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Transition Buxton is a group of local people concerned about the environment working to improve our community’s resilience through practical actions and projects.
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An important part of managing our collective resources responsibly is the adage: Reduce, Reuse, Refill, Repair & Repurpose, Recycle.
The Buxton Library of Things provides affordable access to over 100 useful resources and things that you don’t need to own.
Plastic pollution is evident all around us, blighting our lanes, paths and hedgerows, ending up in waterways and contributing to climate change.
Energy is fundamental to our modern way of life. But energy – specifically fossil fuels – is the main driver of climate change.
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Welcome to the September and October 2026 issue of our E-Newsletter full of news, views and information.
It’s Potato Day time again! Yes, We are running a Potato Day again this year. If you are a grower, or might be interested in growing your own read on……
We Want Your 2nd Hand Halloween Costumes On Friday 23 October Transition Buxton volunteers are returning to the Crescent Assembly Rooms by popular demand with their ‘Upcycling With A Spooky..
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Ghent’s new €20m (£17m) design museum is a gleaming monument to recycling it was built using everything from car windscreens, seaweed and old toilets to rubble dug straight from the building site. Its bricks, many of which were pressed by the public during a two-day festival, are made of pulverised construction waste and hydrated lime. As well as saving two-thirds of the embodied carbon of a regular fired clay brick, they will continue to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere in the coming years, as the lime cures.“We’re not claiming this is … a solution to the climate crisis,” says Sian Ricketts, Carmody Groarke’s sustainability lead. “But it is a sort of 82,000-brick proof of concept that you can do something different.”
www.theguardian.com
Inspired by a gothic cathedral partly built using human bones, this gleaming monument to recycling boasts 82,000 bricks derived from construction waste – following a two-day brick-making festival
Until 4pm today you can pop into the Assembly Rooms to see and learn some of the outcomes of the year long Made in Buxton project including the stitched map of Buxton which captures and prompts many Buxton stories. If you would like the map to visit your work place, church, school or event, have a chat with the lovely folks at Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust who are considering a bit of a tour to allow the map to be displayed and enjoyed by lots of different people.
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The East Midlands Festival of Retrofit 2026 runs from October 26th to November 9th and will bring together homeowners, professionals and communities to explore how existing buildings can be made warmer, more energy-efficient and fit for the future. You can find out more and sign up for workshops and presentations using the link below.
Festival of retrofit - East Midlands Combined County Authority
www.eastmidlands-cca.gov.uk
Join a packed programme of events taking place across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire through the East Midlands Festival of Retrofit – part of the Energy-efficient Homes Upgrade Programme.
Have you placed your Potato Day order for Buxton delivery yet?Did you know?The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space in October 1995.Whilst we can't help with cultivating your potatoes in orbit, we can provide you with the exact variety of seed potato when you pre-order at www.potatoday.org.uk. Pre-ordering closes on 12th November so don't miss out on your chance to grab as many or as few seed potatoes at wholesale prices.Share with your friends, family and allotment communities to get the word out about Potato Day 2027!#TransitionChesterfield #PotatoDay #SeedSwap #Seeds #TransitionTowns #GrowYourOwn #GrowYourOwnFood@TransitionBuxton @TransitionLoughborough @ChesterfieldBoroughCouncil @DestinationChesterfield @InspireCommunityGarden
It was a day for vintage teddy bears at Buxton Repair Cafe today. One is reckoned to be over 100 years old and the other is in his 70s, both looked much happier after Ann and Cindy had performed their magic. Quite a lot of textile items amongst over 40 the volunteers processed today. We’re back in the halls of Buxton Methodist Church for the final Repair Cafe of 2026 on Saturday 28 November, then back on 4th Saturday of the month again from January 2027.
Our Stitch Don’t Ditch team had an awesome day yesterday at the Planet Buxton Green Assembly. Using donated ‘waste’ materials we made Halloween costumes for at least 50 children and probably 20 fabric pumpkins. It was a delight to give form to the ideas the children’s imaginations came up with. We even made a dinosaur costume for a dog. Big thanks to our wonderful volunteers!