[Present – Stephen Watson, Jacqui Cuff, Ann Baldridge, Martin Grimshaw, David Greenop, John Bristow, Sean, Doly Garcia, Jim Adams, Maureen Winder, Vicky Wakefield-Jarrett]
Feedback from Interest Groups
Local Government Liason Group
Community & Voluntary Sector Forum AGM (10th September)
• JC to attend and vote for agreed three candidates on City Sustainability Partnership (including herself!)
Also to vote for agreed candidate for 2020 Community Partnership, and Crime Reduction Partnership.
• Anyone in another group registered with CVSF, please lobby them to vote for the TBH rep, Jacqui Cuff, for CSP.
Weekly Sustainability Bulletin from council sustainability team –
• AB to forward to interested members,
• JC to ask council to but TBH group coordinators on their mailing list.
One Planet City workshop (these are X happening Y) have been published on TBH website & in August newsletter.
• VWJ to email group co-ordinators re relevant workshops.
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution consultation on Adaption to Climate Change. Written evidence deadline is 10/10/08. This consultation would help us to look out, not inwards. We should consider responding, or at least look at the questions.
• MW to pick out some relevant Questions.
• MW to canvass interest & convene a TBH group to gather a response.
• Document to be sent to TBH network (by MW or Chris Callard?)
Energy
There is a government consultation open on renewable energy.
• JA to write Energy Group’s response, and ask interest groups to contribute.
Submitted response to BHCC Core Strategy
Visited Shoreham power station and have discussed potential for waste heat from it to be used for a local CHP plant providing heat to local area.
There is no potential for offshore wind at Shoreham until (2009?). There will be a change in the way planning for windfarms is decided in 2009, but there is no industry interest/availability
Textiles
Has had some very successful events (swaporama etc) but felt these needed stronger linking to the reasons for transition.
Have lots of email contacts from these events.
Kat Neeser has a blueprint of how the group might work/progress, but needs more people to push it forwards.
Business & Economics
Needs more people involved to build capacity.
Has almost finished mission statement.
Has an almost finished leaflet (which was trailed with local businesses at Greenwave Festival)
Have a list of project ideas.
Food
Meet on 3rd Tuesday of the month.
No mission statement yet.
Held a Jam making day, which went well.
-Sat 6th September is an allotment work day (half planning, and half clearing/preparing site). After this there will be regular work days.
-Sat 27th September – Bread day, led by Simon Porter, at Brighton Unemployed Centre
-4th October – Foraging day (limited to 10 people)
Brighton & Hove Food Partnership have a bid for a local food program. It would be good to get TBH on board. This includes a ‘grow your neighbours own’ scheme, teaming up volunteers with under used gardens!
• AB to discuss with JB how this might happen.
University of Brighton have asked TBH to get on board with their edible campus scheme, led by Andre Vilijaen. (JB has more info)
-11th September - Food Partnership Debate, speakers are Tim Lang, Caroline Steel, and Rob Lyons. At Thistle hotel.
Transport
Have a draft version of a mission statement
Car Free Day 21st September, TBH stall on Middle Street. (Streets around Brighton Town Hall will be shut)
• DG to email MG details of car free day plans. MG to send details to Greenspeak mailing list.
Heart and Soul
A regular date for meetings has been agreed (see website).
Have had a talk from an Eco-psychologist.
Waste & Recycling
There is a potential project with Marie Harder on Brighton University, re waste awareness.
Dan, from Tiger Enterprises, attended a SEEDA conference.
Energy Descent and Resilience Action Plan
Doly has initiated the process of looking at EDRAP, but wants to talk to BioRegional/the council re their One Planet Living plan before going much further.
Held first meeting, [minutes] with TBH members and outside experts. It is currently essentially an evidence gathering process.
There was a plea from the forum to publicise the TBH EDRAP process again.
EDRAP is intended to be a living document, perhaps in the form of a blog or wiki so it can be easily contributed to.
An idea to work closer with the councils sustainability team as a volunteers as part of our process writing the EDRAP.
Need to begin harvesting visions, these need to come from the widest possible audience.
All projects should tie into the EDRAP
Jacqui Cuff, Vicki ( and Maureen???check) asked to be added into mailing list as edrap members for next meeting)
Doly to publicise on next newsletter and set up second EDRAP meeting and encourage wide attendanace from across TBH
Library
We need to take a strategic look at what we would like to have in a TBH library, rather than the current list of what individual members happen to have on their bookshelves.
• MW to lead on this
Should have a slot at a future forum to brainstorm categories / needs.
Party
Have set aside day of Sunday 28th September for TBH 1st anniversary party.
• Neil to check price of the Hanover Centre, and get back to JB.
• Volunteer needed to take it from there!
Intro Sessions
There will be two ‘courses’, one for those already active in TBH, and one for new comers. A lot of the same info will be covered in both, including intros to Peak Oil and the way we work.
Each course will be lead by two trained up facilitators (but we need a pool of trained people). They will be very participatory (not lectures).
• DG to co-ordinate establishment & launch of a training/intro talk project group. Invite people & publicise it.
(already involved/expressing an interest – DG,SW,JB, MG, VWJ, DG, Joe, Charly, Chris C)
Neighbourhood Groups
A network is establishing of group co-ordinators, with a meeting and email contact already happening.
• MG to talk to Jess Gwyne (Hollingdean) re a contact for their film/media project (a talking heads short film).
Website
USE IT!
Interest groups, please upload your meetings/minutes/projects to the website. This needn’t be the role of the co-ordinator, but try and find someone in group to commit to doing it.
There will always be a problem with forums that you need to make an effort to visit instead of emails where most people regularly check anyway.
Communication on the website forum keeps it open, more accessible than email lists.
• Invite Chris Callard (webmaster) to September forum meeting.
• Set aside 15 minutes at September forum to discuss website.
Talks
Needs more volunteers to help co-ordinate.
• JB to re-launch group. (include MG, JC & Jess Gwyne)
Graphic design/media/coms group (working title)
• MG temporary co-ordinator. Contact Matt Dunton (did Xmas card 2007); Chloe Hanks (first TBH leaflet) & any others that have worked for us before.
Need to keep our group updates snappier. If anyone has an egg-timer (or other visual aid) please bring to next forum!
Next Forum Wednesday 24th September, 7.30pm
Notes from TBH Forum meeting – Wed 27 August
