Long Ashton Transition Village

Long Ashton community for the future

Towards a sustainable future..........

a community orchard, greener homes, sharing skills, solar panels, a wind turbine, seed and vegetable swaps, a farmers market, a car-share club, a cafe, community recycling, schools growing their lunches, collaborating with our neighbours, bringing back old skills to adapt to today's challenges ..........a resilient, rejuvenated, relocalised village.
This could be the outcome of the end of the age of plentiful cheap oil (see next column), if we prepare and work together for it.
Get in touch if you would like to find out more, join our emailing list, or get the notes from our meetings so far.
Email: transitionla@blueyonder.co.uk

Events

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Topic groups

Each group will meet independently of our monthly meetings to address issues locally. All groups open to new members
Food group - contact Margaret, tel 392187
Energy group - contact Ian, tel 392 187
Transport group - contact Simon
Film group - contact Bill, 07932 623672
Education group - contact Sasha

Notes

TOOL BANK

The Tool Bank is now operational. At the top of this page there is a tab "Tool Bank". If you click on this you will go to another page which has the List of Tools people have kindly offered to lend, and a form to fill out should you wish to add to that list. Thank you to Ben for alerting me to the use of Google Docs.

Created by Mark Hessey Sep 11, 2008 at 6:42pm. Last updated by Mark Hessey Sep. 11, 2008.

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Created by Anna Oxberry Jun 7, 2008 at 10:27pm. Last updated by Anna Oxberry Sep. 11, 2008.

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The end of cheap oil

We are living at the peak of the oil age - a 50 litre tankfull of petrol delivers as much energy as a labourer working for 3 years! But it cannot continue - oil production has plateaued and will start to fall. Demand continues to soar - China's oil consmption is rising at 11% a year, and 98% of transportation uses oil. Renewables are the future, but cannot deliver enough to make up the shortfall. If we go for nuclear, uranium will run out in 40 years. So we need to plan for 'energy descent' - a reduction in energy use. And we need to make 80% cuts in carbon emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change. Transition is about this process.
You can download a 'Transition Primer' which will give you a great start in understanding what this is all about - go to http://transitiontowns.org/TransitionNetwork/TransitionNetwork#primer

Blog Posts

Correction to food group news

I was jumping the gun and had incorrect information about the potential use of part of the Burial Ground for fruit trees and bushes - this is not definite yet, but it is a possibility which may happen. Apologies for the misinformation.

Posted by Bill Roberts on July 27, 2009 at 3:42pm

Food group news

The food group have two definite projects in the pipeline, both involving land to grow food on. The church committee have agreed that part of the Burial Ground at the parish church could be planted with mixed fruit bushes and trees. And 2/3 of an acre up Yanley Lane (on the same field as the Chicken Collective) which could be used for veg growing.
A Local Food Grant application will go in in August, and there's a meeting on Tues 15 Sept at the Angel pub (pantry room) for people interested in get… Continue

Posted by Bill Roberts on July 23, 2009 at 6:21pm

Hello from GreenOreNaturals.com

Hi My Name is Suzanna Miles and I live just outside Bath. My husband and I manufacture organic soap & skincare (paraben & sls free) and we endeavour to use recycled packaging as far as possible. We operate on renewable energy and run a multi fuel reclaimed Rayburn, affectionately known as Genghis in the winter for heating, cooking and hot water. We feed Genghis on sustainable wood, recycled wood briquettes and a bit of coal when it is really cold.

The aim of our business venture is to o… Continue

Posted by Suzanna Miles on June 9, 2009 at 12:44pm

North Somerset Transition meet-up

I've been in touch with Transition Winscombe and Transition Wrington, and we're talking about arranging to meet up and share experiences, in January. I think it'll be good to establish a networking relationship with them, and also the Pill group.

Posted by Bill Roberts on November 5, 2008 at 11:56pm — 2 Comments

Books for loan

I don't know about you but I tend to buy a book, read it with great enthusiasm, then consign it to the bookcase to collect dust for ever.

Would you like to borrow - The New Green Consumer Guide
- A Life Stripped bare

Both great ethical books. I'm sure I have more, but I think my son has nicked them!

Anyway, ring 393731 if you fancy a read.

What books do you have? I don't mean Mills and Boon or some airport novel, I mean appropriate books!!

Cheers, Mark

Posted by Mark Wilkins on October 12, 2008 at 10:46pm — 1 Comment

Resources offered on loan

These are available for anyone to borrow (lender's name in brackets)
If you have any resources you'd like to share, please email Bill or Anna.
Books
Deffeyes - Beyond Oil (Anna)
Jones - Building with straw bales (Anna)
King - Buildings of Earth and Straw (Anna)
The Green Building Bible Second Edition (Anna)
Wilhide - Eco (pretty picture of eco homes around the world) (Anna)
Harper and Halestrap - Lifting the Lid (toilet systems) (Anna)
Various back issues of Permaculture magazine (Anna)
Richard Heinberg - Peak Everything (Margaret & Ian)
David Homgren - Permaculture, principles and pathways beyond sustainabillity (Margaret & Ian)
Rob Hopkins - The Transition Handbook (Bill, Margaret)
Joanna Macey - World as lover, world as self (Margaret)
George Monbiot - Heat (Bill)
Colin Trudge - So we shall reap (Margaret & Ian)
DVDs
The end of suburbia (Bill)
An inconvenient Truth (Ben/Emily)
A crude awakening (Bill)
The 11th hour (Simon)
The story of stuff (Bill)
Other
CD of Megan Quinn talking (she's from Community Solutions who made the Cuban 'Power of Community' film) (Margaret)
Ecosaver unit - audit how much electricity any appliance uses, to cut down on waste (Bill)

Services offered

Email Bill or Anna with details of any free services you'd like to offer to others in the community.

Free items offered

Email Bill or Anna if you'd like to list anything you're giving away
Kath Lane has a cupboard and shelves to give away - see photos below and contact her kmlane123@hotmail.com.