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
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 admins (Isabelle & Ellie) on shoutadmin @ redbricks .org
Members can send messages to Shout by emailing redbricks@googlegroups.com
Category Archives: Green Zone
Green Zone Project
The Green Zone Project is a project that aims to help the Bentley House estate be safer, more connected and more sustainable with something for everyone. We will be putting some energy into Leaf St and the other green spaces. … Continue reading
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Leaf St play equipment
It’s going up; funded by the Green Zone project. Great artwork on the truck, too!
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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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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Drop In D.I.T. bike workshop and bicycle confidence classes
Drop-In D.I.T. bike workshop – Tuesday 24th May – 4.30 – 6.30 outside residents office, 26a Humberstone Avenue Drop in to fix up your bike using our tools. There willll be experienced mechanics on hand to give you advice and … Continue reading
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Transforming Hulme St Meeting – Wed 13th Apr
Title: Transforming Hulme St Meeting – Wed 13th Apr Location: TARA Description: There has been a green light from the Highways to radically transform Hulme St. This could potentially involve blocking off the whole street. There is already a budget … Continue reading
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What’s the Story?
The Green Zone is working with Redbricks Radio and - hopefully – lots of people on the estate. to do some Audio Recordings. We want to do the following; 1) Case studies for a tool kit so that some of the … Continue reading
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Cash Grants for Planters on Estate
There was a CASH grants (very local grant in Manchester) that was sucessful to order and plant big Wooden Planters around the estate. . The Green Zone workers are going to help source the planters and get the materials delivered … Continue reading
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Planting in Window boxes / baskets / pots
Sat 2nd April – 11am-1: Hulme Community Garden Centre Sun 10th April 11am-1: TARA office Sat 16th April 11am-1: Hulme Community Garden Centre Helen Dodd will be working with us to do three sessions on planting in containers. These may … Continue reading
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This Sunday – Leaf Street Workday with Balcony, Bird and Bat Box Making
This Sunday 27th March, Lance the carpenter is going to show people how to make balcony boxes (or bat and bird boxes and planters). He will be here from 11 am, and materials will be provided. There will also be … Continue reading
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