Home Energy Saving Exhibition - Sat October 15th

We are hosting a Home Energy Saving Exhibition at the Strand Centre (URC) on Saturday 15h October from 11am to 4pm.

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.

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.

Winning Renewable energy bids for Dawlish - YOUR help needed

 The short story - "Please just sign up as we need more members to win the bid"...  http://www.energyshare.com/dawlish-transition/join/ 

The long story -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.

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.

You may have other Community schemes that could be put in place in mind...as well,

About Energyshare

energyshare is a community. It brings people together in person and online, to challenge the status quo and get more control over:

• Where your energy comes from
• How much you use
• How much you pay for it

Please follow next link to accept, sign-up, and join: http://www.energyshare.com/dawlish-transition/join/

Dawlish Transition is a renewable energy community group on energyshare.
Once you've registered you could....

Hope to see you on www.energyshare.com soon!

Next meeting 26th April 2011

Next Dawlish Transition meeting:  

 

Tuesday 26th April 7.15pm, 

The Manor House Dawlish

                                                                                                            

All Welcome

Next meeting, 22nd March, 7pm, Manor House

The next Transition meeting will be held on 22nd March, at 7pm  Room 4a, The Manor House, Dawlish and you are all warmly invited to attend. If you can, please come along.

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,

best wishes,

Carolyn

Dawlish Transition member

PRSD link to Transition launch and bag competiton

People's Republic of South Devon have covered the bag competition and launch here. 

http://www.peoplesrepublicofsouthdevon.co.uk/2011/03/02/dont-forget-your-old-bag-dawlish-transition-town-comes-to-life/

Dawlish Community group film night launch – all welcome.

Thursday 24^th Feb, 7-9pm, Red Rock Centre, Sandy Lane.

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!

“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.

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.  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.  (See their website for more information - http://www.transitiontowntotnes.org)

Now Transition is proving successful in many other areas, and Dawlish aims to be next on the map!  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.

The film night will be held on Thursday 24th February, 7-9pm at the Red Rock Centre (by Dawlish Football club, Sandy Lane).   Entry is free and all are welcome.

Films showing “”Power of the Community” and “Message in the Waves”, with guest speakers:  Antony Turner ,  Carbon Sense Foundation & Teign Estuary Transition, and Ben Bryant, Teignbridge Recycling Officer (Dawlish Bag Campaign)

Carolyn Ballard, who has booked the event and speakers said: “I’m delighted that we can kick-start the Transition movement here in Dawlish.  We have so many pro-active people here, and I’m sure we can all work together to create an amazing project that will improve everyone’s lives.”

Dawlish Transition has a site for more information: www.dawlishtransition.blogspot.com/

And members urge everyone to come along and enjoy the film and discussion.   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.”

What could transition do for Dawlish?

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:   (http://www.transitiontowntotnes.org/content/what-has-ttt-ever-done-us ) – 

"What has TTT ever done for us?"

People visiting Totnes to find out about Transition have brought an estimated £122,000 to the local economy • over 300 people have visited the town to undertake Transition Training • TTT raised the funding for the 74 solar panels on Totnes Civic Hall which will generate around 13,000kWh (a third of its demand, leading to the Council saving over £5,500) • 186 hybrid nut trees have been planted throughout the town • over 4000 Local Food Guides (in 2 editions) have been distributed • our Garden Share scheme means that now 30 gardeners in 13 gardens are able to grow food, providing food to over 50 families • over 70 businesses now accept the Totnes Pound • organised over 140 public events • more than 1,000 students at King Edward VI Community College have now participated in our ‘Transition Tales’ programme • over 75% of people in Totnes and Dartington are aware of TTT’s work • more than 600 people attended 4 workshops on renewable energy • there are now 59 ‘Transition Together’ groups in and around the town, who will each reduce their carbon emissions by 1.2 tonnes, each saving £601 per year • over 50% 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 £52,166 • The work of TTT  has inspired an international network of thousands of Transition initiatives • TTT has formed partnerships with 25 other organisations • the creation of the Energy Descent Action Plan engaged over 800 local people, gave talks to 35 local organisations and held 27 public meetings • 50 people have learnt to garden through our basic gardening course • over 400 people attended ‘Winterfest’, a one-day celebration of the work of TTT • 3 annual ‘Edible Garden Crawls’ have been attended by over 500 people • the 2010 ‘Energy Fair’ was attended by over 400 people • TTT’s email newsletter is received by over 2,000 people • TTT’s Garden Share scheme was the inspiration for Hugh Fearnley-Wittingstall’s national ‘Landshare’ campaign • Produced 10 short films about various TTT events, see http://tinyurl.com/3yh9ysu • ‘Estates in Transition’, a day conference co-organised with Dartington, brought 65 local landowners and managers together to explore the impacts of peak oil and climate change • 57.2% of local people feel TTT’s work is either ‘highly relevant’ or ‘relevant’ to their lives • the Heart and Soul group provides support to 15 people working in TTT so as to minimise incidents of burn-out • TTT’s website has over 4,500 registered users • our annual Seedy Sunday events each attract at least 200 people • a recent grant of £75,000 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 The One Show, Al Jazeera TV, ‘In Business’ on Radio 4, and pieces in most daily papers, as well as regularly attracting international media attention.... 

Taken from the Transition Town Totnes website (http://www.transitiontowntotnes.org/content/what-has-ttt-ever-done-us ) –