Film Show!
Living in the future
A 2013 BBC/Undercurrents short film about Pembrokeshire eco-village Lammas, pioneers of low-impact living.
Followed by a Q&A session with its founder Paul Wimbush
7pm Thurs May 30 Llandybie Memorial Hall, Woodfield Rd, SA18 3UR
Directions: In Llandybie, on the A483 towards Ammanford, turn right at “Premier” shop. The big hall is soon on your left. Contact: Gerry Gold
March against Monsanto!
On 25 May people around the world will march against rapacious pro-GM, Round-Up herbicide-peddling food giant Monsanto. Anyone wishing to join us the nearest march, which is in Bristol, please contact Anson Allen.
There are about 200 demos in USA, 30 in Canada, 8 in Australia and 4 in the UK with none in Wales.
The Bristol one starts 1pm Saturday 25th May, Portland Square , Bristol BS2 8RZ Grid ref ST594737
Energy efficiency
The Energy Subgroup has set its agenda for promoting energy efficiency in the area in 2013-14. And we have a new page packed with energy-saving advice.
Next meeting
The next meeting of the TTL steering group will be on April 9 at 7.30pm, upstairs in the Angel pub, Llandeilo. The minutes to the last meeting can be found in the Downloads section. All welcome.
Beginners Guide to Keeping Chickens
Learn the ins and outs of keeping chickens this Easter by signing up to a FREE ‘Beginners Guide to Keeping Chickens’ course at the National Botanic Garden of Wales.
Growing the Future gave a very interesting presentation at the Transition Town Llandeilo AGM this month, and we urge you to support this and their other courses.
Would you like your own fresh eggs? Learn how to keep chickens either at home, on your allotment or at your farm. The session will provide you with all the essential knowledge you need to know and will give you a chance to handle both chicks and hens.
One hour sessions being run throughout the day on Thursday, April 4th 2013. For more information or to sign up, visit the website www.growingthefuture.co.uk
A Feast of Fools
Come and join us for a Feast of Fools at the Cwmdu Inn!
We’re getting together for an afternoon of feasting and informal discussion to take forward the activities of the People’s Assembly including a credit union, a car club, community spaces like ‘Mens sheds’, reducing energy usage – and bills, a range of local food projects and the campaign for a real democracy.
Bring food to share, and instruments to play.
2pm April 1st, Cwmdu Inn, Cwmdu, Talley, Llandeilo SA19 7DY
More info from Gerry Gold.
Llandovery’s unsustainable housing plans
Please see the two PDF documents Urgent plea to change Llandovery housing plans and WHERE SHOULD 148 NEW HOMES BE BUILT? from Calon Cymru and LATRA (Llandovery Area Tenants And Residents Association).
They make a very strong case for an alternative to the proposal for new housing in the town that is in the new LDP. Please consider writing to Carmarthenshire County Council and the Welsh Government in support of this alternative plan, and expressing your opposition to application E/26681.
For further information please contact Patricia Dodd Racher
Mapping Llandeilo Workshop
If you live in Llandeilo you might be interested in the workshop being run in Llandeilo at the end of April by Hannah Jones and Mark Hauenstein from Goldsmiths, University of London. See Mapping Llandeilo [PDF].
They are looking for “Llandeilo residents who live, work and care about
Llandeilo. We would like to include as many different community members as possible so as to create as rich and diverse a picture of the town.”
Please contact Hannah directly if you wish to take part.
Poster for The World According to Monsanto film show 7pm Thurs March 21
Tyfwyr Llandeilo Growers PUBLIC MEETING
Tuesday 19th March at The Angel, Rhosmaen Street, Llandeilo SA19 6EN at 7.30pm. The whole world is welcome to come and take part in discussions about the way forward for the project.
It will be preceded by a formal AGM, which is only for directors and fully signed up members (who have also subscribed £1).
AGM and “Growing The Future”
Upstairs at The Angel, Rhosmaen Street, Llandeilo – 7.00 pm, Tuesday March 12th
The Growing the Future project at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales is exploring ways of encouraging beginners to grow their own produce, and offering information to seasoned growers and keen gardeners. After a washout growing season in 2012, what should you try this year? How can you get the better of slugs and other pests?
Come and find out about the project and ask questions.
With:
- Andrea Powell – Project Manager, Growing the Future
- Simon Goodenough – Curator, NBGW
- Patrick Driscall – GTF Trainer
Local Food – a public survey
A request from Tyfwyr Llandeilo Growers
We are currently conducting a Public Survey to find out the views of people in the areas around Llandovery, Llandeilo, Ammanford and on towards Carmarthen.
Our object is community involvement in the production and distribution of locally and healthily grown fruit and vegetables. We will engage with young people and the general community with training and events emphasizing the health, economic and social benefits of a community food project. We need to acquire land for the project and so are preparing to apply for funding.
A call to the people of the Towy Valley
“Let us assemble and together we can make things better!”
Upstairs at The Angel, Rhosmaen Street, Llandeilo – 7.30 pm, Thursday February 21st
In these challenging times and following a very successful public meeting in Llandeilo in October on the “tipping points” we are seeing in so many global processes, the clear need to find something we can do here and now has led to us holding an “Assembly of the People”. The idea is simply to get local people together to look at the issues we all face today and work out how to help each other.
In spite of the big changes happening in the world we all tend to keep our heads down and get on with life along the lines of ‘business as usual’.
This is especially so in this idyllic part of the world where many of us, until now, have felt fairly well insulated from many global problems.
But business as usual is no longer an option we can hope for.
So where does the idea of this “Assembly of the People” fit in?
By working together to build a grass-roots democratic process we can move mountains.
To begin with:
- We could set up a Credit Union in Llandeilo: a not-for-profit savings and loan scheme for people who cannot get credit elsewhere
- We could set up a car club, with pool cars, to help with your transport and cut travel costs. There’s a grant waiting for this to happen!
- We could help people dealing with rising energy bills. Grants for this too!
- We could find ways of supporting local markets and businesses
- We could grow more of our own food … and help farmers get a proper return for theirs
- We could join the campaign to prevent fracking in Swansea.
This won’t be enough but it will be a start. With enough of us involved we could do whatever else our community needs and wants.
But only if we stop hoping for the best and actually start working together!
Llandeilo Food Network/ Rhwydwaith Bwyd Llandeilo
Llandeilo Food Network is all about local food, from field and garden to plate. The main aim is to promote what we already have in the area and share experiences.
A Community Union for the Towy Valley
The New Economics group has set up a Community Union. A full description is here.
Please contact Pete Arnold tvsc@foolsprofit.org or 01558 823306 for more information.
Forthcoming Group Meetings
For details of the next meeting contact Steve Brown info@transitiontownllandeilo.org.uk