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Survey on climate change and local authorities (UK)

Local Authorities and climate change – Green Alliance survey Our friends at Green Alliance are looking at how localism is affecting the priority that local authorities give to climate change, as well as any changes to the role of local civil society groups in securing action. They’re undertaking a survey

May 2011 Transition Network Newsletter

Community-owned Solar Powers Brewery

A project to put solar panels on the roof of Harvey’s brewery in Lewes is tantalisingly close with only about £20,000 still to be raised to be able to place the order. The Harvey’s array on the beer chill roof will be one of Britain’s first

Grow your Group

Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-GBX-NONEX-NONENormal0falsefalsefalseEN-GBX-NONEX-NONE Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-GBX-NONEX-NONE How thriving is your group? * Is it in the first flush of action and enthusiasm? How will you keep it so? * Is it shrinking into a small core of overwhelmed people? * Does it have a large email list and

Free Trees for communities

The Woodland Trust is offering free trees for communities to plant in their neighbourhoods in order to double the number of native trees in the UK. We’re big fans of this fantastic offer and encourage you to participate whole-heartedly. As well as being a practical and affordable way

Peak oil is still a HUGE story

As the oil juggernaught (aka world economy) keeps chugging along, let’s not forget the bigger picture Here’s a hard-hitting and well researched 12 minute documentary by ABC in Australia. This news station was one of the first to start talking about peak oil back in 2006. Some

Job: part-time grower at Norwich Community Supported Agriculture

This is from our friends in Norfolk who are setting up a Community Supported Agriculture project: Norwich FarmShare, a brand new Community Supported Agriculture scheme based on 2 acres at Hewett School and 5 acres in a field near Postwick, is looking for a part-time grower to join us,