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Visit the Transition Town West Kirby blog to see what's been happening recently:
• Honouring the Elders
• Lantern Parade
• Patrick Holden
• fruit tree planting
• Fungus Foray
• TTWK complete a national survey of allotment waiting lists
• TTWK and sustainable tourism
• Sun, stoves & energy saving
• Creative health walk to Hilbre
• Fruit prunimg workshop
• Ecover scheme details
• liftshare.com is waiting for you
2009 Transition Conference Report
May 2009
Battersea, London.
Listen to TTWK on 7 Waves Radio Community Hour
(broadcast 2nd Dec).
( 80 Mb mp3 track - may take a few minutes to download.)
The Open Space Event on 29th Nov 2008 resulted in working groups being set up for food, transport, and "heart & soul". An energy group is also expected to form soon. ...[more]
Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Movement, gave a talk in West Kirby in June 2008.
Download his powerpoint presentation from here (12MB).
Rob Hopkins' book has now been published - essential reading for those concerned about what life will be like after the end of cheap oil. (Mar 2008)
...[more]
"The UK will be importing around two thirds of its energy by 2020"
according to a new report from the Cabinet Office Strategy Unit
(Jan 08) ...[more]
Shell Chief Executive predicts failing world oil and gas supplies by 2015
The CEO of Shell, Jeroen van der Veer, recently said "after 2015 supplies of easy-to-access oil and gas will no longer keep up with demand"
(www.theoildrum.com/node/3548).
He advocated "innovation occur[ing] at the local level". (Jan 08)
TTWK Blog
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0151 632 5366 ...[more]
What's happening
Transition Village Eastham is a new initiative emerging on Wirral. To get started, they will show the film 'Age of Stupid' followed by a brief discussion, on Monday Feb 1st, 7pm, St Davids Church, Mill Park Drive CH62 9DG. See website or contact Helena h.mayles@gmail.com or Neil 07754 897024 nchadborn@yahoo.co.uk
Have Your Say in West Wirral
Wed 24th Feb, 2pm to 7pm, an event to hear your opinions and ideas about where you live and what you would like to see improved in your area. Followed by the Local Area Forum at 7pm. Westbourne Hall, West Kirby. More details.
TTWK food group is encouraging more people to get involved with plans for 2010 Click here to find out more.
2010 Consultations
Have your say on the future of Wirral via the Council's consultation on its Core Strategy. See here.
Wirral Council launches CRed
This encourages residents and businesses to cut carbon emissions. There is a helpful website www.credwirral.org.uk that includes news on the government's boiler scrappage scheme and how to get free vouchers for TV standby savers and real time electricity monitors. Why not sign up on the CRed website to make you own pledge to Wirral's Carbon Reduction campaign.
To get a grip on your own carbon footprint visit our own helpful calculator. www.carbonindependent.org
Also in February 2010, the Merseyside Local Transport Plan consultation will be starting.
Who are we?
...a group working towards a sustainable low-carbon lifestyle, based in West Kirby and elsewhere on the Wirral.
We are one of dozens of Transition Town groups that have formed over the last two years throughout the UK and around the world.
The global challenges of climate change and energy shortages are approaching - we feel that we may not be able to do much at a global level, but can do a lot at the level of the local community. We feel it is better to plan a local response in advance than wait until the problems become a crisis. And we feel that there will be many advantages of a low-carbon lifestyle.
Membership is open to all at no charge.
Our Constitution
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What have we done?
Since September 2007, we have held a series of meetings, film shows and discussions. The West Kirby group has been accepted as part of the network of Transition Town groups based at Totnes in Devon.
... MORE ABOUT OUR MEETINGS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
What are our plans?
We have a series of meeting planned (see Events panel). People joining the group are welcome to come to working group meetings on how the community should respond in individual areas such as food, transport and home energy.
About half of our membership comes from outside West Kirby, including Hoylake, Heswall, Meols and Wallasey. As the membership enlarges, we expect that separate Transition groups will develop, based in other parts of the Wirral.