Action needed to ensure 40 minute service on Severn Beach line
Saturday, August 4th, 2007
Those of you who use the train from Clifton Down or Redland will know just how valuable this service is, and will be Read more…»
News
BAA accused of challenging basic British values
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
The owners of Heathrow airport are presenting their case for taking out an injunction against peaceful protesters concerned over damage caused by airport expansion. You can read a brief profile of the four supposedly dangerous leaders in this article, and it turns out that the Judge herself is a member of three of the groups named in BAA’s injunction.
Heathrow seeks injunction against Climate Camp
Friday, July 27th, 2007
People who care about guardianship of the planet have been concerned for some time about legal tactics used by large corporations to intimidate Read more…»
How to prepare in case of flooding
Thursday, July 26th, 2007
Whether you live on a flood plain or not, it is worth thinking about whether flooding could affect your home or business. Redland is on a hill and nowhere near the river, but recent rains have overwhelmed our Victorian drains, resulting in sewage flooding in to some basements with drastic consequences. The Environment Agency has clear, practical instructions on how to be prepared for flooding so that damage is minimal. It’s worth remembering also that part of the reason for drains being overwhelmed is Read more…»
Peak oil features in Radio four’s Friday Play
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
It’s over nine years since Colin Campbell and Jean Laherrere wrote their Scientific American article ‘The end of cheap oil’ but little has been heard about these matters in the mainstream media. So a dramatic tale ‘a second to midnight’ with peak oil at its heart is unusual for Radio Four. Episode one was on July 13, and the second and final part is on July 20. You can listen on the BBC website.
Read what Conservative MP for Totnes has to say on Peak Oil and transition towns
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
Anthony Steen is the conservative MP for Totnes and might perhaps be expected to be add a note of caution regarding the anti-business potential of energy descent and localisation. Read his views here.
Film showings
Saturday, July 14th, 2007
If you haven’t yet seen these two films then they will be showing in Horfield, details here. The films are ‘The end of suburbia’ - US documentary about oil-dependant urban design and supply systems, and the trouble that lies ahead unless we plan now for peak oil, and ‘the power of community’ - documentary about how Cubans went very hungry when their oil supplies were cut off, and until they created their new system of urban agriculture. And there’s also a showing of our very own Wallace and Grommett in the vegetable growing community that could be a model for the future.
Weekend courses on permaculture
Saturday, July 14th, 2007
If you want to learn more about sustainable systems for growing food, and for living, theres a residential weekend course in August, and a non-residential weekend course in Bedminster in September. Further details on the Transition City Bristol site.
First quarter meeting of carbon group
Thursday, June 28th, 2007
The Carbon Rationing Action Group held its first quarter meeting on 10 July to check how everyone is getting on with carbon counting. Eight members had all their counting up to date, and all were well on track for an annual figure well under the 4,500 kgs target. If you want to join the CRAG, which is a very supportive way of getting your head round greenhouse emission, then please contact us. And if you’re wondering how your personal actions can possibly make a difference on a global scale, then just ask yourself how change can be achieved unless every individual takes a moral responsiblity for their own impact on the planet.
Sir David King says our future needs a total culture change
Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Addressing the annual conference of the UK Faculty of Public Health, the government’s Chief Scientist described the floods, famines, crop failures, migration of refugees and resulting conflicts that will arise unless we put safeguarding of the planet as our first priority. Read more…»