THB Achievements 2011
Film screening of 'Urban Orchard' in Altona - November
Ground to Ground. Coffee grounds are great for the garden. This program explicitly identifies cafes willing to give away their grounds. Ongoing since February. Fermenting Fridays! We come together monthly to experiment with fermented foods such as sourdough bread, sauerkraut, miso, ginger beer, fetta cheese etc. - since February. A local recycling guide - June A visit to 'Merristem', a community nursery - June Response to Council's calls for public input for Council's 2012/13 Budget - October Future Planning over 4 sessions - April-June |
A presence at Laverton Festival (November - giving away lemons), Newport Folk Festival (July- giving away organic fruit & all day kids activities) and the Altona Beach Festival (March- giving away herb seedlings).
Community composting - 11 cafes involved in Ground to Ground (from February) and piloted Compost Mates at Famous Blue Raincoat cafe in South Kingsville (from September). A presence at the Permaculture Melbourne conference, the Beyond Zero Emissions talk in Newport and the library's screening of David Suzuki's Force of Nature (all October) Our own youtube channel - November Leaf-lifts - harvesting fallen autumn leaves A lending library - for Transition books and Economics of Happiness DVD |
Social events - a Pot luck / bring a plate dinner (September) and a low key evening picnic (December).
Two members hosted open gardens for Sustainable Gardening Australia - November Guerilla gardening in Newport - from November Soap making workshop - August Monthly fruit and vegie swaps - Newport and, since September, Altona |