Saturday 14 October2023: ‘Waste Not, Want Not’ event from 10am-2pm at the Old School Community Centre. 'Table-top' sale, ('Bring & Buy'), plus you’ll find money saving tips and advice as well as tool repair demonstrations, workshops for all ages, a raffle and café! If you are interested in having a table,…
Saturday 14 October 2023: ‘Desert Island Tracks’ with George Monbiot, Rob Hopkins and friends, at 7.30pm in Totnes Civic Hall. Environmental activist, author and journalist George Monbiot will be in a ‘Desert Island Discs' type conversation about his life with Transition Town founder and writer, Rob Hopkins. The interview will be interspersed with his choice…
Wednesday 18 October2023: ‘Thermal Imaging Training’ at 7.30pm in the Hub at the Old School Community Centre. Want to learn about heat loss from your home? – A second chance to sign up for a training session and for free use of SSB’s Thermal Imaging Cameras. Spaces are limited and restricted to Sustainable South…
Thursday 26 October 2023: Talk on 'The Breeding Birds of Nunavut' by Dave Scott organised by Brent Birders at 7:30pm in the Old School Community Centre. Dave is an artist and photographer based in South Brent where he runs a small bird rehabilitation centre. He is a licensed bird ringer, and his life is immersed…
Saturday 4, Saturday 18 & Tuesday 28 November (NB changed date) 2023: Tool Refurbishment Workshops in the HUB at the Old School Community Centre; Vintage tools are often better quality than new but over time skills in refurbishment have been lost. This series of workshops will show you how to refurbish those old tools, avoiding…
Wednesday 8 November 2023: Home Cleaning Products workshop. SSB is delighted to host this workshop in the Old School Community Centre from 6.30-8.30pm to show you to make your own home cleaning products, save money and look after the environment. Expert guidance from Jo Plumbly, owner of Refillability, the zero waste shop in Ivybridge, who…
Saturday 4, Saturday 18 & Tuesday 28 November (NB changed date) 2023: Tool Refurbishment Workshops in the HUB at the Old School Community Centre; Vintage tools are often better quality than new but over time skills in refurbishment have been lost. This series of workshops will show you how to refurbish those old tools, avoiding…
How do I live well, when it feels like the world is falling apart? An online evening from 7.30 to 9.30pm. Time to slow down, to reflect, to share and explore, and to be with the discomfort – amongst others. Anxious or hopeful? Despairing or determined? Confused or curious? Local, National or Global? Legal or…
Saturday 4, Saturday 18 & Tuesday 28 November (NB changed date) 2023: Tool Refurbishment Workshops in the HUB at the Old School Community Centre; Vintage tools are often better quality than new but over time skills in refurbishment have been lost. This series of workshops will show you how to refurbish those old tools, avoiding…
Thursday 30 November 2023: ‘COP on Ice’ at 7.30pm in the HUB at the Old School Community Centre: An evening with Dr Helen Millman from the University of Exeter, who is a glaciologist, ice sheet modeller and scientific advisor to the COP ('Conference of the Parties' - United Nations Climate Change Conference), and who is…