Climate Week Drop-in Session Thursday 24 March

Climate Week Drop-in Session, Thursday 24 March 2011 One week to show how we can combat climate change Transition Ely is planning to hold a drop-in session on Thursday 24 March at the Ely Library Meeting Room between 10:00 and 1:00 to coincide with the General Market.   The public everyone  is invited to watch some [...]

Zero Carbon Britain 2030 report event

We recently received word of an event that should interest us all.        Cambridge Carbon Footprint has  invited a team from the Centre for Alternative Technology to make a presentation about their ZeroCarbonBritain2030 report (http://www.zerocarbonbritain.org) on the evening of Friday Feb 11th. Julian Huppert MP will be introducing the event. It should be a really [...]

Recommended reading for 2011

Books for your 2011 reading list. “The World According to Monsanto” by Marie-Monique Robin Monsanto, the world’s most influential agricultural corporation, has quite the rap sheet. As the makers of cancer-causing dioxin, banned PCBs and the potentially dangerous growth hormone rBST, it’s fair to say that the company’s so-called miracle products all too often end [...]

Chris Martenson’s Crash Course Condensed

What is the difference between a problem and a predicament?  How do the economy, energy and the environment fit together?  What are some of the implications for the modern world?  Chris Martenson produced an excellent 3 hour video explaining it.  ”Who has 3 hours to watch it?” I hear you say.  Well, fear not because he [...]

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change – Cancun, Mexico

The UN conference is about to begin.  It runs from 29 November to 10 December.   We hear about these conferences and see the sensational headlines about them but, if you want to know/do more, here are some websites to visit: About the conference:   unfccc.int/2860.php What we can do: Day of Action  (4 December [...]

To Hell With Sustainability

I am always puzzled when someone says, ‘You can’t stop progress’.  I don’t want to – I just want to redefine what ‘progress’ means.  Here is an interesting blog post from No Impact Man Colin Beavan about how sustainability is not enough. http://noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/2010/11/to-hell-with-sustainability.html  

Food Waste

Food waste is a big problem in the affluent West.  What can be done about it?  The Love Food Hate Waste website is one place to start.   Check out www.lovefoodhatewaste.com My number one hint is to plan for the week and make a list to take to the shops.  Things change, meals don’t always [...]

Ely Apple Festival – 18 October 2008

Our stall at this year’s Apple Festival was our first major outing as a Transition group. And what a fine day it was!  We gave out lots of leaflets, explained again and again and again who we are and why we are here.  Almost everyone showed an interest and many signed-up as a contact, or [...]