Transition Haslemere continued its activities in raising awareness of climate change and peak oil and with projects to increase the resilience and sustainability of Haslemere through 2011. Awareness raising activities included hosting a talk by international peak oil expert Dr Mamdouh Salameh in March and a regular presence at the monthly farmers’ market as well [...]
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Christmas is a time of joyous celebration and goodwill; a time for families, for giving and receiving and for thanksgiving. It can also mean overindulgence and a time when sustainability gets put on the back burner. In the UK we will produce and throw away enough gift wrap to cover Guernsey and an estimated one [...]
Preserving our harvest
Posted in Articles on Sep 1st, 2011
With Haslemere holding its food festival and harvesting happening in the fields around, it is a good time to look at how we might preserve some of summer’s bountiful produce. With more people now growing their own fruit and vegetable,s or looking at ways to take advantage of seasonal food prices, there is renewed interest [...]
Tips for green shopping
Posted in Articles on Aug 23rd, 2011
Shopping is part of life’s routine. We are fortunate nowadays to be faced with choice in almost everything we buy. There are various criteria we can apply in making our choices, such as cost, convenience or quality. But there is also something else we can look at – what is the impact of our choices [...]
With petrol prices showing no signs of falling back, it’s a good time to develop more fuel efficient driving habits. This is especially true if you are about to set off on your family holidays and have a long drive to your destination. And saving fuel means saving carbon emissions, so it’s good for the [...]
As we enjoy the glorious Spring, it is a good time to review our energy bills and look at ways of reducing our winter costs and of keeping them down through the summer. Now is a good opportunity to investigate some of the bigger measures you might take to improve energy efficiency if you haven’t [...]
Slides from Dr Salomeh’s talk can be viewed here Come to the Georgian Hotel at 7.30 pm (for an 08.00 pm start) on Wednesday April 6th and hear about Peak Oil from Dr Mamdouh Salameh, one of the world’s foremost experts. Tickets are just £2.00 each (£1.00 concessions). A peak in global oil production has been [...]
In 2010, Transition Haslemere continued its efforts towards making Haslemere a lower carbon, less oil dependent, more resilient and more sustainable community. Ours are early steps, and much of the effort is of necessity still about awareness raising. To that end we had a presence at many of Haslemere’s events over the year, including the [...]
Now that planning permission has been granted, the National Trust are pleased to present the Swan Barn development project to local people and explain a little about what they are trying to achieve. The presentation takes place on Friday 28th January at 7.30pm in Haslemere Hall (free admission, donations welcome). This will be an opportunity to [...]
New Year is a time for resolutions and a fresh start, so here are some suggestions for how you can make your life a little greener in 2011. Leave for journeys a earlier so you can drive a little more slowly and efficiently. With petrol prices being sky-high at present, you will not only save [...]
We were delighted with the number of visitors who came to say hello at the Christmas Market and would like to thank everyone for their support. The children were magnificent when lighting up our Christmas Lights - generating the electricity by pedaling on our eco-bike. Such was the enthusiasm that some had to be persuaded away by [...]
SUPPORT SWAN BARN
Posted in Articles, Campaigns, Events, News on Dec 1st, 2010
UPDATE: WAVERLEY HAVE GIVEN FULL PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THIS TO GO AHEAD. THANKS TO ALL WHO SUPPORTED THE APPLICATION Transition Haslemere are asking all our supporters to back The National Trust’s application to build a new sustainable volunteer center at Swan Barn. The building’s proposed design, materials and construction methods are as sustainable as they could [...]
Walking Bus
Posted in Articles, Campaigns, Events, News on Dec 1st, 2010
Transition Haslemere are delighted with the success of the walking bus operated for St Batholomew’s School and will be very happy to assist any other local schools to set one up. For more information please see here.
HOW TO SET UP A COMPOST BIN
Posted in Articles, Campaigns, News, Project on Nov 21st, 2010
Thinking of setting up a compost bin but not sure how? Well, now you can watch our video for a step by step guide here. Composting is a great way to recycle your kitchen scraps into food for your garden. And it’s not just potato peelings and vegetable trimmings that can go in the bin. [...]
November has come and with it the first signs of winter. The clocks have gone back, the leaves are falling off the trees and we start to think ahead to Christmas. It’s also when our energy bills shoot up. The central heating settles into its daily routine, we turn the lights on in the early [...]
What will a sustainable Haslemere look like in 2030? This is a question that Transition Haslemere asked of pupils at Camelsdale School recently. Their response was encouragingly optimistic. The children built a model of how they thought their school would look in 20 years time. he cardboard model, which is now on show at Haslemere Museum, [...]
On Wednesday August 25th at 7.30 pm we are showing the inspirational film “Rebecca’s Wild Farm” at the Haslemere Museum. The film was made by the BBC Natural World and looks at how traditional and ecological farming methods can compete in the 20th century and how they will be essential as we enter a period of reducing availability of [...]
Haslemere Museum is committed to reducing its ecological footprint and improving its sustainability and recently asked Transition Haslemere if it could help. In July, Naomi Clarke and Clive Davidson meet Julia Tanner, the museum curator, to discuss ideas and see if there were areas where we could work together. The museum has already taken a [...]
The presentation that Rob Hopkins gave in Godalming in June is now available and can be seen here
Responding to climate change can benefit the community This is the first in a series of monthly columns by Transition Haslemere, a community group developing local responses to the long-term threats of climate change and the decline of cheap oil (known as ‘peak oil’). Recently, the Haslemere Herald has carried a series of letters debating [...]
“Our annual general meeting on 18 January 2010 marked the first year of activities of Transition Haslemere. We have achieved a lot in that time, establishing the foundations of our group and initiating a number of projects. These include a household and schools energy efficiency programme, a community garden, a local food survey and a [...]
One local authority in Italy has REALLY embraced the Transition Town Culture and has signed up in partnership with their Transition Town Organisation Click here to read more…the Monteveglio story …and in case you ask, this link has already been sent to both Waverley and Surrey Councils by our colleagues at Transition Farnham.
A "quick guide" to The Climate Change Talks…
Posted in Articles on Oct 23rd, 2009
From our friends at Transition Town Farnham and The Ecologist Magazine… Copenhagen in 60 seconds: key facts and figures
"How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint ?"
Posted in Articles on Oct 5th, 2009
Read our latest Article in full here (pdf). There are also some Carbon Footprint Calculators on Tools and Skills. What is your carbon footprint ? Your carbon footprint is the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions that you produce in the course of your day-to-day life. In the UK, the biggest contribution to our carbon [...]
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