checking out the plantings from the first conker event with jon ofarrell
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pictures from the conkertu.com local feb event.
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A roundup of media from the very first conker tweetup.
@exsanguinator from twitter has posted the media that the @aquilatv team captured during the day over on his blog - he has kindly allowed us to repost that content as blogpost here. do read the original post and leave him some feedback about the content he made please.
Nottingham Eco Home - Penney Poyzer by aquilatv
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Vegetal Inclusion for the Conker Tweetup!
original photo from here by valjk | creative commons license
How would your carrot like to tweet up with my potato for a bit of potage bonne forme? Closet Chef, Steve @visitconkers is offering to Ready Steady Cook a dish for our delight, if we can bring a veggie for @philcampbell to twitpic whilst I compose an ode to the Cauldron of ConkerTU!
Seriously though, we can only campaign effectively if we nurture our sense of fun, so why not infect ConkerTU with a little laughter? What better gift can we share on Buy Nothing Day than the soulfood of a shared creation to nourish our zero-carbon thoughts?
If you’re new to this site, forgive us! Steve, Phil and I have been working on ConkerTU for little more than a month. Sharing sustainable lifestyles is a mission for us – I think you’ll save money, Steve believes you’ll save the planet and Phil knows he can connect people who want to share ideas.
Maybe we are ideallists, but we’ve done this at short notice because we think it needs to happen now. There are too many arguments about the economy and climate change to make easy sense of it, yet each have folk we can rely on in a crisis and sustainability helps us to strengthen such networks.
Whilst “vegetal inclusion” is the jokey banter of a tired team, there is a certain poetry in the promordial soup of new beginnings. To take part in our light relilef, you will need to bring a home or locally grown vegetable – that’s it – except to say that we do have alternative sustenance for the less adventurous amongst you!
by emma (@zerocredit_uk)
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As we are fully supporting Buy Nothing Day also on the 28th we thought we would repost this great track Peter Lundy has recorded - ‘Stop Your Shopping’ - you can download it for free from http://pharaohhousecrash.blogspot.com.
We are currently working away to get more promotion regarding our event on the 28th and are in the process in contacting all the local newspapers and media makers. If you have any direct contacts please forward them on. -
ConkerTU Line Up
08.45 The Green Bus departs Tamworth Station GPS & WIFI enabled journey into the Forest
09.30 Meet, greet & tweet over caffeine fuelled infusions @ Waterside, Conkers!
10.15 Conkerchoo or saunter over to the Discovery Centre, Conkers
10.30 Green Voice of Britain, Piper Terrett officially opens ConkerTU
11.00 Sustainable communities panel, including Penney Poyzer & Julian Dobson
12.00 Musical interlude, from celtic folk fiddler, Sian Phillips
12.30 Voyage of Discovery - extended lunch to explore Conkers & tweet with Millie, the owl!
02.00 Rural Energy explain how Conkers’ new Biomass heating system works
03.00 Hyperlocal pecha kucha, a quick fired contrast and compare, session with Q&A
including Nottngham Eco House, Lammas Project, Ibstock does Climate Change,
Self help housing04.00 Summing up and thanks
05.00 The Green Bus returns to Tamworth Station - Bon Voyage!
In addition to the above there will screenings of various Buy Nothing Day and Climate Change media in the Discovery Hall, with a further last minute surprise to be confirmed! -
Get on the bus, Gus!
Woop woop for all you public transport devotees out there! In the true spirit of Buy Nothing Day The Green Bus Company has agreed to provide us with a totally free service from Tamworth Station to Conkers and back for the ConkerTU launch on Saturday 28th November.
Remember that Tamworth Station has excellent North-South and East-West connections on Virgin, London Midland and Cross Country trains, making ConkerTU incredibly easy to get to.
But The Green Bus is no ordinary bus, not only is it green, but it is WIFI and GPS enabled so all you live event bloggers out there can start tweeting from the minute you get off the train! How’s that for a digitial diversion?!
Combined with the superb package that The Peel Hotel in Tamworth have offered to all our ConkerTU guests, I am beginning to feel disappointed that I don’t have further to travel myself!
Phil intends to hook up with Michael at The Green Bus Company in the very near future, so we can get you some footage to show just how cool your journey to and from ConkerTU is going to be. In the meantime, I am nearing an outcome with the car-sharing arrangements and hope to have yet more accommodation options, ideally within walking distance of Conkers, for these guests also.
As ever, big thanks to Jonathan O’Farrell of @Ibstock_does and @RichardBeldon ofLets Go Local for all the additional hints, tips and pointers towards useful local contacts. Judging by these guys’ enthusiasm, I have to say you’re in for a hearty welcome in the Heart of the Forest!
Emma, Zerocredit_UK
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Discounted Accommodation @ The Peel Hotel, Tamworth for those travelling to the conkers tweetup
http://www.thepeelaldergate.co.uk/
Just had some fantastic news for those coming down the evening before for conkers tweetup, we managed to get some really nice discounts on the rooms at the peel hotel in tamworth - they even have wifi too! - if you would like to make a booking you just need to mention conkers for the reduced accommodation rate.
Give them a call on 01827 67676 or email them enquiries@thepeelhotel.com
Single room
£45.00 including Breakfast and Vat at the standard rate, standard tariff £60.00Double room
£55.00 including Breakfast and Vat at the standard rate, standard tariff £70.00Twin room
£60.00 including Breakfast and Vat at the standard rate, standard tariff £80.00Family room
£70.00 including Breakfast and Vat at the standard rate, standard tariff £90.00 -
conkers is totally kid ready - i thought this little video would help you decide. my two year old, ella - loved it. lots to do for the family so you could make a day of it. remember we have free access for the day for the sessions and to the site. we do hope you’ll support us and the event. you can use your facebook or twitter details to sign up to the event free of charge. we will have some transport arranged from tamworth railway station so you have plenty of options to get into conkers. we are also looking into venues that people can stay out locally the evening before and we might have a pre-drinks gather. more soon! :)
