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Sat 4th Feb 2012: Oxford Permaculture Group - Cultivate - people powered food
Speaker change: There has been a change to the Permaculture talk happening this Saturday. Unfortunately the talk on Permaculture in Latin America has had to be postponed. However, we are delighted to say that we have found an alternative speaker, Julian Cottee from Cultivate, the new food social enterprise in Oxford (details below).
2pm. Talk by Julian Cottee, a founding member of Cultivate, a new social enterprise in Oxford aiming to make great local, food fairly-priced, convenient and accessible to more people in and around Oxford. Cultivate is community owned and Julian will speak about the community ownership structure and its possibilities and challenges. This will be an informal friendly talk and discussion. Open to all.
The group will also be mapping out the permaculture beds and discussing planting. The Oxford Permaculture group session runs 2pm-5pm.
About Cultivate
Cultivate is a new cooperative social enterprise aiming to increase the amount of locally-grown food available in Oxford and nearby. By growing food on a 5-acre market garden just outside of the city and working with other local growers, Cultivate will supply a mobile greengrocery taking fresh fruit and veg to people when it's convenient for them. Cultivate is owned by its members, people from all over who are coming together to help fund and lend their skills and enthusiasm to getting this project started.
Web: http://www.cultivateoxford.org/
Sun 5th Feb 2012: Out of the Dragon's Cave - A BodyWave workshop
11am-5pm. To celebrate our collective emergence into the potency of the New Year, the Oxford Tantra Wave brings you a day of tender opening, physical grounding, pounding pulses and sweaty rhythms in a body to body, heart to heart celebration.
We will journey together through partner yoga, ecstatic dance, and heart-centred meditation. We shall seek to shake ourselves free of last year’s ghosts and winter chills, honour the dark gifts of the winter, and dance our way back into the power and into the light. Uniting body and spirit, self and community, fire and water, love and movement, this day offers the perfect opportunity to call up from the mysterious depths of our selves all that we wish to manifest for the year ahead, as we awaken the dragons within!
All welcome – this journey is equally open to complete beginners and advanced explorers. No previous experience of yoga, ecstatic dance or meditation is required.
To book, please contact info@oxfordtantrawave.com. The cost for the day is £30, £25 concs.
Wed 8th Feb 2012: Oxford Gaia House Meditation group
7:15pm-9:15pm. Gaia House Insight meditation. If you would like to join this session, please contact Reynold on reynold@alexox.com or 07905 420 290.
Wed 8th Feb 2012: Kangaroo Playgroup
10am–1pm. A social group for mums, dads, other carers and children who are interested in or practising natural parenting. The playgroup aims to provide a forum to socialise, play and share skills in a friendly and informal setting – there is a suggested donation to the garden of £1 per family. For further information contact Dai Griffiths at dmgriffiths@brookes.ac.uk.
Thu 9th Feb 2012: Outdoor Stay and Play Sessions
10:30am – 1pm. Enjoy the outdoors with children's centre workers from East Oxford Children's Centre. Outdoor learning offers the chance to:
- Develop confidence, communication and social skills
- A wide range of physical development
- And an understanding of natural and made environments
No need to book, just turn up. Contact East Oxford Children’s Centre for more details (not the garden) on: 01865 248729. Refreshments available – donations welcome.
Fri 10th Feb 2012: Grassroots Acoustic
7:15pm (doors open), 8pm (performance starts): an evening of music and poetry to lift the midwinter spirits.
Performers include: Charlie Henry, “a one-woman music box”, Joshua Knight, joined by cellist Josie Webber, poet Stephen Hancock, singer-storyteller FaceOmeter, and hosted by poet Alan Buckley.
This promises to be a rich evening of performances in an atmospheric and intimate venue.
Booking: space is strictly limited, so advance booking is strongly recommended. Contact Joshua on joshuaknightmusic@yahoo.co.uk. Tickets are £8, £6 concessions; doors at 7:15pm, performance at 8.00 pm. Soft drinks will be available, but please note that alcohol is not permitted in the community garden.
Further info
Headlining the event will be Charlie Henry, “a one-woman music box” who has recently moved to our fair city from Bristol. Charlie creates rich orchestral soundscapes using a loop pedal, a cello, a pair of ukuleles, a saw, and her voice, and will be joined by some special guest accompanists familiar to followers of the Oxford acoustic scene. She recently released ‘The Borth-y-Gest EP’ which can be heard at www.charliehenry.bandcamp.com.
The evening will open with a set from Joshua Knight. Previously a solo performer with only his voice, guitar and unparalleled skill at whistling to support him, Joshua will be joined tonight by cellist Josie Webber. There will then be some spoken word from Stephen Hancock, who has (according to his press officer) “been performing poetry in quirky East Oxford venues since 1992. He has recently had a poem about carrots translated into Korean.” The first half will end with singer-storyteller (and occasional Catweazle host) FaceOmeter, whose high-octane songs combine surrealism, history, and philosophical enquiry (see www.faceometer.tk). Alan Buckley will compere the evening, and perform some poems before Charlie’s set in the second half.
Sat 11th Feb 2012: Maintenance day
12pm-5pm. Keen on DIY or would like to learn more? The garden welcomes handy volunteers to join the garden for our monthly maintenance session. This months session will focus on building cupboards and benches for the kitchen area, plus some other general tasks. Tools etc supplied, just bring yourselves and appropriate clothing. Sessions led by Oto Velicka.
Wed 15th Feb 2012: Kangaroo Playgroup
10am–1pm. A social group for mums, dads, other carers and children who are interested in or practising natural parenting. The playgroup aims to provide a forum to socialise, play and share skills in a friendly and informal setting – there is a suggested donation to the garden of £1 per family. For further information contact Dai Griffiths at dmgriffiths@brookes.ac.uk.
Thu 16th Feb 2012: Upcycling workshop
6:30pm-9:30pm. Upcycling is the action of taking something that would normally be recycled and then turning it into something else to be used, looked at or sold. Bring your own upcycling ideas or projects to share with others.
Upcycling workshops will run on the 3rd Thursday of every month throughout 2012. Every session will have a demonstration of one upcycling idea or project. There will be 2 electric and 2 hand turned sewing machines available at every session.
The sessions are informal and friendly and you can just drop-in. £5 per session, including refreshments.
For more information contact Helen Osborn, tel 01865 256 084 or 07950 608 249 or email Helenosbrn@aol.com.
Supported by Community Action Groups.
Thu 16th Feb 2012: Outdoor Stay and Play Sessions
10:30am – 1pm. Enjoy the outdoors with children's centre workers from East Oxford Children's Centre. Outdoor learning offers the chance to:
- Develop confidence, communication and social skills
- A wide range of physical development
- And an understanding of natural and made environments
No need to book, just turn up. Contact East Oxford Children’s Centre for more details (not the garden) on: 01865 248729. Refreshments available – donations welcome.
Sat 18th Feb 2012: Family Nature Clubs
12pm-4pm. Bird feeders and scarecrows.
Create a simple and beautiful natural structure to improve your garden.
Refreshments available. Suggestion donation: £5 per family.
These days are about families and friends doing things together outdoors, where discoveries in nature and using natural materials are more important than end results. Bring waterproof clothing, and donations for materials and refreshments. No need to book, just turn up on the day.
General visitors to the garden also welcome.
Supported by: The Nature Effect, Oxfordshire County Council and Oxfordshire Stronger Communities Alliance
Sun 19th Feb 2012: Film screening & fundraiser - Animate Earth
4pm. Animate Earth written & presented by Stephan Harding, resident ecologist at Schumacher college, Devon. Stephan puts forward a radical approach to the ecological crisis by arguing that many of the problems we now face stem from having lost our intuitive relationship with nature. Animate Earth explores opportunities to heal our relationship with the Earth through the new discipline of holistic science.
Tickets £7/£5. Limited seating so early booking recommended. Email barrackslanegarden@yahoo.co.uk or tel 01865 236 088 to book your place.
Money raised will go to support Barracks Lane Community Garden, The Nature Effect and Animate Earth. Refreshments available.
Wed 22nd Feb 2012: Kangaroo Playgroup
10am–1pm. A social group for mums, dads, other carers and children who are interested in or practising natural parenting. The playgroup aims to provide a forum to socialise, play and share skills in a friendly and informal setting – there is a suggested donation to the garden of £1 per family. For further information contact Dai Griffiths at dmgriffiths@brookes.ac.uk.
Thu 23rd Feb 2012: Outdoor Stay and Play Sessions
10:30am – 1pm. Enjoy the outdoors with children's centre workers from East Oxford Children's Centre. Outdoor learning offers the chance to:
- Develop confidence, communication and social skills
- A wide range of physical development
- And an understanding of natural and made environments
No need to book, just turn up. Contact East Oxford Children’s Centre for more details (not the garden) on: 01865 248729. Refreshments available – donations welcome.
Fri 24th Feb 2012: Nappy Free Baby Group
2pm–4pm. A natural parenting group which helps parents “tune in” to babies in order to lessen nappy use. Parents are encouraged to communicate with babies about their bodily functions, and learn how to recognise babies' signals. Suitable from birth. More information is available online at www.oxfordnappyfreebaby.co.uk/ or contact Amber Hatch at amberkhatch@yahoo.co.uk.
Sat 25th Feb 2012: Meeting Self - Opening the Heart through Sound
Led by Russell Stone & Alexander Massey
2pm-5pm – afternoon session: Using his own voice, Russell will take the group through the therapeutic ‘Yoga of Sound’ process that combines the nonphysical modalities of Yoga Nidra (an ancient deep relaxation technique) contemporary Nada Yoga, and group dialogue to process what arises during the session. Russell and Alexander will then lead group Sounding, using the voice without words or pre-formed musical structures, encouraging the creative flow. No previous experience is necessary. £40/£35*
7:30pm-9pm - evening performance: Russell and Alexander are seasoned musicians and improvisers. Renewing ancient mystical traditions of musicmaking, they draw upon what is present in the space, and shape sounds, melody and harmony ‘in the moment’ – in turns meditative, wild, challenging, healing, uplifting and consciousness-expanding. Responding to the experience, reflective dialogue with the audience explores the unconscious, philosophy, emotions, healing, and deep, embedded functions of music.£12/£10*
Bookings
Workshop: pre-paid bookings only
Performance: pre-pay, or turn up on the night
T: 01730 895635 - E: russell.stone1@ntlworld.com
*Workshop & performance combined price: £45/£40
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Wed 29th Feb 2012: Kangaroo Playgroup
10am–1pm. A social group for mums, dads, other carers and children who are interested in or practising natural parenting. The playgroup aims to provide a forum to socialise, play and share skills in a friendly and informal setting – there is a suggested donation to the garden of £1 per family. For further information contact Dai Griffiths at dmgriffiths@brookes.ac.uk.
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