Sustainable planet

a food revolution

When - Tue 13. May 7:00pm - 9:30pm. Where - The Globe, downstairs, 78 Middle St, BN1 1NA. Organised by - Greenspeak.
Description - Public discussion read more...

When - Wed 7. May 7:30pm - 9:30pm. Where - The Werks . Organised by - Transition Brighton and Hove.
Description - A meeting to share ideas on how best to move on from where we are, to look at what we have done so far and what we need to do more of – what's gone well and what we need to change, and the challenges and opportunities ahead.  This will be an energising and engaging meeting in which the co-ord ... read more.

When - Thu 17. Apr 7:30pm - 9:30pm. Where - Brighthelm Centre . Organised by - Transition Brighton and Hove.
Description - The first in a series of transition talks. Jeremy Leggett is author of the books The Carbon War and Half Gone and executive chairman of solarcentury, the UK’s largest independent solar electric company. Jim Watson is Deputy Director of the Sussex Energy Group at SPRU - Science and Technology Polic ... read more.

When - Sun 2. Mar 10:30am - 2:00pm. Where - Ralli Hall Farmers Market, Denmark Villas, Hove (just around the corner from Hove station). Organised by - Transition Brighton and Hove.
Description - We will be inviting farmers market shoppers to grab a cup of tea, come and sit in the warm and learn about sustainable methods of growing food/the Transition concept. For more information call 07958 964810 Brighton and Hove Farmers Market contact details: 01273 323200.www.Brightonfarmersmarket.com F ... read more.

So what do you do if you want to improve food on scale…say institution-wide…say at a University? The students Lydia Medland and Lauren Simpson last week released the investigative documentary Food for US, available on google videos and at the end of this article, because they wanted to open debate about the motorway-service station style food at Sussex University.

In response to the university’s own catering review they asked questions, and encouraged others to do the same. Do students need more ‘impulse food’ and meal deals? What will the university’s business plan review of catering mean for food itself? This, the crucial question, they felt was not answered in the review or the 15 minute question and answer sessions that followed the university’s presentation of its plans for the future of food on campus. The open presentations of the catering review had left the handful of students in attendance – mostly union officers - with questions, ideas and important contributions.

Celebrating bikes and bodies, protesting against car culture

When - Sat 7. Jun 10:10am - 12:30pm. Where - The Level . Organised by - Nick Sayers, Duncan Blinkhorn and Brighton Naked Bike Ride.
Description - Cycle naked through the heart of Brighton & Hove read more...

Food is rubbish on campus

When - Tue 22. Jan 5:00pm - 6:00pm. Where - Sussex university Chichester Lecture Theatre. Organised by - Lydia Medland and Lauren Simpson.
Description - Food for US is a 30 minute student made documentary which goes digging into the whys and wheres of why food is rubbish on campus. Quite literally. From the boxes we dig out the bins to the shiny websites, we pick apart how food comes together on campus. Made over the last six months this film now co ... read more.

When - Thu 6. Mar 6:30pm - 9:00pm. Where - Duke Of York's Picturehouse . Organised by - Transition Brighton and Hove.
Description - What a Way to Go: A middle class white guy comes to grips with Peak Oil, Climate Change, Mass Extinction, Population Overshoot and the demise of the American Lifestyle.For see a trailer and more on the movie see here.

Plastic Bag Free Brighton screen the film that kick started the successful Modbury plastic bag-free campaign

When - Sun 3. Feb 1:30pm - 3:30pm. Where - Duke Of York's Picturehouse . Organised by - Plastic Bag Free Brighton.
Description - Plastic Bag Free Brighton screen the film that kick started the successful Modbury plastic bag-free campaign read more...

When - Wed 30. Jan 7:30pm - 9:30pm. Where - The Werks 45 Church Road, off Palmeira Sq, Hove (between barber and antique shop opposite the church on the SW corner of the square). Organised by - Transition Brighton and Hove.
Description - Including a short film screening on Transition Towns, an update from the Transition Interest Groups and a discussion on plans for 2008. read more...