We have a new official website: www.transitionstroud.org
For latest info on Transition Stroud please refer to the new site. Information on this site will be tidied up before long...
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To protect this site from spam robots we have had to password protect it. To edit this site you need to enter the password ttwiki
Transition Stroud
To stay up to date please join the Transition Stroud Announcements email list. This provides occasional email updates on what's happening, events and social gatherings.
To join the ANNOUNCE list send a blank email to: tts-announce-subscribe@googlegroups.com
We also run a discussion list which is an open discussion on all things to do with Transition Stroud - this can have quite a lot of email each week, although you can control this from your google groups settings.
To join the DISCUSSION list send a blank email to: tts-discuss-subscribe@googlegroups.com
You may also view these lists online at: http://groups.google.com/group/tts-announce and http://groups.google.com/group/tts-discuss
To view our introductory leaflets click on one of the leaflet images. These were produced for the Richard Heinberg talk on 30 May 07. (Please note: These are 3 fold format so the front is the third column, back is the second column... or print and fold to figure it out).
To find out why we are doing this, go to the Rationale page.
If you live in Uley you can do your carbon reduction locally with http://www.uleygozero.com/
Events highlights
For full details of upcoming events visit the Events page.
Next open meeting: 3rd April, 7.30pm, in the Gold Room at the Centre for Science and Arts, Lansdown
Recycled biodiesel now available
Biodiesel made from recycled vegetable oil is now available from an outlet in Uplands, Stroud - phone Simon Kenning 01453 767292 CHEAPER THAN REGULAR DIESEL!
Make your own willow basket
Basket-making workshops on 19th-20th April and 3rd-4th May.
What does the financial crisis have to do with Stroud?
Transition's Lifestyles and Livelihoods Group is holding a public meeting to discuss ways to insulate ourselves against financial crash. April 21st. Find more on the Events page.
Plus next Transition Drinks
Any plans? Please post here
Making the Most of the process
Want to know what YOU can do? Skip to the Bright Ideas page
Or you can contribute to this website and help us create the process online. It is a wiki website, which means we can all create it together. To make your additions just click edit on the Actions list to the left and enter the password ttwiki. . . and off you go! Here's how to use a Wiki.
And to find out where we've been . . . we're creating our own living history on the Transition Stroud blog: http://transitiontownstroud.blogspot.com/
Taking the ideas forward
Stroud is an exciting and dynamic place to be taking on this initiative. We hope to spread the ideas for low-carbon living that have been developed already in Stroud outwards to those who have not yet felt able to change their lifestyles. We also plan to develop some forward-looking best-practice examples of a more localised economy.
Some of us have started a blog to document some of our activities: http://transitiontownstroud.blogspot.com/
We have an open meeting to take forward our activities on the first Thursday of each month, at the Centre for Science and Arts, Lansdown in Stroud. We have just chosen five people from amongst the group to take on specific responsibility for tasks needed to support the process, but these meetings are open to everybody to make decisions about where we're going and what we're going to do.
Most of the positive action for the Transition takes place in individual working groups. Please do contact the co-ordinator of the group you find interesting and GET INVOLVED!
Working Groups Contact Details
Here is a list of the working groups that already exist: if you think a new group would be a good idea why not start it up yourself? All groups are open and the co-ordinators would be glad to hear from you.
Arts
Co-ordinator Lesley Greene: arts@transitionstroud.org 01452 770018
Energy, Building and Water
Co-ordinators: Dave Cockcroft: energy@transitionstroud.org 07768 418960
To join our email group send an email to: tts-energy-subscribe@googlegroups.com
Food
Co-ordinator Jessica Standing: food@transitionstroud.org 01453 759409
Odi Jarman: 07791 670674
Lifestyle and Livelihoods
Co-ordinator Molly Scott Cato: livelihoods@transitionstroud.org 01453 764730
Education, training and skills
Co-ordinator Helen Pitel: education@transitionstroud.org 01453 762957
Connections?
Co-ordinator Jenny Elliott: connections@transitionstroud.org 01453 750987
Health and well-being
Co-ordinator: ???
Transport
Co-ordinators Jessica Hodge & Carol Mathews: transport@transitionstroud.org
James Beecher: 01453 760098
Textiles
Co-ordinator Emily Smith: textiles@transitionstroud.org 07963 781384
Business and Government
Co-ordinator Simon Allen: busgov@transitionstroud.org 01453 832165
Information Technology? Co-ordinator: Ben Evans: it@transitionstroud.org 07788 973470
All groups are open. If you are interested in participating in any of the above groups, please contact the co-ordinator.
'Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it's the only thing that ever does' Margaret Mead
These are some of the organisations already doing something towards the aims of Transition Stroud
Social Enterprise Centre
Stroud Community Agriculture
Stroud Local Food Club
Co Housing
Stroud Commonwealth
Stroudwater Textiles Trust
Bio Fuels
Community Land Trust
Cashes Green Hospital
Standish Hospital
Car Club
Ecotricity
Spring drinking water
Water power potential
Mid counties Coop
Food Coops
Allotments including the communal allotment on Summer Street
Fair trade
Farmers Market
Independent Shops
The Green Shop, Bisley
Ecotopia
Time Banking
LETS
Organic Cafes
Made in Stroud
The SPACE
The Hub
Hospitals
Small Schools
Woodcraft Folk
Steiner Organisations
Ruskin Mill
Print Making Coop
Stroud Valleys Project
Canal projects
Cycle Tracks
Alternative Health Provision
Care Initiatives such as Cotswold Care Hospice and Painswick Inn, etc
Woodland Enterprises
Stroud Water Research Group
Green Party
Credit Union