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Welcome to Transition Harborough a grass roots community lead environmental group tackling the issues of climate change and Peak Oil through a strategy of re-localisation of goods and services.
Forget the hum drum of lobbying and welcome to the empowerment of the community to sculpt its own destiny through its collective genius by revisioning the purpose of our settlement. Life and Transition should be a party.
Transition Harborough is the 22nd member of the Transition Network the fastest growing grass roots community since the CND and currently boasts over 300 initiatives worldwide with over 150 communities thinking about it.
Please feel free to look around our site and remember that the transition process is only limited by your enthusiasm and passion, its your community so get involved in any way you feel is relevant. If you feel passionate about something or just want to learn new skills then just sign up and let us know your thoughts.
Not sure what "Peak Oil" is about then read the Nitty and the Gritty here.
Some of our local family
Transition Leicester
Ibstock does climate change
Transition Stamford
Transition Northamptonshire
Transition Wellingborough
A simple equation Climate Change + Peak Oil = Transition
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Judiths blog |
| Posted by judithe Apr 13th
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Just recovering from the Communities Living Sustainably Grant Meeting yesterday, when we met with the Partners. Estimated length of meeting 4 hours! The BIG Lottery facilitator took us through the CAT - the community buttessment tool. This is a 60 item questionnaire, for describing the social, economic and environmental aspects of Harborough, asking whether any surveys, reports or assessments have been made in each aspect. Even by half way through, it was appearing as a rather blunt tool to use to monitor progress of the grant associated activities. However, if anything was gained from this long session, was that for...Read More
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Judiths blog |
| Posted by judithe Apr 4th
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The Green Light Festival was very exciting -lots of people and stalls, all exuding green posters, table clothes and hangings. Behind every stall, a passionate team wanting to tell you their story and share their products. The Queens Building at the DeMontfort University is it's self of architectural reknown being an early innovator of energy efficient design. The building reverberated with people, throbbing drums and appetite alluring Indian cuisine, vying with rows of home made cakes and pizza, leaving the tiny 'I love chocolate' stall , with heaving queues of us wanting to satisfy our indulgent desires.
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Judith's blog |
| Posted by judithe Mar 29th
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Today I am going to start blogging. I have felt that I have been on the crest of a wave of innovation this week. You will need to tell me whether this is a figment of my imagination or whether there is even more going on than I am aware of!
The Green Light Festival is on this Saturday at the DeMontfort University, Queens Building, in Leicester from 10-5 or 6. You must go as this will be where the Leicester Transition's energy group are looking for people interested in shares in their new Green Fox...Read More
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 Members: 2 Looking at growing on small plots of land around Market Harborough made available by Harborough District Council  Members: 4 Abundance is a project to harvest the seasonal glut of local fruit like apples, pear and plums.  Members: 3 The central steering group who meet monthly to discuss all things Transition View our meeting minutes here  Members: 3 Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up at informal sessions known as Green Drinks.  Members: 1 A street level freinds of Newcombe street group  Members: 10 Co-operative bulk buying group.  Members: 1 Developing relationships with local government at all levels  Members: 1 A place to discuss and investigate renewable options for you.
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