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Having tasted The Big Lunch for themselves, Growing Connections (GCNI ) volunteers now happily encourage friends and organisations to have their own Big Lunch as a simple and fun way to bring more people together to share ideas and to learn from each other. Rachael, group leader and volunteer at GCNI tells us a bit more about Growing Connections [...]
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It is estimated that 30 million real Christmas trees are sold each year – filling homes across the world with the memorable scent of Christmas (and plenty of pine to clean up!) But what happens to your tree after Christmas? Here are a couple of tips to cut down on tree wastage, whilst adding a [...]
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This blog is written by The Big Lunch guest writer Lucy Pearce, one of our Big Lunch Champions. I have always hated the idea of living on a housing estate. Too many neighbours, too close for comfort, identikit houses, and not our sort of people. No siree, not for me. And certainly not for my kids. [...]
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Big Lunch Guest Blogger, Lucy Pearce shares her thoughts on how Harvesting traditionally bound communities closer together. This weekend is harvest moon: the full moon closest to the autumn equinox. The time of reaping and celebration of the year’s harvest. Where communities would traditionally come together. Sharing the work, sharing the rewards. Feasting together. Companions, literally people [...]
Sunday June 5th saw the first Big Lunch event at Melvin Sports Complex hosted by Strabane District Council. Who loved the idea of connecting up people in their local area with people all over the Uk who would at that same time be having lunch and connecting with people local to them in a simple [...]
Last Monday The Big Lunch team went along to EcoLocal’s Environmental Fair in Carshalton, South London. EcoLocal develops and delivers a broad range of environmental sustainability services designed to help people move toward more pro-environmental behaviours. These services cover: – local food, health, transport, energy, waste minimisation, – community engagement, consultation and research, – training [...]
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Lucy Pearce is a lot of things to a lot of people, to her three young children she’s loving creative mama, to her bank manager she’s freelance writer and contributing editor of JUNO magazine (a soulful UK-based natural parenting magazine), to her neighbours she’s “yer one with a nice line in floaty hippy skirts” and [...]
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Big Jubilee Lunch 2012, an Eden Project
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