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How we nearly bought a wood….
At midnight on Monday 28th November, an email was sent to the 145 people on the Transition mailing list, asking for £100,000 in pledges to buy 18 acres of lovley Keeds Wood. By the end of the Friday, pledges totalled over £101,000, and we had lodged a bid by the noon deadline!
Unfortunately we were outbid, but the energy used in spreading the word, and the unity of villagers in pledging is an inspiration to anyone who says community is dead.
How we will build on this energy isn’t clear at present – all suggestions welcome!
Read Henny Fordham‘s blog about our attempt to buy the woods. And Bridget Mackwood writes about it in her blog too.
Towards a sustainable future……….
a community orchard, greener homes, sharing skills, solar panels, a wind turbine, seed and vegetable swaps, a farmers market, a car-share club, a cafe, community recycling, schools growing their lunches, collaborating with our neighbours, bringing back old skills to adapt to today’s challenges ……….a resilient, rejuvenated, relocalised village.
This could be the outcome of the end of the age of plentiful cheap oil, if we prepare and work together for it.
The end of cheap oil
We are living at the peak of the oil age – a 50 litre tankfull of petrol delivers as much energy as a labourer working for 3 years! But it cannot continue – oil production has plateaued and will start to fall. Demand continues to soar – China’s oil consmption is rising at 11% a year, and 98% of transportation uses oil. Renewables are the future, but cannot deliver enough to make up the shortfall. If we go for nuclear, uranium will run out in 40 years. So we need to plan for ‘energy descent’ – a reduction in energy use. And we need to make 80% cuts in carbon emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change. Transition is about this process.
You can download a ‘Transition Primer’ which will give you a good start in understanding what this is all about – go to <http://transitiontowns.org/TransitionNetwork/TransitionNetwork#prime> http://transitiontowns.org/TransitionNetwork/TransitionNetwork#primer <http://transitiontowns.org/TransitionNetwork/TransitionNetwork#primer>
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