World-flavoured eco-radio
Coming soon to an Internet radio near you!
‘Smithy’s Global SOS (Stories of Sustainability)’ will alert you to the environmental, eco, green and sustainable news stories taking place from Taunton to Timbuctoo and just about everywhere in between.
This unique weekly broadcast from sustainable living author and journalist Tracey Smith will highlight the issues that aren’t making the top spots in the news, but that should be!
It will include spoken word interviews with sustainable living experts from all walks of life with many areas of expertise from around the globe, uncovering the problems arising in their immediate environments and exploring the solutions their communities have come up with to combat them.
It will bridge the gap between desperation and inspiration and will unlock the secrets to living life and leaving lighter footprint wherever you are on the planet.
For all this and much more, listen to the show live on Apple every Tuesday evening between 7-8pm GMT, starting on Tuesday 5th July.
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TSx
Hi there!
You might be interested in the UK online based not for profit recycling/reuse organisation with only one goal ‘To Stop Good Stuff Going to Landfill’ and in doing so support our local communities. Freegle which means ‘Free Giving Locally Easily’ has over 330 branches and more than 1.5 million members offering and or requesting just about anything so long as it’s free and legal. Our organisation is run entirely online via Yahoo Groups since we have no funding by over 1,000 dedicated unpaid volunteers who also pay their own groups expenses out of their own pockets for things like PR and PR materials.
Freegle actively encourages Schools, Clubs, Nursery’s, Colleges, hostels and many more who can post for resources completely free of charge. My name is Liz Douglas and I run the Enfield branch of Freegle with over 7,000 members. Freegle opened it’s virtual doors in September 2009 and won our first online green award within 3 months and have since gone on to win nealy 20 local and national green awards such as the CEED National eWell-Being Award in 2010 and this week ilovefreegle.org has been shortlisted for the Climate Week Awards (http://www.climateweek.com) and I’ll be at the ceremony with Cat Scriggs who runs our Brighton group and Saira from one of our groups in Shropshire in London tomorrow (Monday) All 1,000 Freegle volunteers have been shortlisted for the Peaawards (http://peaawards.co.uk)
My own group is currently working with Haringey Council Housing Officer Mark Billings to help and support those who lost their homes in the Tottenham riots and will continue to help each family as they are rehomed to get whatever they need to fully furnish their homes and get their lives back on track.
Enfield Freegle hopes to continue this project once the victims have what they need we will go into hostels, safe houses and other temporary housing such as homeless shelters. Freegle is also on Twitter and Facebook so members can Freegle on the run.
Not everything has to be in working order put up your broken washing machine or DVD player, someone may be able to fix it and give it a new life, while you post a wanted ad or respond to an offer of another one (Fridge/Cooker) and when it breaks down put it back up on your group and get another one, you never have to buy white or electrical goods again!
If you’d like to check us out you’ll find lots of information about ilovefreegle.org our aims and goals or feel free to get in touch if you have any questions I’m happy to help?
Regards
Liz Douglas
Enfield Freegle
Hi Liz – wow, thank you enormously for your detailed note with news about all the eco-activities you’re involved with – you’re a wonderwoman!
I do love the Freegle Network too, it’s a brilliant organisation and making such great headway in sustainable living circles.
Wishing you well and please keep in touch with what you’re up to – tis very impressive!
Tx
Hi Tracey!
It always astonishes me how far freegle has come brilliant that you’ve heard of us – I spent today at Lancaster House at the opening of the ‘Climate Week Awards’ ilovefreegle.org was shortlisted but didn’t win, which is a bugger when you wear your giant shoes and stand up for 2 hours lol! But I made several friends and hope that you continue to enjoy freegling!
Kind regards
Liz
Enfield Freegle
Hey sister – I’m wanting to see those giant shoes girl! And yes, you’re right, it’s fantastic to see how far it’s come…Freagle helps normalise this sustainable living behaviour…tis crucial we take the freaky out of eco and promote it for the good of us all….xx
Hi Tracy!
Brilliant that you’ve already heard of us! I spent the day at Lancaster House in London at the opening of the Climate Week Awards where ilovefreegle.org was shortlisted, we didn’t win but there was a lot of shmoozing so not entirely a waste of standing up in high heels for almost an hour an’ a half lol! Thanks for getting back to me it’s really appreciated
Yay Freegle ‘n’ you of course!
Liz
Enfield Freegle
Thank you missus! T x