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Saturday
Jul 31st
Launch of Stroud Charter Print E-mail

mend_bag_3.jpgSaturday, April 4th at 11.00 am,

launch of ‘The Stroud Charter’

and also the ‘BUY LOCAL' CAMPAIGN
which is due to run for the month of

April

The ‘Stroud Charter’ is about encouraging people to  ‘Carry-a-bag in Stroud’,  so that we can move towards being plastic-bag-free – in the same way as roughly 14 other towns in England, Scotland and Wales are.

SO….. Therefore we would really like you to come along on Saturday 11.00 am, to the Stroud Subscription Rooms Forecourt to have a huge crowd in support of the start of this campaign. In a way this is about much more than not using plastic bags, it is about raising our awareness about how we use all our resources, especially non-renewable ones.



PLEASE JOIN US – AND BRING YOUR BAG THAT IS YOUR ALTERNATIVE TO PLASTIC!


Here (carry_a_bag_in_stroud) is a copy of ‘The Stroud Charter’. John Marjoram and Sheila Lister have started the job of going around all the shops in Stroud to find out what kind of bags they are using. The results are encouraging. There is an awareness that we cannot carry on the way we have been doing. Inevitably at this stage it was not so encouraging in some other shops - however .......

The ‘Stroud News and Journal’ and ‘Stroud Life’ will be following the move towards Stroud being plastic-bag-free over the next weeks, months…………….

What we hope is that before long anyone seen carrying a plastic bag will be a rare sight!

If you want more information about going plastic bag free then Modbury in Devon, the first town to go plastic bag free in this country, have a wonderful website.

Hope you will be able to be there on Saturday

And could you please tell all your friends in Stroud!

Thank you

Sheila Lister

 
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SkillsGain Taster Courses

Courses on growing food, mending and revitalising clothes, the fundamentals of health, composting, knitting, woodland skills and willow Christmas decorations. 

May to December 2010

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Coordinator Support
National Conference 2010

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On 13th and 14th June Simon Allen attended the Transition Network Conference, in Devon. The conference is well written up on www.transitionnetwork.org and www.transitionculture.org.

Livelihoods
Stroud Pound on Reuters!


Reuters 1 Apr 2010:  " Video Description Apr. 1 - The Gloucestershire town of Stroud in the heart
of England is printing its own currency to help stimulate the local economy
and bring the community closer together. Hayley Platt reports."

Click here to see the video (or paste the link into your browser):

http://www.reuters.com/news/video/story?videoId=65735534

 
Youth
Eco Mania day

See blog for details about the day

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Energy
Energy Descent Action Plan The Energy group is thinking about working with the community to create an Energy Descent Action Plan (EDAP).
 
Transport
Tripswitch

Our main project at the moment is supporting TRIPSWITCH. The key events will be Green Travel Month - June 2010 which will be

1st - 6th Low Carbon Week

7th - 13th Low Car Use Week

12th - 20th Public Transport Week

19th - 27th Bike Week

Also Tripswitch Green Travel Event on the forecourt of the Subscription Rooms in Stroud on Saturday 12th June from 9.30 - 3.00.

See Tripswitch website here.

Food
Latest News helen_p_garden_w.jpg The food group have decided that they will not meet again as a group as the members have too much practical work to do and could not fit in another meeting.The details of contacts are in the minutes below.

 
Business and Government
IDeA Conference
Fi Macmillan and Simon Allen recently gave a talk at the Improvement and Development agency for local government Positive Future's Conference, 5th May 2009

For a full transcript see_idea_conf_may_2009.

Education
Education, Training and Skills Working Group

We have been discussing the skills which are needed in a community preparing for transition and how they are going to be shared and learned.

See Stroud Communiversity (events)

Or have a look at the Skillsgain working group.

 
Health
Health Working Group

The Health Group aim to investigate the issue of community health. What is a healthy community? What are the issues that need tackling? What resources do we have locally? We will look at educating people into health and supporting one another in moving towards a vibrant, healthy community.

 

Textiles
Textiles Working Group

1w.jpgOur focus is on skill sharing – from basic crafts like needlework and knitting to fabric making, dyeing and printing. We want to show others that it can be fun to make your own clothes, update your old ones or exchange with others through charity shops, freecycle or clothes swap parties. 

 

 
Connections
Connections Working Group  The Connections group, which grew out of a Heart and Soul group and a Psychology of Change group in spring 2007, has currently gone into hibernation.

 

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Technology
Technology Working Group

Several general purpose computer training sessions have been setup to help anyone who wants to learn a bit more about computers, the internet and how to use technology to your advantage without it taking over your life.