Invest in Brixton Energy Solar 2!
closing date Saturday 6 October!
 After the success of Brixton Energy Solar 1, 103 local investors, £58,000 raised, 37kWp array installed in Loughborough Estate out-performing predictions by 28%, shortlisted for the UK Sustainable Housing Awards 2012 and selected as a top 100 global infrastructure project by KPMG we give you
Brixton Energy Solar 2
Visit www.brixtonenergy.co.uk and come to TTB's regular Shared Space on Monday 1 Oct to find out more. If you know you want to invest please bring your cheque book. We also accept B£s cash or B£e 'pay-by-text' - a world first. Or register your interest here.
Aljazeera Earthrise programme about Brixton Pound, Brixton Energy and Edible Bus Stop here. It is really good, beginning with a concise discussion of why we need an alternative economy to the current continuous growth paradigm. The Brixton Pound bit begins about 15.45 minutes in, Brixton Energy bit about 19.15 minutes in. Total length 25 minutes
EVENTS (in chronological order)
 Lambeth Poly Open Lunchtime
Saturday 29 Sept 12-3pm
Cherry Close, Tulse Hill Estate, SW2 2EZ, (take road that run along S edge of the estate - map)
Bring your friends and colleagues - and lunch!
- leaf tasting
- seed sowing with the famous multi-dibber
- feedback on the project and next steps
 - share in the buzz
- bring your lunch for a picnic feel on the green at Cherry Close (or cosy inside the tunnel if raining)
Contact Fiona Law 07947 407237 if you have any questions
Lambeth Poly are growing local food, sold to Cornercopia and Local Greens box scheme for B£ pay-by-text e-currency.
They are training local growers to set up more local polytunnels. See the wonderful short film here, learn more here
 Brixton Give and Take Market
Saturday 29 September, Brixton Station Road, Bring 10-12;30 Take 1-5pm. Repair workshops all day
for full details see http://brixtonmarket.net/home/give-take/
While you're there look at the other regular Friday and Saturday markets that have transformed Brixton Station Road over the past year. Not forgetting the excellent Farmers' Market every Sunday 10-2pm.
 Brixton Pound 3rd Birthday Celebration Week
B£, formed to support the local economy and get people thinking about money and localisation, is 3 years old this week. Come to some of our events.
- Lunchtime Payroll Local* Q&A at Healthy Eaters, corner of Electric Avenue and Electric Lane, Friday 28th Sept from 12-2pm
- Brixton Give and Take Market – Brixton Station Road – Saturday Sept 29th – 1pm
- B£ and TTB Film Evening – screening ‘In Transition 2.0′ along with opening shorts, Transition Centre 6-8 Robsart Street, Sunday 30th September at 7:00pm
- Transition Town Brixton Shared Space evening, Loughborough Centre, SW9 7PD on Monday 1 October, 7pm
- Birthday Social and Payroll Local* Social, Market House, Coldharbour Lane, Tuesday 2nd October 7:00pm. Cake and refreshments will be served!
- B£ Skillshare Open Evening Wednesday 3rd October, 6-9pm, location TBA
*Payroll local is a scheme where Lambeth council employees can elect to receive some of their salary in B£ e-currency (and get a 10% bonus) and to donate a proportion to local organisations.
7 for 7.30pm Sunday 30th September, at the Transition Centre, 6-8 Robsart St. SW9 0DJ (opp Brixton Jamm)
presented by Brixton Pound as part of their 3rd birthday 'week of celebration' with TTB.
with wine and pop-corn. suggested donation £4.
In Transition 2.0 is an inspirational immersion in the Transition movement, gathering stories from around
the world of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. You’ll hear about communities printing their own
money, growing food everywhere, localising their economies and setting up community power stations.
Brixton People's Kitchen cooks up a Feast
12 to 5pm - Sunday 30 September
The Depot Kitchen, Myatt's Fields Park, Cormont Road SE5 9RA
11-12pm: Surplus Food Collection and Drop Off
12-3pm: Communal Food Preparation
2-5pm: Late Lunch
If you would like to donate food or help with the collection contact Camilla 07884418319
If you want to volunteer or have any special talents to share (music, storytelling, anything...), talk to Fan 07810288879 email: brixtonf...@gmail.com
This will be followed by a screening of the film Best Before, examining food waste, followed by discussion and networking at the Whirled Cinema in Loughborough Junction 6-9pm with discussion with the director and networking.
Please book your tickets here: http://bestbeforescreening.eventbrite.com/
Watch the trailer here: bestbeforedocumentary.com/about/
 Bring and Fix It - TTB Shared Space Open Evening
Bring your broken computers and china!
Restart Project will be there to try and fix your computers
Duncan will work with you on your broken china (Bring araldite 2 part glue, if you have it - and something to transport it home in - it won't be cured!)
ALSO:
Brixton Pound will be there celebrating their 3rd birthday with cake and showing people how to register for the B£ pay-by-text e-currency.
Brixton Energy will be there explaining Brixton Energy Solar 2 investment opportunity. Bring your cheque book or pay-by-text in B£e! a world first!
TTB Food Coop, meeting to finalise this month's order *25-40% off organic wholefoods. Please email to join before Friday 28 Sept to order.
Maggie Winnall of the Sewin' Studio returns by public demand with her 'affirmational applique'.
ALSO as usual the knitting group will be meeting. There will be delicious food (please volunteer to make a contribution) and great people collaborating to make Brixton's future better and more resilient.
 Lambeth Sustainability Forum
TTB with other local sustainability organisations, Transition Streatham, The Onion Shed and Lambeth Cyclists has re-convened the LSF (previously concvened by Lambeth) to bring the considerable local expertise in sustainability matters to bear on what happens in Lambeth.
We are currently focussing on helping Lambeth Living deliver the best outcomes possible in their £500m estate refurbishment programme. If you have expertise that would help (buildings, community engagement, community food growing...) please get in touch.
Future agendas will include, the Green Deal, public realm and open spaces, cyclist inputting into road planning, Planning and Regeneration including the Brixton SPD, Neighbourhood Plans, Lambeth Food Strategy...
Please join the LSF google email list to keep informed meetings and the work of the forum. Last months minutes are here.
TTB Transition Tours
TTB has hosted 2 Tours of the ground-breaking projects in Brixton. The first was for attenders (from several countries) of the Transition Network Conference. Here is a report. This week we hosted 22 local authority delegates from 13 Norwegian cities.
COURSES
Straw Bale Building Course
A rare opportunity for people living in the SE to learn how to build with straw. Straw bales have superb insulating qualities ...and are cheap. With the help of a straw bale construction company (Straw Works - formerly amazonails) me & my partner are building a straw bale extension to our house. Straw Works are running the build and rendering phases as courses. Most straw bale courses are run in the North or South-West, so if you live in the south-east and want to be part of a very rare chance to learn how to build using straw then please send me a message and I can send you more details. The straw bale course is being run from 6th-8th October and costs £65 per day (includes vegetarian lunch). It will take place in Ham, Richmond TW10.
Chas Warlow
chas....@gmail.com
Capital Growth
Capital Growth is hosting an Enterprise and Skills Networking event on Wednesday 10th of October 6 pm to 8.30 pm at Lambeth Town Hall, Room 113, Brixton Hill SW2 1RW This networking event is open to all community food growers and will include workshops on involving the community in developing new skills, caring for soils and social enterprise. It will also be an opportunity to meet people running successful food projects in South London and chat over food and drink. This event is free for Capital Growth members or £10 for others which includes a delicious London grown meal by Hackney Growers Kitchen or to find out more visit http://www.capitalgrowth.org/events/networkingevents/
Together towards a BETTER low energy future, cooperative, reskilled, resilient and FUN.
The Transition Town Brixton Team
www.transitiontownbrixton.org
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