Mr Smith

Film Nights Winter Season

Jan 162012

Kicks off on the 26th of Jan with Call of The Hummingbird – In gorgeous central Brazil, a rag-tag group of 10000 Mayan calendar followers, bioregionalists, permaculture experts, Rastafarians, alternative health practitioners and NGO executives work towards a do-it-yourself action plan to make the world a better place in 13 days and prepare for 2012. Welcome to “Survivor” for social change addicts, where consensus is the only way to make decisions. Anyone can speak. For as long as they like about whatever they want. And they do. “Call of the Hummingbird” is a fascinating exploration of new paradigm thinking about organizing for social change. Caution – some scenes contain nudity!

And then Beyond the Pole on the 23rd of Feb – ‘A quirky, moving and
very funny tale of two friends that set out on a heroic trip to the
North Pole only to discover that before they can become heroes, they
must first become men.’
‘The first Carbon Neutral, Organic, Vegetarian, expedition EVER to
attempt the North Pole’..

!New allotments on Corporation Lane! !Plotholders Wanted!

Jan 072012

2011 has seen the Coton Community Allotments come to fruition! The Coton Community Allotment Association has been formed to run the new allotments on Corporation Lane. The Association is renting half a hectare of land from a local landowner, Berwick Estate. The lease has been agreed for 9 years. The allotments have been awarded funding through the Local Joint Committee to the tune of £10000. Over the summer there have been various work days and a few individual members have worked hard at other times to clear the site. The money has now been released and the site is now nearly fenced, the access is nearly finished, the hard standing has gone in for the communal shed and the water supply is on.

The works should be finished by the end of this month Oct 2011 and then the individual plots will be marked out. There are expected to be a total of 40 x 50 square metre plots. Part of the site is to be set aside to become a community garden and hopefully local children will get involved. If you are interested in taking a plot please contact Phil and Libby tel: 01743 231985 to register your interest. (Note that preference will be made to prospective plotholders from the Coton Hill/Town Centre area.)