Posted in Around Dulwich, Food & Drink, Going Green, Photographs, tagged Allotments Photography, Allotments South London, Dulwich, gardening, Grange Lane Allotments, growing fruit and veg, se21 on July 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Local photographer, Sara Lloyd, delves into the social microcosm that is the Grange Lane Allotments.
Following a sign directing you to The Fort and turning up an increasingly steep, winding lane devoid of road markings is the well-hidden world of Grange Lane Allotments. The only reasons to be down this Lane are if [...]
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Posted in Around Dulwich, Family Activities, General, Going Green, What's On, tagged Dulwich, se21, se22, gardening, National Garden Scheme, NGS, Open Gardens, south London gardens on May 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
One of the commentators on our article about Anne Shelton was Jeremy Prescott, whose family now lives in her former home in Dulwich. Here he talks about opening their garden under the National Garden Scheme
We moved to Dulwich in 1994, buying Anne Shelton’s former home. One of the attractions to us was its south-facing garden, [...]
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Posted in Around Dulwich, Art, Community, Going Green, Local History, Past Events, South London People, tagged Artists' Open House, Camberwell College of Arts, design, Dulwich Festival, Make it Local on May 16, 2008 | No Comments »
‘MAKE IT LOCAL’ by second year design students
We have all produced works that respond to our personal explorations and impressions of the Mile Radius around Camberwell College.
They range from visual comments on the perceived cultural environment to pieces inspired by specific sites, references to history and tools to encourage the positive aspects of the area.
Inspiration [...]
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Anna Sayburn and Phil Lane walk from Sydenham Hill to Big Ben.
There’s a spot in Sydenham Hill woods from where (on a clear day) you can see the Houses of Parliament. The view is tantalisingly green, with woodland and playing fields giving the impression that you could walk through countryside right up to the south [...]
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Day 71
Easiest £250 ever: Thought for the sake of completeness I’d wash on 40C, turn lights & appliances off, switch to low energy bulbs, use the dryer less and suddenly I’ve cut our energy consumption by 1/4 without really trying. We’ve saved enough to pay for a week’s accommodation in the Lakes this Autumn. I am [...]
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Day 35
but when she got there the cupboard was bare… We’ve thrown out just £4.50 worth of food so far this year. More of a feat than it sounds - this time last year it would have been around £30 by now - we reckoned up. I heard on the BBC that about 15p in every £1 spent [...]
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Posted in Around Dulwich, Community, Competitions & Offers, Going Green, Interviews, tagged East Dulwich SNUB, environment, green, Health Matters, Monica Mcsherry, plastic bags, prize draw on January 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Angie Macdonald talks to Monica Mcsherry about community and going Green in East Dulwich.
Leave your comment to take part in the prize draw.
There’s a silent revolution going on in East Dulwich. Shoppers in Lordship Lane have been seen carrying groceries in bags brought from home instead of the usual plastic bags. Some traders have [...]
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Posted in Around Dulwich, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Going Green, Interviews, Politics, tagged 2012 Olympics, Cultural Olympiad, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Neal's Yard remedies, Tessa Jowell on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Patrick Fraher interviews Tessa Jowell, MP for Dulwich and West Norwood, Olympics Minister and former Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport at Dulwich Picture Gallery, Monday December 3 2007
Tessa arrived jetlagged but, fortified by some Neal’s Yard oils, she kindly spared some time to talk to us after the Christmas concert before nipping [...]
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Day 10
So far no sign of free newspapers or junk mail. P says my notice (back of Weetabix packet) is well-meaning but a bit shrill. Perhaps should instead request that unwanted stuff be posted directly into the black recycling bin.
Mailing Preference Service promises to take you off direct mailing lists. Registration took me 3mins. http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/
Carrier [...]
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