There is a great opportunity to support fairtrade goods in the festive season. The Rainbow Turtle Shop in Paisley is selling a range of gift ideas including crafts, jewellery, stationery and hampers. Further information is available at: http://www.rainbowturtle.co.uk/
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Have a Fairtrade Festive Season
Posted in Uncategorized on December 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Volunteer Eco Students Abroad
Posted in Uncategorized on October 26, 2010| Leave a Comment »
There are 2 week volunteer and adventure programmes in The Amazon, Fiji and Africa – limited spaces available. For further details log on to: www.vesabroad.com
The Scottish Wild Mushroom Code
Posted in FOOD, Uncategorized on October 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »
This code was created by the Scottish Wild Mushroom Forum, a group consisting of representatives of conservation organisations, landowners, public land owning bodies, mushroom buyers and mushroom packers. To learn more, please log on to: http://www.snh.org.uk/publications/on-line/NaturallyScottish/fungi/wildmushroom.asp
Scottish Wild Harvest Association
Posted in Uncategorized on October 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The Scottish Wild Harvests Association was formed following a series of workshops and meetings run by Reforesting Scotland (http://www.reforestingscotland.org/projects/wild_harvests_sector_support.php)
People working in wild harvest busineses decided it would be in their interest to be part of a supportive group.
To learn more about its aims, please log to to the website at: www.scottishwildharvests.org.uk
Farmer’s Markets in Renfrewshire
Posted in FOOD, Uncategorized on October 5, 2010| 1 Comment »
There are two farmers markets in Renfrewshire that you can support. They provide an excellent opportunity to buy quality produce from local businesses.
Paisley Farmers Market – 2nd and last Saturday of each month, from 9am – 1pm, at County Square (beside the main Gilmour Train Station). There are up to 30 producers to purchase from.
Lochwinnoch Farmers Market – Held 4 times per year on 1st Sunday or March, June, eptember and December, from 11am to 2.30pm. The market is both indoor and outdoor at the Castle Semple Visitor Centre, Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park.
Further information is available at: www.scottishfarmersmarkets.co.uk
Celebrate the Garden Scheme that supports charity
Posted in Events on October 5, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The idea of opening up gardens to the public to raise funds for charity is developing. Within Renfrewshire, individual gardens within Lochwinnoch have opened up. Public gardens have been promoted including Sma’ Shot Cottages Heritage Centre, Paisley Gardens and Barshaw Park Walled Garden. To learn more about the garden scheme please log on to: www.gardensofscotland.org
Liftshare Week 4th – 8th October 2010
Posted in Sustainable Transport, Uncategorized on October 5, 2010| Leave a Comment »
It’s Liftshare Week which is seeking to encourage more car sharing within workplaces and local neighbourhoods. To find out more, you can get advice from Liftshare.com or discuss it with us. Log on to: http://www.liftshare.com/v3/pages/liftshare_week.asp
LEAP news
Posted in Uncategorized on August 31, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The Information about the Lochwinnoch Energy Action Plan is available at http://www.lochwinnoch.info/community/leap/
This is supported by the Lochwinnoch Millennium Events Group which was successful in their bid for funding from the Climate Challenge Fund.
Calls for better regulation of food speculation
Posted in Campaign, FOOD on August 31, 2010| Leave a Comment »
There are currently efforts being made to introduce better regulation of food speculation. The World Development Movement and Fairtrade Foundation state that “the manipulation of commodity markets by hedge funds in London and New York can affect the lives of millions of farmers thousands of miles away.” Work is underway to seeks increased transparency of deals made and also, to introduce limits on the speculation of commodities. Further details from the World Development Movement at: http://www.wdm.org.uk/food-speculation?dm_i=5QB,843J,1O974J,KROP,1
Donate ……Don’t Waste
Posted in Campaign on July 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »
DONATE, DON ‘ ‘T WASTE … is a powerful campaign by Association of Charity shops. The main aim of the campaign is to urge people to donate their unwanted clothes by decreasing the amount of landfill dumping, thereby encouraging green living.This is a very thoughtful campaign which can persuade people to think before trashing their unwanted yet useful clothes which may not be worn from years.
If each UK household donated one extra black bin bag of clothing, we could save 25 million bags from landfill and raise over £740 million for charity. Clothes which cannot be sold in-store can be sold to textile merchants to raise money for good causes.(Contents from http://www.charityshops.org.uk/donate.html).
For more information : http://www.charityshops.org.uk/donate.html
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