Number 12 in TTT's '12 tweets to Christmas'

Here is tweet number twelve:
No.12 tips for Xmas. Celebrate Xmas eve with some English wine from Kent or locally brewed beer from By The Horns! 
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And...that's the last of our twelve seasonal sustainability tweets: each one from a different person, saying something she or he wants to share that fits with this time of year. We hope that each of them gives you something to think about, or follow up.

We hope you enjoyed them too, whether you saw them on twitter as they came out during the past 12 days, or if you are seeing them gathered here on the TTT blog.
We'll list them again in our next TTT monthly mail out. 
Thanks for following!

Number 11 in TTT's '12 tweets to Christmas'

Here is tweet number eleven:
No.11 #Xmas Tip: save your Xmas veg peelings for some lovely compost and start growing for 2015! #Tooting #Transition

Number 10 in TTT's '12 tweets to Christmas'

Here is tweet number ten:

No.10 in TTT's 12 tweets to Xmas: Midwinter but the sun is heading back our way. In every darkness the seed of renewal lies #Tooting #Transition 

Number 9 in TTT's '12 tweets to Christmas'

Here is tweet number nine:
No.9 tips for Xmas: Mark The Dark. Sit still awhile without light. Enjoy winter's dark solstice magic. Today the sun's new year begins!

Number 8 in TTT's '12 tweets to Christmas'

Here is tweet number eight:
No.8 tips for Xmas: Take a few moments to think back on the year for 3 things you have been grateful for & 1 thing you're looking forward to

Plus a bonus comment for the blog: 

BOOST YOUR POSITIVE EMOTIONS 
Sustainability on a personal note….
Experiencing, savouring and building on the positive emotions you have when you are happy can support your wellbeing and help buffer against the negative things that might happen. These tips could help support sustained happiness and help build resilience to the challenges of climate change.

Number 7 in TTT's '12 tweets to Christmas'

Here is tweet number seven:
No.7 tips for xmas: Wear jumpers, hug friends, lower the heating! More energy & money saving tips @thecarbontrust: goo.gl/j0VKqQ

Number 6 in TTT's '12 tweets to Christmas'

Here is tweet number six:
No.6 in @tttooting 12 tweets to Xmas. Swap screen time for #wildtime Ideas: @wearewildthing @wildlifetrusts @LoveOutdoorPlay @outdoor_nation

Plus a bonus photograph for the blog only:
Have a look at the Christmas stamp - obviously it's showing Tooting, Furzedown or Fishponds...so that's more encouragement to get outdoors! See you there.

Number 5 in TTT's '12 tweets to Christmas'

Here is tweet number five:
No. 5 in @tttooting's 12 days to xmas: Broken Xmas present? Save it from landfill - head to a @RestartProject Party and learn how to fix it!

Number 4 in TTT's '12 tweets to Christmas'

Here is tweet number four:
No.4 in @tttooting's 12 day to xmas: Make decorations from recycled or found materials like these pretty snowflakes goo.gl/XHTJYc

And...a tweet number four bonus for followers on the blog:

Make your house look festive this Christmas with unique and simple homemade creations from recycled materials or natural materials.

Get out in the crisp wintery weather and collect some pinecones. They look great as a table centre round a candle or hung from ribbons. When Christmas is over they can go back in the garden. 

Plastic bottles are so versatile and come in a variety of sizes to make things from.  Try these bottle-bottom snow flakes or bottle penguins (click on the names to link to the websites).

Use paper and wrapping paper off cuts to make these hanging decorations: click here or here.

Number 3 in TTT's '12 tweets to Christmas'

Here is tweet number three:
No.3 in @tttooting's 12 days to xmas: Don't buy 'stuff', choose an activity (theatre, ice-skating). Share experiences, create fab memories.

Number 2 in TTT's '12 tweets to Christmas'

Here is tweet number two:

No.2 in @tttooting's 12 days to xmas: re-make, re-use & re-create to reclaim waste in new ways rebuildingcenter.org pic.twitter.com/uNsj5LroEg

TTT's '12 tweets to Christmas': here is tweet no. 1

TTT's '12 tweets to Christmas'

We're going to tweet every day from now until Christmas Eve on practical, creative, seasonal & interesting sustainability themes. 

Here is the welcoming tweet:
Today we begin @tttooting's 12 tweets to Christmas, built on our email newsletter last month ow.ly/FMPV5 Join in!

And here is tweet number one:
No.1 in @tttooting's 12 day to xmas: Source your dinner locally. Use a tool like @findlocalfood's ow.ly/FMQcO or @MadeInTooting

Follow us on twitter (@tttooting) and retweet the messages, and we'll follow you. The more the merrier....and please join in and tweet us your sustainability tips too.
If you are not on twitter, you can read the posts here on the TTT blog, one a day. Do email us more ideas here.

Yes it's a challenge to be concise and fit a message into 140 characters - it must be good practice! Actually it is quite addictive...
And we haven't written these as a committee - the tweets are simply what diverse individuals have volunteered to share.
If it catches on....we could do a run of New Year's Resolutions in Jan?

Our twitter address again: @tttooting