It’s a fact: a local economy needs to take account of Peak Oil and Climate Change. We cannot ‘grow’ our economy without recognising we live on a finite planet. Our fiscal ‘crisis’ is tagged to these two reality-checked ‘barriers to growth.’ How exciting to see the new government Mary Portas report on bringing life back onto our […]
Read More →An interesting evening learning new craft ideas and chatting was had by all on Tuesday evening. Wreath making from Community Garden unwanted ivy (great idea Maddie) and wrapping paper printed from polystyrene sheets (thanks Gillian) were particular hits alongside Mal’s poms-poms! Is Hilary still knitting that pink thing? What will it be?
Read More →Tuesday sees the return of the TTT Festive Making & Social event which last year saw many of you unleash your creative skills making greeting cards, wallets from juice cartons, paper and even mincemeat! This year, we have a plethora of talented creative types taking part with decorative pom-poms, origami and recycling of unwanted gifts […]
Read More →A few reflections sent by participants after the Vision & Pathways day which took us from Where has TTT come from? via Where are we now? Where are we going? and How are we going to get there? to How will we know when we get there? “I stepped through a leaf circle into a […]
Read More →Several of us from Transition Tooting attended this months’ excellent WEF Open Meeting and WEF Co-Chair Jon Irwin has very kindly written up the details of the meeting for those who were not able to attend. Green Deal – Notes from the Open Meeting 3rd November 2011John Alker, Policy Director of the Green Building Council […]
Read More →We had an inspiring Vision & Pathways all day event at the amazing Streatham Cemetery (in Tooting) today, covering the past, present and future of TTT. Hopefully we’ll have a write up in due course, but meanwhile here is some photographic evidence! This bucolic rural idyll is in Tooting; no seriously it is … These […]
Read More →At the First Tuesday event on 1st November 2011 members of the local community came together to discuss the issues facing the local economy and what could be achieved by developing a community currency. Could a Tooting Pound become a reality? With one of highest levels of independent small businesses in the country, people like […]
Read More →This past week, two TTT supporters have made separate visits to the ‘Occupy London’ camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral. We asked them both to blog on our site to share their responses, and we hope you find their personal comments interesting and thought-provoking: Jesse’s experience:On Saturday I decided to see what all the fuss was about […]
Read More →I had been meaning to offer solidarity to the St Paul’s Camp for days and decided to spend last Wednesday there with the tenters. I arrived from the Tube fired up that someone is making a visible statement, to cry out against the extreme levels of inequality in our society. It has been too long.From the […]
Read More →What can we do together to support the local economy? What’s the value in developing a Tooting community currency? Many local businesses are in direct competition with national chains, the internet and large suburban shopping centres. When ‘big business’ wins, another local shop closes or a small business goes bankrupt. If you, like us, are […]
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