Mike Jones of Earthwrights and Steph Bradley of Tales of Our Times, both members of TTT's Education Group, have pulled together an amazing teenager day of indoor game playing and visioning. It takes the form of the Transition Tales game, The Quest, and outdoor woodland fun, building Playscapes with Mike. The whole day is then pulled together with Steph’s storytelling and presented back to the kids as their tale and posted onto the Storyweaving website for them to read and share as they like.
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The sunrise site half-way through the build of the tin village
This summer we decided to test our workshop facilitation skills and help people discover what it means to be an earth inheritor. We went to four festivals altogether and each one was incredibly different and at each one we learnt more and more.
Sunrise was the first festival we attended we were there for two weeks with a group called the tin village. We built a small number of wooden and tin structures and a couple clay ovens from scratch onsite to show an example of off grid community living. It was great not only for our workshop skills development but for our learning of practical skills.
80 pence of every pound you spend locally, stays local.
It’s that simple really.
Totnes is a small, working town. We’re lucky – our high street, the beauty of the place and proximity to the River Dart means we have a steady stream of tourists visiting (and spending) in our town. And, that’s why chains, including Costa, are targeting Totnes.
But, the high street is only part of the story. In addition to our 42 independent cafes, you will find local signwriters, mechanics, joiners and engineering companies, printers, electricians, accountancy services, insurers, dentists, solicitors in addition to a wide variety of independent shops. These people and their businesses use each others’ services and, together, create Totnes’ economy . An economy that’s traditional, as it used to be in many cases, based on trust, mutual benefit and, in many cases, friendship. Most importantly, however, it means people understand the importance of keeping it local.Read More →
Costa’s coming to town! 🙁
So, after several months of action, the NoToCosta campaign attended the SHDC (South Hams District Council) planning meeting and was disappointed to watch them vote for approval for change of use from retail to mixed retail and catering at the old Greenlife shop on Fore Street.
Larch, at the front, listening to Dave, far left
Many skills were shared at the Festival of Transition on June 20th, and the day started with a free foraging walk lead by Dave Hamilton (author of The Self-Sufficientish Bible and Grow your Food for Free… well almost) from Schumacher College. This was well attended, at 9 am on a weekday, which shows much interest on the topic. Sadly for us, Dave is moving to Frome in Somerset, together with his partner Ellie, who for a while ran the Skillshare project, and baby Douglas. They will be missed and we wish them well on their new adventure!
Larch Maxey was on the walk and shared his wisdom with Dave. You can meet Larch and tap his knowledge on all food wild and cultivated on Sunday 5 August, between 10 am and 12 noon, at the Community Nursery and Food Plot work/play gathering. This is on Follaton Arboretum, behind the Council House walled garden, and there will be a focus on the plans for a forest garden. A similar family-friendly session takes place on the first Sunday of every month, so come when you can!
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