Glasgow Local Food Network Presents: Spring Get Together and Seed Swap.
3rd March @ the STUC,333 Woodlands Road. 10am –2pm.
Urban Roots is collaborating with NVA and Transition Support Glasgow to bring you this marvellous spring time event!
A friendly get together for anyone interested in growing their own food to meet other like-minded people,share skills and enjoy homemade soup and cake.
Hear about some exciting new projects like the SAGE GrowBank and Glasgow Harvest Toolkit,take part in practical workshops,exchange seeds and find out about community growing projects and allotments in your area. Then have a chat with other growers over a delicious free lunch.
Bring along any unwanted seeds (collected or bought) to swap for something new. Please label and date packets. There will be free packets of seeds available to people who don’t have their own.
To register please click on the eventbrite link:http://glasgowseedswap.eventbrite.co.uk
Winter Warmer Film Night
Thursday 16th February:The Man Who Stopped the Desert
FREE showing –please bring snacks to share.
From 6 –9 PM at Geoff Shaw Community Education Centre,25 Kerrylamont Avenue,Toryglen
The Man Who Stopped The Desert is a documentary telling the story of Yacouba Sawadogo,an illiterate African peasant farmer who has transformed the lioves of thousands of people across the Sahel by restoring degraded land and planting trees.
Join us for the beautiful and moving film,followed by a discussion for our 4th Winter Warmer Film Night.
Food and chat from 6pm,film on 6.30pm.
The Geoff Shaw Centre is on the number 7 bus route,and a short walk from the number 12 route.
It’s also not far from Kings Park or Mount Florida railway stations.
Great Grub for Families
Come along to our weekly cookery workshops and make delicious food to share with your family
Fridays 11am – 1.30pm
Starting 20th of January for 6 weeks
Toryglen Community Halls,199 Prospecthill Circus, G42 0DR
Share recipes and ideas
Learn about healthy and nutritious food that’s good for you,your family and the planet
Practical cookery workshops
There will be a supervised play area at the halls for children under 5 while we cook
This course is FREE,though places are limited
To book a place call Emma on 0141 613 2763,or email:emma@urbanroots.org.uk
Great Grub!
Thursday evening from 5.30-8pm
Starting 19th of January 2012 for 6 weeks @ Toryglen Community Cafe
The Great Grub series of workshops return for the New Year, looking at food and the environment through cooking tasty food together!
Each week will look at a different topic,like food transport or healthy eating,and we will bring recipes in to share,cook and then eat a meal together.
And they’re FREE!
To book a place,contact Emma ( emma@urbanroots.org.uk / 0141 613 2763)
Full Permaculture Design Course
4 February 2012 - 3 June 2012
Costs:Sliding Scale £600-£200
This course is aimed at urban dwellers who want to work out how to improve it,towards a truly
sustainable future. Participants should ideally have completed an introduction to permaculture course or have some experience/knowledge of permaculture before attending this course.
On a full permaculture design course you will learn how to fit together the elements of sustainable living including food,shelter,energy and community,in a healthy,productive,integrated system.
We can use permaculture design methods to improve the quality and productivity of our individual lives,our society and our environment,using principles including ‘minimum effort for maximum effect’.
You will also complete a design project,learning how to apply your new knowledge.
5 weekends (Feb 4&5,Mar 3&4,April 7&8,May 5&6,June 2&3)
9.30am – 5.30pm each day with optional films in evenings or as homework
If you cannot make one of the weekends,it is possible to make up for this module by attending a module of the course being run concurrently in Edinburgh (also over weekends).
To Book please call us on 0141 613 2766 or email projects@urbanroots.org.uk
Your Money,Your Planet!
This is a great FREE course for anyone wanting to delve deeper into some big issues in an informal setting.
Each week looks at a different topic:food;energy;transport;waste;consumption –within the context of climate change.
We explore together with games,discussion and film ways to reduce your household expenses and carbon footprint.
When? Starting Tuesdays 7th Feb until 13th March
Where? Toryglen Community Base,Prospecthill Square,G42 0LE (TBC)
Email:projects@urbanroots.org.uk
Phone 0141 613 2766 or find us on Facebook.
Blossom Festival
Saturday 28th April from 11:00 a.m –4:00 p.m
The great Blossom Festival is coming back this year with vibrate live music,healthy food,amusing workshops and lot of different activities for our environment lovers.
Say goodbye to the Winter,Spring is arriving to Toryglen!