It’s car free day this week end, and Ealing Transition will be taking part in the Parents for Future street party on Bilton Road, Perival UB6 7DE, Saturday 21^st September between 11 and 4pm. Come along and join us (more details are provided below)! Other local community groups in attendance will include City Harvest, Circular Education Hub, Clean Up the River Brent (CURB), Ealing Friends of the Earth, Ealing Repair Cafe, Mums for Lungs, Seven Spices by Rupal, and LAGER can. The aim of the event is to celebrate the spirit and strength of our local community, and to share how we are coming together to address climate change in a friendly and positive way, with a special emphasis on family-friendly fun. There will be food and drinks, seed planting, face painting, arts and crafts and Ealing Transition’s own Repair Cafe.

• Event Title: PFF’s Big Green Street Party
• Date: Saturday 21st September 2024
• Location: Bilton Road, Perivale, UB6 7DE (on the wide pedestrian pavement between Empire Road and Lee Road).
• Time: 11:00 – 16:00

Join us at PFF’s Big Green Street Party, a lively and fun-filled event celebrating the spirit and strength of our local community! This vibrant street fair is perfect for families and individuals of all ages, offering a delightful day of entertainment, activities, and community bonding. Let’s celebrate our neighbourhood and the power of working together to make our community a better, greener place.

Come enjoy a variety of interactive games and hands-on workshops designed to engage and entertain everyone. Meet your neighbours, support local businesses, and discover how our community is coming together to create meaningful climate-positive impact, both locally and globally.

Whether you’re here for the entertainment, the food, or the opportunity to learn more about the climate and the power of local organising, there’s something for everyone at PFF’s Big Green Street Party. Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to connect, have fun, and celebrate all that makes our community special!

Join us during Great Big Green week for a screening of Wilding, a film telling the story of the Knepp Estate‘s transformation from a typical British farm into a celebration of rewilding and regenerative farming. The film is based on Isabella Tree’s best-selling book by the same title.

“Wilding tells the story of a young couple that bets on nature for the future of their failing, four-hundred-year-old estate. The pair battle entrenched tradition as they rip down fences and set the land back to its natural state, entrusting its recovery to a motley mix of animals both tame and wild. It is the beginning of a grand experiment that will become one of the most significant rewilding projects in Europe“. Passion Pictures.

Members of Ealing Transition will be attending the film screening and will be available for conversation afterwards. Please contact the cinemas directly to purchase a ticket to see the film, The film is showing a day earlier than its general release date as a Big Green Week preview : showing at ActOne Cinema Acton at 6.30pm (booking here) and Ealing Picture House at 8.30pm (booking here).

You might also feel inspired to create your own rewilding project, or support us with our Community Orchard in the Lammas Park enclosure.

Rupert Read, former Ealing resident and Green councillor on Norwich Council for 7 years, is holding a London book launch of his latest book, on Sunday May 19th from 2.00 to 6.00pm. The book is called  ‘THE CLIMATE MAJORITY PROJECT’, and was co-edited and co-authored with Rosie Bell and Liam Kavanagh. At 4pm there will be a short talk from one of the other contributors to the book, and a chance to ask questions about the book and about the Climate Majority Project itself. If you would like to attend please RSVP to steering@ealingtransition.org for more details.

All of Rupert Read’s recent books, including Parents for a Future and Deep Adaptation and others, will be available for purchase (cut price, in the case of most of the older books), and can be signed to order!  Please bring some cash with you for the books etc if possible, though other forms of payment will be possible.

This event is co-hosted by Ealing Transition and representatives from Ealing Transition will be there to talk about their current projects in Ealing at the moment. Join us for good conversation, light refreshments, and a focus on positive steps we can take to address the climate crisis.