This year’s annual Haringey Sustainability Month, coordinated by the Sustainable Haringey network, promises to be the most extensive programme of local green events and widespread publicity ever held in the borough. Throughout the whole month, local residents and community groups, environmental organisations and the Council have organised dozens of events in all corners of Haringey including film shows, festivals, nature walks and talks, practical seminars and workshops, skills sharing, information stalls, social events, bike rides and Dr Bike, visits to eco-homes and plant growing sites, games, meetings, protests, foraging trips, and healthy eating! These events will promote the positive green policies and practices our society urgently needs to adopt to deal with mounting environmental concerns and climate change. Tens of thousands of leaflets are being distributed to publicise the activities.

The full programme of events is set out below, and can be accessed from the home page of www.sustainableharingey.org.uk (please publicise!). By accessing the website, people can get the full details of the events planned, and can also sign up for regular Sustainable Haringey updates.

Sustainable Haringey is a grass-roots community network of local sustainability/transition groups (in Finsbury Park, Tottenham, Crouch End, Highgate, and Muswell Hill), working groups and projects (promoting sustainable food, transport, homes, waste, workplaces/economy etc), backed by over 1,000 residents and 50 Haringey organisations. We are promoting the need for a transition to a sustainable society based on: protection of the earth’s environment; sustainable, low carbon lifestyles and economy based on renewable resources and minimum wastage; strong and stable communities; empowerment of local people; and decisions being made for the long term interests of people and the environment.

What we do today affects the future and maybe even the very survival of our society. We are calling on all residents and local organisations to join in the activities, and to help make the changes needed so that we can create a society which is sustainable for future generations.

Haringey Sustainability Month programme

Sat 29th May – 11am: Meadow Orchard Project   
- Ecological survey presentation by London Wildlife Trust of the unique habitat, trees, plants and animal life at the Meadow Orchard. Followed by continuation of our community design plus preparing their first beds and borders. Behind Hornsey Central Health Centre (through car park), 151 Park Road N8 8JD http://shepherdscothealinggarden.ning.com   Organised by the Meadow Orchard Project

Tues 1st June – 10am-3pm:   BTCV launch Carbon Army
- BTCV national launch of their Carbon Army programme for environmental volunteering throughout the UK. @ Broadwater Farm community centre, 1 Adams Road, N17
www2.btcv.org.uk/display/carbonarmy       Organised by BTCV

Wed 2nd June – 7pm: Green on the Screen
- ‘Agro Rebel’ film show about permaculture farming. + Food / discussion. @ Moors Bar, 57 Park Rd, N8 8SY Local/organic/delicious food and courageous conversations.   http://greenonthescreennorthlondon.ning.com     Organised by Positive Earth

Thurs 3rd June – 7pm-10.30pm: "Collapse"
- A film about overcoming society’s dependency on limited oil supplies @ Green Lens Studios, 4a Atterbury Road N4 1SFwww.greenlenstudios.com   Organised by Green Lens Studios

Fri 4th June – 7pm-9pm: ‘Breathing Buildings’ workshop on creating microclimates for planting.. 
- using waste heat from buildings @ Green Lens Studios, 4a Atterbury Road N4 1SF  www.greenlenstudios.com     Organised by Green Lens Studios

Sat 5th June – 11am-5pm: Springwatch Biodiversity Festival  
- Stalls, food, displays, walks, talks and much more @ Alexandra Palace Park (Western side).   Organised by LBH and BBC.

Sat 5th June - 2pm: Learn about trees and tree preservation orders  
- Starts at Chestnuts Park Community Centre.  Walk & talk – an informal social event. All welcome. www.ttfh.org.uk    Organised by Tree Trust for Haringey

Sun 6th June – 10-4pm: Meadow Orchard Project
- Interactive community design workshop using permaculture principles and tools. Behind Hornsey Central Health Centre (through car park), 151 Park Road N8 8JD  http://shepherdscothealinggarden.ning.com   Organised by the Meadow Orchard Project

Tues 8th to Thur 10th June: Green Roadshow/stall in Shopping City
- Organised by LBH Environmental Resources Team

Wed 9th June – 6.45pm: Sustainable Community Celebration!  
- Stationers Park, N8 (Lower part, entrances from Mayfield or Denton Rd). How do we sustain ourselves to build community? Bring a picnic, stories, songs, poems, instuments etc, anything that inspires and sustains you to share with others. Further Info contact Andy on 07940 291 779. Indoor venue being secured as a ‘fallback’ in case of rain…  chati2009.ning.com Organised by Transition Crouch End

Thur 10th June – 1pm-4pm: Capital Clean-up at Courtman Road allotments   Involving Community Pay-Back workers and a local school. @ 17-19 Courtman Road, N17   Organised by LBH Neighbourhood Management

Fri 11th June: Schools day at Green Fair
- @ Ducketts Common. Schools will be bringing classes for a visit.   Organised by LBH

Sat 12th June - 12noon-5pm: Haringey Green Fair
- @ Ducketts Common.  At Ducketts Common. 40 stalls (including the Sustainable Haringey network), 5 zones – transport, childrens, biodiversity, waste & recycling inc give-and-take area; and low carbon zone with carbon gym… and small stage with brief speakers and film clips. Parade from Wood Green tube 11.30am; solar stage with acts inc Aswad. Ents and refreshments will carry on 5-7pm and segue into World Cup match at 7.30pm, UK’s only biodiesel-powered outdoor world cup screening! Brochure will be carbon-offset with N10ergy. Organised by LBH and others.

Sun 13th June – 10am: Family Bike Ride around some Haringey parks  
- Children and parents especially welcome. Meet 10am in Finsbury Park (by the cafe in the park). The ride will go through Finsbury Park, Chestnuts Park, Downhills Park, Lordship Rec, Alexandra Palace, and Parkland Walk. Suitable for children on bike seats or trailers, and older ones on their own bikes, but they do need to have a little bit of road sense as there will be some road riding on quiet roads. We’ll probably be cycling around 10 miles (or you can drop out on the way) and there will be plenty of playground and café stops during the route. Info: adam@tao.org.uk Organised by Haringey Cycling Campaign + Green Lens Studios

Sun 13th June – 12noon-4pm: Markfield Park festival to celebrate recent improvements there. 
- @ Markfield Park, N15  Organised by LBH and Friends of Markfield Pk

Sat / Sun 12th-13th June: Class Wargames computer-mediated gaming 
- @ HTTP Gallery: http://www.http.uk.net from June for more details. Creating participatory spaces for collective play. The rival teams will be acting our class war strategies, playing each other using physical game sets in their home cities while connected the Net. Six teams worldwide are involved: London, England (HTTP), Nottingham, England (Nottingham Contemporary), Vienna, Austria (Erotic Union), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Descentro), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA (Black Mirror Studio), Berlin, Germany (Bootlab).

Sat/Sun 12th/13th June – Open Weekend Showcases Eco-Renovation in North London
- As part of the Eco House Weekend, eleven Victorian and Edwardian houses and flats providing examples of good practice in eco-renovation and located in the boroughs of Camden, Haringey, Islington and Hackney will open their doors to the public. All have made substantial progress in cutting their carbon emissions through a variety of measures such as installing new heating systems, fitting double glazing or repairing existing windows, insulating lofts etc. Eco House Weekend is designed to appeal to both house-owners and interested professionals such as architects, surveyors and designers. The houses will be open for varying periods on Saturday 12th June and Sunday 13th June – for details and booking see: www.victeri.co.uk.   £10.00 for entrance to all 11 properties will be charged (£20.00 for professionals), and ticketing is on-line and in advance only. The event is organised by VICTERI, an energy efficiency consultancy specialising in the renovation of Victorian and Edwardian terrace houses.

Tues 15th June – 6.30pm: Sustainable Haringey open meeting
- For all who wish to get actively involved in the borough-wide network co-ordinating Haringey Sustainability Month! Over a thousand residents and 50 community organisations have already affiliated. @ Big Green Bookshop, Brampton Park Road, N8.  Organised by SH network

Wed 16th June – 7pm-9pm: Build Your Own Bike 
- @ Green Lens Studios, 4a Atterbury Road N4 1SF   www.greenlenstudios.com   Organised by Green Lens Studios

Sat 19th June: Tottenham Festival – visit the green and community stalls / activities
- Music, displays, dance, stalls, marquees, food etc. @ Bruce Castle Park, N17  Organised by Tottenham Festival Committee.

Sat 19th June – 11am-1pm: No to nuclear waste trains through Haringey!  
- Protest / stall by Harringay Station, Green Lanes, N4   Trains carrying highly radioactive nuclear waste pass through Haringey each week on the Barking to Gospel Oak line. The building of new nuclear power stations will greatly increase this toxic waste. The Nuclear Trains Action Group will have a stall to publicise and protest against these dangerous transports and unsustainable nuclear power. For more background information see www.nonucleartrains.org.uk. Contact: david.lrcnd@cnduk.org Organised by Nuclear Trains Action Group 

Sat 19th June – 5pm onwards: Meadow Orchard Project
- Summer solstice celebration and presentation of the new community design for the site. Behind Hornsey Central Health Centre, 151 Park Road N8 8JD http://shepherdscothealinggarden.ning.com    Organised by Meadow Orchard Project

Sun 20th June – 11am-9pm: Mid-summer Skills Share celebration. 
- Crafts, knowledge, food, games, discussions, Dr Bike, music and performance, poetry… and much more. 11-1pm: Food, kids stuff   1-2.30pm: Lunch together. 2.30-7pm: Workshops and discussions. 7-9/10pm: Perfomances.   @ Tottenham Chances, 399 Tottenham High Rd, N17 sustottenham.wikispaces.com   Organised by Sustottenham …..  
And……. at 10am: Local foraging and harvesting together! Meet in Tottenham Hale, then on to the Skill Share at Tottenham Chances to share our bounty. Meet 10am, bottom of Mill Mead Rd off Ferry Lane [on 230 & W4 bus route and near Tottenham Hale Tube]   Organised by Urban Harvest

Sun 20th June – 2pm:  Hillfield Street Party, Olympics and EcoSculpture competition. 
- @ Hillfield Park N10. Neighbouring residents welcome.  Organised by Hillfield St James Residents Association

Mon 21st – Fri 25th June – 4pm-7pm: Dr Bike in some Haringey parks   
- Free bike repairs daily, 4-7pm, in various locations during national bike week. Locations to be confirmed.  Organised by Council’s transport team.

Fri 25th and Sat 26th June – 12.30-3pm: Tottenham Food Coop and Community Cafe
- Fresh, organic and fairtrade products for sale + delicious/inexpensive meals cooked by local residents @ Broadwater Farm community centre, 1 Adams Road, N17   http://sustainable-haringey-food-group.wikispaces.com/Tottenham+Food+Coop Organised by Tottenham Food Co-op and Back 2 Earth  

Sat 26th June – 1pm: Protest against BP for their crimes against the environment (climate change, oil spills etc). 
- @ Tottenham Hale BP Garage, Hale Rd N17   Organised by Haringey Solidarity Group   www.haringey.org.uk

Sun 27th June – 12-4pm: Summer Celebration of Growing in Haringey
- visit some key food and plant growing sites    Info: www.growinginharingey.org.uk   Organised by Sustainable Haringey members

Wed 30th June – 7pm-10pm: There was a forest (photo exhibition) 
- @ Green Lens Studios, 4a Atterbury Road N4 1SF  www.greenlenstudios.com    Organised by Green Lens Studios

Sunday 23rd May at 4pm

Admission £5 including afternoon tea.

DOWNHILLS PARK
Kids Go Wild this Easter
Friday, 16 April (2-4pm),
half-term nature fun with arts & crafts, meet: park playground – OPEN TO ALL FAMILIES

DOWNHILLS AND LORDSHIP
Go Batty about Bats
Friday 30 April (8pm +),
hear and see real bats with BTCV and the Bats Conservation Trust, meet: Philip Lane gate, Downhills Park – OPEN TO ALL NITE OWLS!

Goan Centre on the east side of the park (entrance via Keston Road)

All park users and local residents welcome! Come and celebrate 10 years of the Friends! And also the coming new pond and cafe!

www.friendsofdownhillspark.blogspot.com
www.downhills.org.uk

A mid-winter celebration of food growing and delicious home cooking in Haringey @ the Commmunity Cafe, Broadwater Centre, 1 Adams Rd, N17

To Everyone living in the vicinity of Chestnuts Park/Downhills park/Lordhip Rec ..and beyond !!

A bit late notice but just thought I’d let you know that ‘Pedal Power London’ with support from the LCC Community Cycling Fund and Seven Sisters NDC is running a short cycle ride this coming Sunday 13th December.

We’ve called it the 3 Parks Ride because we will be providing an escorted cycle ride from Chestnuts Park, through and around Downhills park and along into & round Lordship Rec.
We propose to stop at a local cafe on Lordship Lane break for a break before heading back the way to Chestnuts Park.

Some sandwiches and drinks will be available for a nominal voluntary contribution.

It’s a short ride designed for families and kids not experienced in rides and it is 90% off road and is just designed to give non regular cyclists -parents & kids – a bit of confidence and some experieince of the local green cycle route.

A number of stewards will be present to escort the group.

Anyone is welcome to attend.

We’re meeting around the Chestnuts Park Community Cafe area from 11.45am and will be providing a Dr Bike service for 45 mins or so – for anyone who wants a quick bike checkover – before heading off around 12.30′ish.

The round trip shouldn’t take longer than 2.5 hrs.

All Welcome.

If anyone has any enquiries please just contact me on 07983 949 559.

Kind Regards

GK
Gordon Keenan
Director, Pedal Power London
Clarence Rd Haringey N15 5BB.
M: 07983 949 559

Entrance by ticket. Must book in advance. Limited places.

Tickets from the Community Centre, the Church on the Farm, or from the Broadwater Farm Resident s Association

It’s that time of year again.  Santa is polishing his sleigh, the elves are running around madly sorting and wrapping Xmas Presents and putting up decorations, Mince pies are baking, and the Broadwater Farm Community Centre is hosting the annual Midwinter party for the children of the people who have worked with us and our partners all year.

This is a popular event, admission is by (free) ticket only and tickets are strictly limited to 70 children accompanied by a parent or responsible adult, for health and safety reasons.

Tickets are available from the Community Centre, and the Church on the Farm, so please display or circulate this poster as soon as possible, as they are usually snapped up quickly!

There are also a some tickets available from the Broadwater Farm Resident s Association.

This year we are working in Partnership with the Church on the Farm, Back 2 Earth, and the Broadwater Farm Ecumenical Group, and it looks like being a cracker!

Su Jolly
Broadwater Farm Community Centre Manager
1 Adams Road
London N17 6HE
Tel: 020 8885 7773
Mob: 07870 157804

Babylon + A Place in the City

Our next screening is on Thursday October 29^th and it’s our contribution to Black History month. We will be showing two films – the 1980’s classic "Babylon" and A Place in the City , a film about Abahlali baseMjondolo, the South African Shack Dwellers movement. Jenny Morgan, the director of A Place in the City will be there to talk about the film and take questions. As ever the doors open at 7pm and films start around 7.15pm.

Films are shown at the West Green Learning Centre, West Green Road (next to Downhills Park), London N15
Buses: 41, 341, 67, 230
Nearest tube: Turnpike Lane or Seven Sisters tube
Cost – £3 or £2 for low/unwaged

www.haringey.org.uk/hic

Next dates:       
Thursday 26^th November: The Lives of Others
Thursday 17^th December: Looking for Eric

Babylon
Franco Rosso, 1980 (95 mins)

Before hip hop hit the UK, before we all waved our hands in the air (like we just don’t care) at raves and more significantly, before the Brixton riots, there was Babylon. Missing, presumed lost, the film has now been superbly restored and reissued, offering up an important document of the era, as well as being a cracking slice of 80s Brit cinema for anyone with a smallest interest in British street culture.

Babylon is primarily a tale of one man (Blue), but it’s also the tale of Brixton in the early 80s, specifically the story of second-generation black Londoners, stuck in an area of high unemployment, high crime and low investment. From the opening minutes, you can see the area crumbling in front of your eyes in just about every scene.

Unlike most films about reggae music and culture, Babylon doesn’t explore the sunny side of Jamaican life or West Indian gangland culture; instead, it looks at how the implicit radicalism of reggae mirrored political and social concerns in the urban areas outside Jamaica where the music was so enthusiastically embraced. Possibly one of the most important British films of the modern era and definitely one to make sure you see.

A Place in the City
Jenny Morgan, 2008 (30 mins)

Nearly 15 years since apartheid ended, millions of black South Africans still live in self-built shacks without sanitation, adequate water supplies, or electricity. But A Place in the City will overturn all your assumptions about slums and the people who live in them.

Shot in the vast shack settlements in and around Durban, members of Abahlali baseMjondolo, the grassroots shackdwellers movement, lay out their case against forcible eviction and for decent services. The film captures the horrible conditions in which shackdwellers live but it also captures Abahlali s bravery and resilience, in a political climate where grassroots campaigners like them are more likely to be met with rubber bullets than with offers to talk.
For the first time now , says S bu Zikode, an Abahlali member, poor people have started to speak for themselves. Now, that challenges those who are paid to think for us . Or does freedom in South Africa, asks Abahlali volunteer organiser Louisa Motha, only belong to the rich?

Please try to bring at least one young guest between 13 and 19 if not more.

Starts at 4pm on Sunday 18th October at the Goan Community Centre
Keston Road, N17 6PW.

Please let me know how many (free)tickets you will require.

It is promised to be an entertaining and fruitful afternoon.

Thanks
Candy
candy fernandes  email: goancentre2000 ‘at’ hotmail.com

@ Broadwater Farm Community Centre, 1 Adams Rd, N17
All welcome!

Invitation to all local community groups
Once again the Lordship Rec Users Forum is organising its annual community festival and we’re inviting you and your members to get involved! Last year 3,000 people attended and participated (see below for a report). The festival is a key part of the ongoing efforts to showcase the potential of the park, encourage greater usage, continue to develop community-led partnership working, and to pursue the regeneration of Tottenham’s largest green open space.

The Users Forum is a partnership of the Friends of Lordship Rec, Haringey Parks Dept, local residents associations, Back To Earth projects, environmental and conservation groups, Broadwater Farm Community Centre, Neighbourhood Management officers, and other interested organisations. For the last 6 years we have been working in partnership to restore and regenerate Tottenham’s largest but most neglected public green space so that it can become once again a District Park that Haringey can be proud of.
Improvements already achieved include new active play areas, new paths, on-site staffing, and restoration of the lake and woodland areas. The children’s playground is currently being replaced and refurbished.

Last year Haringey Council successfully bid to the Lottery Fund for £4m to be earmarked to carry out major works including restoration of the River Moselle and the historic Model Traffic Area, development of an environmental centre and city farm, and overhaul of the general infrastructure (eg paths, entrances and furniture). That funding will be released following certain conditions being fulfilled including detailed designs and match funding. We are particularly pleased that, in a recent ‘plebescite’ run by the Mayor of London, Lordship Rec gained the most votes of any North London park and hence received an additional £400,000 funding. We thank everyone who helped publicise it or who voted!

The Council will be lodging a ‘Phase Two’ application in September 2009 to the Heritage Lottery Fund which will hopefully secure the funding sought. If so, the regeneration works will be implemented during 2010 and 2011.

As public discussion is still ongoing on the bid and all the improvement plans, and the Heritage Lottery Fund will be considering the final application to release the grant, it is vital that we all work together to showcase our willingness to support the future of the Rec.

We are inviting everyone who supports this restoration effort to help us organise our community festival this coming September. We are therefore writing to you to canvas your support and to ascertain what form your support could take.

We invite you to:

1. Take up the opportunity for a stall to promote your community organisation (with info, bric-a-brac, or an interactive theme – or whatever). If so please contact: felix_waterhouse@hotmail.com
2. Offer to organise, or help organise an activity at the event
3. Pledge funding or resources (if you have any!) for the event infrastructure or activities
4. Offer to help with publicity
5. Attend the next organising meeting on Monday 3rd August

Please let us know as soon as possible what you or your organisation may be able to contribute. Please also pass this on to any others who may be interested.

STALLS: For community group stalls – contact: felix_waterhouse@hotmail.com

OTHER: For any other involvement – contact: dmorris@onetel.com