Tooting Green Drinks
This listing was last updated by the Tooting organiser on: 2021-07-09
Tooting Green Drinks: a new Green Drinks for this diverse and vibrant part of SW London Third Wednesday of every Month
Why might you come? To share green ideas for our local area and have space to discuss bigger issues / hear guest speakers / get to know and connect with local supportive folks.
UPDATE: Tooting Green Drinks has gone online. In a rapidly evolving and improvised format, we have held space for community discussion given the Coronavirus lockdown in Tooting, in London, in the UK and beyond. Join in via our Facebook group here.
NEXT GREEN DRINKS: Wednesday 21st July, Share and Repair! Join Hilary Jennings and Joe Duggan of Library of Things to explore the sharing and repairing revolution! Presented as part of Tooting Repair Week, 12th - 18th July. To access this online meeting, join our Facebook group here
Our format is developing, though. We are holding these discussions weekly, although we're taking a break tonight, the lockdown lowdown has looked like this:
Wednesday 19th May, 7.30 -9pm. A Brief History of Bees and Flower, the first 150 million Years. Join Richard Glassborow in exploring the place of a sometimes furry winged friends in the evolution of London.
Wednesday 15th April: Incredible Edible Todmorden come tell their wonderful story of food activism that has inspired so many Incredible Edible gropups around the world. We'll be joined by Mary Clear, Chairperson and co-founder.
End of Year social: Wed 16th Dec, 7.30-9.30pm.
July 1st: Mental Health in Lockdown and the importance of Connection, with David Thorne.
June 17th: Movie night! The Economics of Happiness, a 65 minute movie about re-localization, great counterpoint to the role of big business
June 3rd: Sustainability and business - what's happening? Who are the leaders? Can we achieve the change needed within the current paradigm? with Jacqui Machin. Blog is here.
May 27th: Intro to Permaculture with Muneezay Jaffery
May 13th: Tooting Healthy Streets - how do we open our streets to be healthier, more pedestrian and cycle friendly?
April 29th: Transition Stories and Song - a takeover by Rapid Transition Alliance.
April 22nd: Open Forum for Community Discussion
April 15th: Green and Open Space - Who needs it anyway?
March 18th: Community response to Coronavirus - a space for conversation
If you'd like to join, please request to join the Tooting Green Drinks Private Facebook Group.
Cooking up:
- De-carbonise your savings
- Life as a National Park City Ranger
- Tooting Community Garden
- Films for Action - The Secret of Change
- Open Space for Community Action
Extinction Rebellion - XR Wandsworth have offered to host, could be making and printing, could be talking, who knows!
Previously in 2020:
- February, we were joined by Rebecca Newsom, Head of Politics at Greenpeace UK, for the lowdown on Pushing for Policy Change.
- January saw Vegetanuary! Our annual month sharing and enjoying vegetarian/vegan food. An excellent sharing of all the ingredients of our food system.
Thanks hugely to our speakers in 2017, 2018 and 2019:
- Resina who helped us make Ecobricks!
- Resina and Belinda who gave a wonderful talk and debated Ecobricking.
- Kath Church from Friends of Streatham Cemetery, who organised a fantastic bat walk around Streatham Cemetery!
- We developed new ideas around a Films for Action night in Tooting - watch this space.
- We all shared our experiences of Extinction Rebellion protests during April and explored what that inspires for local action.
- Tanya and Leyad from Bring Your Own in Tooting Market came to talk to us about their packaging free shop.
- Professor Robin Matthews talking about the Global Economy and how interconnected everything is!
- Alex Murray gave an intriguing talk on the work of Stopfundinghate and the emerging network of ethical advertisers.
- Vegetanuary! recipe swop - very popular!
- Rosena Chowdhury for an impromptu look at eco-bricks!
- Dermot Jones the Electric Van Man for bringing us up to speed on his first 5000 miles.
- Green Drinkers one and all for getting their sleeves rolled up and stuck into the IPCC report.
- MASSIVE thanks to Kemi Akinola of Be Enriched, Sue Sheehan of Incredible Edible Lambeth, Robyn Knight of Sutton Community Farm and Dr Robert Biel of UCL who sat on our panel for "Local Food is an Expensive Luxury", read the blog HERE.
- Fio Adamson explored creativity, memory and our connection to nature as well as telling us about the Furzedown Oak and Oakomotion!
- We heard from Susie Morrow about Liveable Neighbourhoods. Check out https://www.livingstreets.org.uk . And a useful link to find out more about "Liveable Neighbourhoods: CLICK HERE
- We held our first debate! Is Capitalism the best way to achieve a truely social, environmental and economically sustainable future? Standing Room only! Read our blogpost here
- Richard Couldrey for a presentation and discussion on Transition Towns across the UK and the ingredients for groups to thrive and scale up.
- Jenny Edwards from the Climate Reality Project for a great presentation and conversation about the impact of our food choices on climate change.
- We heard all about the Tooting Bec and Broadway Neighbourhood Plan and participated in the initial consultation phases thanks to Jane Briginshaw, Co-Chair of the TootingBB Neighbourhood Forum.
- We got the stats on Wandsworth Borough Recycling and quizzed what could and couldn't be recycled - sharing ideas for the tricky materials! Thanks Eleanor Glen for the research and presentation!
- We heard all about Global Action Plan and communicating about Climate Change issues.
- Simon from London Green Drinks in Brixton came along and told us all about his Green Oil company for bike cleaning and lubes.
- Nikki Jones - a freelance expert on oil, gas and energy: http://www.exploringoilandgas.co.uk
- Yen Chet Chong talked about his Climate Action Academy calling on more daily direct action and...
- Nic Fearon-Low from Transiton Town Kingston who gave us a potted history AND let us into some new ideas they are working on like the Million Mile Borough bicycle project - watch this pedal!
Contact: Richard Couldrey at transitiontowntooting@gmail.com
Tooting Green Drinks is hosted by Transition Town Tooting, with an invitation to all of our Community.