55 Parkwood Road: A home to renewable energy and organic gardening!
My wife Soo and I moved to Bournemouth five years ago. We have been involved in Friends of the Earth since the early 1980s and Soo was also a member of the Ecology Party in the mid eighties. I have always been [...]
Sharon Astyk posted a wonderful article on “100 Things You Can Do to Get Ready for Peak Oil” that is full of great ideas for Transition Towns everywhere :-)
PDF document available here.
Every now and again I feel the need to post a quick update on where Transition BH Hub is as an organization. I see that I last did this in August so it’s probably time for another.
Early October saw us added, as group number 224, to the list of Transition initiatives with Official Status. This [...]
Friday 20th November, 7:30pm, Conference Room, Civic Centre, Poole.
Poole Agenda 21 are hosting a presentation/discussion on how Poole is tackling climate change, and an introduction to Transition, including a short film, and presentations from local groups. Free admission, free refreshments.
A4 and A5 posters attached. Contact Theresa on 07958 138053 for further info.
Over 150 hardy souls braved a wind- and rain-swept beach today to form a giant “350″ on the sands. Go to Transition Poole to see the pix.
Julie Smith wrote to the Transition BH mailing list today:
The Transition Together initiative is all about forming small, social groups of friends, neighbours and colleagues and supporting them in taking a number of effective, practical, money-saving and carbon-reducing steps. This is achieved through using project packs provided by Transition Together, but revamped to include local [...]
World Climate Change Day of Action – local event
Get together with friends and family to walk, cycle or bus down to Bournemouth beach to send an urgent message to world leaders in the lead-up to climate talks in Copenhagen.
We’ll be forming a giant ‘350’ (see www.350.org) and taking a photo from the cliff top.
Wear something [...]
The BBC and the Telegraph are reporting on a new UK report about peak oil:
BBC Quotes: “The 10 largest oil producing fields in the world are all in decline… More than two-thirds of current crude oil production capacity may need to be replaced by 2030, simply to keep production constant… At best, this is likely [...]
We’ve just joined 226 other Transition groups around the world recognized as Official Transition Initiatives.