Transition Town Reading

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.

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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.

The glass half-empty part of me was fearing our first open meeting might be a let-down compared to our inaugural event. I needn’t have worried. Turnout was strong (around thirty of us) and everyone arrived keen and full of ideas to take us forward. Minutes from the meeting follow below. Thank you Alison for your […]

Further to our inaugural meeting on 19 August, here is the exhaustive list of barriers, antidotes, projects and first steps we collectively identified during the meeting. Thanks to Peter for collating these: Barriers Time Popular Culture Health and Safety Built Environment Lack of Government Vision Government Buy In Fear of being poor Lack of Open […]