What is it? A 1 day permaculture introduction course with James Chapman
Who is it for? Anyone wanting to find out a bit more about permaculture.
Where is it? At the Sutherland building, Beecraigs Country Park,
Linlithgow.
When is it? SATURDAY Oct 9th, from 10am til 4.30pm
What do I need to bring? Outdoor clothing, pen and paper, packed lunch.
How much? Please pay what you can afford, from £5 to £20. Free places are
provided if required.
How do I book? Please contact james chapman to book a place and for
payment details. james@tree-wise-men.com 07790 265883

The next energy group meeting will be on Monday 6 September at 7.30pm in Collessie. Please come along and find out more about our projects.

Fife Diet thought you might be interested in reading the Fife Diet carbon foodprint report, see here:

http://fifediet.co.uk/read/

Fife Diet today publishes Scotland’s first comprehensive study of carbon reductions and food: ‘Foodprint’.
The results show that by eating the Fife Diet way people are cutting their green house gas emissions by considerable amounts. A Fife Diet household sample showed an average foodprint which is approximately 27% lower than the UK average. Furthermore, the top end of the sample have a foodprint which is between 40% – 50% lower than the UK national average. continue reading…

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The latest images from Samadi down at the community allotment.

A message from Linlithgow Climate Challenge and the Soil Association Scotland:

Would you like to know more about Community Supported Agriculture? This is sometimes a natural next step for a local food growing project.

Linlithgow Climate Challenge and Soil Association Scotland have organised this event to stimulate thinking around Community Supported Agriculture (CSA).

Community Supported Agriculture Information Session
20 September 2010
2.30-4.30pm
Donaldson’s School  Linlithgow

The session will be led by Mick Marston who is a CSA Regional Development Officer for the Soil Association. Mick works with a range of CSA’s in England will use this experience to  cover the following topics:
What a CSA is and what any CSA should have as its core principles
Different models in operation in England/abroad which could stimulate thinking
Things to consider when setting up a CSA continue reading…

The Transport Meeting scheduled for Monday 30 August in Giffordtown Hall has been cancelled. News of when our next meeting will be will follow soon.

At Monimail Tower Project (MTP) postcode KY15 7RJ. On Friday 10thSeptember.

The sweat lodge is a ceremony where we connect to the earth to say thank you for our lives.

During the day we will collect the willow to build the bender with, build it, cover it, dig the fire pit,
dig the stone pit, light the fire and then sweat. We will be following Native American Wisdoms.

The day will start at 10am and for those only able to come for the sweat please be here by 6pm at the latest.

continue reading…

About 350 people attended the conference organized by Transition Network. Unlike the urban setting of Battersea this year we were in a most relaxing rural Devon. On offer again a plethora of workshops, films, music, dance, Open Space sessions, Heart & Soul and visioning events – even the England USA football match was timetabled in.

One of the conference’s peak moments was Nicole Foss’s talk: Making Sense of the Financial Crisis in the Era of Peak Oil. (Available: http://transitionradio.posterous.com/tag/nicolefoss)

In summary Nicole explained how our energy inheritance (energy rich fossil fuels) has made it possible to create an enormous financial ‘bubble’ – in effect a huge Ponzi or Pyramid scheme – which has now imploded. Bubbles like this are nothing new but the most recent one is unprecedented due to the extreme interconnectedness and highly speculative nature of our global markets. continue reading…

The Wild Food Foray is a little over a week away on Sunday 5 September up at Kinshaldy where Tony Wilson will be meeting us at 2pm. If should be a great afternoon and looks like we will have quite a crowd there. If you want to go and are interested in going on the minibus then get in touch with Louise. If you are taking your car remember the £1 for the car park.

Autumn is drawing nearer and the apple crops will soon be ready. If you have an excess of apples we may have the solutions for you. You could always barter them on The NHTT eXchange and trade them for other produce or maybe even an Indian Head Massage! If you have any great seasonal recipes that you would like to share then this is place to do that too.

If you want to use the juice from your apples then why not hire our community apple press which will be available from the end of August. For more information checkout the Apple Press Page on the website or get in touch with Louise

We have also organised a Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop which will take place at the Monimail Tower Project Orchard on Saturday 6 November. The course will run from 10am-2pm and f you would like to book a place then get in touch with Louise now.