January 2011 Blog Posts (10)

Sarah Williamson is an Energy Management student at the University of Otago in New Zealand carrying out a summer research project on Transition Initiatives.

As part of this she is conducting a short survey of Transition group members and would greatly appreciate if you could fill out this questionnaire

The survey can be found at the link below. There is additional information about the survey and your rights on the first page.…

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http://www.facebook.com/pages/TWTransitions/142236752502412

I've listed under the Training, Library & Minutes Group a range of community resources presented at the Communities and Climate Action Conference in London on the 17th. There may something useful here for those of us who are impatient to get things started in Tun-Wells. Philip.

This site provides lots of information http://www.stopgm.org.uk/

Watch this film free http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-world-according-to-monsanto/

Workshop January 25, 2011 from 12:30pm to 5:30pm at Lewes, Sussex

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Discussion from the meeting on 13 January 2011

 

The problems seem to be with a group running a website of any form;

a) Maintaining it

b) Sharing information and resources between different groups.Simple websites (4), (5) don't do this but can have links  to do that. They need to share a common membership list events site which Yahoo Groups (6) do well.

This Ning handles different groups concurrently like a small world wide web but they can loose there…

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TRANSITION TUNBRIDGE WELLS GUIDE TO LOCAL FOOD

and other products within a 10 mile radius of Tunbridge Wells



Please tell us if any of the entries need…

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When millions of these were distributed free a few years back it was not generally realised that they contain mercury. Each light bulb, if not safely recycled, can pollute a huge amount of water. COBRA (Community Bulb Recycling Alliance) is calling for volunteers to set up local wheelie bins, supplied by COBRA, which, when full, will be taken by a COBRA volunteer to a bulk recycling centre.  Anyone wanting to volunteer can go to:… Continue

A Bee's Moan.

 

A bee must fly for twenty miles, To make one pound of honey,

And though she works so terribly hard, She's not paid any money.

 

Which is why you've often heard her, Complaining to the flowers,

About how hard she has to work, With all those…

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An international petition is calling for the banning of nicotinoids which are thought to be partly responsible for the massive decline in world bee populations. 60% of our food crops rely on bee pollination. For more info. and to sign the petition, go to:  www.avaaz.org/en/save the bees/96.php   Philip.