Sadly the Terracycle scheme that our ‘Hard to Recycle’ bins are part of has announced that they can no longer accept plastic writing implements, so unfortunately we will no longer be able to accept them.This is in addition..
Year: 2024
Free DVDs
Transition Buxton built up a library of nearly 30 films on DVD on topics relevant to the environment and system change. The list can be viewed here. As the DVD format is starting to become less popular and..
100 Loans Milestone for the Library of Things
Transition Buxton CIC is excited to announce that the Buxton Library of Things has completed over 100 loans or ‘borrows’. This Not forProfit enterprise run by volunteers has been occupying space within the book Library on Kents Bank..
Reinstating ‘the Peaks and Dales line’
Stephen Chaytow from the Manchester and East Midlands Rail Action Partnership (MEMRAP) spoke to us about their aspirations to reopen the rail line between Matlock, Buxton and beyond to passengers and freight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0gYJGEToyU
Hydrogen v EV
This talk was by Charles Huff. In only eight years time we will no longer be able to buy a new petrol or diesel car. Of course second-hand vehicles will remain for a long time, but if we..
Local Renewable Energy
After seminar 22 we started a more relaxed system of talks largely given by members of our group. and for January 2022 Two of our members, Chair, Ian Bowns and Derek Bodey shared this talk on local renewable..
Kermit Was Right
Mini-seminar number twenty-two was Kermit Was Right ‘Kermit Was Right’ an argument against the idea that being green is easy with Terry Newholm. In a speech to the UN, Boris Johnson challenged the message of Muppets character Kermit the..
Climate Justice
Mini-seminar number twenty-one was Climate Justice. Transition Buxton is part of the Transition Towns movement and one of our principles is to promote inclusivity and social justice. In any crisis existing inequalities and vulnerabilities become exacerbated and we..
Carbon Choices – Common Sense Solutions to our Climate and Nature Crises
Mini-seminar number twenty was Carbon Choices – Common Sense Solutions to our Climate and Nature Crises Neil Kitching is a geographer and energy specialist from Scotland. He has published ‘Carbon Choices‘ on the common-sense solutions to our climate and nature..
Retrofitting
Mini-seminar number nineteen was on Retrofitting We live in a town with lots of older and post-war properties that need upgraded to make them sustainable, comfortable and affordable to live in. Transition Buxton Members Steve Taylor and Charles Huff..