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Monthly archive for November 2007

Showing results 16 - 17 of 17 for the month of November, 2007.

2 Nov 2007

A Young Farmer Reflects on Transition Initiatives, Peak Oil and the Prince of Wales’ Food and Farming Summer School.

cowsI wrote a while ago about the Prince of Wales’ Food and Farming Summer School which I taught on during the summer. It was a fascinating event, bringing together a wide range of people to explore the question “what is sustainable food?” The National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs sent two members along for the event, and it was interesting to read recently an article about the Summer School by Gloucestershire dairy farmer and YFC member Rob Harrison, in which he reflects on the impact the event, and in particular the session on peak oil and Transition Initiatives had on him.

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Categories: Education for Sustainability, Food, Peak Oil, Transition Initiatives

1 Nov 2007

What Future Brighton? An article from the Brighton Rocks Magazine.

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One of the first **Transition Cities**, following in the footsteps of those noble conurbations, Bristol and Nottingham, is (are?) Brighton and Hove. Despite, according to the latest Transition Network newsletter, being better known for hosting the 2007 World Beard and Moustache Championships, Brighton is now home to a rapidly growing Transition Initiative, as the excellent article below, from the Brighton Rocks magazine, explains.

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Categories: General, Localisation, Peak Oil, Transition Initiatives