NHTT will be having a Christmas Celebration to encourage people to live more lightly on the planet this festive period and think about what we can do to reduce our carbon footprints for 2010. It will also be a chance to celebrate the successes and work of 2009. An informal festive event planning meeting will be held on Friday 27th November @ 7.30pm @ Broom Cottage, Monimail. We need volunteers to help with coordinating different bits of the day such as the festive supper, to help with set up, clear up, musical people, someone to make mulled wine, festive cake makers, someone to coordinate the eco pass the parcel & other games and just general helpers. If you are willing to help out please make contact with Hayley Mills.

Draft programme below to give you an idea of what it will be like!

4pm                 People arrive – get some mulled wine!
4.15 – 4.30pm  Heart & Soul Welcome
4.30 – 4.50pm  Sing some festive tunes, lots of relaxed musical fun!
4.50 – 5.00pm  Catch breath & have another mulled wine
5.00 – 5.40pm   Workshops – for kids & adults
5.40 – 6.40pm   Everyone Bring a Dish Festive Supper
6.40 – 7.00pm   Pass the eco parcel/musical chairs & statues for all!
7.00 – 8.00pm   Drink Up & Tidy Up!

There will also be a festive bartering/for sale table. The Travelling Transition Tavern & NHTT Cafe will be there.

Any further queries to Hayley

The Food Group are a bunch of friendly food focused people who like to get together to talk and enthuse about food! The meeting will take place on Thursday 19th November, in Giffordtown Hall at 7.30pm. Tony Wilson, Fife Ranger Service will do a talk. Tea & coffee will also be available. We also need to talk some business too! ALL are welcome.

Agenda Below:

• Welcome
• Mushroom/Wild Food Talk – Tony Wilson, Fife Ranger Service
• Elmwood College Proposal for Food Workshops for 2010
• NHTT Website – what can it do for the Food Group? i.e. Food Forum, Barter, Admin, Bulletin, Local Food Directory
• What could the Food Group meetings/get togethers/food ideas look like in 2010?
• Apple Press Project Completion
• Bake House Feasibilty Way Forward
• Food Facilitation & Workshops – Green Library, Food Workshops – what next?
• Local Community Food Provision & Storage – Next Steps…
• Bulk Garden Supplies Project Update
• AOB

The North Howe Transition Toun Food Group and Monimail Tower Project have been working in partnership to create a small scale Transition re-skilling library set in the ancient and unique Monimail Tower. Hayley Mills, who is an active member of the Transition Food Group, said “the idea of a re-skilling library is to provide practical information that allows people to develop the skills that will be needed for a more localised and sustainable way of living.”

The opening of the library will take place on Sunday 22 November 12-2pm at Monimail Tower, Monimail, KY15 7RJ. This will be a free event. There will a cutting of an eco ribbon, some local eco poets, an ‘open eco mic’ and a delicious local meat and vegetarian BBQ.

‘Open Eco Mic’ – this will be an opportunity for people to contribute an eco poem or a short eco reading that they have written or is particularly meaningful to them. If people aren’t brave enough to read it out, they can post it up on a board for others to read on the day!

To give you an idea of the range of books The Green Library will have, there are the following subjects:

Local Food, Growing, Small Holding, Fish, Permaculture, Preserving, Eco Building and Renovation, Home Brewing, Energy Descend, Transport, Heart & Soul, Aquaculture, Woodland, Transition, Peak Oil, Local Livelihoods and Economics, Sustainability, Crafts, Nature, Baking, Cooking & a Children’s section. Relevant topical donations to the library are most welcome – if you are keen to donate books please contact Hayley The full catalogue will be available on line soon.

“This library promises to be an important resource for developing the skills we need in our local communities with a view to climate change and oil depletion” said Hamid van Koten, who is also a member of the North Howe Transition Toun.

Membership is free for members of MTP & NHTT, £5 yearly for people within the NHTT area who are not members & £10 yearly for those out with. People can join on the day and take away books by filling in a membership form. For people that can’t make it on the day further details will be available at on our website.

13th July 2009

Below are links to the latest North Howe Transition Toun Bulletin including details of all forthcoming meetings.

If you are looking for more detail on what has been going on then I have attached the Minutes of the last Energy Group, Food Group and Co-ordinating Group Meetings. If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact Louise the NHTT Support Worker Tel 01337 810225

There is also additional information on The Apple press project.

Please note there has been a change in venue for the Apple Press meeting. The meeting will now be held in the Monimail Tower Project Garden. This can be accessed via doorway in wall across the road from Monimail Village Green. There will be a sign up to point you in the right direction.

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If you are interested in local food initiatives, care about the planet and are keen to get involved, then come along to one of our meetings. All welcome.

* Tuesday 19th May 7.30pm, Giffordtown Hall ˆ Speaker – Mike Small from the Fife DietExperiment ˆ open discussion & bring along something you have grown or made to taste or talk about
* Tuesday 16th June 7.30pm ˆ Main House, Monimail Tower Project
* Tuesday 21st July 7.30pm ˆ Giffordtown Hall
* Tuesday 18th August 7.30pm ˆ Letham Hall
* Tuesday 8th September 7.30pm ˆ Collessie Hall