First uploaded 15th November 2020 (edited on 27th November 2024)
Please open the PowerPoint presentation to see the slides presented to the Clifton Climate Action event on the 12th of November 2020.
After the presentation completed SO many additional ideas were put forward.
Which of the ideas do you like for yourself, your family, or your friends? What other ideas do you have for us to experience a blissful Xmas without succumbing to the consumerism expected of us?
Suggestions put forward:
Foraging Course
Three hours identifying, picking and eating a number of seasonal edibles.
Bristol options available.
The guide, Martin, lives in Bristol and is a font of knowledge.
£40 plants, £50 mushrooms. Some food included.
goforaging.co.uk
Membership to UoB’s Botanic Gardens
A mission to educate, communicate and conserve.
£25 single
£35 couple / two person household
botanic-garden.bristol.ac.uk
Guitar Lessons
Clifton-based guitar tutor
Online lessons only, currently
Initial 15-minute lesson free
£25 per 45mins thereafter
chrisharpersmusic.com
Singing lessons
Currently online only
£20 for 30 minutes
£30 for 45 minutes
All levels catered for
Cookery Classes
Barney Haughton MBE (Clifton resident) has always run the Square Food Foundation as a not-for-profit. Their masterclasses and private events subsidise their work with schools and community groups.
www.squarefoodfoundation.co.uk
Kitchen Titbits
Language Courses
Whiteladies Road or, currently, online
www.bls-courses.co.uk
Sewing Lessons/Workshops
Greenbank (BS5)sewmuchmorebristol.co.uk
Beebombs
97% of natural bee and butterfly habitat has been lost in the UK since WW2.
We can begin to restore wildflower habitat and make an important contribution to biodiversity.
Hand made in Dorset, Beebombs are a mix of 18 British wildflower seeds.
Native species designated by the Royal Horticultural Society as “Perfect for Pollinators”.
Beebombs just need to be scattered onto cleared ground to create a wildflower patch/meadow.
Avon Needs Trees
Buying land to plant and rewild, creating new, permanent woodland throughout the Bristol-Avon catchment area. Buy a gift card to support this brilliant charity.
Clifton Village Treasure Hunt
8, proceeds to Clifton Climate Action
Circular walk from Clifton Library
About 45 minutes, 1¼ miles
Socially distanced, outdoor family fun!
Available at Smaller Footprints
UK Wine
‘At the edge of the Cotswolds, wild flowers and over a hundred fruit, nut and forest trees flourish around the vines – the area’s a haven for wildlife.’
Organic
quoinsvineyard.co.uk
Local Beer
Calendars
‘Stunning photos from across the UK with a fact about each tree or wood’
shop.woodlandtrust.org.uk/woodland-trust-trees-calendar-2021
Locally handmade soaps
‘Natural ingredients, less packaging and avoiding things that cause harm to the planet and its wild life’
Free from palm oil and delivered in re-used packaging
BS16 (Fishponds)www.mifsoapco.com
Chocolates
Vegan and locally hand made in small batches, packaging-light/free
www.goodsixty.co.uk/retailers/bristol/120-chocbox-vegan-chocolates
Or visit one of the Zero Waste shops
Locally handmade Xmas Cards
Sarah Larkham-Hall
Local musician and vocal tutor, living on a dutch barge on the harbourside. This year has decimated my usual work so I’ve diversified into painting Christmas cards of local scenes, produced on 100% recycled card with 100% recycled envelopes. Tel: 07936 182 638
Sustainable Gift Wrap
100% organic cotton or linen.
Vegan-friendly, designed and finished in Bristol.
Sometimes found at Tobacco Factory markets
Kitchen Switches
Tea Tongs (traditional tea bags tend to have plastic in them) £2.95
Cotton bowl covers to replace cling film. £6-11
Available at Smaller Footprints. The tongs you could get in many places.
Cycling apparel
