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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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Here we go, a busy day of creative fun ahead. See you in the Assembly Rooms today. It’s a school inset day and wet weather, so ideal for an indoor free family fun day.
In Tideswell on 24th October, Birdcatcher is a new theatre piece, suitable for Age 12+ 'It’s hard to figure out a future when everyone around you thinks there isn’t one.'Funny, dark and sharply observed, Birdcatcher is a coming-of-age story with a difference. Laura Waldren’s striking new play asks what it takes to find your own voice inside an apocalyptic high-control group. With wit running through its darker edges, Birdcatcher explores the pressures of growing up into a world where the end is always just around the corner.Directed by Pentabus’s BAFTA-winning Artistic Director Elle While, Birdcatcher is the world premiere of a brand-new play from the Papatango Prize-winning writer of ‘astonishing debut play’ ★★★★ (The Telegraph)
Birdcatcher By Laura Waldren | Pentabus Theatre
pentabus.co.uk
The world premiere of a darkly comic drama by prize-winning playwright about a teenage girl navigating life inside a doomsday cult. Pentabus Artistic Director Elle While directs.
Although the “window has closed” on holding temperature rises to 1.5C, in line with scientific advice if we want a liveable planet, limiting the “overshoot” of that target is still possible, according to the UN Environment Programme (Unep).But countries including the UK are failing to translate their long-term targets on reducing emissions into short-term actions (like investing in renewables instead of allowing new fossil fuel extraction licences) as detailed in a new report on the “emissions gap” between climate goals and policies.Governments have never met a single UN target on nature since the COP biodiversity convention was created in Rio in 1992, will COP17 this month be any different?
World must cut emissions by 18% in four years ‘to find our way back’, UN says
www.theguardian.com
Action needed to avoid disastrous overshoot of climate targets, according to organisation’s environment body
Our team of stitchers will be there tomorrow transforming ‘waste’ materials and 2nd hand costumes into fabulous Halloween costumes. Big fun! And make a mask with @Creeping Toad, and whittle a wand with Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and your little characters will be all set for Trick or Treating. All free, donations welcomeFans of Buxton Wild Weeks will love all the nature and wildlife activities at the #buxtongreenassembly . Come along for river monitoring with #BuxtonFieldClub, ponds with Derbyshire Amphibian and Reptile Group - DARG , peatbogs with Moors for the Future , birdboxes with Buxton Town Team , #naturetots and #forestschool with #libbysforestschool, bees with The Solitary Bee Nursery and Wilder Connections with Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and naturecrafts with High Peak Borough Council . All hosted by Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust . See Planet Buxton for more info.
The decision to proceed with the Jackdaw gas field will make the UK complicit in pushing up greenhouse gas emissions and give other countries an excuse to do likewise, says Bill McGuire.