The story so far...
In the news...
Transition Town Lewes was featured on Radio 4's You and Yours as well as a discussion on peak oil. (June 13 2007)
Read about the Lewes community bag in Viva Lewes: an initiative from the TTL Textile Group.
Front page articles in the Financial Times and the Telegraph Business on the International Energy Agency's prediction of an oil crisis in five years.
An article in the Times on Transition Towns and peak oil.
Forthcoming events
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Our bulletin
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Energy Transition Comes to Lewes
In the run up to the unleashing of Transition Town Lewes on 24th April, we have created a Peak Oil awareness programme 'Energy Transition Comes to Lewes'. Click on each event to find out more. See the poster here.
Screening of the film, End of Suburbia, 11 Feb 2007
Screening of the film, The Power of Community, 25 Feb 2007
Talk by Jeremy Leggett, 29 Mar 2007
Talk by Caroline Lucas, 12 April 2007
The Official Unleashing
Over 400 people came to Transition Town Lewes' launch event on 24 April 2007, The Official Unleashing.
Open Space days
Our first open space day on food (Sat 5 May) was a great success.
Our second open space on housing (Sat 2 June) was smaller but just as beautiful.
Last but by no means least: energy (Sat 23 June).
Programme of Events May - July 2007
Feeding Lewes - past, present and future
talk by Colin Brent, local historian, and Topsy Jewell of Common Cause
Wednesday 2nd May, Pelham House
The 40% House - saving and producing energy at home
talk by Brenda Boardman of Oxford University and Duncan Baker-Brown of BBM architects
Wednesday 30th May, Pelham House
Who killed the electric car?
film showing in association with Lewes Cinema
Sunday 10th June, All Saints Centre
A celebration of local food and drink
in association with Slow Food
bar serving Harvey's, local wine, cider and fruit juices
food produced locally
demonstrations
Sunday 17th June, All Saints Centre
Making the transition to a low fossil fuel future
Wednesday 20 June, Pelham House, 8pm
a talk by Alister Scott and Jim Watson of the Sussex Energy Group and Howard Johns of Southern Solar
Unplugged Party
Saturday 7th July from 7pm at the Market Lane Garage, North Street
celebrating the end of Transition Town Lewes’s exciting first phase
Solar powered music from Southern Solar
tuning in to the SOS Live Earth concerts
food and drink to share
as Friend of Live Earth featuring an address from Al Gore
The Autumn Programme
Reception to launch and Great Reskilling of Lewes
and Lewes Library's new collection of books on climate change and peak oil
Tuesday 18th September, 6pm, Lewes Library, free
Transition Town Lewes initiatives
We have also started some projects. Go to our Initiatives section to find out more!
Get involved: contact one of the Group contacts on the Groups page
