Film Showing of Tomorrow, Today

This afternoon's film showing of Tomorrow (Demain) provides a comprehensive look at ways in which activists, organisers and everyday citizens are trying to make the world a better, greener, more sustainable place.

All welcome for 2.30 pm at All Saints Church Tooting, Brudenell Rd SW17 8DQ.

Tomorrow - the movie - comes to Tooting!

We face a climate emergency - but all over the globe, solutions already exist! 

Join Transition Town Tooting for TOMORROW, our first Film for Action 

with All Saints Church Tooting, Brudenell Rd SW17 8DQ
2.30 pm on 16th November 2019

 

Tomorrow (Demain) provides a comprehensive look at ways in which activists, organisers and everyday citizens are trying to make the world a better, greener, more sustainable place.

Check out the trailer for the film!

'The overriding message? It takes a community to make change.'
New York Times

'Even When I Fall' film showing to celebrate Refugee Week 2018 in Tooting

Join us to celebrate Refugee Week 2018 in Tooting!

It's the 20th annual Refugee Week, and in TTT's 10th anniversary year we're proud to be showing 'Even When I Fall' in partnership with CARAS and St. Mary Magdalene Church, Wandsworth Common.

 

 

When: Sunday 17th June. Doors open 7:00 for tea and a samosa and the film starts at 7:30

Where: St Mary Magdalene Church, in the Main Hall. 202 Trinity Road SW17 7HP - near Wandsworth Common

Free showing: we'll ask for voluntary donations to cover costs

Queries: please contact us by email

'Even When I Fall' is an intimate, beautiful film that harnesses the visual power of circus to give a unique perspective into the complex world of human trafficking.

‘Even When I Fall’ traces the journey of Sheetal and Saraswoti, two girls from Nepal. 

 

They met as teenagers in a Kathmandu refuge, survivors of child trafficking to corrupt Indian circuses and brought back to a country they could barely remember.

 

Inadvertently these girls were left with a secret weapon by their captors - their breath-taking skills as circus artists. 

With 11 other young trafficking survivors, the girls form Circus Kathmandu - Nepal’s first and only circus.

The group continues to take circus skills and trafficking awareness workshops all over Nepal.

Refugee Week 2017: Tooting activities starting Sunday 18th June

Refugee Week is a nationwide programme of arts, cultural and educational events that celebrate the contribution of refugees to the UK, and encourages a better understanding between communities. 

Refugee Week 2017 starts in under a fortnight, and there are plenty of London activities to choose from.

Plus here are two local events to share:


1. Queens of Syria - free film Sunday 18th June

We're showing this thrilling and absorbing film about 50 Syrian refugee women joining together to prepare to perform an ancient Greek play about women and their families in war. It's definitely NOT simply a 'film of the play' - it's all about how the women explore telling their shared stories with passion and creativity. It's a moving and positive film.
Click here to see the flier, and save the date! Here's the listing on the Refugee Week site.
We're showing the film in the Hall at Mushkil Aasaan, the local charity supporting families, young people and the elderly.

• Date: Sunday 18th June
• Timings: Doors open 4:00 pm for tea and samosas, film at 5:00.
• Venue: Mushkil Aasaan, 220 Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7EW

2. Midsummer Merriment with CARAS
- Thursday 22nd June
Book now for the comedy night in Tooting Market, put on by TTT's partner CARAS. The host will be Arthur Smith - the Night Mayor of Balham. Many of the tickets have been sold already, here's the link.

• Date: Thursday 22nd June
• Timings: 7:30 to 10:30
• Venue: Tooting Market, 21-23 Tooting High Street, SW17 0SN

Three diverse events in Tooting celebrating refugees and migration

We're continuing our 2017 Gardens of Refuge project with local refugees and asylum-seekers with workshops during May and into June.
Alongside that long-term project, we want to share three diverse and fascinating events in Tooting which celebrate refugees and migration:

To celebrate Refugee Week in June:

1. Queens of Syria - free film Sunday 18th June

We're showing this thrilling and absorbing film about 50 Syrian refugee women joining together to prepare to perform an ancient Greek play about women and their families in war. It's definitely NOT simply a 'film of the play' - it's all about how the women explore telling their shared stories with passion and creativity. It's a moving and positive film. Click here to see the flier, and save the date!

• Date: Sunday 18th June
• Timings: Doors open 4:00 pm for tea and samosas, film at 5:00.
• Venue: Mushkil Aasaan, 220 Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7EW

2. Midsummer Merriment with CARAS on Thursday 22nd June 22nd
Book now for CARAS' comedy night in Tooting Market. The host will be Arthur Smith - the Night Mayor of Balham.
A third of the tickets have been sold already, here's the link.

• Date: Thursday 22nd June
• Timings: 7:30 to 10:30
• Venue: Tooting Market, 21-23 Tooting High Street, SW17 0SN 

Pop-up Cinema in Furzedown on Fri 27th January: Naomi Klein's 'This Changes Everything'

Join the Furzedown Low Carbon Zone screening of Naomi Klein's 'This Changes Everything' The film explores the global fight against climate change, the role of capitalism and what citizens can do.

The film has been described as "purposely unsettling...ultimately encouraging".

When? Doors at 7:00 for film at 7:30 on Friday 27th January

Where? The Furzedown Project, 93 Moyser Road SW16 6SJ

Tickets cost £5 for waged and £2 for students / unemployed - including wine, soft drinks and our famous popcorn
  

All welcome!

Please reserve tickets by emailing us at furzedownlowcarbonzone@gmail.com 

Your ticket entitles you to a 50% discount on the purchase of low-energy LED light bulbs for use in many parts of the home. 

We're making this LED offer available via our bulk purchase, to enable you to start saving money and reduce your home's carbon footprint.

Pop-up Cinema in Furzedown Friday 10th July

Pop-Up Cinema on the Green at the local bowling club in Furzedown, to enjoy a social evening, meet people and raise funds for the Furzedown Low Carbon Zone workshops we're planning for this winter.  

Free popcorn!

At Streatham Park Bowling Club, Pringle Gardens, London SW16 1SH 

Timings: 7:00pm to 9:30pm 

We're showing 'The Emperor's New Clothes' by Michael Winterbottom with Russell Brand, plus a short film of Naomi Klein's 'This Changes Everything'.  The screen is in a marquee, Spanish street food stall Moyete Man will be serving his delicious dishes, and the bar is open before and after.

Tickets are selling fast - there's a handful left so do book now! Tickets cost £5, or £2 for students / unemployed. Reserve by emailing us or book online at eventbrite

London | Lambeth | Streatham
Streatham Park Bowling Club, Pringle Gardens, London SW16 1SH - See more at: http://www.projectdirt.com/apps/event/37051/#sthash.sJPmG3wS.dpuf

Pop-Up Cinema on the green at the local bowling club in Furzedown. The screen is in a marquee, bar is open all night and Spanish street food stall Moyete Man will be serving his delicious dishes. Tickets are selling already so remember to book. We're raising funds for the workshops we're planning for this winter.
Details below -
Pop-Up Cinema showing 'The Emperor's New Clothes' by Michael Winterbottom with Russell Brand, plus short film of Naomi Klein's 'This Changes Everything'
Book your Tickets: £5 or £2 for students / unemployed
Reserve by emailing us: furzedownlowcarbonzone@gmail.com or online:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/flcz-pop-up-cinema-tickets-17344991336
Screen in Marquee on the lawn
Bar open before and after
Free popcorn
- See more at: http://www.projectdirt.com/apps/event/37051/#sthash.sJPmG3wS.dpuf

Pop-Up Cinema on the green at the local bowling club in Furzedown. The screen is in a marquee, bar is open all night and Spanish street food stall Moyete Man will be serving his delicious dishes. Tickets are selling already so remember to book. We're raising funds for the workshops we're planning for this winter.
Details below -
Pop-Up Cinema showing 'The Emperor's New Clothes' by Michael Winterbottom with Russell Brand, plus short film of Naomi Klein's 'This Changes Everything'
Book your Tickets: £5 or £2 for students / unemployed
Reserve by emailing us: furzedownlowcarbonzone@gmail.com or online:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/flcz-pop-up-cinema-tickets-17344991336
Screen in Marquee on the lawn
Bar open before and after
Free popcorn
- See more at: http://www.projectdirt.com/apps/event/37051/#sthash.sJPmG3wS.dpuf

Pop-Up Cinema on the green at the local bowling club in Furzedown. The screen is in a marquee, bar is open all night and Spanish street food stall Moyete Man will be serving his delicious dishes. Tickets are selling already so remember to book. We're raising funds for the workshops we're planning for this winter.
Details below -
Pop-Up Cinema showing 'The Emperor's New Clothes' by Michael Winterbottom with Russell Brand, plus short film of Naomi Klein's 'This Changes Everything'
Book your Tickets: £5 or £2 for students / unemployed
Reserve by emailing us: furzedownlowcarbonzone@gmail.com or online:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/flcz-pop-up-cinema-tickets-17344991336
Screen in Marquee on the lawn
Bar open before and after
Free popcorn
- See more at: http://www.projectdirt.com/apps/event/37051/#sthash.sJPmG3wS.dpuf

WHY we're offering our 'Wild Afternoon in Tooting' this Sunday 22nd Feb: Part 1

All welcome to the two parts of our free half term Wild Afternoon in Tooting:
at 1400: participative outdoor games for all the family
at 1600: showing 'Project Wild Thing' film  

All the details on our events calendar to the right of this blog page.
It's going to be a fun and engaging afternoon, even if it's damp outdoors in the first part when we try out some games.
  
Being outdoors in the city should be fun, available and accessible, and is valuable for us all. 

For the next 3 days, we want to illustrate some different aspects of why we believe it's important to offer ways to enjoy being outdoors - including the personal and informal as well as more formal examples.

Why go outdoors in Tooting? Part 1 
Rachel from fanSHEN Theatre will be helping run the games this Sunday. fanSHEN are also developing a 6-month series of free Tooting Field Days, which kick off in April in partnership with TTT.

"As a warm-up to the Tooting Field Days, we’ll be helping out at Wild Afternoon, playing some games invented by the awesome San Francisco New Games Foundation. 

Why? In August last year, our fanSHEN team spent almost every Saturday walking around Tooting, looking for good routes for the audio walks we were making. We had some ideas about what the routes might be, landmarks they might take in, how long they might take - but mostly we walked around to see where might be fun or interesting. 

 When we got tired, we stopped at one of Tooting’s brilliant restaurants or cafes and refueled on egg kothu or samosas or 

coffee while we pored over a map to see where we hadn’t tried yet. 

We stumbled on places and met people 

we wouldn’t normally. 

Maybe because it was August and 

everyone else was away, it felt a bit like a holiday, exploring a place without the pressure of needing to be in a 

certain place at a particular time.

Furzedown Low Carbon Zone: Film Night 22nd Oct

All welcome to a Film Night hosted by our sister project, Furzedown Low Carbon Zone.

Date: Wednesday October 22nd
Venue: The Furzedown Project, 93 Moyser Road, SW16 6SJ
Timings: Doors open at 7:30pm, and the showing starts at 8:00
Booking: Please book a ticket on our booking page here. Tickets are £5.00. Under-16s and over-60s are free (please book in all the same)

We'll finish by 9:30, but conversation can always move to the pub! 
Film is better with tea, coffee and cake - and if you came to the Tooting Foodival you know we make some great cakes.

We're showing 'Disruption':

a brand new film about climate change and community 

organisation in the face of apparent poltical apathy 

The film also covers the background to the New York City Climate March last month.

As well as fundraising for our activities, we'll be sharing the proceeds of the evening with Furzedown FACE, a group that supports the local community. 




The 'FLCZ' has been active for three years now
Furzedown Low Carbon Zone is a community association dedicated to reducing the carbon emissions of Furzedown and surrounding areas. You may have seen us at Furzedown Big Day Out, at Tooting Foodival or on the Climate March.

Two earlier FLCZ projects were carried out with many local partners including South Thames College, Eardley School, Furzedown enterprises and Transition Town Tooting. Do watch the project videos:

1 'The Greener Jobs Alliance' - watch it here

2 'Better Choices for a Better Tomorrow' - watch it here

We're proud that our first project won the Green Gown Awards 'Best Newcomer' category  in 2012 from The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges.


If you'd like to find out about FLCZ activities, including our current focus on setting up a community renewable energy scheme, please contact us here.
We look forward to seeing you.

Foodival 2012 Memories

Courtesy of our very own award-winning film maker Garry Samett, TTT is proud to release this awesome short film of Foodival 2012. Enjoy!

Transition 2.0 Vox Pops

Here is 2-minute selection of Tooting vox pops as selected by Transition HQ as part of the new film's promotion. Thanks to everyone who agreed to be interviewed, whether featured here or not. DT

In Transition 2.0

The Trashcatchers Carnival and Brixton e-currency featured in the premiere screening of Transition 2.0 at the Sivayogam Hall in Tooting last night alongside some very interesting and inspring stories of transition inner and outer from around the world. Fuelled by the excellent Pooja samosas and a classic Lucy fruit cake (that's a food item not an individual), a crowd of 60+ enjoyed the film and a good natter afterwards around the thought-provoking issues raised.

I loved the idea of interest on investment capital being paid in locally baked bread and the Italian transitioners who ran for public office and won!  What stories inspired you?  And what similar kinds of project could we initiate in Tooting?                                                              dt

World Premiere in Tooting!

We are delighted to announce that the World Premiere of the film Transition 2.0 will take place in Tooting in a simultaneous broadcast with Totnes and other Transition initiatives around the world on Thursday 2nd February.

And look that's the Upper Tooting Road taking centre stage on the poster, the day the Trashcatchers' Carnival took over the streets!  Tooting features and so might you, so put the date in your diary!

Film venue:
Sivayogam Hall, First Floor, Sri Muthumari Amman Temple

Address:
180-186 Upper Tooting Road
Tooting, London, SW17 7EJ

Note: please use entrance on corner of Hebdon Road and Upper Tooting Road.

Time: 7:30 for 8:00 pm screening prompt. Strictly no alcohol.

Entry will be free, but donations are welcome.

Watch the trailer here.  

Just Do It

Tuesday's Open event is called Just Do It!
What are the actions you’d love to take this year to help build your own and Tooting’s resilience, sustainability, wellbeing? What do you really want to do?  There isn’t a ‘right answer’ to this question, so it’s exciting & inspiring to hear others’ ideas and visions, share yours, get some tips, plan to act.

At the event we will:
Ø Hear examples of recent ‘just do it’ actions by local colleagues – including a cycle trip last year between Thailand and Europe
Ø Watch and discuss some of the new documentary film ‘Just Do It’, which explores the Climate Camps, creating Transition Heathrow, and non-violent direct action over the past 2 years.
Ø Do some blue sky action planning together
Ø Share your views, and hear others’ ideas too
Ø Share Transition Tooting’s plans for 2012 We’re looking forward to a great evening, and a year of change…

Tue, 10th January, 7pm, Mushkil Aasaan, 220 Upper Tooting Road

Meanwhile, this weekend the Tooting pound team will be on the streets on Saturday and the Community garden team will be planting willows on Sunday.  Feel free to join in with either activity!

Palme Verte Goes to "Mine"

Last night at Transition Town Tooting's inaugural First Tuesday event, a screening of the best in environmental short films, the coveted Palme Verte was awarded to Mine - story of a sacred mountain, a moving documentary by Survival about the Dongria Kondh tribe of the Niyamgiri Hills in India. The Dongria Kondh's whole way of life is threatened by the British company Vedanta Resources' plan to decapitate their scared mountain and mine its bauxite. Read the latest information on Survival's campaign for the Dongria or watch the film here.  Second place went to the Story of Stuff by the Tides Foundation.  It was powerful first to see the impact of the consumer world's craving for "stuff" and then to understand the very specific effects that craving can have on a people who live in a much more symbiotic way with the natural world.

A successful evening was capped by lively discussion and of course tasty food - thanks everyone who helped out.  Next month's First Tuesday on April 6th will focus on Food, with a seed swap and advice on what to plant this spring.  I can't wait!  DT 

First Tuesday Film Night

We start our series of First Tuesday events on Tuesday March 2nd with a film night, where we will show several short films with relevance to transition and environmental issues.  There’ll be time afterwards for a discussion and the award of the Tooting Palme Verte to the evening’s favourite film.  Bring food to share if you'd like.

Come and enjoy The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard, Rob Hopkins TED talk: Transition to a world without oil, Jo Brand’s Save Money & The Planet, and Survival’s Mine - story of a sacred mountain, plus some random special extras!   

 Tuesday 2^nd March - 7pm Start; Mushkil Aasaan, 220-222 Upper Tooting Rd.