Transition Town Shrewsbury are pleased to announce that their application to LEAF, the government’s Local Energy Assessment Fund, has been successful and they have been awarded £42,725 for Shrewsbury Hydro to finalize its plans for a possible hydro scheme alongside the Castlefields Weir in Shrewsbury.
For details please go to the Shrewsbury Hydro page by clicking here
New initiative by TTS building group – various eco-friendly homes and buildings around Shrewsbury will be open on the 24th and 25th March 2012.
More details to be published soon on the The Shrewsbury Green Doors website www.shrewsburygreendoors.co.uk or email for further info: info@shrewsburygreendoors.co.uk
A community event to plant an ‘edible hedge’ along the old canal path between New Park Street and St. Michael’s Gate.
Meet on the Old Canal Path at 10 am Thursday 16th February (half-term week). Children need to come with a responsible grown up.
Hot drinks and cakes provided. Bring a spade or a trowel if you have one. Wear sturdy footwear and outdoor clothing.
For more information call Bex on 07875742522
Kicks off on the 26th of Jan with Call of The Hummingbird – In gorgeous central Brazil, a rag-tag group of 10000 Mayan calendar followers, bioregionalists, permaculture experts, Rastafarians, alternative health practitioners and NGO executives work towards a do-it-yourself action plan to make the world a better place in 13 days and prepare for 2012. Welcome to “Survivor” for social change addicts, where consensus is the only way to make decisions. Anyone can speak. For as long as they like about whatever they want. And they do. “Call of the Hummingbird” is a fascinating exploration of new paradigm thinking about organizing for social change. Caution – some scenes contain nudity!
And then Beyond the Pole on the 23rd of Feb – ‘A quirky, moving and
very funny tale of two friends that set out on a heroic trip to the
North Pole only to discover that before they can become heroes, they
must first become men.’
‘The first Carbon Neutral, Organic, Vegetarian, expedition EVER to
attempt the North Pole’..
Kicks off on the 26th of Jan with Call of The Hummingbird – a
documentary that follows a make-shift training camp for people who
want to prepare for the end of the world on Dec. 21, 2012.. “However,
not everyone who comes is there to work, and the gathering quickly
descends into the one big naked hippie party…”
And then Beyond the Pole on the 23rd of Feb – ‘A quirky, moving and
very funny tale of two friends that set out on a heroic trip to the
North Pole only to discover that before they can become heroes, they
must first become men.’
‘The first Carbon Neutral, Organic, Vegetarian, expedition EVER to
attempt the North Pole’..
More than 930 people brought their cardboard to us on Saturday, sending a strong message to the Council that kerbside collections need to be reinstated. We’re still just waiting for the final figures but it should be at least 5 tonnes of cardboard prevented from going into landfill. Thanks to everyone who gave us their cardboard and the generosity of our 48 volunteers and local companies giving their time and resources for free, we’ll have raised some cash for the Hospice and Hope House. Watch this space for the final scores on the doors and news of what happens next on cardboard collections for Shropshire.
In the meantime, please:
Thanks! Ali and Katy
Click here for to see the full press release.
2011 has seen the Coton Community Allotments come to fruition! The Coton Community Allotment Association has been formed to run the new allotments on Corporation Lane. The Association is renting half a hectare of land from a local landowner, Berwick Estate. The lease has been agreed for 9 years. The allotments have been awarded funding through the Local Joint Committee to the tune of £10000. Over the summer there have been various work days and a few individual members have worked hard at other times to clear the site. The money has now been released and the site is now nearly fenced, the access is nearly finished, the hard standing has gone in for the communal shed and the water supply is on.
The works should be finished by the end of this month Oct 2011 and then the individual plots will be marked out. There are expected to be a total of 40 x 50 square metre plots. Part of the site is to be set aside to become a community garden and hopefully local children will get involved. If you are interested in taking a plot please contact Phil and Libby tel: 01743 231985 to register your interest. (Note that preference will be made to prospective plotholders from the Coton Hill/Town Centre area.)
Shrewsbury Hydro are joint winners in our category in energyshare launch fund vote! So, we will receive the £15,000 we applied for to carry out the environmental surveys at Shrewsbury weir.
Have a look at our fantastic new video about Shrewsbury Hydro below:
For further information on Shrewsbury Hydro please click here.
“made in Shropshire” was founded in September 2005, a collaboration between Women in Rural Enterprise and the Shropshire Rural Hub as a way of showcasing the enormous creative talent in Shropshire. A combination of quality, design, passion and care goes in ot each of their distinctive aritsan products. The Fair in the The Square in Shrewsbury is a showcase. More details on www.madeinshropshire.co.uk
Welcome to Transition Town Shrewbury to be involved:
If you know what you offer or what you want to be involved in tell us but if you are happy to join in doing what ever is needed – drawing up publicity , distrubuting publicity, manning stalls, running activities, offering training in anythink that increases skills, offering music etc. etc. just let us know and we will point you in the right direction.
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