Open Platform Weekly

[Tim Barker]

Find out about the upcoming Tuesday sessions at OP and other news that you might find interesting. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Welcome to the OP Weekly Newsletter Hey folks, New OP continues to attract new members and we're seeing the community really blossom.  Loads of new stuff happens at each session so come and join us.  Read the latest blog post below to get a taste of what's happening. If you've got any feedback on the new face of Tuesday sessions we'd love to hear from you.  If you've stopped coming because you miss the themed sessions, come along and talk to us about it.  Feedback from the community is what allows us to make OP great. Please remember that OP now starts at 6:30, not 6:00. Thanks! Thanks for listening The OP Committee Read about last Tuesday's OP in our Blog Hear about some of the briiliant things happening at OP in our latest blog post. Links from Facebook TEDxBristol is happening in September! Fantastic speakers centred around the themes of sustainability, diversity and innovation. Two weeks left to apply for tickets...  http://tedxbristol.com/tickets Thanks for reading! Open Platform sessions take place most Tuesdays on the 3rd Floor of Bush House (above the Arnolfini), Prince Street, Bristol, BS1 4QD, unless otherwise stated.  We start with a food-share at 6:30pm while the main event starts at 7pm. If you have any queries, please emailin...@openplatform.org.uk Click here for a map Peter Harper from CAT - The Grand Theory Peter Harper of CAT is coming to talk to the Sustainability Toolkit students on 9th August, 6.15pm. He is going to speak under the heading Grand Theory - Peter Harper of CAT is coming to talk to the Sustainability Toolkit students on 9th August, 6.15pm. He is going to speak under the heading Grand Theory - Environmental organisations cannot prosper or advance their causes without some kind of philosophical basis. These lectures represent the latest state of the CAT ‘party line’.  We have a few free places for Open Platformers - please contact mar...@sandbrooks.co.uk if you would like to attend. Would you like to volunteer for Pedal Power Transport Last Tuesday we heard from Sam Harris and his inspiring new project to bring more Pedal Power to Bristol.  He'd love some support so if you want to get involved contact him via his website:http://www.pedalpowertransport.co.uk/ Reclaim the fields gathering The first gathering for Reclaim the Fields South West will be happening on the weekend of the 6th -7th August in Bristol.   Reclaim the Fields is a constellation of young people and collective projects willing to go back to the land and reassume the control over food production.  We are determined to create alternatives to capitalism through cooperative, collective, autonomous, real needs oriented small scale production and initiatives, putting theory into practice and linking local practical action with global political struggles.  Read more here: http://www.reclaimthefields.org/ Copyright © 2011 Open Platform, All rights reserved.  You are receiving this email because you are part of the Open Platform Google Group  Our mailing address is:  Open Platform 3rd Floor 72 Prince Street Bristol, England BS14QD Add us to your address book

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