JANUARY
Tue 12th Jan: Social – St Albans Green Drinks – 8pm, Farmers Boy pub, 134 London Road.
Tue 19th Jan: SG – Regional TT Gathering – 8pm, Farmers Boy pub, 134 London Road. For a summary of the evening, click here.
Mon 25th Jan: SADC/LSP – Re-launch of the St Albans Environmental Forum – 7pm, Council Chamber, Civic Centre. TSA was invited to contribute a talk which Tim delivered successfully. He spoke about “The Sustainability of Our Food Supply”.
Wed 27th Jan: Open Meeting – 7.30pm, Fleetville Community Centre.
FEBRUARY
Tue 9th Feb: Social – St Albans Green Drinks – 8pm, Farmers Boy pub, 134 London Road.
Wed 24th Feb: Open Meeting – 7.30pm, Fleetville Community Centre. Guest speaker: David Curry from the Hertfordshire Orchard Initiative (HOI)
MARCH
Tue 9th March: Social – St Albans Green Drinks – 8pm, Farmers Boy pub, 134 London Road. See greendrinks.org for more information.
Wed 17th March: Open Meeting – 7.30pm, Fleetville Community Centre.
Fri 26th March: Oxfam Social (*) – 7.15pm for 7.30pm start, St Bart’s RC Church Hall, Vesta Avenue. More info here.
Sat 27th March: Earth Hour 2010 – 8.30pm to 9.30pm, everybody everywhere turning off their lights for an hour to make a statement. Find out more.
APRIL
Tue 13th April: St Albans Friends of the Earth – Green Hustings – 7.30pm for 8pm start, at Marlborough Road Methodist Church. An excellent opportunity to quiz all general election candidates for St Albans on their Green agendas. And you can even suggest questions now. More details here.
Tue 13th April: Social – St Albans Green Drinks – 8pm, Farmers Boy pub, 134 London Road. See greendrinks.org for more information. As it is on the same day as the Green Hustings, the proposal is for people to go to the Green Hustings first and to retire to the pub afterwards (a short walk from Marlborough Road) to continue with the discussion.
Tue 20th April: General Election Hustings at St Albans Cathedral (*) – 7pm for 7.30pm start.
Wed 21st April: Transition St Albans AGM – 7.30pm, Fleetville Community Centre.
Sat 24th April: Home Grown Food Open Garden (June’s garden) – 3-5pm (pilot event, open to TSA mailing list members only). Details.
MAY
Mon 10th May: St Albans Environmental Forum (*) – 7pm, Council offices. Presentation by Brian Peers, City and District Engineer, on local transport issues, followed by brainstorming workshop.
Tue 11th May: Social – St Albans Green Drinks – 8pm, Farmers Boy pub, 134 London Road.
Wed 19th May: Open Meeting – 7.30pm, Fleetville Community Centre.
Thu 20th May: STACC Public Meeting & AGM (*) – 7.30pm, Council offices. Presentation about “20′s Plenty for St Albans” campaign by John Metcalf (STACC) and Rupert Thacker & Ian Thompson (Programmes & Strategy Managers, Hertfordshire Highways). Details.
Sat 22nd & Sun 23th May: Rothamsted Open Weekend (*) – 11am-5pm. Details.
Sun 23th May: Earthworks Open Garden (*) – 12-4pm, Earthworks site, Hixberry Lane.
Wed 26th May: Schools – How does your garden grow – 4-6pm, Camp School Allotments. Details.
JUNE
Tue 8th June: Social – St Albans Green Drinks – 8pm, Farmers Boy pub, 134 London Road. See greendrinks.org for more information.
Tue 8th June: Sopwell Residents Association AGM (*) with a speaker from TSA (Peter Bloomfield) – 8pm, Marlborough Pavilion, Old Oak, off Cottonmill Lane. See www.sopwell.org.uk for more information.
Sat 12th June: Home Grown Food Open Garden (Sandy and Len’s garden) – 3-5pm. Details.
Sat 12th June to Mon 14th June: Transition Network Conference 2010 at the impressive ex-agricultural college of Seale Hayne, near Newton Abbott, Devon. Details.
Sun 13th June: Open Farm Sunday (*) – At several farms all over the country. Details.
Sun 13th June: Oaklands College Summer Fayre (*) – 10am-4pm, Oaklands Smallford Campus, Hatfield Road. Details.
Wed 16th June: Open Meeting – 7.30pm, Fleetville Community Centre. Details.
Sat 19th June: RES Open Day ‘A Breath of Fresh Air’ (*) – 11am-4pm, Beaufort Court, Kings Langley.
Sat 19th June: Harpenden Common Discovery Day (*) – 10am-5pm, Harpenden Common. Details.
Sat 19th June to Sun 27th June: Bike Week (*) – National event, in St Albans organised by STACC and supported by St Albans City and District Council and others. Details.
Sun 20th June: Larks in the Parks – 12-5pm, held at several places in the district. TSA will have a stall in Fleetville. Details.
JULY
Sun 4th July: St Albans Festival of Life – 12-4pm, Market Place, St Albans. Including stalls from TSA, Friends of the Earth and WDM. Details.
Tue 13th July: Social – St Albans Green Drinks – 8pm, Farmers Boy pub, 134 London Road. See greendrinks.org for more information.
Sat 17th July: Home Grown Food Open Garden (Helen and Nicolas’ garden) – 2-5pm. Details.
Sun 18th July: The Big Lunch (*). Find out more, including if there is one planned near you at http://www.thebiglunch.com/. St Albans City and District Council supports The Big Lunch, more on this here, including practical information about having your road closed etc.
Wed 21st July: Open Meeting – 7.30pm, Fleetville Community Centre.
AUGUST
Tue 10th August: Social – Green Drinks – 8pm, Farmers Boy pub, 134 London Road. See greendrinks.org for more information.
Wed 18th August: Open Meeting – 7.30pm, Fleetville Community Centre.
SEPTEMBER
Sun 5th Sep: Earthworks Annual Fair – 11-4pm, Earthworks site on Hixberry Lane. TSA had a stall.
Mon 13th Sep: St Albans Environmental Forum (*) – 7pm, Council offices.
Tue 14th Sep: Social – Green Drinks – 8pm, Farmers Boy pub, 134 London Road. See greendrinks.org for more information.
Wed 22nd Sep: Open Meeting – 7.30pm, Fleetville Community Centre.
Note: was on the 4th Wednesday of the month this month because the 3rd Wednesday would have been the day after the Green Drinks.
Sat 25th Sep: Home Grown Food Open Garden (Peter & Janette’s garden) – 2-5pm, central St Albans. Details.
Sat 25th Sep: Herts Hike 2010 fundraising walk organised by Oxfam (*) – TSA did one of the checkpoints. Details.
Sun 26th Sep: SADC Event – World Car Free Day in St Albans – St Albans market. We had a stall. Details.
OCTOBER
Fri 1st Oct until Sun 10th Oct: St Albans Food & Drink Festival (*)
Tue 12th Oct: TSA Green Drinks Special – 8pm, Farmers Boy pub, 134 London Road. Details.
Wed 13th Oct: St Albans and District Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) Conference (*) – Theme: “Targeting Change. Local Solutions to Local Issues” – 10am to 4pm, Rothamsted Conference Centre, Harpenden.
Sat 16th Oct: Home Grown Food Open Garden (Nadine’s garden) – 12-3pm, central St Albans. Details.
Wed 20th Oct: Open Meeting – 7.30pm, Fleetville Community Centre. Theme: “Local Environmental Issues“. Q&A with Melvyn Teare, SADC Portfolio Holder Environment and Sustainability and feedback from the recent Local Strategic Partnership Conference “Local Solutions to Local Issues“. Facilitator: Peter Bloomfield. Everybody welcome!
Thu 21st Oct: Apple Day at Heartwood Forest (*) – 10am to 1pm. Heartwood Forest near Sandridge isn’t going to be made up of just native broadleaf trees, it will have a large community orchard. Planting starts on Apple Day, 21st October 2010, and everybody is welcome to come and help. Details.
Tue 26th Oct: Dr Paul Connett speaks about Incineration (*) – Labour Party Offices, 28 Alma Road, 5pm. Details.
NOVEMBER
Tue 9th Nov: Social – Green Drinks – 8pm, Farmers Boy pub, 134 London Road. As promised, Douglas gave us a tour of their micro brewery! (activity postponed from last month’s Green Drinks Special)
Wed 17th Nov: Open Meeting – 7.30pm, Fleetville Community Centre. Theme: “Energy – Conservation and Generation“, where we will look into the opportunities for our local community contained within the recent Comprehensive Spending Review and the forthcoming Energy Security and Green Economy Bill. Facilitator: Rick Holland. Everybody welcome!
DECEMBER
Wed 8th Dec: STACC public meeting (*) – Cycling DIY – 7.30pm, St Albans District Council Offices, Civic Centre, St Peters Street, AL1 3JE. Help plan small schemes that make a big difference, and find out how it’s done in London. Speaker: Alix Stredwick of Transport Initiatives. Details.
Tue 14th Dec: Social – Green Drinks – 8pm, Farmers Boy pub, 134 London Road.
Wed 15th Dec: Christmas Event, organised jointly by TSA and St Albans Friends of the Earth, and supported by the St Albans Local Strategic Partnership – 7.30pm, Fleetville Community Centre. Theme: “How to green your Christmas“. Facilitator: Catherine Ross. Everybody welcome! Details.
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(*) Events flagged with (*) are not organised or sponsored by TSA, but we believe that they may be of interest to you.
