This blog is aimed at promoting community level responses to the joint challenges of peak oil and climate change. If we wait for the governments, it'll be too little, too late; if we act as individuals, it'll be too little; but if we act as communities, it might just be enough, just in time.
36 Lansdowne Road Bedford MK40 2BU Telephone: 01234 343 173 26 September 2011 Sir I was very pleased to see an article in the Sunday 25 September edition of your newspaper, reporting on a proposal for a huge wind turbine in the Stewartby area. The article in question appears under the heading: Landfill site may be home to huge wind turbine
Dear Michael Following on from my e-mail of 24 September 2011, which is copied out in full below, I am pleased to report that although my letter in answer to Tony Hare's letter was not published in this week's issue of the /*Bedfordshore on Sunday */newspaper, two other letters were. These were from Councillor Charles Royden and from my Quaker frie […]
Thanks Shane, It looks great - I've forwarded to some other transition groups. How are things going with the Bedford revolution? I have been following some of the 'We are Bedford' stuff - it looks great, really positive, Hannah Hannah Thorogood, M.Sc., Dip.Perm.Des. * Earth Care * People Care * Fair Share *
Hi All I'm forwarding this request. Any questions please speak to Katrina. My name is Katrina and I'm a founding member of Crystal Palace Transition Town in south east London as well as the founder of[link] I recently started following you on Twitter and as I am currently
Dear all, We're looking for someone who can spare around 2-3 hours a week to help launch and run a garden share scheme for Bedford along with Jane Perrone of Transition Bedford and We Are Bedford, and Lucy Bywater of Zero Carbon Castle. This would involve being free on Sunday Feb 6 to attend the Green Borough Fair, and on 19/20 March to attend the We Ar […]
Dear Stewart et al I registered to vote online this morning. In doing so, quite by chance, I came across a Bedford Borough online consultation questionnaire. The questionnaire can be found at web address: [link] A screen dump of the bottom half of the questionnaire is shown below. I
Ladies and Gentlemen Looking at the IPC website, I have just found the planning application from Covanta to the IPC. I am attaching a copy of it to this e-mail. I would like to draw your attention to paragraph 1, which states: "*The generating station will have a gross electrical output of 65 Mega Watts.*"
Voted for Marston Vale. Also, see below - Tamara Lowe from Zero Carbon Castle sent out the travel survey they put together with the council. The more people that fill it in the better. Kath Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 7:54 AM Dear All, I hope you don't mind me emailing you all, but I was wondering if you would
Did it yeaterday - stumbled across it while voting for the Food for life campaign for the Soil Association x Hannah Thorogood, M.Sc., Dip.Perm.Des. * Earth Care * People Care * Fair Share * Permaculture Teacher, Diploma Tutor & Event Co-ordinator Member of the Permaculture Council for Europe [link]