Following on from the Transition Conference, and the last General
Meeting where we discussed it all, this month marks the first steps
of a local REconomy initiative. This will be a new group within JiT
centred around people who want to start, or have started, a local
business with a Transition ethos to it. This could be
self-employment, a partnership, or a co-operative. It should be low
on imports, low on crude oil and its products, and provide good
honest products or services in exchange for good honest money. How
many people in Jersey are either unemployed or stuck in a job that
does nothing either for the greater good of the Island, or for their
self-respect? How many people in JiT are either thinking of it, or
already have a sustainable business running? Come along on Monday
the 22nd so we can see who's interested, and build on this exciting
vision for a rich and sustainable local economy.
- Meditation Flash Mob. Tuesday 9 October 6.00 - 6.40
pm, Liberation Square, St Helier. 30 minutes of silent
meditation followed by 10 minutes of sound bath - please bring
your voices, your mantras, singing bowls, chimes, bring a
candle, bring your cushion or stall for sitting meditation.
Bring Everyone! Let us come together as One Community... as
ONE... This is an event open to everyone, all ages, from every
path, experienced in meditation or not.
- J-CAN Monthly Meeting. Tuesday 9 October, 8.00 pm,
The Town House, New St, St Helier. The Jersey Climate Action
Network have moved their monthly meetings back into town for the
winter. Their agenda is attached.
- Upcycling. Thursday 11 October, 7.00 - 8.30 pm,
Upstairs at the Harbour Gallery, St Aubin. Sewing machines and
magic with Kirsten. If you want to take part, please contact
Kirsten either via Facebook or by e-mail at
atlanticblueuk@aol.com
- Free hugs. Saturday 13 October, 10.30 am - 1.30 pm,
King St, St Helier. Come and help spread some love and kindness
in town. For every hug you give, you get one free! It's fun and
worthwhile once you break the ice, and we really know how to
break ice.
- Cider making. Saturday 13 October, 2.30 pm
starting at Hampton Villa, La Rue du Douet de Rue, St Lawrence
in the orchard, and moving on to La Robeline, St. Ouen, where
the cider is actually produced. Jersey Organic Association
member Sarah Matlock has kindly agreed to show JOA supporters
and friends how organic cider is produced, and has kindly
extended this invitation to include supporters of Jersey in
Transition. Sarah and her husband Richard will talk us through
the production process, and there will also be an opportunity to
sample the product for those so inclined. We are advised that
Morris dancers will hopefully also be there to add to the
atmosphere.
Parking is limited at both Hampton Villa and La Robeline, and
you are therefore asked to share cars if possible. Directions
for Hampton Villa: From Carrefour Selous, take La Rue Sara
(the road that runs between the front of David Hick
Antiques/Laura Ashley shop on the left and the Carrefour
Selous Health/Fitness club on the right) then take the
left/immediate right (in other words, go straight on) into La
Rue du Douet de Rue. Hampton Villa is on the right hand side
about 1/4 mile down the road.
- JiT General Meeting. Thursday 18 October, 7.30 -
9.30 pm, "The Board Room", The Town House, New St, St
Helier. Hear the latest news from all the JiT groups, and help
to make the plans that steer JiT into the future. All welcome.
- Green Drinks. Friday 19 October, 7.30 - 9.00 pm,
The Town House, New St, St Helier. The informal, kick-back time
when we can relax and chat together over a drink. Ask questions,
have ideas, make friends, laugh.
- REconomy inaugural meeting. Monday 22 October, 7.30
- 9.00 pm, St Brelade's Youth Project, Communicare,
Quennevais Rd, St Brelade. There will be a plan in place in time
for this evening, I'm just not sure what it is yet. I'm talking
(and listening!) to people in the meantime about the details.
Please come along if you are interested in the proposal in
general. I hope that this, alongside everything else we already
do, can rejuvenate the interest of lots of people, and should
bring in many of those who have been hovering around the edges
of JiT for some time, interested but not sure whether to get
more fully involved. If that describes you a bit, we'd really
love to see you there, and hear your thoughts.
- JiT Film Night. Saturday 27 October, 7.30 - 9.00 pm,
St Brelade's Youth Project, Communicare, Quennevais Rd, St
Brelade. The last Fishermen "You're going to
lose all the knowledge that's been handed down, and that you'll
never get back... When it's too late, people'll think, 'Oh! We
should've helped them', but it's too bloody late then" (5 mins).
Followed by Future Permaculture in Britain, a BBC
Natural World documentary from 2009. With her father close to
retirement, Rebecca returns to her family's wildlife-friendly
farm in Devon, to become the next generation to farm the land.
But last year's high fuel prices were a wake-up call for
Rebecca. Realising that all food production in the UK is
completely dependent on abundant cheap fossil fuel, particularly
oil, she sets out to discover just how secure this oil supply
is. Alarmed by the answers, she explores ways of farming without
using fossil fuel. With the help of pioneering farmers and
growers, Rebecca learns that it is actually nature that holds
the key to farming in a low-energy future. (48 mins).
