Defective items purchased on the MeiMarkt?

On Saturday, June 1 from 13:00 to 17:00, Social Energy Foundation organizes again the Repair Cafe 013 Wijkcentrum 'The Branch', Boomstraat 81 in Tilburg. This afternoon you can come here with your new, but defective Meimarkt purchases.

Repair at Cafe 013 should take everyone because things that are broken, together with expert volunteers to try to fix it. Items that can be included are: electrical appliances, furniture, clothing, bicycles and toys. For example, a pair of pants that is a bit too long, the coffee is not hot, that fine sweater with a hole and the bike without brakes. Who has nothing to repair is also welcome for a cup of coffee and a chat at the bar, or get someone else to help with repairs. Read the whole post »

Repair Café 013 on 1 June

Saturday, June 1 from 13:00 to 17:00, Social Energy Foundation organizes again the Repair Cafe 013. This Repair Café is held at Wijkcentrum 'The Branch', Boomstraat 81 and combine various participating organizations. New in the Repair Cafe 013: repair your relationships, with an accessible discussion, practical tips and any referrals. This new initiative is provided by Lidy and Lau both experienced in counseling. Will also Lets group The Linde and Kringloopwinkel Port Agora are back in action. Read the whole post »

Travelogue Croatia and Bosnia from Port Agora and Social Energy

The tour group departing from Port Agora

Thursday, May 2 was the day, twelve people, a fully loaded truck supplies and a van, sponsored by Van Heeswijk from Schijndel, depart from thrift Port Agora towards the Balkans. Nine people from Port Agora supplemented by Anthony Hoovers, Roland Samuels and Paula Anguita of Social Energy, including Tilburg Webtv, Tilburgers.nl and Repair Cafe 013 fall, going an intensive network accommodate travel to Croatia and Bosnia. With a pool and smoke break after every two hours, through Germany and Austria, it is already dark when we cross the border to Croatia via Slovenia. The journey through the mountains of Slovenia and Croatia leads by heavy rains and long, dark tunnels. At dawn the sun breaks through and the first coffee on Croatian soil, on the terrace of a roadside restaurant is very welcome. Read the whole post »

Djes Samuels contest winner Energy Garden

Djes Samuels has won the competition which was organized by Energy Garden during the Coronation April 30, 2013 on the Korvelseweg. He had all five plants guessed and came after draw as the winner. With this competition, he receives a package with various harvest vegetables from the Energy Garden that will be. Awarded in September 2013 There were few entrants who knew all the plants well recommended. Usually the tomato and strawberry to be recognized but especially the rutabaga (number 4) was a difficult plant to guess.

For completeness, here the correct answers at a glance:

Cape Gooseberry
Tomato
Strawberry
Rutabaga
Pumpkin

All plants of the competition one by one. From left to right: Tomato, Pineapple, Cherry, Strawberry, Swedes and Pumpkin

On April 30, Coronation, foundation Social Energy stood with an information stand at the Korvelseweg. It organized the Energy Garden a contest! By guessing which five young plants show their first leaves you could qualify for a special package from the vegetable garden.

Energy Garden is the collective vegetable garden where we grow vegetables and fruit with volunteers. If you are interested to join here, please contact us via info@stichtingsocialenergy.nl Our coordinator will contact you to tell you more about this project.

Competition Energy Garden on Coronation

On April 30, Coronation, state foundation Social Energy with an information stand at the Korvelseweg, opposite Berlin Cafe. We present as the films of Tilburg Webtv and you can express your own throne speech.

You can also join the Energy Garden-contest! Five young plants show their first leaves. Do you know which fruit or vegetable plants it be? Fill the stand in the correct answers. Among the good entries can win a harvest package that you get (at harvest time) awarded in early September.
Participation for € 0.50 per entry, so you can join multiple times!

The correct answers will be published on May 4 this website, as well as the winner or winner of the Energy Garden harvest package.

Energy Garden is the collective vegetable garden where we grow vegetables and fruit with volunteers. Also, if you are interested to join, here we would like to see h Tuesday April 30. Or contact via info@stichtingsocialenergy.nl

Port Cafe Agora and Repair 013 together network trip to Croatia and Bosnia

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Network Travel to Croatia and Bosnia

On May 2, a large group of employees of thrift Port Agora, supplemented by some volunteers of Social Energy Foundation, by bus and with a fully loaded truck supplies to a network travel direction Trogir in Croatia. Leaves Here the group on 3 May to come and then on 5 May by traveling to Bosnia, where they place Mostar, Sarajevo, Tuzla, Doboj, Zvornik and Srebrenica will do. "It is certainly not a pleasure trip!" Says Jan van Esch, director of Port Agora: "It is an intense journey with a full program. We want to visit a large number of projects in a week's time we support for 17 years. " Read the whole post »

Energy Garden in spring

Spring has arrived in the collective garden Social Energy, where now the onions, strawberries and raspberry bushes have been planted. The rhubarb and garlic do well. Soon, the broad beans and snow peas into the ground and get the willow branches a spot along the Leij, so the trees can be beautiful.

Repair Café 013, some unofficial King's, Dinner and Top1000 all Tilburg

Saturday, April 27 from 13:00 to 17:00, Social Energy Foundation organizes again the Repair Cafe 013. This Repair Café is held at Wijkcentrum 'The Branch', Boomstraat 81 and combined with some unofficial King's.

Repair at Cafe 013 can take anyone stuff broken, together with expert volunteers to try to fix it. Items that can be included are: electrical appliances, furniture, clothing, bicycles and toys. For example, the CD player where the tray does not open, the coffee is not hot, that fine sweater with a hole and the bike without lights. Who has nothing to repair is also welcome for a cup of coffee and a chat at the bar, or get someone else to help with repairs. Read the whole post »