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A warm July welcome to you Dirters!

Wow - July already, and summer has definitely hit us. Wimbledon, strawberries and festival season all around!

As ever a weekly round up of the happenings right here on Project Dirt. Kicking off first with announcements:

JACK – is our new communities manager (now that Lucy has gone to Futerra). So please say a big hello to him and do get in touch if he can help you with anything.
GREEN DRINKS - it's the start of the month, so below you'll find details of various Green Drinks from around the capital, including Balham Green Drinks on Thursday where lots of people are expected (Mark will be there with bells-on!)
LOW CARBON ZONES – A big welcome to the GLA’s Low Carbon Zone programme and participants. See their page here.
POOTER - Want to document insects and bugs through using your i-phone? Then click here and get spotting using Pooter ... an i-phone app from Tom.
TEAM LONDON SMALL GRANTS FUND – access up to £10,000 for your project. As long as it’s a voluntary project, you can apply.
SUGGESTED SHORT CC FILM FOR KIDS – Anna’s asking for your thoughts here.
VOLUNTEERING – Back to Earth Harmony Gardens in Tottenham looking for volunteers from 9.30am on tues, wed and thurs each week (nb - if you have an old web browser this link might not work).

If you need help to publicise your project or want any introductions made, then please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Jack. We’re here to help and are always more than happy to see what we can do to get your project heading in the right direction.

All the best

Nick, Mark, Jack and the Project Dirt team.

Monday 4th July

Meeting with South African Groups SEED and Thatu - Brixton (1pm - 4pm)
Green Drinks (Richmond upon Thames) - The Fox pub, Twickenham (6pm - 9pm)
Transition Town Brixton Shared Space open evening - Loughborough Centre, Brixton (6pm - 9pm)
TTB Building and Energy Group: Brixton Energy - Brixton (7pm - 9pm)
Lewisham Green Drinks - July 2011 - Mr. Lawrence Wine Bar, Lewisham (7.30pm - 11pm)

Tuesday 5th July

Know your organisation’s carbon impact - Harlequins Rugby Club (8.30am - 12.30pm)
Green Coffee - Wimbledon - Wilmbledon (9.30am - 11am)
Grow Your Own Chips - Growing Glyndon Workshop - Greenwich, Plumstead (1pm - 3pm)

Wednesday 6th July

Community Catering Workshop - Greenwich (10am - 4pm)
Capital Growth Food Growing Training: Composting and Wormeries - Regents Park Allotment Garden (5.30pm - 8pm)
Roots and Shoots - National Garden Scheme open evening - North Lambeth (6pm - 8.30pm)
Revaluing Food for the Future: Training Course - Vauxhall City Farm (6.30pm - 8.30pm)

Thursday 7th July

Poetry evening at Railway Fields - Haringey Green Lanes (7pm - 9.30pm)
Balham Green Drinks - Balham (7.30pm - 11pm)

Friday 8th July

Introduction to Species Surveying and monitoring - Dulwich Upper Wood (9.45am - 4.30pm)
Gunnesbury Park Regeneration Event - presented by the Waterway Trea... - Gunnesbury Park (10am - 1pm)
Westmead Allotment Volunteer Session - Carshalton (10.30am - 1pm)
How To Set Up a Housing Co-op - London N1 (1.30pm - 5.30pm)
Introduction to Permaculture - Cottenham, Cambridgeshire (weekend course, from Friday 6pm)

Saturday 9th July

Practical Vegetable Gardening Course - Stepney City Farm (10am - 1pm)
Transition Streatham Open Space Meeting - Streatham (10am - 12pm)
Palace Rd Nature Garden Volunteering Open Day - Palace Rd Nature Garden, Streatham Hill (10am - 5pm)
Fruit growing - Carshalton Community Allotments (10.30am - 3pm)
Gardening Session - Myatts Fields Park, Lambeth (10.30am - 2pm)
Fruit orchard maintenance and vegetable growing workshop - Myatts Fields Park, Lambeth (10.30am - 2pm)
Skills in Action - Kingston (all weekend, 11am-5pm both days)
Merton Green Party green summer BBQ - email for details (6pm - 10pm)

Sunday 10th July

Introductory Course to Honeybees and their Care - Ashurst Wood, Sussex (9.30am - 5pm)
Dishes that Heal Cooking workshop - Wholefood Harmony Kitchen, London (10.30am - 1pm)
Westmead Allotment Volunteer Session - Westmead Allotment (10.30am - 1pm)
Nature conservation task - Edgecombe Hall estate, Southfields (11am - 3pm)

And a heads-up for next week:

Monday 11th July

The Life of Honeybees - Wyre Forest Community Centre, Worcestershire (10am - 5pm)

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