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Tradeable energy quotas launched in House of Commons

Last week saw the Parlimentary launch of Tradeable Energy Quotas (TEQs), the brilliantly simple carbon rationing approach developed by the late Dr. David Fleming with the support of ‘Transition Timeline’ author Shaun Chamberlin. (original article on Transition Culture) (You can also read Sean’s article on The Oil Drum) The

Project spotlight: Crop Swap

Looking for a bit of inspiration? Check out the project directory… There are well over 100 projects already on the projects directory on this site. They make an excellent resource for dipping into when you want to get some new practical ideas. One caught my eye recently – from Hobsons Bay

Transition groups and Climate Week

“Climate Week” is all about letting people know what you’re doing about Climate Change Update, 11-Feb-2011: Looks like there's going to be a lot of noise about RBS being a sponsor of this campaign/award on account of RBS'reprehensible investment record on Tar Sands in

London Training for Food Growing in Schools

Two new dates are available for Growing for Schools training. Designed for teachers, assistants or anyone involved in a school based project the training will be held between 10 am and 3 pm on Friday 11th March 2011 or Friday 25th March 2011 at The Regent’s Park Allotment Garden,

Community Energy: just how much demand is there for it? A survey from Aaron Gould

Community Energy Survey requesting your input Aaron Gould, a contact of ours who happens to work at the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change, is working on a private research project to figure out the demand and capabilities for local energy in the UK. He’s put together

Fascinating report on our low energy heritage

Ecolocal Report: Our Low Energy Heritage We’ve just been sent a fascinating report “Our Low Energy Heritage” (pdf). It’s from the South London based charity Ecolocal. I found it to be a very readable, well researched and thought-provoking publication. Here’s an exerpt from their opening pages: Our

Artistic Regeneration in Tooting

In the wake of the epic Trashcatcher’s Carnival of 2010, Transition Town Tooting’s attention is drawn to further seeds of creative renewal in Tooting. Once packed with cinemas, but recently lacking any creative public space, Tooting has two exciting new artistic ventures taking flight this week: Tooting Market