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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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Less Refrigeration, More Defrigeration
I’m switching off my fridge, it seemed like a good idea at the time A few months ago, whilst listening to a fantastic talk by Sandor Ellix Katz about fermentation and other preserving methods, I had a spark of inspiration, or madness, as many would suggest. He made the observation that we’re living in a […]
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Earley Allotment Action Group in the News
For those of you that might have missed it, the EAAG was featured in both the print and online editions of the Reading Post. Read the full article here.
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Reading Abundance
Have you ever noticed trees hanging with delicious looking fruit, only to see it a couple of weeks later lying unpicked and wasted on the ground? Would you like to do something about it?
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