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Approach from Dr Richard Nunes at Reading University
This is my response to an email from Dr Nunes asking if we might be interested in his research on Transition in society at Reading University. The links are below his message if anyone is interested, along with his contact details.. I don’t see any direct connection between what they are doing and TT Reading…
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The Thorium Age Waits in the Wings.
There is much written to the effect that thorium might prove a more viable nuclear fuel, and an energy industry based upon it, than the current uranium-based process which serves to provide both energy and weapons – including “depleted uranium” for armaments and missiles. There are different ways in which energy might be extracted from…
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Thorium Nuclear Power – A Lesson From Norway.
Norway holds a resource of 170,000 tonnes of thorium, which amounts to 15% of the world’s total of 1.2 million tonnes. There is far more thorium than that within the earth’s crust all told, averaging 8 ppm compared with around 2.8 ppm for uranium, but the above figures refer to richer ores, most commonly monazite…
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The Achilles Heel of Algal Biofuels – Peak Phosphate.
The depletion of world rock phosphate reserves will restrict the amount of food that can be grown across the world, a situation that can only be compounded by the production of biofuels, including the potential large-scale generation of biodiesel from algae. The world population has risen to its present number of 7 billion in consequence…
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Forums unleashed!
Why not sign up to the Transition Town Reading Forums and join in with the lively discussions about all things Transition-related? To get your own forums account, please send an e-mail request to: communications@transitionreading.org.uk (Unfortunately, we’ve had to turn off self-registration due to the large number of bogus accounts that were being created.) We look…
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Swallowfield Parish Council’s Community Orchard
I was very happy to be present at the planting of Swallowfield Parish Council’s community orchard last weekend. The parish council put on a very friendly and social welcoming event for their planting, which took place in a green space owned by the Wellington Estate, just next to Riseley Memorial Hall. They provided delicious cake…
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Personal Visions
Another stimulating, thought-provoking meeting was held on Tuesday evening. It was really heartening to see a few new faces too! Chris Rhodes has written a blog post about his experience.
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Palmer Park Community Orchard
I’m excited. For a while, we’d been talking about the idea of planting fruit and nut trees on public land around Reading. In many ways, it seemed like the perfect Transition project: a chance to sequester a little carbon, while providing free, healthy, local, organic food for local residents, creating a pleasant atmosphere and promoting…
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Oak trees and Sunflowers
On Monday night I was lucky enough to be elected as the first official coordinator of the Reading Transition Town group. To all those present and those who voted for me and the other posts, I’d like to say a big thank you and I hope that I can fill the shoes of Dave Allen…
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Stoneleigh Comes to Henley!
After her much talked about appearance at the Transition Conference in 2010, we are excited to learn that Stoneleigh is coming to Henley! Full details are available on the Henley in Transition site.
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