Here’s a short update on what’s been happening at Ransom’s Pavilion this year by Vicky Wyer of the TCG premises and safety committee: After 2018’s injection of funding and redecoration TLC to our wonderful little Pavilion, we were able to really capitalise on its community value last year with a full calendar of workshops planned … Read more

Here’s an update from our community events team on what we have and haven’t been able to do this year: As you can imagine this piece on events and workshops is going to be quite short but we hope you enjoy it and perhaps get inspired to join our merry band on the events committee! … Read more

COVID -19 has had an impact on every aspect of our work at Triangle Garden, including the Garden Club. Here Garden Committee chair Fiona Dolman reflects on the year more broadly and also talks about the impact of COVID on our activities during 2020: Garden Club normally meets every Friday morning 10am-12.15 for some gentle … Read more

If you’ve been wondering what’s been happening at our Growing Ability projects since we closed the service in March, we have now reopened (in July) and here’s an update from Project Manager Liz McElroy: Never before has our project been of such benefit and importance to so many people in our community. With the life … Read more

Change has happened so fast this past month it has been hard to keep up. No sooner have we held a Coronavirus meeting, revised risk assessments and issued communications than the situation changes, leaving hours of spent time useless in its wake. Obviously this is a minor inconvenience in the scheme of things but the … Read more

If you’d like to cut your carbon this Christmas why not try some of the suggestions below around reducing your consumption. We’d love to hear your ideas too – just email us at [email protected] 1. Give experiences – make a ‘cheque book’ of experiences that you will do with your children or partner, these could … Read more

Changing your eating habits is one very effective way that individuals can lower their carbon footprint. According to Mike Berners-Lee, author of ‘How Bad are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint of Everything’, the food we buy makes up around 20% of our carbon footprint. In the UK that’s 170 million tonnes of CO2e which is almost … Read more

Last month we looked at holiday travel, this month I’d like to devote to actions to reduce your carbon footprint around food. But for this I’m going to need your help! I’d like to gather together lots of useful resources that people find helpful on the following topics: reducing meat and dairy in your diet … Read more

Just back from holiday? Dreaming of your next trip? Concerned about the impact of trval on the climate crisis? Here’s some info to help guide you through this minefield – mostly taken from the book ‘How Bad are Bananas – the Carbon Footprint of Everything’ (1) by Mike Berners-Lee (which by the way is well … Read more

Susan and Ashley from Nature’s Rainbow are passionate about dyeing using their own home grown plants. Susan has given talks and written articles for crafters over the country as well as delivering workshops. Ashley has been growing dye plants for 14 years and writes about them in the Nature’s Rainbow blog; he also keeps bees. … Read more