Transition Town Tooting

Tag: Sustainability

  • Electing The Future 18th March

    With the general election just around the corner, TTT is bringing local people of all ages together, along with local businesses, parliamentary candidates, scientists and artists for an open conversation about the future of our area.
    Electing the Future takes place next Wednesday 18th March at the United Services Club in the Balham High Rd and parliamentary candidates already confirmed include:

    Dan Watkins (Conservative),
    Esther Obiri Darko (Green),
    Phil Ling (Liberal Democrat),
    while the Labour Party & UKIP also promise a representative.

    Parliamentary candidates confirmed so far are:

    • Dan Watkins (Conservative)
    • Esther Obiri Darko (Green)
    • At least one representative from Labour – names tba
    • Phil Ling (Liberal Democrat)
    • A representative of UKIP

    – See more at: http://tooting-news.dailyprss.co.uk/tabs/blog/2015/02/electing-the-future—a-tooting-conversation#sthash.gQnOE7ap.dpuf

    What do you want these representatives to have on their radar?

    Tackling air pollution & traffic, 20mph where we live, space for cycling, protecting green spaces, the effect of crossrail, conserving some of our wonderful old buildings, increased energy efficiency, community gardens, a more resilient connected community???  Something else???  Positive sustainable changes in how we live must be possible, right?

    All are welcome to take part in what promises to be a lively debate. Book your free tickets at Eventbrite

  • Electing the Future event, 18th March

    http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/electing-the-future-tickets-15810561816

    If you had one wish for the future of your area, what would it be?

    With the general election around the corner, we’re bringing local people, businesses, young people, parliamentary candidates and councillors, scientists and artists together for a lively debate on the future of the area.

    Electing the Future will take place at:
    The United Services Club, 268 Balham High Road, SW17 7AJ
    on Wed 18th March 2015, 7pm-10pm

    You’re invited to take part in this lively debate or sit back and listen.  We’ll be exploring what active citizenship really means, and we’ll encourage conversations to envisage sustainable change together.

    Commenting on the event, David Thorne, co-chair of Transition Town Tooting said,

    “There’s an election in May, but with people more disengaged then ever from mainstream politics, Transition Town Tooting will seek to host a different kind of conversation about the future, which steers away from tired old party political platitudes.”

    Following on, Belinda Sosinowicz, co-chair, Transition Town Tooting said:

    “We’re seeing a lot of change around Tooting – some positive, some challenging. There are facilities at risk, services that are stretched, and new investments changing our local landscape. People care deeply about these changes. We aim to hear the voices of engaged local people and work out sustainable alternatives for the future together to build a more resilient community. That’s why we’re staging this event.”

    A panel of local voices, including parliamentary candidates, will take part in the discussions and respond to concerns, questions and suggested solutions.

    Tickets are free, but spaces are limited, so please do book at the Electing the Future Eventbrite page. We look forward to you joining us.

    Help us spread the word, download the flyer here and share with your friends.

  • Furzedown Low Carbon Zone AGM, Friday 27th Feb

    All welcome to the FLCZ annual general meeting
    Friday 27th February 2015, 7:00pm to 9:00 pm


    The AGM is at the Furzedown Project, 93 Moyser Road, SW16 6SJ
    Join us to help make exciting plans for 2015 and beyond.
    For info, please contact us at furzedownlowcarbonzone@gmail.com

    Also concerned with making low-carbon living a reality now:

    Ecobuild is running next week FOR FREE for 3 days at the Excel Centre – 3rd-5th March. It’s a remarkable event!
    If you have not attended before, it partly a gigantic trade show, and partly a superb series of seminars and lectures with experts.

    For example – here’s the link to Green Energy talks on the Tuesday. There is so much going on, organised into key themes….some technical, some community-oriented, some very creative – or all three.
    Taking part is free – details on the Ecobuild site. See you there!

  • Number 12 in TTT’s ’12 tweets to Christmas’

    Here is tweet number twelve:
    No.12 tips for Xmas. Celebrate Xmas eve with some English wine from Kent or locally brewed beer from By The Horns! 
    pic.twitter.com/A1c75HsVtt

    And…that’s the last of our twelve seasonal sustainability tweets: each one from a different person, saying something she or he wants to share that fits with this time of year. We hope that each of them gives you something to think about, or follow up.

    We hope you enjoyed them too, whether you saw them on twitter as they came out during the past 12 days, or if you are seeing them gathered here on the TTT blog.
    We’ll list them again in our next TTT monthly mail out. 
    Thanks for following!

  • Number 11 in TTT’s ’12 tweets to Christmas’

    Here is tweet number eleven:
    No.11 #Xmas Tip: save your Xmas veg peelings for some lovely compost and start growing for 2015! #Tooting #Transition

  • Number 10 in TTT’s ’12 tweets to Christmas’

    Here is tweet number ten:

    No.10 in TTT’s 12 tweets to Xmas: Midwinter but the sun is heading back our way. In every darkness the seed of renewal lies #Tooting #Transition 

  • Number 9 in TTT’s ’12 tweets to Christmas’

    Here is tweet number nine:
    No.9 tips for Xmas: Mark The Dark. Sit still awhile without light. Enjoy winter’s dark solstice magic. Today the sun’s new year begins!

  • Number 8 in TTT’s ’12 tweets to Christmas’

    Here is tweet number eight:
    No.8 tips for Xmas: Take a few moments to think back on the year for 3 things you have been grateful for & 1 thing you’re looking forward to

    Plus a bonus comment for the blog: 

    BOOST YOUR POSITIVE EMOTIONS 
    Sustainability on a personal note….
    Experiencing, savouring and building on the positive emotions you have when you are happy can support your wellbeing and help buffer against the negative things that might happen. These tips could help support sustained happiness and help build resilience to the challenges of climate change.


    1. Reliving great memories make us want to have them even more in our present life– Take five minutes for 3 days over the Christmas period to sit in a quiet room, by yourself and close your eyes. On the first day, think back to a really enjoyable event in the last year. It can be anything, big or small. Try to relive that event through your senses and really enjoy it. On day two, do the same except relive a happy memory and on day three, think of a really successful time you felt totally in control.

    Replay them as though they were a film, rewind the best bits and see them again and again. 

    Think about how you felt, the positive emotions you had, why the event was enjoyable, happy, and successful, who was there, the sounds, smells, textures. Have you felt this way again? Write down the times you have felt this way and see if you can think of any patterns connected with feeling good and what you did.

    2. Take a few moments to think back on this year, for 3 things you have been grateful for, and 1 thing you are looking forward to

    3. On your Christmas cards, write about your gratitude to the person you are sending it to- something they did for you, or you appreciate in them.

  • Number 7 in TTT’s ’12 tweets to Christmas’

    Here is tweet number seven:
    No.7 tips for xmas: Wear jumpers, hug friends, lower the heating! More energy & money saving tips @thecarbontrust: goo.gl/j0VKqQ

  • Number 6 in TTT’s ’12 tweets to Christmas’

    Here is tweet number six:
    No.6 in @tttooting 12 tweets to Xmas. Swap screen time for #wildtime Ideas: @wearewildthing @wildlifetrusts @LoveOutdoorPlay @outdoor_nation

    Plus a bonus photograph for the blog only:
    Have a look at the Christmas stamp – obviously it’s showing Tooting, Furzedown or Fishponds…so that’s more encouragement to get outdoors! See you there.