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Funding: Lots of £1000’s available for energy efficiency (UK)

For Midlands, South and West Wales and the South West of England Western Power Distribution (WPD) have just launched their Community Chest grant scheme, and £50,000 is available to enable communities to install energy efficiency measures in community buildings. The grant is being administered by the Centre for Sustainable

Buckminster Fuller Challenge: Transition Network going for it!

One of the most prestigious awards out there – and how you can help… Transition Network is proud to announce that we have taken on the Buckminster Fuller Challenge and are in the running for $100,000 to enable us to broaden and deepen our work. Our entry in BFI’s

Bristol (UK) document: “Who Feeds Bristol?”

So, who DOES feed Bristol, and will they be doing it in 2050? Producing a “Who Feeds Bristol” report was an obvious and crucial move after Bristol published its peak oil report in late 2009. It’s a very solid and useful document, commissioned by the NHS (National Health Service)

Coda

And the river flows through the city, sparkling in the sunlight, reflecting the colours of the large iron long boats moored at her edge. Here a pause, to take in the beauty of the moment, and swans glide past glancing hopefully up in case food should tumble from bystanders’ hands.

More City Reflections

Education blog #2: India’s Barefoot College

Barefoot College – a model for “rich” countries? A few days ago we arrived at Tilonia, a small dusty village in the plains of Rajasthan. Driving from Jaipur we saw miles of new developments along the road: Tata vehicle showrooms, highrise luxury apartments, new universities where once there had been farms

Jetting to Africa: a poem by the Carbon Coach

If I don’t fly, why the hell should someone else? There’s all sorts of degrees of engaging with the destructive impacts of jetting off far away from home. There are some people who will never set foot on a plane again once they’ve taken on board the