Hi.
Welcome to 2010 where this website is in a kind of transition, over to our new location on Ning: http://transitionfarnham.ning.com/
We think that in the long term it will be a more useful tool than this website, so all new material is being posted there.
In the meantime, do feel free to check out what we did in our first year of existence, on this site.
And here is a nice short video showing how the Transition is going in Calgary, Canada:
Welcome to the first round up of the decade!
And we seem to have hit the ground running…
First, you still have a few hours to sign up for our first Biodanza workshop TOMORROW (Sunday 17 January). Biodanza is a system, or a form, of learning about yourself and your interactions with life and people, through movement and dance. It’s also great fun! To book a place, ring Ian today (Saturday) on 07919 341167.
On 19 January we will be meeting Waverley Borough Council to help plan a “market stall” event between us, them, and the other two Transition Towns in the borough. At that market stall event we will looking at how each of the departments in the council might prepare for peak oil and climate change, and use this as an opportunity to improve the quality of life in the borough.
The following week, 26 January, we will be talking about a different borough — The Borough in Farnham. The meeting is being organised by Surrey County Council and Waverley BC to find short and medium term solutions to the air quality problems in the town. Our resident expert Tom Lankester will be representing Transition Farnham. Solutions look likely to include better public transport, and more facilities for bicycles, pedestrians, and electric vehicles.
If you would like an all expenses paid trip to Germany, to attend a Transition Europe Conference in May, click here to find out more.
At our meeting on Monday we got an update on the progress of the exciting Interstitial Spaces project, as well as discussing the idea of a “2020 Vision for Farnham” project.
Finally, we are making a transition of our own at the moment: from this site over to Ning. We are still learning, and there seem to be some teething problems as well as many advantages, so do pop over and check it out. Let us know what you think.
Our next meeting will take place on Monday 18 January, at The Barn, from 7:30pm.
Have a great weekend.
Hi,
We’re taking a break now until 11 January.
Have a wonderful, wonderful Christmas — whatever style you celebrate it in !
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In a final review before Christmas:
Watch Age of Stupid, free on the BBC, until 21 December:
Click here and add your name to the petition:
In a low carbon future we’re going to want to save water, grow our own food, and create jobs locally. Here is something that could help achieve all three.
The Loveable Loo is a composting toilet that saves water, creates something that helps the garden grow, and can create local jobs for the people that make them.
This video shows how to do all three: how to make and use the Loveable Loo:
And with Alice Holt just down the road, we have most of the basic raw materials we will need!
Too much home-made cider is never a good idea…
Thanks to all who came to last night’s Transition Christmas Party. Commiserations to those who couldn’t make it.
As something random to follow with, here’s a featured post from our website hosts, WordPress — this is what Alberta, Canada looked like first thing yesterday morning, at minus 40 degrees celsius:
Wow!
You can read more about this, and see other stunning photos at http://danjurak.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/forty-below-celsius/
On Saturday evening 3,000 towns and cities around the world came together to hold candlelit vigils and mark the halfway point of the Copenhagen climate negotiations.
They wanted to send a powerful message to politicians: “Stop playing games and start taking action.”
Here in Farnham we did our bit too!
As we prepare for our Christmas Party this evening, I thought you might like to see this short film about Transition Town Totnes’s recent “Winterfest”:
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