Garden lovers had a rare opportunity to visit a hidden treasure in aid of a charitable project to reduce food waste. Jane Pawley kindly opened her gates for visitors to marvel at the spring colour in the enchanting oasis she has created at The Chestnuts in the centre of Llanfyllin over the past 30 years….
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Steering Committee Meeting – January 2023
The steering committee met at 6:30pm on Thursday 12th January 2023 at the Cross Keys.
? Food Forest Design Workshop
Dolydd Gobaith will be hosting an all-day food forest design workshop on Sunday 29th January. Read on for more details.
? Rights of Way
We will be hosting an online talk from Powys County Council’s Footpaths Officer about rights of way. Everyone is welcome. The meeting will take place on Zoom.
New Wildflower Turf at St Myllin’s
A band of BRACE volunteers laid wildflower turf in the churchyard of St Myllin’s this afternoon to increase biodiversity and help pollinators in the years to come. It might not look like much now, but hopefully it will be bursting with pollinator-friendly wildflowers next spring!
Leading from Where you Stand
Sami Grover’s article Why We’re All Hypocrites in the recent edition of Permaculture Magazine has some excellent tips for anyone caught in the debate between personal action and systemic change, and looking to make a difference in the climate and ecological crisis: What does your social network look like, and how can you have an…
brace membership campaign
As we start to look forward to meeting up again, running events and expanding projects we need a reliable way to contact our our members, especially those in the local community who want to get more involved. We have created a membership database using mailchimp and it would be great if you could follow the…
Share-energy feedback
The recording of the Share-Energy Talk held back in December can be found on this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VpPncpoj_zINc-HWlO58MGbvlzmAJSke/view
Let’s Talk Crap! – recording
For those who were unable to attend. Link to the Recording from 10th March- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WN6vK1cuqtaInKbt2bUzXT5Ovj6XrZ7A/view?fbclid=IwAR0fgUd11UzbKGkJtKJNuXQdRxhQpd8n_fbp9lo2uaDXus8eWrcv6UrrgIk An online talk about the environmental and social benefits of recycling human excreta to land. University of Leeds PhD Researcher Katie Allen will discuss the role poo can play in reversing soil degradation, improving crop yields and mitigating climate change.The…
Community energy talk Wednesday December 9th 7.30pm
https://tinyurl.com/y6hosll3 Online talk by David Green of Sharenergy. Could we as a community get together to generate energy and income for the town?Dave will explain how Sharenergy works to make a contribution to green energy production.We’ll be online earlier for anyone who’d like a natter before the talk.