Welcome to Transition Belsize

Location
London, England 51.55-0.16
Meetups
66 so far
Rating
Transition Belsize 4.50 4.5022
Founded
October 4, 2008

The Transition Towns movement began as an attempt by communities to work out for themselves how to address the twin problems of climate change and the end of cheap oil. Transitioners believe that life will be better – more local, more in touch with nature, more vibrant, less stressed, less chemical – after oil, and that we will be better prepared to deal with the challenges if we start working together now.

A Transition Town initiative is a group of concerned individuals who use the Transition Model (http://www.transitiontowns.org) to come up with a vision of how to make their community more self-sufficient, how to prepare an energy descent plan, and how to acquire or relearn the skills we will need in a world without oil. Skills like food growing for example: http://www.responsibility.tv/sustainable_food/Local_Food_...

Transition Belsize is loosely based on NW3 in North London. If you live, work or play in NW3, then you would be very welcome to join us. If you live further afield but want to learn from us with a view to starting up a Transition group in your own area, then you would be equally welcome.

We have lots of regular events and activities including, Saturday Skills Workshops, Green Drinks from 8pm on the 1st Wednesday of the month and an Eco Film night at 7.30pm on the 2nd Wednesday of the month. Both events are upstairs at the Sir Richard Steele's Pub on Haverstock Hill.

We are currently looking to set up a local garden share scheme and to create local food products to sell in Belsize shops. We're also looking for accessible spaces to grow food, for a treasurer and for a website person to help us create a more interactive and splendid online presence! We now have several thematic groups up and running including: Energy & Transport; Arts & Creativity; Food; Local Currency & Time Banking; and Wellbeing. Please keep an eye on the website for further details.

If you would like any further information or if you have any skills you think would help to move us forward, then please email Alexis: alexis [at] cuttingthecarbon.com or Sarah: sarahnicholl [at] hotmail.com.

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Our next MeetupBelsize Xmas Green Drinks

Where?
Haverstock Hill
London
Who’s coming?
3 Yes / 1 Maybe

Want to attend?

Come to Belsize Green Drinks for a drink and a natter about how we can green Belsize, Camden and the world! Upstairs at the Sir Richard Steele's pub every first Wednesday of the month from 8pm onwards.

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What members are saying

 Global warming, credit crunch, peak oil - it's not all doom & gloom. ... 

 Climate change is coming and so is peak oil - the end of cheap oil. Everything will change. We need to prepare but we need to see that life can be better after cheap oil. 

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What's new?

  • Nov 20
    • New member
      “I live in Belsize Park and I wanted to get involved with my community and get to know the people I live with.”
  • Nov 15
    • New member
      “I like gardening, recycling, resourceful people make happy communities.”
  • Nov 13
    • New member
      “I am a local garden designer who wants to encourage clients to create sustainable and beneficial outdoor spaces. For example, growing food and increasing biodiversity of native flora and fauna”
    • New member
    • New discussion
      Started by Reed.
    • New member

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