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8 Mar 2007
Last night at a talk by Molly Scott Cato in Totnes (of which more later) the **Totnes Pound** went into circulation. The Totnes Pound is a pilot project that will run until June 1st to see how a complementary currency might work in the town. 18 local business have agreed to accept them, and last night was when they went into circulation, everyone who attended each getting a note. There was a real buzz of excitement around the launch. Rather than write reams of text about how exciting it was to see them go out into the world, I thought I’d go with the principle that a picture is worth a thousand words, and show you some pictures of excited Totnesians and their Pounds…
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2 Mar 2007
We had a wonderful morning yesterday planting walnut and almond trees supplied by the Agroforestry Research Trust on Vire Island in the middle of Totnes. The local press turned out, and the Mayor of Totnes, wearing the ceremonial chain planted a fine French walnut tree, posing with a pile of walnuts on the end of a shovel! The sun shone after days of rain, and various TTTers turned out to dig holes and share in the unique pleasure that one can only experience from planting trees with friends. Below is the press release handed out to the press who came…
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21 Feb 2007
The essence of John Croft’s **Dragon Dreaming** approach is contained in his two powerpoints, one called Successful Projects, an Introduction to Dragon Dreaming: a “Framework for Creating Outrageously Successful Projects”, which sets out the basic model and how it works, and the second, The Next Level, “Adding Complexity to the Basic Dragon Dreaming Model” which adds another layer to the model. Looked at in the right order they give a good sense of what the process is about.
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14 Feb 2007
An excellent programme was broadcast on Monday on BBC Radio Wales as part of a series called **’Wales@Work’**. It explored the idea of Lampeter becoming a Transition Town, and was part of the lead-in to a talk I will be giving there soon. Entitled The Oil-Free Revolution?, it features a number of people, including Patrick Holden of the Soil Association, discussing how peak oil might affect the fabric of rural Wales, and how a Transition Town initiative could be the solution for that. You can hear the programme at the website for the next few days. Very much recommended listening.
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6 Feb 2007
Double glazed windows work because they had a vacuum between the two panes of glass (or three if you are fortunate enough to have triple glazed windows) which stops the heat passing between the two. Energy advice books will often tell you to keep an eye on your double glazed units, if condensation starts to appear between the panes, it is an indicator that the vacuum has gone, that the window is doing very little in terms of energy efficiency, and it needs to be replaced (seeing dead flies or childrens’ toys in there indicates the same…).
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Last night at a talk by Molly Scott Cato in Totnes (of which more later) the **Totnes Pound** went into circulation. The Totnes Pound is a pilot project that will run until June 1st to see how a complementary currency might work in the town. 18 local business have agreed to accept them, and last night was when they went into circulation, everyone who attended each getting a note. There was a real buzz of excitement around the launch. Rather than write reams of text about how exciting it was to see them go out into the world, I thought I’d go with the principle that a picture is worth a thousand words, and show you some pictures of excited Totnesians and their Pounds…
