Last night a cracking 12 people turned up for the Transition meeting in the Thomas Tripp. We talked about some possible events and talks for 2012 including...

• repeating the Spring Fair at Priestlands School
• talk from Stef Kling, Ringwood about - Money that Works
• an  Autumn event at St Thomas church - Autumn Jam
• involvement in a energy project for local homes using thermal images
• the possibility of getting some fruit trees/hedge plants for planting
• producing a local land availability map and/or local fruit map
• how to publicise and find gardeners for our 5 available gardens
• offer from insulation hampshire (until the end of March) offering Free cavity wall and loft insulation

Come and find out more at our next meeting - Tuesday 21st Feb at 8pm, Thomas Tripp, Lym

Sounds like it is already happening in some parts...

'Peak timber' concerns in tropics

By Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News

A team of researchers says the standard cutting cycle of 30-40 years is too short to allow trees to grow to a volume required by commercial loggers.

As a result, they add, the pressure to harvest primary forests will continue, leading to ongoing deforestation.

The findings have been published in the journal Biological Conservation.

The scientists used logging on the Solomon Islands as an example because it was, in some respects, "a microcosm of the challenges facing sustainable forest management in the tropics."

More on the BBC website...

The Insulate Hampshire team is here to help you:

• Save money on your fuel bills

• Enjoy a warmer, more comfortable home

• Lower your carbon emissions

Why wait to insulate? It’s now FREE!*

Your local council and Hampshire County Council are working in partnership and with funding from ScottishPower to bring residents Insulate Hampshire.

Insulate Hampshire offers cavity wall insulation FREE OF CHARGE and loft insulation FREE OF CHARGE** subject to a free, no obligation technical survey provided by the scheme.

Insulate Hampshire can also offer rolls of insulation to top up your existing loft insulation for £49 for a maximum 100m₂.
Installing home insulation can offer savings of over £300 a year!***

We can also help advise you on installing solar panels and refer you to other community services such as benefit entitlement checks and home safety visits.

Funding is apparently confirmed until the end of March this year, so phone 0800 952 0037 now, or complete their on line form...

*Available for Hampshire homeowners and privately renting tenants (with landlords permission) only and does not include Southampton or Portsmouth City Council residents.
**Where there is currently less than 60mm (2 1/2 inches) and is subject to extra meterage charges
***Statistics from the Energy Saving Trust based on an average 3 bedroom semi-detached property

PLEASE NOTE - January Hub meeting postponed a week - now Thursday 2nd February, 12.30 - 2pm at the New Forest Inn, Emery Down.

A list for your diary for the first 6 months of next year. We have gone for a meeting every 2 months, alternating between lunch and evening times. Meetings take place at The New Forest Inn, Emery Down, unless otherwise stated.

See you in 2012

Sat 14th Jan - Annual Get Together, Minstead 11am - 2.30pm

Thurs 26th Jan - 12 - 1.30pm, 2nd February, 12.30 - 2pm, New Forest Inn

Thurs 29th March - 7.30 -9pm, New Forest Inn

Thurs 31st May - 12- 1.30pm, New Forest Inn

Thurs 21st June - Soltice Event, evening, Ipley

Speaker - Mike Birkin (Friends of the Earth, SW Regional Campaigner) talks about Windpower and

The Navitus Bay Wind Park - Proposed* off the IOW coast and Bournemouth Bay from 8pm

Refreshments

Tuesday 28th February 8pm

Oak Room, Brockenhurst Village Hall, Highwood Road, Brockenhurst

(New Forest Friends of the Earth will be holding their AGM at 7.30pm, visitors welcome, but only paid up members may vote)

[*Please note that Eneco will be running Formal Consulatation Public Exhibitions from 2pm - 8pm on

Wed 29th Feb at Memorial Centre, Whitefield Road, New Milton

and Friday 2nd March at Lymington Community Centre, New Street Lymington - more info]

Hi and a belated Happy New Year!

After the New Forest Transition AGM at Minstead on Saturday, I thought I’d better get myself organised and get out some proposed dates for meeting up this year.   Transition Lymington was well represented at the AGM and a date that most of us could do was Wednesday 25th January, so let’s aim for that as our first meeting of 2012... 8pm at the Thomas Tripp unless anyone would like to suggest a new meeting place?  To all those out there on the mailing list, plus people who have expressed an interest in getting  involved, please do come along – there are some good projects underway, and plenty of ideas floating around that need people to drive them forward!

Suggested dates for 2012 are:

Wednesday 25th January

Tuesday 21st Feb

Wednesday 21st March

Thursday 26th April

Tuesday 22nd May

Wednesday 27th June

Thursday 26th July

Tuesday 27th September

Wednesday 24th October

Thursday 29th November

I haven’t included August or December as those are such busy months and not many people are around.

 Hope to see you on the 25th!

 Kate

 Kate Chapman

Email: lymington at newforesttransition dot org

Sustainable Schools - beyond recycling

Half day for teachers of all key stages -

Wed 28^th March 12.30 – 3.30

At the Community Room, Hazel Wood Infant School,

Hazel Farm Road, Totton SO40 8WU

£80 per person

Practical hands-on training for:

• Sustainability literacy – skills for a changing world
• Making the connection between individual action and the impact on people and places throughout the world
• Enabling transformational learning, allowing pupils to discover their roles as citizens of the planet and make their own choices as to the impacts they have on their everyday lives
• Includes a tour of school and grounds

For more information call Helen on 0845 600 3922

or email info@globalawareness.org.uk

or book at: www.centreforglobalawareness.org.uk