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SueBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08322941991722420147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174153668149333527.post-41115995821407106992012-08-07T07:44:00.000-07:002012-08-07T07:44:34.812-07:00Gardeners Question Time Tips<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>What is a good way to grow </i><i><b>apple
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An interesting way is as a fruit hedge
with a different variety every few feet.</span><br />
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on the varieties to grow.</span><br />
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have good database for planting information.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cox Orange Pippin are a good variety
to grow but they can be prone to scab. In this area in the past cider
apples were grown as this was not so much of a problem. One way to
counteract this is to spray with seaweed foliar feed.</span><br />
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trees</b></i><i> off to a good start in containers?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">50% John Innes and 50% multi purpose
peat free compost will provide well for fruit trees in containers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Blueberry bushes need acidic soil, and
as with all berry crops don’t forget to net to protect from birds.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most berry plants enjoy higher levels
of rainfall to crop well.</span><br />
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conditions and high levels of rainfall for a good September crop.</span><br />
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where should I start?</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grow veg. you like. <b>Salad leaves</b>
like rocket are an easy place to start. Many veg. can be grown in
containers if not much space is available; even carrots can be grown
in pots.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is a good idea to get children
involved to spur the family on with crops like runner beans- pick
young and tender,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Swap produce with other people to give
more variety,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During hot weather a watering system
is essential with rain butts, however even waste washing water can be
used in times of drought.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which food plants are particularly
suited to growing in our local climate?</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Brassicas</b> are an ideal cliff
top plant- cover with fleece to keep aphids off when young then
harden off with full light access.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chard is also a good tasty plant to
grow.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pak Choi and Joy Choi Chinese greens
will thrive as long as the ground is moist.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Autumn planted cabbages appreciate a
dressing of garden lime. It is always good to know the acidity level
of your soil. West Country compost is very alkaline and can be used
as a mulch for cabbages.</span><br />
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that love lots of water- it is essential to keep them moist as they
do not like drought conditions. An easy way to grow them is in
guttering with end stops. It is best to plant them in April or May.
By moonlight is also said to be an auspicious planting time if trying
out biodynamic gardening methods.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Beans</b> grow well in a trench
lined with compost with an organic mulch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Sweet Potatoes- </b>the easiest way
is to grow them in a polytunnel. They like to have warm roots so grow
through black plastic to warm the soil. You can order chits from
nurseries or start your own off in an airing cupboard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Potatoes</b> are best grown from
seed potatoes to avoid disease. They do not like frosts so plant out
after that. They can also be grown successfully in tubs in a green
house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Jerusalem Artichokes </b>are a
dependable plant to grow. They are a useful soup ingredient, and a
member of the sunflower family so they can be grown to a height of 7
to 8 feet to act as a windbreak. However they can be invasive.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When is the best time to plant?</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There will be times of glut and famine
depending on the weather and soil conditions. It is important to
make a plan for successional crops. A crop of planted F1 seeds will
all tend to mature at once. Plant in small quantities and different
varieties. Be aware of the hungry gap after Christmas.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What sort of fertiliser would you
recommend?</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Seaweed </b>collected from the
beach is a useful natural fertiliser. Collect after a rain storm if
possible as the longer it lies there the more salty it will be. It is
especially good around brassicas, asparagus and under potato plants.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How to grow healthy courgettes?</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If <b>courgettes </b>are rotten in the
ends then the ground or the air has been too moist. Keep pests at bay
with a dressing of seaweed. Prevent Club root by growing <b>rhubarb
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<br />SueBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08322941991722420147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174153668149333527.post-41705217740314834842012-06-08T12:36:00.001-07:002012-06-08T12:46:01.297-07:00Garden Share rejuvenates Westcliff Primary SchoolDawlish Transition have set up a garden share with Westcliff Primary School to rejuvenate their garden.<br />
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A couple of working visits later the plot is planted up with potatoes, onions, celeriac, runner beans, tomatoes, courgettes, fennel, borage and chives.<br />
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We also moved the water butt and rigged up a plastic bottle to collect rain water from the green house roof.<br />
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If you would like to help out or want to know more about Garden Share please email us at<br />
<b>dawlishtransition@gmail.com</b>SueBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08322941991722420147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174153668149333527.post-12956536378728545382012-05-24T12:53:00.000-07:002012-05-24T12:57:51.655-07:00Seedling Swap on Sat 26th May 2012, 9.30-11am<br />
Dawlish Transition are holding a Seedling Swap on Saturday 26th May 2012, 9.30-11 am outside the URC, The Strand, Dawlish as part of Delicious Dawlish - growing food anywhere and everywhere.<br />
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Bring along your spare vegetable seedlings to exchange or buy young food plants for sale at bargain prices.SueBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08322941991722420147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174153668149333527.post-20574602934254832122012-02-07T04:58:00.000-08:002012-02-16T12:05:33.518-08:00“Delicious Dawlish” launch Thursday 8th March<br />
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White Room, South Devon Inn, Strand Hill, Dawlish</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;">We are holding a social and information evening
to</span></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;"> help everyone reduce costs by growing food in whatever space is
available. Toby Buckland, well known as a presenter on BBC Garden
Live and a local online garden nursery owner, will be talking about
growing edible plants anywhere and everywhere. This will follow a
short film about the successful “Incredible Edible Todmorden”
initiative. The group is hoping that experienced and new gardeners
will come along and be involved in a seed swap and put their
gardening questions to Toby Buckland and a panel of local experts</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-US">Everyone is welcome to come along and enjoy the ‘Delicious Dawlish’ evening at the
South Devon Inn on Thursday March 8</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span lang="en-US">th
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7pm. Places can be booked by calling 01626 862063. Entry costs just £1 per person, all
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></span></div>SueBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08322941991722420147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174153668149333527.post-68419441459738296022011-10-12T01:57:00.000-07:002011-10-12T01:57:07.708-07:00Home Energy Saving Exhibition - Sat October 15thWe are hosting a Home Energy Saving Exhibition at the Strand Centre (URC) on Saturday 15h October from 11am to 4pm.<br />
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The Teignbridge Affordable Warmth Home Energy Officer will be giving information about grants and low income loans to help with installing energy saving technologies such as loft insulation.<br />
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We have invited businesses who provide and install a range of sustainable and renewable heat capture systems and also businesses providing energy saving solutions for the domestic market.<br />
<br />SueBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08322941991722420147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174153668149333527.post-69324372690092100722011-06-02T00:34:00.000-07:002011-06-02T00:36:17.780-07:00Winning Renewable energy bids for Dawlish - YOUR help needed<div align="left" dir="ltr"><div></div></div><div> <b>The short story</b> - "Please just sign up as we need more members to win the bid"... <a href="http://www.energyshare.com/dawlish-transition/join/" title="http://www.energyshare.com/dawlish-transition/join/"><u title="http://www.energyshare.com/dawlish-transition/join/">http://www.energyshare.com/dawlish-transition/join/</u></a> </div><div><br />
</div><div><b>The long story</b> -We have registered Dawlish Transition as an energyshare group. Under this scheme we will be eligible to bid for funding to put in place community energy projects. This is funded by British Gas and supported by River Cottage and Friends of the Earth. In order to be eligible to apply for grant funding we need to gather as many supporters as possible before 30th June 2011, for a Community energy project. So it is important that you register as a member and supporter of the group, and drum up as much support as possible.</div><div></div><div>I have put forward the idea of making the Manor House more energy efficient by gaining funding to put in place the recommendations of the Save the Manor Group Report 2010- eg. provision of roof insulation, energy saving lighting, radiator heat controls etc. The roof may also be suitable for the installation of photovoltaic panels to generate electricity for use during sunshine hours. Everyone in Dawlish would benefit through reduced council costs and less energy use by community groups like us who hire the building.</div><div>You may have other Community schemes that could be put in place in mind...as well,</div><div></div><div></div><div><span class="359511617-30052011"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><b>About Energyshare</b></span></span></div><div></div><div><span class="359511617-30052011">energy<b>share</b> is a community. It brings people together in person and online, to challenge the status quo and get more control over:</span></div><div><div><b>• Where your energy comes from<br />
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Please follow next link to accept, sign-up, and join: <a href="http://www.energyshare.com/dawlish-transition/join/" title="http://www.energyshare.com/dawlish-transition/join/"><u title="http://www.energyshare.com/dawlish-transition/join/">http://www.energyshare.com/dawlish-transition/join/</u></a><br />
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Dawlish Transition is a renewable energy community group on energy<b>share</b>.<br />
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</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174153668149333527.post-43960167094613308922011-04-15T03:56:00.001-07:002011-04-15T03:56:18.122-07:00Next meeting 26th April 2011<div><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: HU;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">Next Dawlish Transition meeting: <strong> </strong></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><strong> </strong></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><strong>Tuesday 26th April 7.15pm, </strong></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><strong>The Manor House Dawlish</strong></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: HU;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <strong>All Welcome</strong></span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: HU;"></span> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174153668149333527.post-28992745612478987022011-03-18T01:38:00.001-07:002011-03-18T01:38:18.948-07:00Next meeting, 22nd March, 7pm, Manor House<div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The next Transition meeting will be held on <strong>22nd March, at 7pm</strong> <strong>Room 4a, The Manor House, Dawlish </strong></span><span style="font-size: small;">and you are all warmly invited to attend. If you can, please come along.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The meeting is to decide what sort of activities and facilities we would like to see developed here in Dawlish as part our Transition Town movement, and to give information about progress with any ideas that have already been started. We value your input and ideas and look forward to seeing you there,</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">best wishes,</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Carolyn</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dawlish Transition member</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174153668149333527.post-64093520253933402382011-03-02T00:53:00.000-08:002011-03-02T00:53:59.674-08:00PRSD link to Transition launch and bag competitonPeople's Republic of South Devon have covered the bag competition and launch here. <br />
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<a href="http://www.peoplesrepublicofsouthdevon.co.uk/2011/03/02/dont-forget-your-old-bag-dawlish-transition-town-comes-to-life/">http://www.peoplesrepublicofsouthdevon.co.uk/2011/03/02/dont-forget-your-old-bag-dawlish-transition-town-comes-to-life/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174153668149333527.post-60962449449438878642011-01-28T03:37:00.000-08:002011-01-28T03:37:30.926-08:00Dawlish Community group film night launch – all welcome.<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><img src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; " class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" id="ieooui" data-original-id="ieooui" /> <style>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">A group of Dawlish residents, Dawlish business people and a local councillor are set to lead the way on the launch of “Dawlish Transition”, a community initiative that can help reduce costs, reduce waste and improve lifestyles!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><br />
“Transition” is about people working together to “future-proof” their lives as we face so much change in the world, like reducing oil supplies, higher prices and food shortages.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><br />
The whole Transition movement was launched in Totnes, many years ago and has been very successful, with initiatives including festivals, food events, garden share schemes and even solar panels for the civic hall.<span> </span>It is estimated that Transition has brought an estimated £122,000 to the local economy, with people just coming to the town to find out more.<span> </span>(See their website for more information - <a href="http://www.transitiontowntotnes.org/"><span style="color: black;">http://www.transitiontowntotnes.org</span></a>) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">Now Transition is proving successful in many other areas, and Dawlish aims to be next on the map!<span> </span>The group will be showing a film that explains the issues we face, how we can take action, and afterwards a Q&A session event to enable people to find out more about getting involved and taking this to the next level.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">The film night will be held on Thursday 24th February, 7-9pm at the Red Rock Centre (by Dawlish Football club, Sandy Lane).<span> </span>Entry is free and all are welcome. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">Films showing “”Power of the Community” and “Message in the Waves”, w<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">ith guest speakers: Antony Turner ,<span> </span>Carbon Sense Foundation & Teign Estuary Transition, and Ben Bryant, Teignbridge Recycling Officer (Dawlish Bag Campaign)</span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">Carolyn Ballard, who has booked the event and speakers said: “I’m delighted that we can kick-start the Transition movement here in Dawlish.<span> </span>We have so many pro-active people</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> here, and I’m sure we can all work together to create an amazing project that will improve everyone’s lives.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dawlish Transition has a site for more information: <a href="http://www.dawlishtransition.blogspot.com/">www.dawlishtransition.blogspot.com/</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And members urge everyone to come along and enjoy the film and discussion.<span> </span>Founder member, Sue Haswell said: “This is set to be a great free community event – and the start of something big, where we can all get together and tackle the issues that matter to us most.”</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174153668149333527.post-54998265012112109022011-01-28T03:36:00.000-08:002011-01-28T03:36:23.801-08:00What could transition do for Dawlish?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<h1><span style="font-size: small;">For anyone who wants to know what Transition can do for a town, here's what it's done for Totnes. The article, "What has TTT ever done for us?" is taken from their website: <span style="font-family: Arial;"> (<a href="http://www.transitiontowntotnes.org/content/what-has-ttt-ever-done-us">http://www.transitiontowntotnes.org/content/what-has-ttt-ever-done-us</a> ) – </span></span></h1><h1><span style="font-size: large;">"What has TTT ever done for us?"</span></h1><h1> </h1><span style="font-family: Arial;">People visiting Totnes to find out about Transition have brought an estimated <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">£122,000</span></strong> to the local economy • over <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">300</span></strong> people have visited the town to undertake Transition Training • TTT raised the funding for the <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">74</span></strong> solar panels on Totnes Civic Hall which will generate around <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">13,000kWh</span></strong> (a <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">third</span></strong> of its demand, leading to the Council saving over <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">£5,500</span></strong>) • <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">186</span></strong> hybrid nut trees have been planted throughout the town • over <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">4000</span></strong> Local Food Guides (in 2 editions) have been distributed • our Garden Share scheme means that now <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">30</span></strong> gardeners in <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">13</span></strong> gardens are able to grow food, providing food to over <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">50</span></strong> families • over <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">70</span></strong> businesses now accept the Totnes Pound • organised over <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">140</span></strong> public events • more than <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">1,000 </span></strong>students at King Edward VI Community College have now participated in our ‘Transition Tales’ programme • over <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">75%</span></strong> of people in Totnes and Dartington are aware of TTT’s work • more than <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">600</span></strong> people attended 4 workshops on renewable energy • there are now <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">59</span></strong> ‘Transition Together’ groups in and around the town, who will each reduce their carbon emissions by <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">1.2</span></strong> tonnes, each saving <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">£601</span></strong> per year • over <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">50%</span></strong> of those households are low-income • ‘Transition Tours’, a structured tour designed for those who want to visit the town to learn about Transition has, so far, had a local impact of <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">£52,166</span></strong> • The work of TTT has inspired an international network of <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">thousands</span></strong> of Transition initiatives • TTT has formed partnerships with <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">25</span></strong> other organisations • the creation of the Energy Descent Action Plan engaged over <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">800</span></strong> local people, gave talks to <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">35</span></strong> local organisations and held <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">27</span></strong> public meetings • <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">50</span></strong> people have learnt to garden through our basic gardening course • over <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">400</span></strong> people attended ‘Winterfest’, a one-day celebration of the work of TTT • <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">3</span></strong> annual ‘Edible Garden Crawls’ have been attended by over <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">500</span></strong> people • the 2010 ‘Energy Fair’ was attended by over <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">400</span></strong> people • TTT’s email newsletter is received by over <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">2,000</span></strong> people • TTT’s Garden Share scheme was the inspiration for <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Hugh Fearnley-Wittingstall</span></strong>’s national ‘Landshare’ campaign • Produced <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">10</span></strong> short films about various TTT events, see <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3yh9ysu" title="http://tinyurl.com/3yh9ysu">http://tinyurl.com/3yh9ysu</a> • ‘Estates in Transition’, a day conference co-organised with Dartington, brought <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">65</span></strong> local landowners and managers together to explore the impacts of peak oil and climate change • <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">57.2%</span></strong> of local people feel TTT’s work is either ‘highly relevant’ or ‘relevant’ to their lives • the Heart and Soul group provides support to <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">15</span></strong> people working in TTT so as to minimise incidents of burn-out •<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></strong>TTT’s website has over <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">4,500</span></strong> registered users • our annual Seedy Sunday events each attract at least <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">200</span></strong> people • a recent grant of <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">£75,000</span></strong> from Community Builders is supporting our efforts to bring the derelict Dairy Crest site back into community ownership • TTT has generated a great deal of media coverage, including BBC’s <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">The One Show</span></strong>, <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Al Jazeera TV</span></strong>, <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">‘In Business’</span></strong> on Radio 4, and pieces in most daily papers, as well as regularly attracting international media attention.... </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Taken from the Transition Town Totnes website (<a href="http://www.transitiontowntotnes.org/content/what-has-ttt-ever-done-us">http://www.transitiontowntotnes.org/content/what-has-ttt-ever-done-us</a> ) – </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174153668149333527.post-45054401000299959242010-12-10T03:02:00.000-08:002010-12-10T03:04:12.930-08:00Local Produce MarketDon't forget Dawlish Local Produce Market takes place on the first Friday of each month. 10.00am-2.00pmLynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128910693814029399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174153668149333527.post-763662985119865532010-12-10T00:49:00.000-08:002010-12-10T01:58:35.859-08:00Dawlish Transition to Launch!As we face peak oil, sustainability issues, climate change and pollution - it becomes evident that communities need to support each other.<br />
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We are aiming to launch Dawlish Transition soon. This will be a great way to bring the community together to tackle issues, and also to put Dawlish's needs on the map.<br />
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We could work with regeneration projects, or set up community gardens. We could get training, support and funding.<br />
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We can find out how to make things last longer....save money, and save Earth's resources.<br />
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There are so many opportunities for Dawlish, and to get involved and play a part, all you need to do is come along to our events and find out more.<br />
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Right now we are planning an event for February 2011. It will be a film night, held at the Red Rock Youth Training Centre, Sandy Lane. More details will be posted here as we have them.<br />
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<b>Express your interest...</b><br />
In the meantime you can send us your details, and we'll keep you informed: email: s.haswell@btinternet.com, and use "Dawlish Transition" as your subject title. If you'd like to get involved right from the outset, then please say so in the email. It will be great to have you on board!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1