Freeconomy Feast & Off Grid Living

It's all happening in Bristol next month! An air of sustainable proactiveness is afoot as the 2nd November sees Nick Rosen talking about living off-grid and the 2nd annual free foraged feast is to be held on the 28th - Buy Nothing Day.

Mark Boyle is founder of the wonderfully useful Freeconomy movement which aims to connect local communities by encouraging us to share our skills, services, time, experience and 'stuff' with our neighbours. If you haven't used it yet, check it out here.

In the spirit of sustainable sharing, Mark and friends are hosting the 2nd Freeconomy Feast in Bristol next month. If you would like to attend or get involved in making it happen, do read on.

From Mark via the Sunrise Celebration Newsletter, October 2009
"Those of you who came to the 'Food for Free Freeconomy Feast' on Buy Nothing Day last year know what a fantastic day it was! A team of about 10 volunteers, various musicians and random helpers served up a three course meal for over 150 people with full service and drinks for FREE! All ingredients were either waste food or foraged from the wilds of Bristol, including the drinks!

Well this year we plan on doing the same, but hopefully even better! The team already includes Fergus Drennan (the BBC's Roadkill Chef and professional forager) and Andy Hamilton (author of 'The Self-sufficientish Bible' and forager) and myself.

We need the following helpers / volunteers to make it happen and get involved:
1. General Volunteers - chopping, serving, cooking, greeting people
2. Skippers - people who can find loads of waste food from Bristol and those who want to learn how to do it
3. Cooks / Chefs - those who can cook and those who can menu plan for a lot of people!
4. Foragers - people who can forage and those who have no idea but want to learn
5. A driver - ideally with a decent size van!
6. Networkers - people who will promote it through contacts, friends and local networkers
7. Musicians and performers - singers, musicians, jugglers, poets etc
8. Anyone else who feels they can contribute in any way!

Some of the help will be needed on the day, some will be needed in the run-up to it. All roles will be supported by others ... It is going to take place on Buy Nothing Day, 28th November in Bristol. If you want to get involved, or have some questions, then email me asap at: mark@justfortheloveofit.org

Buy Nothing Day is a really important occasion, a chance for everyone to take one day out of consuming the planet. Please support it either by helping or coming along to enjoy the food and entertainment on the day."

Also in Bristol next month:

How To Live Off Grid
A talk by Nick Rosen, author of How to Live Off Grid
Presented by Bristol Indymedia
7:45pm, 2nd November 09
@ The Cube Cinema, Bristol

From: madboy23, Bristol Indymedia, 18Sep09
"Nick has written extensively on the notion of living off grid, that is how to disconnect yourself from energy and utility companies in order to make yourself self-sufficient and sustainable. Why would you want to do that you may ask? Well as climate change and energy resources such as oil continue to decline, the cost and availability of cheap energy will also decline. Currently our energy needs are being fulfilled by others, such as gas from Russia and Oil from all over the world putting the UK in a very precarious position in terms of energy. This means that new energy solutions will have to be found for the population of the UK..." More info

Info source: Sunrise Celebration Newsletter, October 2009

Further Info:
Freeconomy / Bristol Indymedia / Sunrise Celebration