Brighton Peace and Environment Centre
(External) With the Christmas Shopping season in full-swing a new film from Freerange, T he Story of Stuff , asks consumers to consider what happens to the unwanted gifts of previous years.
In the 20 minute long documentary, activist and narrator, Annie Leonard, examines the roots of consumerism, in post-World War II economic policy and its continuation today. She shows how the notion of planned and perceived obsolescence drives the machine of consumerism year round, with consumers convinced that their stuff needs to be upgraded.
(External) At BPEC, not only do we want to help you save the world, we also want you to have fun and be creative whilst doing it! So we’ve been working on our Eco-Craft Classes over the summer and now they’re back! Bigger, better and packed full of even more exciting and unique things to make from your rubbish.
Our resident designer, Jasmine, has been busy designing and refining ideas for gifts, accessories, jewellery, toys, boxes, bags and decorations made from household waste. You don’t need any specific experience or tools for these classes as we’ve designed all the projects to be easy to make at home. That doesn’t mean it’s like Blue Peter though – this stuff is funky!
A new not-for-profit bicycle workshop has opened up in Brighton enabling bike owners to learn how to fix things themselves. CRANKS is run by a small team of volunteers who love bikes, love learning more about them and like collectively run spaces.
They want to encourage everyone, whatever age, gender or knowledge to learn to love their bike too. They run on donations, either monetary or material, and use second-hand and donated parts. So you can take in your old unwanted bikes and accessories and get them recycled. They say "We think bikes are great. They produce endorphins while beating traffic and reducing pollution. We feel independent when we ride them and even better when we know how to look after them".
The first public meeting of Transition Brighton & Hove took place on July 2007.
The Transition Network is a community response to the challenges of climate change and peak oil. The Transition Network exists to encourage local communities to act together in order to achieve a sustainable low energy future.
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Brighton Peace & Environment Centre,
Address: 39-41 Surrey Street, Brighton, BN1 3PB. United Kingdom.
Tel: UK (01273) 766610
Email: info@bpec.org
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