Good luck with the cycling! I've got a bike languishing in the shed and will try to use it for allotment visits once it gets a bit warmer.
I'm interested in this statement "We need to build communities that are relationship-based, rather than interest and concept-based." A lot of the podcasts which talk about ecological collapse stress the need to create resilient communities, but I have no idea how to even start. One idea is to start a local Transition Town group and see who turns up.
I’m not sure either. Back in 2017 the term Circular Economy was new to me. After reading Katie Raworth’s ‘Doughnut Economy’, I thought it would be great to set up a circular economy with my immediate neighbours. But I felt I didn’t know them well enough - and it felt ‘political’. Then I reflected we have tools for the local circular economy stuff - Gum Tree and the marketplaces on Next Door and Facebook. But during Covid at least we set up a street chat - and that means there is a bit more borrowing going on than used to be the case - because there’s an avenue to easily ask for help from neighbours you don’t usually talk to, not just the ones you do.
Is the idea of a Transition Town group an energy transition project? What does it mean? Or is it like a club where people support each other towards more sustainable living?
I still haven’t started the support group for parents who want to support each other in making sure their children have a healthy relationship with tech. Mostly because I’ve been so focused on my own work. But that’s what keeps us from each other isn’t it? Being focused on minding our own business. The thing about such a group is it’s an opportunity for people who may be really different from each other in many respects, including politically and socio-economically - to build relationships and come together. I keep putting off doing it, generally saying I’ll do it ‘next month.’
Good luck with the cycling! I've got a bike languishing in the shed and will try to use it for allotment visits once it gets a bit warmer.
I'm interested in this statement "We need to build communities that are relationship-based, rather than interest and concept-based." A lot of the podcasts which talk about ecological collapse stress the need to create resilient communities, but I have no idea how to even start. One idea is to start a local Transition Town group and see who turns up.
I’m not sure either. Back in 2017 the term Circular Economy was new to me. After reading Katie Raworth’s ‘Doughnut Economy’, I thought it would be great to set up a circular economy with my immediate neighbours. But I felt I didn’t know them well enough - and it felt ‘political’. Then I reflected we have tools for the local circular economy stuff - Gum Tree and the marketplaces on Next Door and Facebook. But during Covid at least we set up a street chat - and that means there is a bit more borrowing going on than used to be the case - because there’s an avenue to easily ask for help from neighbours you don’t usually talk to, not just the ones you do.
Is the idea of a Transition Town group an energy transition project? What does it mean? Or is it like a club where people support each other towards more sustainable living?
I still haven’t started the support group for parents who want to support each other in making sure their children have a healthy relationship with tech. Mostly because I’ve been so focused on my own work. But that’s what keeps us from each other isn’t it? Being focused on minding our own business. The thing about such a group is it’s an opportunity for people who may be really different from each other in many respects, including politically and socio-economically - to build relationships and come together. I keep putting off doing it, generally saying I’ll do it ‘next month.’