Education and Awareness Actions – current progress

The following list is of ongoing actions to raise educate about and raise awareness of Transition Brighton and Hove and its aims.

Those actions requiring specific help at this time have the 'Help needed' line highlighted in blue. If you have suggestions for the actions, add them on the forum (forum link under each action). If you can offer help, contact details for coordinators are either shown as email addresses, or the name given is the person's username on the forum, which you can find on the Memberlist (you'll need to register and log in do this).

And of course if you want to start a new Education and Awareness action that's not listed here, contact the website so the help you need can be advertised to all.

Education

Free Schooling days
Talks and classes on various transition-related subjects. Already planned and on the website (look for 'Free School' in the events list on the main page)
Co-ordinator: Jo
Forum link

Creation of libraries and resources
Co-ordinators: maureenwinder and Jonny Chowns
Help needed: Funding, book donations, mobile library
Forum link

Workshops in schools
Co-ordinator: Persephone (persephone_bayley*at*yahoo.co.uk)
Help needed: ?
Forum link

Workshops in companies
Co-ordinator: Jonny (jonnywhiting*at*gmail.com)
Help needed: ?
Forum link

Awareness raising

Publicity in the media

More articles in the media
Co-ordinators: Beth (wine_and_corduroy *at* hotmail.com), dolygarcia, Simon Brett
Help needed: all groups to publish their news on the website so have material to contribute
Forum link

Articles in community newsletters
Co-ordinator: Rob Stephenson
Help needed: ?
Forum link

Invite documentaries to be made
Invite TV companies, etc to make documentaries about Transtion B&H and the transition movement in general
Co-ordinators: Jonny (jonnywhiting*at*gmail.com) and Doly (lu_is_na*at*yahoo.com)
Help needed: ?
Forum link

Survey what people already know
about Climate Change, Peak Oil, Transition Towns, and get the results on South Today.
Co-ordinator: Gerry Goldsmith (01273 821780)
Help needed: ?
Forum link

Talks and film screenings

DVD club
Circulation and screening of transition-related films to groups of people at home. An updated list of relevant films can be found here. Please suggest more to the website.
Co-ordinator: Charley (charleyx*at*homecall.co.uk)
Help needed: locating films, dealing with copyright issues. Do you own one of these DVDs and can you host a DVD home screening?
Forum link

Screenings of Transtion-related films
One-off showings of films such as End of Suburbia, The Power of Community, etc at Duke of Yorks and other community halls. Followed by discussion/Q & A panel to inform people as to what can be done about the problems they have seen
Co-ordinator: Andrew (01273 734259)
Help needed: ?
Forum link

Production of Transition B&H promotional materials

Transtion trailer before films at a local cinema
Co-ordinator: Simon (si_giddings*at*yahoo.co.uk)
Help needed: images and footage of Brighton, old and new; transition core message and information pack (from other action groups)
Forum link

Transition flyers for shops/handing out at events
First flyer has been designed: view PDF
Co-ordinator: Kat Neeser (katneeser *at* hotmail.com)
Help needed: people who can print out colour photocopies
Forum link

Multimedia pack
Co-ordinator: Victoria (victoria.imelda@btinternet.com)
Help needed: transition core message (from hub)
Forum link

Stickers in shops
Produce sticker saying "I'm supporting TB&H" or some such wording, and ask all shops who might be sympathetic to display in their window
Co-ordinator: Jonny (jonnywhiting*at*gmail.com)
Help needed: production of logo (being done by hub)
Forum link

Other

Eco-Open House in Brighton Festival
Co-ordinator: Charley (charleyx*at*homecall.co.uk
Help needed: ?
Forum link

Publicity stunts
Co-ordinator: Lily (junglistlily*at*hotmail.com)
Help needed: ?
Forum link