Sustainability Challenge mid term workshop
Monday, 15th of November 2010
A progression from our week-long series of events in August!
The Sustainability Challenge group has planned an afternoon session to re-visit some of the more popular activities we enjoyed in the summer - felting earrings, christmas decoration and fabric to make felted purse, making crumble and spicy chutney from local apples picked by The Abundance Reading.
But mainly having fun whilst finding simple things to make our life more sustainable.
Posted by Dave Richards
Sustainability Challenge
Thursday, 2nd of September 2010
Sustainability Challenge!
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Sustainability Challenge poster sustainability_challenge_all.pdf (1011.29kb) Sustainability Challenge poster |
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The Big Day Out Festival
Wednesday, 1st of September 2010
Volunteers and the Outcasts (Reading Knit group) ran workshops on making your own protest banner and knitting.
Posted by Svenja Pinkepank
Creatures on the roof top
Wednesday, 4th of August 2010
Just imagine if plants could talk, what would they tell you? You may discover their many uses and how they can be found in what we eat, what we use to cure ourselves of our ailments, in what we wear and build with. They are just everywhere!
Over three days children and parents visited the globe without having to leave the roof top. Our garden explorers investigated the plants and their many uses, looking for remedies for sickness and concocting a come dine with me feast. They then created puppets, anthropomorphising the plants, giving them the ability to talk and sin (extra speacial plants!).
Betie the drunken wine berry and friends Hayward and the toothache tree came to life to share their stories with the people of Reading!
Watch this space for 'up on the roof top' song and 'up on the roof top, the remix.'
Thank you to Danielle Corbishly and the families who took part in the project.
"It was great to see fresh plants, seeds and fruits growing a garden as it is rare to see this kind of thing in a busy working lifestyle... It was great to taste fresh produce..It would be nice if we could make something with some of the raspberries/berries or a drink or cake topping
The children told us:
" We enjoyed..eating fruit from the garden.. the ukulele..playing games..toxic plants!..Looking for plants and finding out what the plants do especially the medicinal remedies...I want to be an actress..why do people throw away so much rubbish?"
Posted by Svenja Pinkepank
Where in the World are you connected to?
Tuesday, 29th of June 2010
June 2009, Museum of English Rural Life. During the day we asked the public to draw on our World map, where in the World they are connected to. Participants noticed that our map was slightly different to the maps the usually see, this was because they were looking at a Peters projection, a map that is area accurate and shows countries in their true proportion.
We asked the public to draw and write on our postcard map where they were connected too, whether it is somewhere your best friend moved to, your toys are made or where your favourite food comes from.
At the end of the day we had a people's view of the world and we are now just wondering who and where we should send the postcards too...
Posted by Dave Richards
National bike week: bike decorating and fancy parade
Monday, 28th of June 2010
Saturday morning 26th June at RISC was one decorating show. Working with local artist and bike pimping expert, Martin West. With bits of ribbon, tin cans and cardboard our bikes were transformed into suber mobiles like none you have seen before! After which we paraded them through the town center ending with a picnic by the river in Thames Valley Park.
We are planning to run this again in August so watch this space.
Posted by Dave Richards
What do we have in common?
Tuesday, 22nd of June 2010
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DIY Futures
Tuesday, 22nd of June 2010
If you were to design a town of the future what would it look like? During the day participants worked together to design and build their ideal model town, considering transport, energy, housing, schools and recreation.
This event was organised with the British Science Association.
Posted by Dave Richards
Roots and fruits
Tuesday, 22nd of June 2010
The evening began with an energetic Bhanghra dance workout with local diva on the Reading Bhangra circuit Sumreen Sheikh. All in dancers were then prepared with suitable moves for the evenings dance off...but first some witty, hysterical (roll on floor kind) performance poetry from Shane Solanki and his band Last Mango In Paris, including Bell, infamous female beatboxer and double bassist...leading into some full on circle dancing to CoCo Varma's DJ set giving us all the chance to show off our moves on the dance floor.
Posted by Dave Richards
Interchange music night
Tuesday, 22nd of June 2010
An evening organised to celebrate Creative Junction's Interchange conference.
Posted by Dave Richards
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