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The next regular Transition Brighton and Hove forum meeting is at 7.30pm this Wed 2 July at The Werks, 45 Church Street, Hove (map). Forum meetings include feedback from each transition working group and future planning. Everyone is welcome. Dates of TBH meetings can always be found on the main page of the website.News
Transition issues in the mainstream news
Climate change:
13 Jun – Iowa Floods force thousands out – BBC
14 Jun – Arctic thaw threatens Siberian permafrost – Independent
17 Jun – More floods threaten South China – BBC
18 Jun – Australian rivers 'face disaster' – BBC
Peak oil:
Oil currently $139 a barrel, up from $135 last month.
11 Jun – Global Crude Oil Production Dropped in 2007, BP says – Bloomberg
12 Jun – Spain & Portugal: Factories close, supermarkets empty and jets run out of fuel as truckers' strike bites – Guardian
13 Jun – Now struggling families told sky-high food and oil prices are here for 'years to come' – Daily Mail
23 Jun – Demand, not speculation, at heart of oil shock, says Brown – Guardian: Gordon Brown asks Saudi oil producers to invest in UK renewables
Green Wave festival
TBH will be participating in Green Wave, Brighton's first sustainable eco festival. The festival is in Preston Park on Sat 5/Sun 6 July and includes a solar-powered live music stage, a school eco theatre arena and a number of different zones: Wellbeing, Transport, Recycling, Water, Energy, Science, Earth, Music, Schools and Youth (see Upcoming Events below). If you would like free entry the festival organisers are looking for marshals, see Requests for help below.
Opportunity for TBH to meet and discuss with the Council on their Climate Change strategy
TBH’s Liaison with Local Government Group have organised an opportunity for all TBH members to listen to and question Thurstan Crockett, Head of Brighton and Hove City Council’s Sustainability & Environmental Policy. 7.30pm on Thu 17 July at the Salvation Army Hall (see Upcoming Events below and here for more info).
Introduction to Transition Brighton & Hove sessions
Thanks to those who have expressed an interest in introductory sessions, and apologies for their delay – they will be happening in the next few weeks. And if anyone else wants to know more about what Transition Initiatives and Transition Brighton and Hove are about, and learn more about climate change and peak oil, please email introsessions*at*transitionbrightonandhove.org.uk so we can contact you with dates.
Allotment petition
Houses are being squeezed into any available land but allotment space is dwindling. It is vital to embrace local food if we are to cope with the twin challenges of climate change and Peak Oil. The following URL links to a petition to parliament for all new development to be obliged to include allotments. Please sign and forward on the link: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/moreallotmentsRequests for help
TBH is not really about the coordinating group initiating projects and recruiting help – it's about people who want to be part of TBH both initiating their own projects, and providing help to others with their ideas. This could just as well be a project that's part of an existing organisation as something completely new – TBH simply aims to be a network of everyone who has the same goal of energy resilience and reduction. If you have an energy-reducing project that you need help with, if you have a pie-in-the-sky dream and you want to throw ideas around about it with other people, please advertise them here (by replying to this email), and it will go out in the next newsletter.
Green Wave festival 5/6 July – various requests for help
Free entry for marshals
The Green Wave organisers are looking for volunteers to be marshals - it simply involves wearing a yellow jacket and directing people around who ask questions! In return you get free entry (worth £5) and food and drink to sustain you. If you were planning on coming anyway, perhaps to help out at the transition stall, why not volunteer?. Any time appreciated but ideally we'd like volunteers for half day or whole days to make it easier to keep track. To volunteer or get more information please contact Green Wave on 01273 323 200 / Jacqui Cuff at jac.cuff*at*talktalk.net or on 07740 201194 / Frank Jay at frank*at*neweraassociates.co.uk
Clothes and helpers wanted for Swap-O-Rama-Rama
The Textiles group need clean unwanted clothes to swap, embellish and recycle at the Swap-O-Rama-Rama. Helpers are also needed on Saturday and Sunday to make the donated clothing look nice. Find them in the Recycling Zone, or contact Kat at textiles*at*transitionbrightonandhove.org.uk or on 07958 964810
Helpers for transition cinema
There will be films shown on various transition themes in the cinema tent at the festival – if you can help out in the cinema please contact Stephen at only.connect*at*mac.comTransition Interest Groups
The dates of all Transition Interest Group meetings are on this website. (If you want to see meetings just for the area you are interested in, click on the link under 'Search Events by Subject', further down the home page in the right hand column.)Neighbourhood groups
In a city as large as Brighton & Hove it is going to become necessary to spread our activities out into neighbourhoods. TBH's plan is to ask existing neighbourhood community groups if we can give a talk to them about transition, with the aim of kickstarting a neighbourhood group. If you are part of a community group and would like a member of TBH to come give a talk to your group, please contact talks*at*transitionbrightonandhove.org.uk. Or if you are interested in starting a Transition neighbourhood group in your area, please contact hub*at*transitionbrightonandhove.org.uk.
Meeting for kickstarting Neighbourhood groups
This will take place on Mon 14 July – details hereUpcoming events
For Upcoming Events see the main page of the website.General information
Joining Transition Interest Groups (Food, Transport, Energy, etc): either sign up in the Usergroups on the forum – how to do this here – or contact the group coordinators directly, see here.
Forum: please remember to add your news, opinions and suggestions to the discussions on the forum – this is the place where ideas for projects and collaborations can begin.
Brighton & Hove Green organisations index: the TBH website has a updated directory of green Brighton organisations, including campaign groups, awareness-raising literature and training, local produce suppliers, transport alternatives and lots more.
Transition Library: there is a category on the forum when people can offer to lend, and borrow, books on transition-related subjects. If you have books on climate change, peak oil and other relevant subjects and think others will benefit from reading them, please offer to lend them out. Lending/borrowing arrangements at the top of the forum
Contact details: contact emails for all hub members and group coordinators are available here.
TBH newsletter – July 2008
