The Big Lunch
Tim Smit of the UK’s Eden Project hit upon the idea of “the Big Lunch”. He and his colleagues had noted how communities were becoming increasingly fragmented, many people no longer knew their neighbours and in turn felt isolated. And so the Eden Project proposed that on Sunday July 19 of this year people should go into the streets and eat lunch together.
Although I do not yet know the actual numbers involved it appears that in most major cities hundreds of people turned out to each lunch together and this was repeated in smaller communities.
The Eden project, and those supporting, The Big Lunch, are also encouraging people to grow their own food and flowers, to share seeds, make street art, form bands and reclaim the street as a place to tell stories.
You can see more at http://www.thebiglunch.com/big-idea/what-is
