Some food for thought – there has been an excellent discussion on ‘what is community’ on the ‘blogosphere’ which good stuff.
It goes in a sequence – 1 publishes, 2 responds to 1, 3 responds to 2 and 1, etc…
John Michael Greer (Arch Druid): The costs of community
Sharon Astyk (Science blogs): On the problem of community
Rob [...]
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OK so firstly, we discussed the use of the word ‘core’ team and the possibility that this word ‘core’ might make people think that there is some exclusive cabal or private group or something like that.
It’s not like that at all – we are open, welcoming, keen and happy for people to help us out [...]
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Tom Crompton and some of his chums have had enough of all the corporate advertising everywhere and are convening a meeting in Montpelier to discuss some plans they have been brewing. This is likely to be a very interesting gathering with some exciting projects, so we recommend it.
Here’s the blurb:
Fed up of not being able [...]
Dates for your diary – from our friends in Easton:
Events
1) Love Easton Community Café: 5 Stapleton Rd, Bristol, BS5 0QR – around the corner from the Trinity Centre.
Opens to the public for one month from Saturday 3rd October 2009
DROP BY – Come and say hello to us throughout October
A community cafe will open at the [...]
Saturday 12th September 2009
2pm till 9pm
Montpelier Park and Saint Andrews Road
The Bean Feast was a much loved annual event in Montpelier in the 1700s. This year we are bringing it back to life as a community celebration of local heritage, local harvest and local genius.
Expect a feast for the ears, eyes, noses, tastebuds and imaginations! [...]
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July 2009 – Newsletter 2 – Inside:
Introduction
Announcements
Academy of Urbanism – best neighbourhood award 2010
A Montpelier Community Energy Efficiency Programme
The Streets/Picton Square Group
Are Green Space plan – Ashley, Easton, Lawrence Hill (affecting Montpelier)
Montpelier Park update
Green Spaces group
Film club action
Advice from Sustainable Redland
Home Improvement workshops
Download the .pdf version of the newsletter here
Introduction
Hello everyone
We had our [...]
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Hamish from Sustainable Redland kindly came to our open meeting and gave us a short outline of what they are up to, and some of this top tips.
Here are some of them:
It’s difficult but rewarding
Have to learn to work together – it’s new
It’s very exciting to see your work unfold
Main symbol for them is the [...]
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