PROJECT RESOURCES
COMMUNITY FOOD GROWING
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‘Seed to Supper’ – open source six-week beginners’ gardening course book
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Sustain – lots of useful resources and newsletters e.g. food poverty, veg cities, food co-ops
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Anarchist’s guide to seed sharing
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The Best Eco-friendly Plants to Grow - Tips and ideas for planning your garden and growing from gardening blog award winners Garden Buildings Direct.
FOOD WASTE
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Contact the staff team at CAG to learn about how to set up a Community Fridge
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How to: Run a Food Surplus Cafe: a guide for groups on how to run a successful and smooth Food Surplus event
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How to: Run a Dinner Time event: a guide for groups on running an engaging Dinner Time event to combat food waste
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Recommended Food Surplus Project Resources: a handy list of local projects, national organisations and resources to help setting up food waste projects
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How to: run a ‘Disco Soup’ food surplus event guide: a guide produced by Feedback on how to organise spectacular and celebratory public events to tackle food waste
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The Good Food Cooking Framework – a resource from Good Food Oxford for people who teach cooking skills in Oxfordshire. With sections on healthy eating, affordable food and sustainability. You can also download associated resources to be used with the guide
REPAIR CAFÉS & SWAP SHOPS
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The CAG Guide to Running a Repair Cafe: a detailed guide giving you everything you need to know about running a Repair Cafe inc. health & safety
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Repair Cafe Logos & templates: a zipped folder of Repair Cafe logos and poster templates
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How to run a clothes swap event
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Swapshop: event kit
TREE PLANTING & DIVERSITY
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Woodland Trust advice
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Urban Tree Manual
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Conservation Volunteers handbook
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Wildlife gardening from the Wildlife Trust
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Naturehood resources for home and school
ENERGY
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Low Carbon Communities Handbook: a comprehensive handbook with tips and ideas on everything from engaging with communities to developing projects
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The CAG Guide to Running a Thermal Imaging Project: an in-depth guide covering planning, using thermal imaging camera, interpreting images and giving feedback
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Centre for Alternative Technology’s Zero Carbon Britain
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Active Travel Resources
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How to run an anti-idling campaign