7:45pm Wednesday 21 August 2002 at The White Swan, Wetherspoon's pub(Streetmap Link) on Highbury Corner, 30 seconds walk from Highbury & Islington Tube Station; Buses 43, 4, 19, 30 & 271 . Information available on the Transport for London Website.
- Urgent Business
- Barnsbury Traffic Reduction Scheme
- Arsenal Redevelopment
- Real Food Campaign
- Market Estate redevelopment
- Transport
- Climate Change
- Tree Watch
- Local Groups Conference
- Recycling
Mini Recycling Centres on estates
Time Bank: Recycling Initiative
See Barnsbury Time Bank
Earth Summit
The agenda for the Earth Summit 2 starting in Johannesburg in late August is chaotic: the US Governement remains relcutant to sign up to any new commitments. Whilst the UK is keen to make the summit a success it is still pushing free trade & voluntary standards for big business.
Trade Justice Rally
More than 12,000 people joined the largest ever lobby of MPs at the Trade Justice Movement's rally on 8 June.
Doorstep recycling
The Cabinet Office's Perfomance & Innovation Unit is due to report on how the Government should chnage its waste strategy. FoiE & the Community Recycling Project are workiung on a project which has produced research that shows much more recycling is possible. FoE has also produced a report, Communities Speak out on Waste which ensures the Government will hear the voice of ordinary people who are suffering because of their failure to tackle the waste crisis. This is available here www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/waste.
Freightliners City Fram is planning to expand its composting project in which local residents & businesses are encouraged to recycle kicthen waste - more details at our monthly meeting.
Barnsbury Time Bank
The inaugural meeting for Barnsbury Time Bank is being held at 7:30 pm on Tuesday 27 August at the Albion pub, Thornhill Road N1. We will agree the timebank constitution & discuss ideas for time bank activities & publicity.
If you would like to find our more about timebanks see the New Economic Foundation's london time bank website - or come to the meeting. Please e-mail [email protected] or call me on 020 7 700 0486,
Wednesday 21st August
7:45pm Islington FoE meeting at The White Swan Wetherspoon's pub) on Highbury Corner.
Tuesday 27 August
7:30 pm Barnsbury Time Bank Meeting. The Albion pub, Thornhill Road, N1.
Sunday 1st September
Culpeper Gardens 20th anniversary. Information will be available on the culpeper web page shortly.
Weekend 13-15th September
Local Groups Conference
Venue: Chester. If you would like to attend please tell Kirsty by 21 August.
Saturday 28th September
London & South East/East England. Details from Paul de Zylva 020 7 566 1678.
Saturday 26th October
Whose trade is it anyway
Challenging trade rules conference. Liverpool Trade Justice Movement. Contatc Andy Roberts 0151 933 7780.
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