Working Groups

• Business and Government ( 1 Article )
  

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  Here's what we're up to:

  • Mapping and understanding processes around peak oil and climate change
  • Making connections with decision makers in local government
  • Making connections between Transition Stroud Working Groups and local government activity
  • Raising awareness of peak oil within local government and business
  • Developing  a district-wide plan for adapting to peak oil
  • Facilitating adaptation within business and local government to deal with peak oil.
• Food ( 3 Articles )
  

  
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  Transition Stroud Food Group - developing, strengthening and promoting sustainable local food production, processing and distribution.

   

• SkillsGain ( 2 Articles )
  

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• Textiles ( 1 Article )
  

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  The long term aim of the textile group is to rebuild the local economy of textile production in Stroud.

  Most clothing is currently produced from materials which use vast amounts of chemicals in the growing or processing of them. The workers often endure long hours in appalling conditions and the finished items are then transported thousands of miles. To make matters worse the majority of it is discarded long before it is worn out. This system helps no-one but the big businesses and is very bad for the environment.

  The immediate aim of the textile group is to encourage people to think differently about what they buy and to encourage them to be creative. We need to educate about fair trade and the importance of organic materials and natural dyes. Things have to change and we are starting in small ways.

• Transport ( 4 Articles )
  

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  Our group has a vision of the five valleys where people are able to move around for the purposes of work, social engagement and other requirements without damaging the environment. Our primary challenge is How to make transport radically more sustainable in the Stroud Valleys in order to:

  • create a better quality of life

  • reduce carbon emissions

  • prepare for Peak Oil

• Youth ( 2 Articles )