Nelson Mandela Bay Transition Network

Just a reminder about the Kouga Urban Harvest: Intro To Food Gardening workshop taking place in March. Urban Harvest is also currently featuring on AgriTV for the next month or two giving tips on growing organic food in your backyard. Catch AgriTV on SABC 2 every Tuesday morning at 05h30. original post from : http://urbanharvest.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/intro-to-food-gardening-course-in-jbay-24-...

Oil prices are on the rise and that means big changes for contemporary society. The question is: are our communities prepared to deal with the high scarcity and cost of a resource that we have become almost entirely dependent on? Join us for a screening on 27 January of The End of Suburbia where we will address that very question and the implications of Peak Oil. Friday 27 January 2012; 18h45 for...

A reminder that our monthly GreenDrinks evenings kick off again tonight!! So if you don’t have plans and you’re keen to meet and hang out with others interested in various environmental issues and healthy living, then join us tonight for GreenDrinks. Time: 7pm – 10pm (19 Jan 2012) Venue: 6 Morrison Str, Glendinningvale, Port Elizabeth What to bring: your own drinks, be it wine,...

Newsletter – January 2012 Welcome to 2012 folks. We’re hoping this is going to be a very interesting year with a range of events for you to get involved with from awareness raising to information, idea and skills sharing, with good food, good people and jolly good times. But if this is to be the year local resilience was built, then we all have to do our bit, so if you have any ideas...

Introduction To Food Gardening Workshop 24 + 25 March 2012 Kouga Urban Harvest will be running a two-day workshop on everything that you need to know about organic gardening. The different topics will include: One of the gardens set up by Urban Harvest - Introduction to Permaculture/Organinc Gardening - Choosing your site and designing your beds - Preparing the beds/Container gardening - How to...

So Urban Harvest are running a great special on their container gardens. If you have been wanting to get started with growing your own veg and herbs, or dont have very much space, this looks like a good way to go. The special is only running until the end of February 2012, so be sure to get your order in before then. Details below….    

End-Of-Year Newsletter Dec 2011 The new year is almost upon us; a good time to reflect on the year that’s passed. So what exactly did we get up to in 2011? Intro To food gardening workshop - March 2011 This year we wanted to focus particularly on local food security by helping equip people with the knowledge needed in order to set up their own organic food gardens. So the year began for us...