9th November 2011

BRIDPORT: Transition Town celebrates past year

Transition Town Bridport (TTB) celebrated the year gone by and planned for the year head at their second Annual General Meeting.

The TTB group reviewed the successes of a busy year, including working with young ‘Transitioners’ at Colfox School, starting a lending scheme for electricity meters and raising awareness of peak oil.

The group also discussed the many social events they had been a part of and the regular Green Drinks, held at the Tiger Inn on the third Thursday of every month.

The St John’s Ambulance Hall, the venue for the night, was decked with display material from each of the main strands of the group.

As well as looking back, TTB chairman Anne Rickard, outlined five new initiatives for the coming year:

• The Energy Descent group plans to start ‘Draught busters’, which will train people to reduce draughts simply, and to supply inexpensive materials.

• A survey, by the food group, of vegetables sold by six small retailers in Bridport compared with five supermarkets.

• Reskilling workshops will be run in association with Bridport Local Area Skills Training (BLAST), to train young people to use hand tools.

• The Zero waste group will seek to persuade people to pledge to reduce and aim to eliminate household waste.

• The Awareness and Education group will launch a quiz around energy issues, with prizes for the best response.

After the meeting the tables were brought out for drinks and a ‘Pot Luck’ feast.

TTB are part of the national Transition Town movement based around the belief that supplies of oil and other materials have peaked.

You can find out more from the group’s website www.transitiontownbridport.co.uk

BRIDPORT: Transition Town celebrates past year

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