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Transition Town Tooting

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A Transition Initiative is a community working together to look Peak Oil and Climate Change squarely in the eye. Join us to plan a bright Future for Tooting!

Website: http://transitiontowntooting.org
Location: Tooting, Balham, Wandsworth
Members: 47
Latest Activity: 22 Jun

A Transition Initiative is a community working together to look Peak Oil and Climate Change squarely in the eye and address this BIG question:

"for all those aspects of life that this community needs in order to sustain itself and thrive, how do we significantly increase resilience (to mitigate the effects of Peak Oil) and drastically reduce carbon emissions (to mitigate the effects of Climate Change)?"

Transition Towns create a positive, collective, participatory, creative vision of the future for local communities, focusing on relocalising, resilience and the reduction of carbon emissions. TTs believe a future without oil will be PREFERABLE to the current situation – healthier lifestyles, resilient, creative, collaborative communities, less waste, less pollution and an environment that can sustain us all.

Forthcoming events:

Next meetings - bring food to share if you would like!

Wednesday 29 April - 7-9pm - now The Christian Education Centre, 21 Tooting Bec Road
Tuesday 12th May - 7-9pm - venue TBA
Tuesday 26th May - 7-9pm - venue TBA
(see website/future emails for venue details)

Transition Network Conference - Battersea Arts Centre 22-24 May

The conference is now sold out, however a limited number of tickets for the Friday and Saturday evening events are on sale (£10) via Battersea Arts Centre - http://www.bac.org.uk/

Lucy from Transition Town Tooting, along with other Transitioners from Forest Row, Brixton, Belsize Park and Haringey is putting together a 2 hour workshop to create and Energy Descent Action Plan for Transition Town Anywhere.

The network has set up an accommodation site for people looking for accommodation - or offering accommodation for attendees at the conference - if you can help the forum is here : http://transitiontowns.org/forum/forum.php?id=40

Pre- and Post- Conference Training
The transition network will be running a number of training sessions before and after the conference which are open to conference attendees, other transitioners and non-transitioners alike. To book please follow the links below. A number of concessions are available for each course. They cover everything from Permaculture to Transition Talk Training which may be of interest to local Transitioners and some of them are free of charge.

More details at this link - http://transitiontowns.org/TransitionNetwork/Pre-andPost-Conference-2009-trainings#sTransitionNetwork.Pre-andPost-Conference-2009-trainings_1 or for more information contact Kristin at 0117 963 8323 or email conference@transitionnetwork.org

For any further info please email transitiontowntooting@gmail.com

Discussion Forum

Fruit and Nut Tree Map for South London 2 Replies

The idea for a fruit and nut map of the area was suggested at the Transition Town Brixton Great Unleashing on 2nd October 2008. We all know this is a great idea - so lets do something about it stra...

Tagged: foraging, produce, nut, common, map

Started by Bonnie. Last reply by Bonnie 3 Dec 2008.

Action Plan for Tooting published - 1st Oct 4 Replies

The council has published a detailed 22-point Action Plan for Tooting that aims to significantly improve the area's environment, make its shopping facilities more attractive and its streets safer. ...

Tagged: tooting, plan, action

Started by Nick. Last reply by Nick 16 Nov 2008.

Started by Hamish 15 Sep 2008

TT Brixton - Great Unleashing

Dear all Transition Town Brixton will be doing it's "Great Unleashing" event on October 2008, and hopes to fill the Brixton Town Hall. Full details are on their website... www.transitiontownbrixto...

Tagged: great, brixton, unleashing

Started by Nick 14 Sep 2008

If the oil runs out.

If the oil runs out. Docudrama about oil.

Started by Hamish 10 Aug 2008

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Comment by Nick on 16 November 2008 at 6:00pm: It seems the map (below) has now been opened up to the rest of South London! So, let's get some Tooting stuff up there! There's more written about it here

Comment by Nick on 11 November 2008 at 1:26pm: Green spaces map....
One of the ideas that was floated around at last meeting (I suggested) was to develop a map for everyone to input potential public spaces for growing food.
I looked into it, and Bonnie told me that there is already such a map started by TTB (click here).
So instead of re-inventing the wheel, I suggest we add to this one. Only problem is it would probably have to be re-named?

Comment by Elisabeth Jeffries on 16 October 2008 at 8:03pm: Was a visit to applefest in Whitstable going to go ahead this weekend? I was interested in going along but maybe there's not enough interest?

Comment by Bonnie on 9 October 2008 at 10:38am: Perhaps someone from TTTooting would like to sign up to and respond to this blog
http://www.tootinglife.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=338&sid=3c218201aebed83910da0a4c42c015b9

Comment by Oli on 3 October 2008 at 2:41pm: I'm new to the group so not really sure what you are up to.
I want to set up a self-help group to put in small-scale energy projects (insulating, draught-proofing, solar hot water etc).
Any interest?

Comment by Wiz on 12 June 2008 at 9:22am: Hi all - the Transition Town Brixton Transport group hasn't really got going yet, however we're having our first meeting next Wednesday (18th) at 7.30pm at 44 Leigham Vale, Streatham. Please come along if you're interested - it would be good to get the TTB and TTT Transport groups working together (once they're both up and running!).

I expect I'll see you all at the naked bike ride protest before that anyway! (How could you turn down the opportunity to both demonstrate AND get naked in public at the same time?! It's too good to be true!...)

Comment by Jonathan Broad on 21 May 2008 at 1:38am: Hi guys, Sorry- I didn't make us all able to put files in our Box- now we should all be able to do that!

The discussions are a good place to talk about our events, let me know what you all think!

Comment by Denny on 13 May 2008 at 11:12am: Hello

I believe the next meeting is on 20th May - have you got the other details - time, venue etc?

Thanks!

Denny