I didn't get to see much of the entertainment myself however, as I was involved in a couple of workshops. The first one was called the 'Green Economy', and included talkers on LETS (including myself), social enterpise, and a district wide loyalty card which is being set up in Manchester.
The second workshop, which I facilitated, was about local food, and enjoyed speakers from Kindling Trust, Leyland's City Farm, Slow Food Manchester, and an nutritional scientist from the MMU. Both workshops provided good discussion and an opportunity to network and meet interesting people.
In the past few weeks Àgata Alcañiz have been involved in 'A little patch of Ground' project at the Blue Coat arts centre, in Liverpool, as a Manchester Permaculture Network ambassador. In this project, she have been talking to an Inter-generational groups of residents from across Liverpool about permaculture principles, diversity in growing food and communities, soil, companion plants while altogether the group has made their own planters to grow food in the nice patio in the centre of the Blue Coat.Read more