In undertaking these tasks LEAP volunteers were making a number of important points about what makes our award winning project so special. Upcycling soil at the first work party of 2015 -the International Year of the Soils - demonstrates the high value we give to the soil that sustains all life on earth, an irreplaceable natural resource that all things in existence ultimately depend upon for survival. In December 2013 the General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed 2015 as the ‘International Year of Soils’ and 5 December of each year as the ‘World Soil Day’. If you click on the button above that takes you to the LEAP Blog you will see the blog for 5 December 2014 celebrates the first World Soil Day. The true value of the soil is the UN's message of the International Year of the Soils and Let's Eat the Park is at the cutting edge of this global awakening to the threats that face Planet Earth's green mantle. The LEAP team are doing what we can in our locality to nurture the soil and the upcycling on the ring road mini-landslide is a small practical act showing our commitment to the first International Year of the Soils 2015. LEAP in the Horsefair and Greenhill areas of Kidderminster - is acting locally but thinking globally.
http://www.fao.org/soils-2015/en/?utm_source=faohomepage&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=featurebar
Taking this wasted soil to put to productive use for growing edible plants in our recently constructed raised beds not only harmonises with International Year of the Soils but also with the re-use repair and recycle ethos of the Transition Movement and upcycling as a means of waste reduction in all of its many forms.
We were given a dozen raspberry canes by one of the team which will be planted in Baxter Gardens Park at our next work party there as the other major green space in the LEAP area is further planted and developed.
So a good start to 2015 in a collaborative effort that links a local resident-led and organised initiative in St George's Park, Kidderminster - to the United Nations and the multi-national Transition Movement - finding local solutions to global problems as part of a network of community sector, not-for-profit organisations all around the world. At the same time we are pressing forward with our campaign to reduce food poverty and loneliness while beautifying the locality and contributing to the enhanced wellbeing and resilience of the area.
With the continued backing of the People's Health Trust, Wyre Forest Clinical Commissioning Group, Wyre Forest District Council, Project Dirt and individual supporters the LEAP team presses on to address health inequalities and social exclusion in our area from the grassroots upwards.
http://www.fao.org/soils-2015/en/?utm_source=faohomepage&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=featurebar
Taking this wasted soil to put to productive use for growing edible plants in our recently constructed raised beds not only harmonises with International Year of the Soils but also with the re-use repair and recycle ethos of the Transition Movement and upcycling as a means of waste reduction in all of its many forms.
We were given a dozen raspberry canes by one of the team which will be planted in Baxter Gardens Park at our next work party there as the other major green space in the LEAP area is further planted and developed.
So a good start to 2015 in a collaborative effort that links a local resident-led and organised initiative in St George's Park, Kidderminster - to the United Nations and the multi-national Transition Movement - finding local solutions to global problems as part of a network of community sector, not-for-profit organisations all around the world. At the same time we are pressing forward with our campaign to reduce food poverty and loneliness while beautifying the locality and contributing to the enhanced wellbeing and resilience of the area.
With the continued backing of the People's Health Trust, Wyre Forest Clinical Commissioning Group, Wyre Forest District Council, Project Dirt and individual supporters the LEAP team presses on to address health inequalities and social exclusion in our area from the grassroots upwards.
If you want to be involved in Let's Eat the Park - or any of the other activities organised by Friends of St George's Park please contact us through our website or by email at [email protected] and come along and share your skills and ideas with us in return for the satisfaction, support and cameraderie we all get from this neighbourhood mutual aid project we have together created.