Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Green Awards 2006
GreenBristol is delighted to hear that its printed map is shortlisted for the first Green Awards out of hundreds of entries. The map is in the category Best Direct Mail B2C. The winners of each of the eighteen categories will be announced at a gala dinner to be held at London's Guildhall on November 29th.
East Bristol's first green map
The printed green map has now gone to press. It will be distributed to all 4,200 households in the Neighbourhood Solutions area in the next few weeks. Download a printable version here.
(Sep '06) Radius Glasgow
Hannah Clinch of Radius Glasgow meets GB with Ben Barker of Sustainable Southville and Clare Cunningham. Hannah was on a fact-finding mission to find out about other green mapping projects and their diverse approaches.
(August '06) Connecting Bristol
Connecting Bristol won through to the last ten finalists of the UK Digital Challenge. GB featured as a case study. The winner is expected to be announced in February 2007.
(July '06) Barbecue at the Settlement
GB organises a barbecue in Barton Hill Settlement garden. This proved a valuable opportunity to gather feedback for the design of the printed green map. Thanks to Sarah Dailly and Maggie Reardon for their superb catering!
(15th July '06) Brislington Community Partnership
GreenBristol were invited to attend Brislington Community Partnership's open day. Ivor and Steve met various members of of BCP and discussed the various ways of creating green maps. Thanks to Bristol City Council's Sustainable City Team for organising this event.
(June '06) Neighbourhood Solutions
Neighbourhood Solutions commissions GB to produce a printed green map of its area - Barton Hill, Redfield, Lawrence Hill, The Dings, Upper Easton, Newtown - for inclusion in its Welcome Pack. This is to be distributed to all 4,200 households in the area. GB works with Claire Cunningham to design the printed map.
(June '06) Untold West
We submitted a proposal to the BBC's Untold West for a five minute film about the potential for geothermal energy in East Bristol. This is a competition to uncover little-known stories from the West that are unusual and haven't been broadcast previously.
(June '06) Electric December
GreenBristol were invited to contribute to Electric December 2006. We partnered with Martin Hanstead of Knowle West Media Centre to create an online game around Climate Change. The game is aimed at 14-19 year olds and is fun and educational. Clare Cunningham contributed to graphic design. All will be revealed this December!
(Sep '05) GB at the Cube cinema
GreenBristol showed an excerpt from a film at the Cube's Greenscreen. The film was made by Jon Wisbey for Digital Stories at the Watershed.
(27th March '06) It's all at the Co-op!
GreenBristol has registered as a worker's co-operative. Ivor McGillivray and Steve Parry are now co-directors of GreenBristol Ltd. Many thanks to Katy Harkavy at Avon CDA for her continuing support and assistance.
(February '06) Logo and Green Futures conference
GreenBristol has a shiny new logo designed by Clare Cunningham.
We also ran green-mapping workshops at the Green Futures conference organised by Bristol South Green Party.
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