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.

Events

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Topic groups

Each group meets independently to address issues locally. All groups are open to new members
Food group - contact Margaret, tel 392187
Energy group - contact Ian, tel 392 187
Transport group - contact Liz 393748
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.

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Keeping up to date with our activities

We now have another website: www.transitionlongashton.co.uk. Check that site also for latest information - and we apologise if our sites don't seem up to date!
To receive emails on a fairly regular basis with latest information and related matters, join our email list, by contacting transitionla@blueyonder.co.uk

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

New to LA so hi, and whats with landowners/developers not liking green space!

Posted by Mike Harris on February 11, 2010 at 12:31pm

Correction to food group news

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

Food group news

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

Hello from GreenOreNaturals.com

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

North Somerset Transition meet-up

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

Books for loan

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

The Tool bank is now operational.

Posted by Mark Hessey on September 11, 2008 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

FLYER /leaflet for stall at flower show

Posted by Charlotte Beedell on August 26, 2008 at 10:21am — 2 Comments

2 day Transition training

Posted by Bill Roberts on July 29, 2008 at 10:38pm — 1 Comment

BBC2 Peak oil / climate change thriller

Posted by Bill Roberts on July 29, 2008 at 10:17pm — 1 Comment

Posters for meeting on 14th july

Posted by Charlotte Beedell on July 10, 2008 at 5:21pm — 1 Comment

Sustainable Communities Act 2007

Posted by Deryll Hibbitt on July 9, 2008 at 7:33pm

N Somerset Zero Waste Week, 29 Sept-5 Oct

Posted by Bill Roberts on July 9, 2008 at 5:23pm — 4 Comments

Cutting weeds and grass with scythes and reel mowers

Posted by Bill Roberts on July 7, 2008 at 11:13pm

Possible 'green LA trail' day and other ideas

Posted by Bill Roberts on July 3, 2008 at 11:42pm

Library

Posted by Deryll Hibbitt on July 1, 2008 at 7:30pm — 2 Comments

Meeting organisation (edited)

Posted by Ben Linsey-Bloom on June 23, 2008 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Projector is available

Posted by Ben Linsey-Bloom on June 23, 2008 at 10:00am

Help with signing up to this blog

Posted by Mark Hessey on June 18, 2008 at 11:00pm — 2 Comments

Tonights Meetiing

Posted by Charlotte Beedell on June 18, 2008 at 10:50pm — 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)

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.