Green Winterfaith Festival
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2-day extravaganza bringing together under one roof a pot-pourri of stalls, speakers, workshops, music, poetry, film, storytelling and multicultural feasting, with 2 common threads: respect for the earth and for each other.
The event is hosted by Transition Leytonstone with Arts Versa UK. Transition Leytonstone is part of the international Transition Towns Movement which, amongst other things, encourages communities to grow food locally, enabling them to live more easily within the biological limits of the planet.
Said co-organiser Ros Bedlow of Transition Leytonstone: “Diversity brings strength, and lots of ideas - whether you're talking about food, music, or ways to respect the earth!”
Highlights of the weekend:
Saturday
- Talks by Polly Higgins ‘The Planet’s Lawyer’ & Jagdeesh Singh, co-ordinator, Sikh Environmental Network
- Book launch: ‘Green Spirituality’ by author and green activist Chris Philpott
- Film: ‘A Farm for the Future’
- Evening buffet provided by Star of India and Hornbeam Chefs
- Concert featuring: Quest-Rah, Other Theresa, Reeps One, Ali Saidi, E11 Eco, Sonic Soul, On the D, Flux Collective, Emma Williams, Ameer Khan and more...
Sunday
- Talk by Anton Rosenfeld (Garden Organic)
- Children’s Workshop with Gillian Livingstone, winner, 1st Transition Poetry Competition, 2010
- Seed Sowing activity
- Winterfaith Feast with international food contributions from a diversity of community and religious groups and individuals
Entrance free, children welcome. Refreshments will be available throughout at a reasonable price.
Transition Leytonstone are showing films and running events at different localities throughout 2011. If you live in the Leytonstone area and would like to learn more about Transition, or if your community group would like to host one of our film screenings, please email Ros Bedlow at rosbedlow@hotmail.com or phone 020 8556 0885.
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