Category Archives: Sustainable living

Beautiful Garbage – Bunker178 set and decor

Jez here. Nic Beck and I were hard at it yesterday creating sets and signage for Bunker178 Events – The Art House pop ups! Using our #BeautifulGarbage method, everything used was repurposed, scavenged, materials we already had and found objects/materials. … Continue reading

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What’s on – March 2024

The final month at Above Bar Street is nearly upon us and your chances to come and enjoy this space before we move on are limited – luckily we have LOTS of lovely events planned, so that you can pop … Continue reading

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Rumble in the Jumble

An ongoing fundraising jumble for our community pantry! We have transformed our first floor ‘Grove’ into a pop up shop filled with treasures and goodies from our attic, until 9 March. * Books* Art & Craft materials* Art prints* Kitchen … Continue reading

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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Southampton Seed Swap, Sat 9 March ’24

Over the past century we have lost 97% of our vegetable varieties in the UK alone. A handful of corporations now control a quarter of the world’s entire seed market – the very same corporations that are pushing their GM … Continue reading

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Event announcement: Southampton Seed Swap, Sun 12 March 2023

Over the past century we have lost 97% of our vegetable varieties in the UK alone. A handful of corporations now control a quarter of the world’s entire seed market – the very same corporations that are pushing their GM … Continue reading

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About our Community Pantry

Our community pantry is open to all and provides by-donation vegan (and occasionally veggie) food each week. We believe that access to healthy food is a basic human right and our pantry is an act of solidarity, not charity. 🧺 … Continue reading

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What’s on for the rest of November 2020 aka Lockdown 2.0

TLDR version: Our community pantry is going to be bigger, all are welcome to visit Weds, Thurs, Sat & Sunday weekly from 12.30-4pm for pay-as-you-feel vegan meals & groceries. Our Sunday roasts are available to GO this weekend! We have … Continue reading

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A little reminder that we aren’t just a café, that we exist as a place to promote grassroots art and positive social change and we’re always going to speak up on important issues, justice, oppression, the rise of the far … Continue reading

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ARTlotment update from Ziggy

Well one benefit to Lockdown has been that i’ve really been able to put some quality time into the plot this year – spending between 90 mins and 2 hours here 3 sometimes 4 times a week. My heart sings … Continue reading

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Reduce waste and food miles by meal planning!

Our regular menu changes, usually seasonally, and our specials menu changes daily here at The Art House. This takes some planning, as you can imagine! With so many mouth to feed, randomly ordering supplies and then playing ‘Ready, steady, cook’ … Continue reading

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