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Free festival of the forest in Old Town
A day full of fun and entertainment, with woodland demonstrations, arts and crafts, children's workshops, live music, theatre, displays and wholesome food is promised for the Great Western Community Forest festival on Saturday 31 August, 10am - 5pm at The Lawn in Old Town.
Sponsored by Nationwide Building Society, the day will celebrate trees and their products, promoting a greener lifestyle and providing information about creating a greener planet. Alongside traditional woodcraft such as wood turning, willow weaving, brushes and brooms, hazel hurdles and clog making, there will be demonstrations of small scale technologies using power from the wind, sun and bicycles.
Many local organisations will promote green issues and provide information on how you can get involved and make a difference.
Children will be able to make bird boxes, magic willow wands, and Ogreen man masks and there will be craft workshops where young and old can learn new skills. Walk, cycle or catch the bus to the event, or use the park and ride service from the Nationwide car park in Pipers Way.
For more information, contact Heather Lilley on 466317.
Swindon's global bit
The festival takes place the day after the Swindon Agenda 21 display in The Parade on 30 August, coinciding with the Johannesburg Earth Conference. Find out what is being done locally with global relevance.
Farm open day
Nationally known organic Eastbrook Farm at Bishopstone, east of Swindon, will be open to visitors on Saturday 7 September, 10.30am to 3pm.
Discover how animals are raised humanely and crops grown without chemicals.
What the owner of Eastbrook Farm Helen Browning says at www.helenbrowningorganics.co.uk
"GOOD HEALTH BEGINS WITH GOOD NUTRITION, AND GOOD NUTRITION BEGINS WITH ORGANIC FOOD...
Eastbrook Farms Organic Meat was established in 1989 in a butcher's shop in Shrivenham. I was becoming alarmed by what mainstream farming was doing to the environment and to the welfare of farm animals; I was beginning to see the enormous benefits from farming organically, but I had to create a market for everything we were producing at Eastbrook to help me justify converting the whole farm to organic practices.
By 1994, we had the basis for a sensible market for organically reared animals, and we were able to start working with other farmers, encouraging them to produce high quality organic livestock in return for prices that reflected their risk, their commitment and their efforts."
A day full of fun and entertainment, with woodland demonstrations, arts and crafts, children's workshops, live music, theatre, displays and wholesome food is promised for the Great Western Community Forest festival on Saturday 31 August, 10am - 5pm at The Lawn in Old Town.
Sponsored by Nationwide Building Society, the day will celebrate trees and their products, promoting a greener lifestyle and providing information about creating a greener planet. Alongside traditional woodcraft such as wood turning, willow weaving, brushes and brooms, hazel hurdles and clog making, there will be demonstrations of small scale technologies using power from the wind, sun and bicycles.
Many local organisations will promote green issues and provide information on how you can get involved and make a difference.
Children will be able to make bird boxes, magic willow wands, and Ogreen man masks and there will be craft workshops where young and old can learn new skills. Walk, cycle or catch the bus to the event, or use the park and ride service from the Nationwide car park in Pipers Way.
For more information, contact Heather Lilley on 466317.
Swindon's global bit
The festival takes place the day after the Swindon Agenda 21 display in The Parade on 30 August, coinciding with the Johannesburg Earth Conference. Find out what is being done locally with global relevance.
Farm open day
Nationally known organic Eastbrook Farm at Bishopstone, east of Swindon, will be open to visitors on Saturday 7 September, 10.30am to 3pm.
Discover how animals are raised humanely and crops grown without chemicals.
What the owner of Eastbrook Farm Helen Browning says at www.helenbrowningorganics.co.uk
"GOOD HEALTH BEGINS WITH GOOD NUTRITION, AND GOOD NUTRITION BEGINS WITH ORGANIC FOOD...
Eastbrook Farms Organic Meat was established in 1989 in a butcher's shop in Shrivenham. I was becoming alarmed by what mainstream farming was doing to the environment and to the welfare of farm animals; I was beginning to see the enormous benefits from farming organically, but I had to create a market for everything we were producing at Eastbrook to help me justify converting the whole farm to organic practices.
By 1994, we had the basis for a sensible market for organically reared animals, and we were able to start working with other farmers, encouraging them to produce high quality organic livestock in return for prices that reflected their risk, their commitment and their efforts."
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