Hi, greetings from South Liverpool. We started just before christmas with some films, and were amazed at the response. Many of the people who came knew each other and the emails really went viral. I think this as we had a good venue in the part of Liverpool where a lot of green-minded folk live, we have a Green councillor etc. Someone at the first meeting said that they had been trying to run events in the centre of town, with no success - but it could have been that there was not much publicity. We have also been grappling with a few questions - how to transition a whole city, especially a city like Liverpool that has had hard times for getting on 50 years and where there are still huge problems that frankly feel like they still need growth. The Cuban example seemed a good alternative. We decided after much 'mulling' to take an approach of 'going to the part of the city where the energy was', and calling ourselves South Liverpool, based on four wards so we are not making claims about representing people we can't substantiate, without being too parochial. As other groups emerge in other parts of Liverpool, we will support them. We might tighten our boundaries, if new groups emerge that are more local. It seems to have been a successful approach for a big city.
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Transition South Liverpool
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Hi!
I've only just discovered this site, (a friend sent me a link) and, being based in Kensington (though a south-ender by birth) I was naturally drawn to this thread - I looked at your wiki page hoping to find out what's taking place in Liverpool, but it hasn't yet been edited.
I'm just very curious to know what's happening regarding transition in Liverpool, and how things are proceeding.
Living a sustainable life-style has been a priority of mine for a couple of years now, and the challenges of that whilst living in the heart of a city are pretty huge at times.
I would love to get involved in promoting sustainability and peak-oil awareness, etc, and I'd love to find out what others in this area are doing.
Please do contact me!
Thanks, Karen.Posted 2 years ago #
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