We hope you can join us for a screening of ‘The Divide’, followed by refreshments and discussion. Based on the critically acclaimed, best-selling book ‘The Spirit Level’, ‘The Divide’ tells the story of 7 individuals striving for a better life in modern day US and UK – where the top 0.1% owns as much as the bottom 90%. Director Katharine Round has commented: ‘I hope that the film provides a powerful wake-up call to those who believe that economics has no bearing on the way we live, or that mathematics cannot tell us anything beyond a mere correlation. I also hope it enables us to understand inequality without the ties of a particular set of political colours, which so often muddies debate in this area’.
As the film has its general UK release this April, we are lucky to get an early screening in Ealing. Run-time is 74 minutes. Post-film discussion will consider campaign opportunities in Ealing and there will be a chance to reflect on how the inequality that divides us hampers our ability to live sustainably.
This film night will take place at the Ealing Quaker Meeting House at 17 Woodville Road, Ealing, W5 2SE and not at our usual venue of St Mary’s Church as previously advertised. Please note also that the event starts at 7:00pm and not at our usual start time of 7:30pm. Entry is free, but donations towards costs will be welcomed.
On Saturday April 23rd we will have our next Pizza Day at the Ealing Transition Community Garden at Village Park Allotments. (Village Park is in Rose Gardens W5 4JU next to number 14 Rose Gardens.) Visitors are welcome to pop in any time between 12:30pm and 4:00pm.
During the afternoon, home-made pizzas will be made in the community garden’s own home-made pizza oven, fashioned from London clay. Other nibbles, and drinks, will also be available. In addition, we will have super plants from Cultivate London on sale, and we plan to have some home-made goodies for sale as well. Click here or more information about the Ealing Transition Community Garden.
For a couple of months we have been seeking volunteers to help take over the running and organisation of Edible Ealing. Sadly no one came forward to offer their services, so it is with deep regret that Hazel, Sharon and myself have decided to stop running the box scheme from the end of March. This means that there will be just two more collection dates, Friday March 4th and Friday 18th March, before we close.
I have been involved with Edible Ealing right from the start, from its inception 6 years ago. Hazel and Sharon both came on board early on in the first year of trading. I think I speak for all three of us when I say we have thoroughly enjoyed our time running a veg box scheme, but it has also taken its toll on us in terms of work/life balance, and that is why we feel we can no longer lead the group. We still meet socially with other volunteers because we have become firm friends, and that was always part of the plan with regard to Edible Ealing – it wasn’t just about providing fruit and vegetables – it was about building community.
You will be glad to know that there is a Plan B. We have been approached by Thea Gordon-Rawlings (a local resident) , and her friend Priya who want to start up a branch of Food Assembly in Ealing. The timescale for their launch will be some time in the spring. In the meantime, if you would like to know more, please email edible.ealing@gmail.com
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