New Forest Transition

Colin Beavan decides to completely eliminate his personal impact on the environment for the next year.

It means eating vegetarian, buying only local food and turning off the refrigerator.

It also means no elevators, television, cars, busses, or planes; no toxic cleaning products, no electricity, no material consumption and no rubbish.

No problem - at least for Colin - but he and his family live in Manhattan.

Harbour Lights Picturehouse, Southampton

Tuesday 7th Sept, 6.20pm

See the trailer

Eastleigh Transition Network AGM – Wednesday 15 September 7.30pm

Matt Allen will give a talk about his bee research in California

In Transition we explore how we can build resilience and ability to adapt in our community to help us tackle and adapt to challenges of Climate Change, Peak Oil and Economic Contraction: and make Eastleigh Borough a sustainable community for our future.

Music, Food, Fun, Storytelling and local crafts.

The New Forest Festival is pleased to announce in conjunction with New Forest Transition.....

A day of storytelling, music, crafts and food, set in a beautiful location with activities for all the family, at Minstead Study Centre, Minstead, S043 7GJ.

On Saturday 25th September

The day is in two parts:

• 10 am to 6 pm - A full, fun day of New Forest storytelling, live music, craft workshops and local handicraft and delicacies. Also including wool-weaving, yoga, bush craft, bee-keeping, cider-making, gardening and cookery, and the Forest Unplugged music tent. Plus food and drink from some of the Forest’s top chefs.

• 6 pm to 11 pm - An evening concert, featuring one of Britain’s top acoustic guitarists: ‘Lee Collinson’, and the local folk & jazz sensation, ‘Owl in the Sun’.
  
  Tickets on the door, prices:
  
                 Adults, Students/Concessions, Children (5 – 16)
  Day only £7, £5, £5
  Evening only £7, £5, £5
  Combination £12, £9, £9

• £2 per person discount for arrival by eco-friendly transport. Children 5 & under free.
• Camping Friday and Saturday night £5 per person per night. Children 5 & under free.
• Come and support the launch of your local festival!
  
  For more details, or to reserve your space please contact Jonathan Blease on jonathan@stories4change.com

Transition Lymington are meeting on the following dates, come and Join us...

Wednesday 28th July
Thursday 26th August
Tuesday 28th September
Wednesday 27th October
Thursday 25th November

Side Bar, Thomas Tripp Pub, Lymington (oppo Waitrose) 8pm

DA21  - Sustainable Dorset, as a county have a new website. You can see what's happening in each local area, find out about local events, local Transition groups, local food, waste, water and all sorts.

Sustainable Dorset

News published in the Independent this Sunday morning -

UK may have to import rubbish for incinerators

Waste Britain: Improved recycling rates mean that we may not have enough garbage to feed planned new plants

The UK has 25 waste incinerators, but, according to the UK Without Incineration Network, there are a further 65 "potential" incinerators outlined for England, nine in Scotland and one for Wales. Environmentalists are calling for a moratorium, urging the Government to take a more sustainable approach to waste management.

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