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Forest Garden Project | Transition Town Bury
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An Introduction to Permaculture. Woodland Gardening – Evening Talk →. June 20, 2011. Transition Town Bury will be holding a visit to Prestwich Clough at 7pm on the evening of Thursday 14th July. The visit will start at the Church Inn, will then visit the site and return to the pub at 8pm to discuss the suitability of the site for a forest garden project and how it could be taken forward. Directions to the Church Inn:-. A search for Church Inn Prestwich on Google maps brings it up identified by name.
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How to start a Community Business | Transition Town Bury
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Woodland Gardening – Evening Talk. How to start a Community Business. February 24, 2012. Have you an idea for a small business? Do you want to make sure it runs in an ethical manner? Would you prefer to work co-operatively to establish it? Jo Bird of Co-operative Business Consultants will lead a meeting on ‘Setting up a Community Business’ at the Adult Learning Centre. Opposite bus and metrolink stations in the middle of Bury on Thursday 8th March at 7pm. Whatever your business idea, bring it along.
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Welcome to Transition Town Bury! | Transition Town Bury
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Incredible Edible Pimhole – Planting Day →. Welcome to Transition Town Bury! March 31, 2011. Welcome to the official blog website of Transition Town Bury. Here you will find information on meetings and events, resources, initiatives and local businesses. Transition Town Bury is a grass-roots initiative to build local economic and community resilience in the face of rising risks from energy and fuel scarcity and climate change. This entry was posted in General. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Powered music an...
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Welcome to Green Cottage! | Green Cottage
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Welcome to Green Cottage! February 17, 2010 at 3:23 pm ( General. Welcome to Green Cottage, my two-up, two-down end of terrace home in Bury, Lancashire, which I have eco-renovated to reduce my environmental impact and become more self-reliant. From solar power and wood fuel heating to growing my own food, I have crammed as much as I can into this typical Victorian terrace to show what can be done to prepare for climate change and peak oil. I hope that you enjoy your stay! Solar Bud’s Tweets. The Garden &...
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UK Fossil Fuel Subsidies | Green Cottage
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UK Fossil Fuel Subsidies. January 3, 2013 at 8:21 pm ( Climate Change. There has been much discussion in the press and blogosphere recently about an. On the ‘levels of subsidy’ enjoyed by fossil fuels worldwide, broken down by country. Energy companies are not necessarily oil companies, but for the sake of argument let’s say this leaves a net difference of around 2.2 billion in subsidy for fossil fuel industries. Free, and inexhaustible. Of course, climate science is in its relative infancy and it is not...
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Insulation Upgrade – A Range of Ideas | Green Cottage
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Insulation Upgrade – A Range of Ideas. January 7, 2013 at 10:26 am (Uncategorized). I was recently working out the carbon footprint of Green Cottage, and came up with a very favourable figure of less than one tonne of CO2 a year – this being associated with the grid electricity I use. I’m with Good Energy who use 100% renewable energy, but for the purposes of counting I take the figure for normal grid electricity as that’s what comes to my meter. It cost about 12 for the roll of bubble wrap. These variou...
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A new NIMBYism | Green Cottage
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March 14, 2014 at 10:10 am (Uncategorized). A new NIMBYism is stalking the land. It’s a powerful new NIMBYism, with the potential to unite anarchist and banker, tree hugger and professional footballer, civil disobedient and lawyer. And here’s the rub. We like our TVs and our gadgets, all essential for modern life, and really, what’s the point of going to work at all if we can’t fly off for one or two foreign holidays in the sun every year? People don’t like rising energy bills. Nor do they like...The day...
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Incredible Edible Pimhole – Planting Day | Transition Town Bury
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Welcome to Transition Town Bury! An Introduction to Permaculture →. Incredible Edible Pimhole – Planting Day. April 6, 2011. On Saturday, 7th May at 12:00 noon, Incredible Edible Pimhole will be holding a planting day. The food grown in these raised beds, as well as being used by Pimhole residents, will also be used in the local primary school of St Thomas’, and by a community of asylum seekers who are being looked after by the neighbouring Mosses Centre. This entry was posted in Food. You are commenting...