December Green Drinks fills up guests diaries

• Dec. 3 by Rebekah Douglas (0)

This Tuesday eco loving residents of Birmingham gathered together in Locanta restaurant for the second Green drinks.

Host Malcolm Currie from Globally Local started off the night by introducing the present organisations at the event and told us the evening would consist of.

As it was the second date of the monthly event Malcolm purposely did not organise a guest speaker as a way to get people chatting and sharing their passions about how they lead a ‘green’ lifestyle.

Guests including members from Birmingham Friends of the earth, Transition Birmingham and other vegan and eco friendly locals swapped stories and shared ideas about up coming events over Christmas.

The group discussed future event ‘Green Rambles’ which will consist of a series of walks open to all people interested in ‘green’ issues. The walks set up by Harry Eyles are set to take place on the second Saturday of every month and will be between 3 – 6 miles long. Many different locations mostly dotted around the West Midlands have already been chosen as perfect destinations for the walks to take place.

Harry said: “Anyone is welcome to join us on the walks! We’ll stop for lunch in the middle of the day and admire the view.”

Other discussion topics included the COPENHAGEN Conference and the up and coming ‘WAVE’ set to take place on Saturday in London. A number of green drinkers including myself and Natalie on behalf of Birmingham recycled are planning to attend the event.

Leaflets for Christmas events were also passed around including the Cruelty free Christmas fair, which will aim to inform the public of what presents are ok to buy your loved ones without damaging the environment and causing cruelty to animals. The good news is one of these presents includes chocolate! This event is set to take place at All Saints Church Hall in Kings Heath on Saturday 12^th December from 10:30am – 3pm.

The hottest topic of the night was regarding last month’s guest speaker Tom Baker who rounded up a large crowd to discuss his business Loaf online. Tom, who has recently left his job with the NHS in order to dedicate all his time into the website, was described as ‘very brave’ by the group of green drinkers.

Tom is now running Loaf online on a day-to-day basis and setting up local baking classes in order to teach citizens how to make healthy sourdough bread.

The next green drinks is set to take place on 2^nd January and is sure to start the new year with new interesting topic discussions and another guest speaker!

For more information on attending ‘Green rambles’ contact Harry Eyles 0121 353 2442. Visit www.loafonline.co.uk for more information on Loaf Online and Tom Baker.