscape.

Activities will include water vole watches, canoe and ferry safaris, pond dipping, coastal rambles, and a Family Fun Day (Sunday, 12 October at Bristol City Council’s Create Centre in Smeaton Road).

Most events are free or subsidised by the more than 45 organisations that make up the Partnership. Support is also coming from Bristol Harbour Railway and the Bristol Ferry Boat Company, which will provide special services and discounted fares on Family Fun Day.

Details of the full Wild Waters programme can be found at www.wildwaters.org.uk or call Avon Biodiversity Partnership representative Matt Hamilton on 0117 917 7270.

Around 800 million people in the world go hungry every day and approximately 1.5 billion people live on less than 50p a day. World Food Day aims to increase international awareness of this huge problem.

The fair trade organisation Traidcraft is also trying to improve these statistics and help the lives of people across the world.

For more information on World Food Day, visit www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN website, or contact Traidcraft:

rachael.heath@coolbluebrand.com or orliz.fenwick@coolbluebrand.com; 01642 351 011; www.traidcraftshop.co.uk

Volunteer apple picking at Broadlands Orchard every Thursday from 2pm to 6pm...all welcome!

Local food for local people
Local community groups, voluntary organisations, and schools can pick
apples at Broadlands Orchard to distribute to their members, for only
£1 per kilo.

By arrangement only. Contact timjbaines@yahoo.co.uk for more details and bookings.

Lift sharing to Broadlands Orchard
We have some volunteers who need transport to and from Broadlands
Orchard. Can anyone offer a lift from central Bath, or from
Trowbridge?

Please contact jfountaine@freenet.co.uk

'Wild in the Water'

Join the Avon Biodiversity Partnership for a new festival in and around Bristol, aimed at drawing attention to the streams, rivers, coastal strips and estuary that make up such an important part of our landscape.

Activities will include water vole watches, canoe and ferry safaris, pond dipping, coastal rambles, and a Family Fun Day (Sunday, 12 October at Bristol City Council’s Create Centre in Smeaton Road).

Most events are free or subsidised by the more than 45 organisations that make up the Partnership. Support is also coming from Bristol Harbour Railway and the Bristol Ferry Boat Company, which will provide special services and discounted fares on Family Fun Day.

Details of the full Wild Waters programme can be found at www.wildwaters.org.uk or call Avon Biodiversity Partnership representative Matt Hamilton on 0117 917 7270.

The Meaning of Food: A Festival of Film - served with discussion, displays & good food!

Friday 17th - Sunday 19th October

World Food Day is Thursday 16th October and to mark this day the Pierian Centre is hosting a weekend Festival of Film. The Meaning of Food is an extravaganza looking at food from every angle - from the comic austerity of A Private Function to the sensuous abundance of Chocolat. Speakers, discussion, and tasters complete this cultural banquet!

The importance of food runs through the very core of human culture. Food lives in the mouth, in the mind, and in the farmer's hands. It lives in the memory of individuals and communities. It can be a sacrament, or a commercial transaction - a key to ritual, relationship and politics. And Hunger has been our companion since time began. The Meaning of Food explores the myriad ways that film handles food.

Screening prices: daytime £3.50, evening £4.50, children £2. Special low-income rates available on request.

We'll be serving food linked to each film - and a speaker as well to help you digest it. The Programme can be found below, but for details contact us on 0117 924 4512 or info@pieriancentre.com. The Pierian Centre is at 27 Portland Square, St Pauls, Bristol BS2 8SA (www.pieriancentre.com).

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In addition to a tasty menu of films, there's a set-piece Discussion at 2pm on Saturday 18th October. 'The Good, The Bad & The Unpalatable' is the title - and it's looking at the ethics behind the food we eat, with expert speakers from Friends of the Earth, Transition Bristol and the World Development Movement. The speakers are excellent and it is so pertinent to our rapidly changing economic and environmental crisis.

It is all part of the Pierian Centre's Meaning of Food weekend. Come, sample and enjoy!

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The Programme:

Friday 17th October

6.30pm - A banquet of 1940s food, with music of the period.

7.30pm - A Private Function - Alan Bennett's comedy of austerity, angst & appetite in 1940s Yorkshire (Maggie Smith, Michael Palin & Richard Grif