Shout – The Redbricks Email Group
Shout is a redbricks email list currently with about 80 members. It serves as a community noticeboard and is a way of communicating info and having discussions relevant to local stuff. It is one of the best ways of keeping in touch with things going on on the estate. Estate residents can join/leave Shout by contacting the admin on shoutadmin @ redbricks .org
Members can send messages to Shout by emailing redbricks@googlegroups.com
Green Zone Toolkit
The Green Zone Toolkit, a DIY guide to Inner City sustainability projects with examples from the Redbricks is available online here; a DVD Rom and a printed version should be available soon if you email greenzone@ redbricks.org
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Meadow Making – Weds 14th 11.30 onwards
This Wednesday, HCGC and volunteers will be making a start on a mini wildflower meadow on Clarendon Street, 11.30 onwards. Come along and see how it’s done and get stuck in if you like.
Posted in Greening the Redbricks
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Dreaming a new Hulme Street
This is a recording of a creative consultation which was a product of local redbricks people teaming up with BCA landscape architects to come up with some ideas for Hulme St. In case you didn’t know, Hulme St is going … Continue reading
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Hulme St Living Room protest against Commuter parking
Redbricks Estate residents take to the streets early on a Monday morning to reclaim the neighbourhood from commuters. They transform the street into a living room with sofas, kitchen, cups of tea and send the message ‘how would you like … Continue reading
Posted in Hulme Street
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Hulme St Page
The story as it develops: Residents identified Hulme Street, where it is part of the Redbricks, as a priority area for change in 2010/11. This came out of planning events supported by the Green Zone project. Here are images of … Continue reading
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History of Redbricks On-Line
The current collective RIC was built on the legacy of a previous group RBOL – Rebricks On Line – . There is a great series of press articles and a video see below of some of their achievements on a … Continue reading
Posted in Redbricks Intranet Collective
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Green Zone Toolkit – Urban Gardening, Community Connections and Skills!
The Green Zone project was partly funded to be an ‘exemplar project’. To do that we are creating a Toolkit to contain all the useful learning and information that has been gathered as part of the project. To get hold … Continue reading
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Video of Summer Pruning with Phil Corbett
It’s a bit early for summer pruning yet but with this video we revisit the work shop that happened last July given by Phil Corbett from Cool Temperate. There is actually much more of this walk around that we’ll get … Continue reading
Posted in Green Zone, Greening the Redbricks, Leaf St Community Garden
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Green Zone Evaluation Online Survey
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MZ5GDFH We are coming to the end of the Green Zone project, and would like to know what you think about how things have gone. It would be great if you could fill in the evaluation sheet – whether your … Continue reading
Posted in Bentley Bugle, Green Zone, Greening the Redbricks
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Rave Remix of Air Layering Workshop
Recorded in Leaf St Community Garden – a guerilla gardening project gone right. More info here – http://www.redbricks.org/home/groups/leafst/
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Green Zone article in MEN
Spot the deliberate mistakes!
Posted in General, Green Zone, Greening the Redbricks
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Video Montage of Redbricks and Green Zone over the last year
Check out this montage of life on the Redbricks with different Green Zone activities, Hulme St Party, Spider Park Demolition etc. The Green Zone project has nearly ended. The last bit is to do some evaluation and write a toolkit … Continue reading
Posted in General, Green Zone, Greening the Redbricks, Leaf St Community Garden, Other Projects, Spider Park, Tenants & Residents Association (TARA)
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Iggy Hijacks Green Zone Celebration
Iggy Crashes Awards Ceremony This is a classic performance during the joint adult learners week and Green Zone celebration event at the Zion Centre. Oh really! You can join the I love Iggy facebook group here. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_100530228245 If you are … Continue reading
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Green Zone Celebration and Toolkit Launch
Thurs 19th May Zion Arts Centre 3pm Toolkit Launch & Learning Event 5pm Celebration, Buffet and Band This is the last of the Green Zone events to celebrate the project and launch the Green Zone Toolkit, a published and online … Continue reading
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Update Owl
Thanks to everyone who has already sent us back a survey. If you haven’t done it yet, the online link is: http://tinyurl.com/69ucgvu and we will still pick up any delivered to the TARA office. Mick and I will be out and … Continue reading
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The Autonomads at Hulme St Party
The encore of the Autonomads at Hulme St – Royal Reggae party 29th April 2011 at the Redbricks. The forget the wedding, who are the royal family event of the City, this party rocked hard with warm fuzzy edges. More … Continue reading
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