Transition Town Hackney

Working together to reduce oil-dependency and re-localise in Hackney

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Ken Anderson

Transition London Fields 3 Replies

If this is your neck of the woods, please join the  London Fields Local Group, and lets get something going.

Started by Ken Anderson. Last reply by Cheryl Cohen Jul 14.

Henry Muss

Cheap effective solar power

http://www.connect-green.com/artificial-photosynth be applied to windows which then become sources of power - cool!

Tagged: cheap, windows, power, Solar

Started by Henry Muss Jul 12.

Henry Muss

Urban Orchard project Southwark

http://www.unionstreetorchard.org.uk/Went here today great example of what can be be done with a derelict space and some fruit trees!part of the Student Festival Architecture festival

Started by Henry Muss Jul 3.

Henry Muss

Transition Conference last week 2010, energy report

lots of good footage on the recent transition conference held in Devon I think..check out the transitionculture web site, also a report out recently by Chatham House and Lloyds check out the link her…

Started by Henry Muss Jun 22.

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Transition Town Hackney is a group of individuals concerned about the future, and particularly with how we are are going to continue to live comfortably, well within in a huge urban metropolis, as supplies of oil and coal dwindle, pushing prices of everything up.

We aim to educate ourselves as to the facts of this impending crisis, prepare, and put in place systems to insulate ourselves and our wider community from the worst effects. We do this through educational events: talks and film screenings followed by discussions, and by forming working groups who meet regularly and focus on a specific topic.

If you are interested in what we are doing, please check the calendar for the next event (not all events on our calendar are organised by TTH, but all are relevant) and better still join the one of the working groups on this page and help them in their work. A few hours a week is all it takes.

One of the main benefits to a TT group is getting to know people who live in your local area, so please also join one of the local area groups and say hello to your neighbours.

Transition Town Stoke Newington have their own site - if you live in N16 you might want to check out what they're up to...

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Kate Paterson

Introductory Hello

Hello everybody,

I've just joined so thought I'd leave a hello. I have a green friend who although a bit funny to look at does seem to speak a lot of sense to me and has encouraged me to find out more about transition towns and what's being done locally. I work for a fair trade charity so lots of shared interests, values I imagine here but having felt quite paralysed by huge environmental issues hope that joining a local group taking practical steps to address them may motivate me to do somethi… Continue

Posted by Kate Paterson on December 2, 2009 at 10:40pm — 1 Comment

Jon Theo

Email to Gillian Nicks at Hackney council planning dept re proposal to build a hotel on the site of The Foundry bar

Dear Ms Nicks –

Once again I find myself having to write to express my concern about yet another worrying development in our beleaguered borough. The Foundry Bar is a contemporary classic and a much welcome haven from the rampant commercialism of downtown Shoreditch. The values and ethics that the management of the Foundry display are those that echo the ideas and attitudes of Hackney residents past and present, the very same which have made the borough such a popular destination for the arts a… Continue

Posted by Jon Theo on November 17, 2009 at 4:46pm

Alison Thorpe

10:10 Reducing my family's C02 by 10%

I wanted to let people know what we're doing here (my little family of 5), trying to reduce our carbon footprint, having signed up to 10:10 and also becoming increasingly concerned about the sheer level of climate change being witnessed, right now, around the world, and also the frightening scientific predictions and concerns. (and that's without peak oil.....).

However, in case anyone is thinking that transition town people are all living in super-insulated homes with renewable energy forms of… Continue

Posted by Alison Thorpe on October 15, 2009 at 11:50am — 1 Comment

Jon Theo

Great meeting on transport last night

So last night's "meeting" - they are really talk events now - was by Carl Pittam of Sustrans. Sustrans have been going for over 30 years and do projects such as re-designing residential streets to make them more friendly to people and less car-centric, slowing down or stopping traffic and adding planters and other greenery. There are 2 pilots in Hackney of the "DIY Streets" project which gets residents to meet and talk about problems on t… Continue

Posted by Jon Theo on September 17, 2009 at 6:11pm — 3 Comments

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Latest Activity

Group for those who live in and around London Fields.
July 20
priscila salvino added an event
PING BRAZIL- Gillett Square - Dalston at Gillet Square Daslton Hackney
July 24, 2010 at 2pm to July 25, 2010 at 2pm
This is the first (mini) Brazilian Festival in Hackney. There will be a great selection of Brazilian Traditional Rhythms, plus capoeira workshop, live music with the bands Pe de Jurema and Maracatu Mafua, and samba classes with DJ Fabricio D.Vyzor p…
July 19
Robin Grey and Simone Jaeger are now friends
July 17
July 16
Hi - thanks for invite but weekends pretty impossible over the summer. Could do some weekday evenings tho. Hope it goes well. Please keep me in the loop with how things develop Cheers S
July 16
Ken Anderson added an event
Wilton / London Fields at Community centre Wilton Estate, E8
July 17, 2010 from 2pm to 3:30pm
For people involved with The Wilton Estate or interested in helping Get a London Fields Group going I am meeting anyone interested at the community centre on the Wilton Estate at 2pm this Saturday (17th July)
July 16
Danny McSorley is now a member of Transition Town Hackney
July 16
thanks Ken - would you mind getting in touch when you'd like to come along? I'm not at the market this weekend but feel free to say hello to our manager Louis. bw Cheryl
July 14
Hi Cheryl, thanks, thats a great offer. When we have something to drum up support for, I will let you know. At the moment we are trying to get together a core of keen locals in order to plan scheme and organize. If you join the local group, that is…
July 14
If you'd like to drum up support at our London Fields Farmers' Market do let me know bw Cheryl London Farmers' Markets www.lfm.org.uk cheryl@lfm.org.uk
July 14
Haggerston park is planning a mini orchard in conjunction with the London Orchard project, using crowd source funding, perhaps a couple of us could put this to them. Sadly I won't be able to make this meeting either. Any volunteers? Really I would l…
July 14
Think they are mostly focused on the park itself. Their website says their projects are 1. Bulb planting 2. Additional table tennis table 3. Playground regeneration 4. Regeneration of old park keepers lodge on the East side of the park 5. Enhanced…
July 14
Is anyone a part of the London Fields User Group (LFUG) and knows what they are up to and how we might collaborate?
July 14
Hello All - nice to meet you. I'm keen on helping to get something going around London Fields. Was involved a bit at the very start of TTH but not sure what is happening these days. Would be great to be filled in on that, think about what is unique…
July 14
I'm away this weekend, but will find a photo better than my face book one & get back to you next week.
July 13
Group for those who live in and around London Fields.
July 13

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