The Green Triangle:.. ...together for a greener neighbourhood ...see the Strapline thread NEW STUFF Slideshow of Kev & Rob's interior insulation work (also see the Houses page for more detailed photo descriptions, and a downloadable fact sheet). REGULARS Forthcoming Events: Christmas Party 17th December 2009 See the Events Page for more details. Next Meeting [19th Nov] & Agendas on the Meetings Page How to use the Discussion Forum (attached below)

Below you can also find:

'Site Map'

'How to Join In'

'Tips for finding stuff'

Who we are and what we do

We are people living on Albert, Shirebrook and Kent Roads in the Meersbrook area of Sheffield (S8). We want to find ways to do something locally about climate change at the same time as enjoying working together as a community. We have grown in numbers over the last year and there are now about twenty of us. We are keen that other people who live in these streets and share this interest know they can join too. These are some of the things we do:

• Share tips on insulating and draught proofing our houses. See Houses page
• Help each other with food growing in gardens and allotments and...
• Run a community composting scheme. See the Food Growing page
• Hold social events eg a community picnic (“Picnic for a cool planet” in torrential rain in July!) and a ”Harvest Supper” in October. See the GT Events page
• Have lists of tools and other things we can lend and borrow. See Houses, Food Growing, Consumer Goods and Carbon Reduction pages
• Enjoy getting together for example, apple picking and wine making workshop, and an evening to find out our own ecological footprints. See the GT Events pages
• Develop ideas for what we can do ourselves, as households and for the “Green Triangle”, and what we need to lobby our politicians about. See the GT Meetings, Local Area and Carbon Reduction pages

We are independent of any political group or organisation.

Site Map

The pages on this website approximately cover the following areas:

• GT Meetings: Next Meeting; Agendas (showing you what we generally discuss and progress); Minutes.
• GT Events: Our next events; ideas for future events; other events in the local area; Past Events Scrapbook
• Food Growing Etc: Allotments & Gardening; the Community Garden and Composting; Skills & Resources Available; Skills & Resources Wanted; Other Sources of Local Food; and Ideas for Using Surplus Produce and Leftovers
• Transport: Car-sharing; Cycling; Public Transport
• Houses: Green Buildings; Local Eco House Project; Draught-proofing & Insulation
• Consumer Goods: Plastic Bags; Recycling; Junk mail; more sharing resources and skills
• Local Area: Planning Applications & Development of the Local Area; Key Contacts in the Local Area
• Carbon Reduction: Information & Books; Carbon Reduction & Climate Action Groups; Carbon Trading.
• Odds n Sods: Things that won't go anywhere else

How to join in

• Anyone, (Green Triangle Member or not), can leave comments on this website, on any page - see 'Threads' at the bottom of any page, or go to the Discussions section (also shown on the green bar at the top of the page).
• For those new to the Green Triangle who want to join in our email list, send us an email.
• Anyone can also join this Wiki - you just have to click in the 'Join This Wiki' box in the top righthand corner and follow the instructions. You'll then also be able to send mesages to individual members of this site. For example, by clicking on a link that someone has made such as Contact Kev. (Kev administers our email list, so you can join the email list that way too.)

• However, only Green Triangle members can edit the pages on this wiki. Either Contact Gilly (if you've registered), or send us an email (if you haven't), for more help with this.You can also click on the 'Apply to be a Writer' button.
  
• Green Triangle members who have registered but want more help, Contact Gilly.

Tips for finding what you want

• Finding the latest additions to pages and threads: click on 'Updates' on the green bar under the website name at the top of any page. Try this 'Updates' link to go and look now. There'll be a summary of the latest contributions with further links to take you there if you think they look interesting.
• 'Search this site' box - this is under the green bar, on the lefthand top corner of any page. You can put in your own keywords.
• 'Keyword Tags': In the yellow box at the bottom of each page (but above any 'Threads' or 'Attachments'), there's a list called 'Keyword Tags' - these are the keywords we've used when making the pages. If you click on any particular word, a list of other pages with that same tag will come up. At the same time, you'll also see what's called a 'tag cloud' on the righthand side of the page - this is an alphabetical list of all the keyword tags used on the site.
• Use the Site Map above