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Ian Baker provided this write-up on a recent joint meeting with other local organisations:

SEEKING COMMON GROUND

A small joint meeting was held with Friends of St Andrews Park, The Bishopston Society and Sustainable Bishopston on 8 March to discuss scenarios relevant to ‘Whether Sustainability?’.

Friends of St Andrew’s Park (www.friendsofstandrewspark.ning.com) are of two years standing and seek [...]

This information has been provided by Clare, who enthused many of us at our recent showing of In Transition. If you’re interested in finding out more then please contact Clare (details below).

Horfield and District Allotment Association is a busy and productive association, which leases three separate sites from Bristol City Council, spread over two or [...]

Promoting Transition….

There was a spirit of transition during the post -film (In Transition 1.0) discussion, convened by Dr Chris Johnstone.  The emergent theme was for local expression and ownership of change.

Perhaps easiest was to pin our hopes for change in local schoolchildren. Support to schools is on our agenda, [...]

A very successful event, with in excess of 30 people attending and energetic discussions for some while after the film. The enthusiasm and knowledge of the participants was fantastic! A full report is coming soon (now published – here) but here are a few links related to things which were discussed:

Horfield Organic Community Orchard (on [...]

Our Sustainable Bishopston noticeboard

Saturday September 12th saw a wonderful sunny shopping day along Gloucester Road. It was ideal for the Sustainable Bishopston team to run a stall alongside our new Noticeboard and meet more local people.

The Sustainable Bishopston stall

We shared the stall with our friends in the Gloucester Road Alternative Bag campaign, which has [...]

We will need to elect a new chairperson at our AGM on Tuesday 29th September, as our previous chairperson is not standing again. Could it be you?

All the committee posts are open to any member. If you want to get involved in any way, whether as a committee member or by organising events or using [...]

Sustainable Bishopston achieved its biggest turnout for the film The Age of Stupid, with over 100 in the audience. Many new faces!

The film mixes up existing and emerging threats to our planet’s wellbeing. It emphasises the limited time – 6 years – before ‘tipping points’ commit to irreversible [...]