Transition Westcombe

Extending the Orchard

2012-01-27T16:41:00.003Z

On January 8th, Transition Westcombe and many wonderful helpers successfully planted a further six fruit trees in the East Greenwich Pleasaunce, with the kind support of the Greenwich Pride award and the London Orchard Project, doubling the size of this new community orchard following last winter’s planting of an initial six treesWe had around 12 volunteers, including our own core team of 6 plus

Tree Planting: the Memorial Orchard is growing!

2012-01-03T10:42:00.006Z

On Sunday January 8th, 1:00-3:30 pm, at the East Greenwich Pleasaunce, come ring in the new year by helping to plant trees- six more fruit trees to double the size of the Memorial Orchard and celebrate local food growing initiatives. We'll be putting in three apple trees, a plum, a gage, and a pear- the delicious Doyenne de Comice- all carefully protected with stakes and strong wire cages.Last

Looking After Our Trees

2011-02-22T18:56:00.005Z

James Hedges, an enthusiastic Chartered Forester, and the Arboricultural Supervisor with Greenwich Council, will talk about ‘Looking after Trees’ on Wednesday March 9th at 7.30pm in the main hall of the Steiner School, Woodlands, 90 Mycenae Rd (adjoining Mycenae House).This will be an entertaining and informative talk. James will also expertly answer your questions about trees in your garden, on

2010-11-18T11:45:00.003Z

18 November 2010The Friends of East Greenwich Pleasaunce and Transition Westcombe cordially invite you to the launch of the Pleasaunce Memorial Orchard at 1:15 on December 5, 2010.This new planting of fruit trees- apples, pears, and plums- will add to the diverse beauty and ecology of the Pleasaunce, while reflecting the park’s use as an orchard before it became the dignified

Greenwich 2012 Survey

2010-10-15T10:58:00.000+01:00

Draft Constitution

2010-09-26T09:11:00.002+01:00

The constitution will be discussed at our AGM, at 7pm on October 20th, Mycenae House, Mycenae Road, SE3 7SEConstitution for Transition Westcombe1. Our Group 31.1. The Group Transition Westcombe 31.2. Our Vision of a Low Carbon, Sustainable and Resilient Future 31.3. The Powers of Transition Westcombe 42. Our Members 52.1. Membership of Transition Westcombe 52.2. Benefits to TW Members 63. Our

Waste and Recycling

2010-07-27T09:34:00.003+01:00

Date for your diary: Meeting on Waste & Recycling. 7.30pm, Wednesday October 20th, Mycenae House, SE3 7SE.Peter Dalley, head of Greenwich Council’s Waste Services Department. Also local businesses & charities which repair and resell old goods. And international businesses that specify new goods which have a short life and are hard to repair.

Greenwich Town Centre Traffic

2010-07-27T09:27:00.003+01:00

Transition Greenwich and Transition Lewisham Greenwich Town Centre Traffic.Tuesday 20th July 2010, St Alfege’s Church Hall Greenwich, Lewisham and Bromley residents, businesses and traffic officers were invited to this meeting about traffic in Greenwich Town Centre. 35 local residents and businesses attended. Statements were received from Len Duvall GLA member for Greenwich & Lewisham, and from

SUPERMARKETS IN GREENWICH AND LEWISHAM

2010-07-27T09:24:00.002+01:00

Supermarkets MeetingWednesday July 21st, Mycenae House.This community meeting with local supermarkets was to discuss how to promote healthy, locally sourced organic food, as well as about minimizing food waste, packaging and the use of plastics. We invited all the local supermarkets such as Asda, Co-op, Costcutter, Iceland, Lidl, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Poundland, Tesco and Waitrose, as

Transition Greenwich and Traffic Meeting about Greenwich Town Centre

2010-07-07T12:03:00.002+01:00

Transition Westcombe and other Transition Towns in Greenwich are joining together to organize meetings about issues which affect a wide area, and are forming a network called Transition Greenwich. The first meeting of Transition Greenwich will discuss how best to balance the various transport, business, residential and visitor requirements of Greenwich Town Centre in terms of traffic management.

London Permaculture Festival 22 August

2010-06-24T21:25:00.003+01:00

There is a lot of crossover between transition and permaculture interests, so this might tickle your fancy:London Permaculture Festivalinspiring & connecting London- Sunday 22nd AugustThis summer London will have its very own Permaculture festival.The festival aims to bring together all groups directly or indirectly related to Permaculture and Transition in & around London to share news,

Rehearsing the Future

2010-06-15T23:08:00.004+01:00

Here's a message from the Greenwich and Docklands Festival 2010:This year the festival's theme is ‘Earth’ and our events are based on the ideas of the earth, discovering new areas and mans effect on the earth.‘3rd Ring Out – Rehearsing the Future’ is an event presented by Metis Arts, which uses live performance, video simulation and interactive computer systems to show how our environmental

Dates for your diary

2010-05-21T08:01:00.008+01:00

Dates for you diary:• Transition 'Big Lunch' picnic in Greenwich Park near the tennis courts. Sunday July 18th from 1pm to 6pm. Please bring locally produced organic food (‘local’ means Kent too). This is a 'sit on the ground on a blanket' event, with no chairs allowed. Everyone welcome, especially others from London-wide Transition Towns. Donations suggested £1.00 each to cover the charge

Text for discussion on population and consumption

2010-05-21T07:42:00.008+01:00

“Tackling rising human population and consumption”19th May 2010 : Transition Westcombe & Transition Ashburnham Triangle joint meetingWhat is an ethical approach of equality and fairness in sharing out limited global land and resources? Today, it would take the resources of 1.4 Earths to renewably produce all the resources we consume, and to absorb the carbon dioxide emissions we create, and by

Tweet tweet

2010-05-07T13:35:00.005+01:00

You can now follow us on Twitter by clicking here. Please do follow us and encourage others to do so too.

Thanks!

2010-05-04T10:50:00.004+01:00

Thanks very much to the News Shopper, who have featured our fruit-harvesting project this week, provisionally called Harvest Hands.Click here to learn more about it.

Grow your own - but where?

2010-04-26T11:40:00.002+01:00

The allotment shortage has not abated, and in fact the shortfall in plots has worsened dramatically in the last year, according to the Telegraph, which writes:"The grow-your-own trend, which was boosted by the recession and fears about the rising price of food, has shown no signs of calming down. "The survey of over 150,000 council plots in England found 91,500 people waiting for an allotment –

Hustings Meeting and Environment Law

2010-04-24T11:53:00.003+01:00

HUSTINGS MEETINGThere will be a large parliamentary 'hustings' meeting for people from Greenwich and Blackheath, from 7.30 to 9.30pm on Monday 26th April, in the Blackheath Halls (Lee Road, Blackheath end). Apart from influencing candidates, this is great opportunity to raise awareness locally of the true extent of the environmental crisis, so do try to be there early if you can, talk to people

Trees, please!

2010-04-14T17:00:00.002+01:00

Today we are putting out a call to owners of fruit trees in and around Westcombe Park: will you sign up to have volunteers come in and harvest your trees? This new project aims to make use of the vast amount of fruit that goes unused in back gardens and other parcels of land. Tree owners would get the first share of the fruit, with the rest distributed through the community – for example to Sure

April Progress Report

2010-04-02T17:30:00.003+01:00

Transition Westcombe and Transition Ashburnham Joint MeetingOUR 21st CENTURY MORAL ISSUE Voluntarily stabilizing and reducing population and consumption in the U.K.Wednesday May 19th 2010, 7.30pmMycenae House, Mycenae Road, SE3 7SEThis Greenwich meeting of residents as well as local faith and non-faith groups will be exploring acceptable ways of voluntarily stabilizing and reducing population and

Climate Change and Human Change

2010-02-26T14:34:00.001Z

February 2010There have been unambiguous warnings about the consequences of climate change during our lifetime from world climate scientists, the Royal Society, and Government Chief Scientific Advisers. But public opinion in the U.K. remains largely unconcerned about the danger and sceptical whether the problem is even human-caused. Meanwhile the government’s environmental policies have barely

Cottoning on

2010-02-22T12:28:00.003Z

Caterina and Cathy have been out and about doing their bit to cut plastic bag use and brighten up the Royal Standard with a bit of home-made chic.

Bee there or be square

2010-02-08T14:29:00.003Z

Another Deptford Deli event, not too far from Westcombe Park, which might appeal, see below. [Greenwich Community College will also run a course in March and again in June.]Urban Bee Keeping - 11th February 2009 6pm for 6.15pm startDeptford Deli - 4 Tanner's Hill, Deptford, SE8£2.50 including tea / coffee and slice of cakeNumbers are limited so entry is on a first come first served basis.Julian

How green is your avatar?

2010-02-01T15:15:00.005Z

This talk - see below - on Thursday 4 February is not far outside Westcombe Park, at the lovely Deptford Deli, and may be of interest to the transition-minded. It sounds like the speaker, Paul Mobbs, is going to touch on the hidden energy costs of our high-tech IT - something that even many transition folk don't give much thought to. Even we like to imagine a future of ever-greater online

Food, inc.

2010-01-30T20:20:00.004Z

An upcoming film that those interested in food issues may want to see - and it'll be on at Greenwich Picturehouse on Monday 15 February.As with The Age of Stupid, this is a small-budget, independent film whose chances of success and of getting more big-screen time depends on a successful first week, so do try to see it then and spread the word.Here's the official blurb:Friday 12 February 2010

Greener Streets proposal by TW's Barbara Morris

2010-01-16T11:15:00.002Z

Greener Streets – a proposal for a new approach to street design in an urban transition area (shortened text*)Barbara MorrisJanuary 2010The streets where we live and work form the landscape and the soundscape of our lives. Many town and city dwellers rarely leave this urban landscape, and it’s nature and quality has a profound effect on people’s physical and mental health, and on people’s

AFTER COPENHAGEN

2010-01-11T13:07:00.002Z

AFTER COPENHAGENAre you an optimist or a pessimist after the Copenhagen Summit? Described by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon as “an important beginning”, the 3-page non-binding Copenhagen Accord has now been signed up to by 80% of the world’s carbon producers.• Industrial countries must list their individual emissions reductions targets, and less-industrialized countries must list the

Donnachadh McCarthy and Energy Saving in Period Homes

2009-12-15T21:18:00.002Z

Donnachadh McCarthy on ‘Energy Saving in Period Homes’ on 27 November 2009 at Mycenae HouseDonnachadh began by describing the speed with which the polar ice is melting, and the potentially disastrous consequences to everyone from global warming. He asked how many people in the audience know their carbon footprint, and emphasised that this is the basis for changing habits and reducing energy

A community orchard for Westcombe Park?

2009-12-01T16:31:00.003Z

We need your suggestions - urgently! - for identifying possible sites for a community orchard.We have been approached by an organisation promoting community orchards in London, and they would like us to register our interest in taking part so they can apply for funding to help us set up an orchard in our area.To make their funding bid they need to hear from us in the next couple of days, and our

Setting up your 10:10 group for 2010

2009-11-30T17:56:00.003Z

SETTING UP YOUR 10:10 GROUP FOR 2010 We are writing to let you know of our experience of starting 10:10 groups in our street, hoping that you may feel like doing something similar in your immediate neighbourhood. 10:10 is an initiative started by Franny Armstrong for us all as individuals and organizations to voluntarily reduce our energy consumption by 10% during

Tips from TV star on cutting your fuel bill

2009-11-18T15:24:00.001Z

Thanks are due to the Mercury for a great preview in today's paper of the home energy event coming up on 27 November.

There is such a thing as a free lunch

2009-11-16T20:51:00.007Z

Transition Westcombe has launched its latest food project, an online urban foraging map detailing the free larder of edible plants growing around us. So far the map – which you can find at www.tinyurl.com/freefoodmap - lists fruits and other foods including elder, rosehip, firethorn, cherries, chestnuts, Swedish whitebeam, and blackberries.Anyone can edit the map, like a Wikipedia page, and we

TW CHOSEN TO BID FOR £500,000

2009-11-12T09:41:00.001Z

Greenwich Council has chosen Transition Westcombe as one of five groups to bid for the Government’s £500,000 Low Carbon Communities Challenge.The money is capital funding which could be spent on energy saving measures such as insulation, draughtproofing, solar thermal panels or double glazing.We are currently working out the most effective ways to spend the money in terms of reducing carbon

Donnachadh McCarthy talking on Home Energy Saving

2009-11-03T18:33:00.001Z

DONNACHADH MCCARTHY : ‘ENERGY SAVING IN PERIOD HOUSES’ November 27th 7.30pm, Mycenae House, Mycenae Road, SE3 Special Home Energy Saving Event. A good place to start looking at ways to save energy is in your own home. On November 27th at 7.30pm in Mycenae House, Mycenae Road SE3, TV expert eco-auditor Donnachadh McCarthy will be speaking on home energy saving in

Transition Westcombe Energy Meeting

2009-10-18T13:48:00.003+01:00

In preparation for our next event (on November 27th), Transition Westcombe is meeting on Wednesday October 21st, 7:30 pm at Mycenae House on the 1st floor(or from 6:30 in the bar!).Transition Westcombe is helping to create small groups of friends and neighbours in each street who want to achieve a 10% target reduction in your energy footprint during 2010. You may develop other street projects

November 27th meeting on home energy saving

2009-10-17T18:31:00.001+01:00

Donnachadh McCarthy to speak on home energy savingTransition Westcombe will be holding a meeting on Friday November 27th at 7.30pm in Mycenae House, and the speaker will be Donnachadh McCarthy. His topic will be 'High priority energy-saving measures in a Conservation Area and how individuals, businesses and our local council can act to achieve them.” This is a chance to find out from an expert

October progress report

2009-10-17T18:22:00.001+01:00

Transition Westcombe Meeting10:10 Initiative to save energy on Wednesday 21st October, 7.30pm Mycenae HouseEach person in the U.K. is on average responsible for the production of 14 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. Two thirds of that amount are things we can do something about ourselves. The 10:10 initiative is a voluntary attempt by individuals and groups at a 10% reduction during 2010.

2009-09-16T09:21:00.002+01:00

Progress Report, SeptemberFollowing on from the ‘Hard Rain’ photographic presentation by Mark Edwards, this is a progress report on the Transition Westcombe subgroups. Energy Subgroup. Contact Edward Hill to be on this email list: edhill@glartists.com Next meeting: To be announced Progress: The Energy Subgroup has met to discuss ways in which we can influence the planning policy of

Motivation for Inner Transition

2009-08-20T14:31:00.001+01:00

“As the planet is poised at the tipping point of irreversible climate change, we struggle to conceptualise this potential catastrophe and its consequences. Too awful, perhaps, to deeply contemplate the consequences of inaction, we bury this awareness in order to re-establish the emotional comfort zone of denial. Believing, perhaps, that we are individually helpless to impact

Inner Transition Subgroup - Initial Meeting

2009-08-07T12:20:00.002+01:00

The initial meeting of the TW Inner Transition subgroup will be held on Monday 17th August at 7.30pm in the bar at Mycenae House, Mycenae Rd, London SE3. Everyone is welcome!What does "Inner Transition " mean? For me, it means the process of changing attitudes, at both an individual and community level, to how we live in relation to one another and in relation to nature. In part, this is needed

TW Subgroup Meetings

2009-08-03T12:45:00.004+01:00

Monday 3rd AugustThere were 3 subgroups set up at the TW meeting last Wednesday, and they have arranged to meet in the Bar of Mycenae House, Mycenae Road at the following times:Food 8pm Tuesday 11th AugustInner Transition 7.30pm Monday 17th AugustEnergy 7.30 Wednesday 19th AugustAll welcome!

Hornbeam Centre and barbecue

2009-08-01T18:59:00.004+01:00

Hi allThere is a community place in Waltham Forest which I think is really worth visiting, as they are already doing so many of the things that we have been discussing and that we would like to start, such as a community cafe, a local veg food stall every Saturday, skill sharing and lots of other initiatives.The place is called the Hornbeam Centre and they are holding a (vegetarian) barbecue in

TW Sub-Groups meeting 29th July

2009-07-25T12:06:00.002+01:00

Our next public meeting will be on Wednesday 29th July at 7.30pm at Mycenae House, Mycenae Rd, London SE3.The meeting is for everyone who is interested in rolling up their sleeves andhelping to get the process of transition to a low carbon future under way inWestcombe. We aim to establish a number of sub-groups, each of which will focuson a particular area of interest: energy, transport, food

Transition Westcombe's Next Event

2009-07-05T21:46:00.005+01:00