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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..

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..

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..

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..

Mini-seminar number eighteen was on Buxton Wild Weeks We were told about all the exciting activities that are being planned to help our schools and community get wild about Buxton. Buxton Wild Weeks are open for everyone to enjoy…

Our seventeenth seminar was on recycling. Joel Rawlins from Alliance Environmental, the firm who handle most of the recyclable waste we generate locally on behalf the High Peak Borough Council area spoke about what actually happens to our ‘recyclables’, what happens..

Number sixteenth was Zero Carbon Britain. Paul Allen from the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in Wales spoke about the CAT Zero Carbon Britain plan, roadmap, and courses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHJbdiKYYYU&t=26s

Number fifteen of our seminars was Me and My Electricity. Peter Ranson shared his non-technical story of how he has been able to establish a home energy system which minimises the use of electricity from the grid whilst maximizing..

Number fourteen of our seminars was A Neighbourhood Plan for Buxton with Joe Dugdale, Jane Reynolds & Richard Silson. Buxton is unusual in not being ‘Parished’, i.e. it does not have its own Town Council – that means that all..

Number thirteen of our seminars was Participatory Budgeting Alan Budge, who lives in Buxton and helped to write the Buxton Economic Resilience Study (2016) has worked to support the development of Participatory Budgeting (PB) across the UK for the..