Haringey Sustainability Month - June 2009 GREEN EVENTS THROUGHOUT HARINGEY

www.SustainableHaringey.org.uk


Haringey Green Fair
Saturday 13th June
12-5pm
Ducketts Common
Turnpike Lane

Volunteers needed (much appreciated) to come and help with:
- the Sustainable Haringey info stall
- our food zone stall/displays
- mass leafleting about Sustainability month events (see below)

Please come and offer to help out!

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Sustainable Haringey network
June co-ordination meeting
Tuesday 16th June
6.30pm - 8pm
Big Green Bookshop
Brampton Park Road, N22

June Sustainability Month events are now well underway, so we'll get reports on what's been going on so far, what's coming up, and how poeple can help out... Thanks to everyone who's helped distribute 25,000 of our flyers about this! All welcome, particularly new people wishing to get involved.


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OTHER EVENTS

Sat June 13^th - Alternative Living
3pm-9pm @ Hornsey Vale Community Centre, Mayfield Road, N8
Workshops, speakers, stalls, local produce and crafts, openspace discussion. Organised by Crouch End Transition Initiative.

Sat June 13th - Queen's Wood Plant Sale / Open Day
Queen's Wood Lodge Organic Garden - behind the cafe.
Organised by Friends of Queen's Wood

June 13-14th, 19th-21st, 26-28th - Feral Trade Café
12-5pm @ Unit A2, 71 Ashfield Rd, N4
Café and exhibition of local and international person-to-person trading without using companies. Organised by Furtherfield.

June 15-19th - Sustainability Week at St Ann's Hospital
Info stalls, talks, walks, Dr Bike, and bikeride for staff. Organised by Haringey Health Unison.

Sun June 14^th - Family Bike Ride
10.45am @ Finsbury Park (by the park café).
All ages/abilities welcome! Organised by members of Haringey Cycling Campaign.

Sat June 20^th - NO! to climate change & capitalism
10.30am @ Wood Green Shopping City (probably outside Boots)
Stall/leafleting. Organised by Haringey Solidarity Group.

Sat June 20^th - Eco Green Holistic Healing Show
11am-4pm @ Shropshire Hall, Gladstone Ave, N22.
Fun, energy saving, pampering, natural home made products, food share. Organised by Thrusted Market.

Sun Jun 21st - Hillfield Park, N10 Street Party
For local residents - with a green theme. Organised by the Hillfield St James Residents Association.

Thurs June 25^th - Film Show: The ‘Age of Stupid’
7pm @ West Green Learning Centre, West Green Road, N15
Organised by Haringey Independent Cinema.

Fri/Sat June 26/7^th - Tottenham Food Co-op and Cafe
12-3pm @ Broadwater Farm Community Centre, 1 Adams Rd, N17
Market stalls/cafe. Organised by Tottenham Food Co-op, and Back To Earth.

Sat June 27^th - South Tottenham Going Green
12-4pm @ Chestnuts Community Centre, Chestnuts Park, St Ann's Rd N15.
Food, stalls, drumming, info, plants/books swap, Dr Bike, displays and films. Organised by and for local residents.

Sun June 28^th - Arts, Crafts & Nature Appreciation Funday
12-4pm @ In Queens Wood (‘Witches Coven’ open space), N10
Including lots of stuff for kids. Organised by Friends of Queen's Wood


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As well as the month of events in June the following activities are supported and co-ordinated through the Sustainable Haringey network…

Ecoteams
Neighbourhood-based small self-help groups to ‘go green’ together. On June 20th they will be celebrating their achievements together!

Local Action
Local community-based sustainability networks and initiatives in Highgate, Finsbury Park, Crouch End, South Tottenham, and Muswell Hill

Working groups
Promoting sustainable food, transport, homes, energy, green spaces, workplaces/economy, and green lifestyles

Growing In Haringey
We’ve launched a major food growing network to encourage and support much greater food production throughout Haringey

Food Co-op market days
The last Fri/Sat of each month, 12-3pm. Part of ‘Back To Earth’ initiatives at Broadwater Farm Community Centre, linked to plans for a city farm and environmental centre in Lordship Rec.

Countrywide networking
We’re in touch with the ever-growing grass-roots movements for change throughout London, UK & worldwide…

Better Haringey Awards

Monday 1st June is the closing date for the Better Haringey Awards nominations, to take place at the Green Fair on Saturday 13 June on Ducketts Common.

Started in 2003, the awards are an opportunity to reflect on the achievements of Better Haringey and reward and acknowledge those who have made it possible.
If you would like to nominate an individual or group for any of the awards below, email better.haringey@haringey.gov.uk with the following information:

• Your name and contact details
• The name and contact details of the nominee
• A supporting statement as to why they are suitable for the award

Categories

You can nominate for a Better Haringey award in the following categories:

• Sustainable School

This accolade is awarded to schools that promote the importance of tackling climate change by making changes to their curriculum and campus and building relations with the local community.

• Greenest Public Sector Office

Open to Haringey Council staff and partners in the public sector. Submissions from large office buildings should be submitted by floor or team, but smaller office accommodation such as area offices can submit a single application. We are looking for teams who create an innovative approach to making the workplace a green environment.

• Safe and Sustainable Communities

This category is open to all residents of the borough and entries may be submitted that recognise the contributions of groups, associations and individuals. The judges will be looking for inventive examples of projects that have been put together to make communities increasingly sustainable. Community gardens, sustainable food growing and improved safety in urban environments act as good examples for this award.

• Greening Your Home

This award is aimed at all occupants of residential properties in Haringey. To win this award you will have to demonstrate evidence of having practical ideas and approaches to improving the home in an environmentally sensitive way that reduces C02 emissions.

• Green Business Award

This award is open to all businesses and voluntary sector organisations in Haringey (excluding all public sector bodies as they have their own category). Nominations should illustrate how the business has considered and reduced their environmental impact through its operational policies.

• Special Award for Outstanding Contribution

This category awards an individual or group that have a made a special contribution that Haringey Council would like to showcase and congratulate.
Or for more information call the Better Haringey Team on 020 8489 2243.
Visit the council website for details of last year's winners: Better Haringey Awards 2008

Growing group needs helpers

Next month Sustainable Haringey's growing group will hold a stall at the Haringey Green Fair, and people involved in community growing projects are invited to get in touch.

On Ducketts Common on 13th June, the fair will promote all things green in Haringey. We want to make the most of the borough's potential and are already collaborating with groups in Haringey and the surrounding boroughs.

The growing group was set up to link existing food groups together. So far, members are participating in the Tottenham Food Coop and are working closely with London Food Link. We are also participating in the Capital Growth project, aiming for 2012 new growing spaces in London by 2012.

Other exciting possibilities include the development of Lordship Rec/Broadwater Farm and the Wolves Lane plant nursery.

We want to grow food for a more sustainable Haringey. To be part of this growing movement, visit www.GrowingInHaringey.org.uk or send an email to growinginharingey@blueyonder.co.uk.

Or visit the council website for more information about the fair http://www.haringey.gov.uk/betterharingeygreenfair