The Cornwall Diet – can Cornwall feed itself in the 21st Century? Why the Cornwall diet? Reduction in carbon emissions from the reduction in food miles (25% of emissions from food in the UK is from transport and food transportation … Continue reading
Though the waiting list is long, green shoots are growing. Transition Truro is a key partner in the success story of the Barrack Lane Allotment Group which has just won Third Prize on the site. Twenty-five Truro residents from the … Continue reading
A group of people in the Kingdom of Fife, in east Scotland, have been engaged in an experiment for the last year or so to see if they can source 85% of their diet from within Fife. Their reasons are … Continue reading
Be there if you care! Transition Truro is hosting over 20 stalls from Capture Energy to Aggie Baggies to give advice and information on a sustainable lifestyle in Truro. This is our “unleashing” modified to suit local conditions, and we … Continue reading
– a clucking good idea! 5th January marked our return to egg self-sufficiency with one Bantam-sized egg (!) from Rosemary; her sister Lavender is not yet mature. I am no chicken expert but have successfully kept a few in our … Continue reading
Truro City Council has approved our use of two plots as a community allotment. Knowing of our interest in growing food locally and expanding allotment provision, Richard Budge, the City Parks Manager, has offered us two overgrown plots previously given … Continue reading
Cuban Environmentalist visits Cornwall as part of UK tour. Roberto Perez, a Cuban environmental educator and permaculturist, will be talking in Falmouth on 17th September about the experiences of Cuba in the early 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet … Continue reading
The battery recycling tube situated in Truro Post Office was emptied for the first time last week. Although slow to take off, used battery recycling is now gaining momentum and Post Office staff report that people are expressing their support … Continue reading
Transition Truro secured funding from Truro City Council to pay for a household battery recycling tube. Thanks to the Post Office, it has a convenient site – just inside the door. A TT member has undertaken to transport the batteries … Continue reading
The latest Transition Truro meeting was looking at how climate change and peak oil could impact upon health and healthcare. Anyone who has worked in the health service will know how heavily dependent upon oil it is – energy to … Continue reading