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“Six Inches of Soil.” Film Screening at the Reading Biscuit Factory, Monday April 22nd (2024), 6 pm.
Second screening of the film, as the first on April 15th is now fully booked. “Despite all our accomplishments, we owe our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil, and the fact that it rains.” This is a film screening (+ post-film Q&A), arranged with Transition Town Reading, to be held at the independent cinema,…
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Transition Towns and Local Food Growing.
Interview of Chris Rhodes (Chair of Transition Town Reading), by Kath Burton for Incredible Edible Reading.KB: “So, tell us about yourself and Transition Town Reading.” CR: “I’m Chris Rhodes, I used to be a university professor in Physical Chemistry. And about, almost 20 years ago now, I got involved with energy, and I became very interested…
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“Growing out of Our Troubled Civilization.” Film Screening + post-film Q&A. 6 pm, Tuesday, October 24th 2023, Reading Biscuit Factory (Reading, UK).
You can either just turn up on the night and buy a ticket there, or book tickets in advance. This is a film screening (+ post-film Q&A), arranged with Transition Town Reading, to be held at the independent cinema, “Reading Biscuit Factory”, at 6 pm on October 24th (2023), 1 Queens Walk, Reading RG1 7QE. Here is…
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Practical Steps to Living Within Planetary Boundaries
7.30pm Wednesday 26 July at RISC, 35 – 39 London Street, RG1 4PS We left our last meeting inspired by Jason Hickle’s talk on ‘degrowth’ but wanting to know more about how it can be achieved. So we are continuing that theme at this meeting. Jason defined degrowth as ‘A planned and democratic reduction of…
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Gardening in Harmony with Nature.
The Woodley Allotment Project is still going strong, following on from a newsletter setting out the essence of it, from just before the pandemic. And as the year advances, here are some “To Do’s” for September. September is the month for reaping the rewards of your labours – such as runner beans, potatoes & raspberries…
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2023 in Transition: AGM
The TTR AGM is on Thursday 25th of May from 6.00 pm, at the English Language Centre, 6b Church Street, Reading RG1 2SB. We will be celebrating the successful year we’ve had in Transition, following the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. We will also be electing a new committee so if you would like to be more…
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How to Save the Planet: Degrowth vs Green Growth?
How do we secure a thriving future for humanity and the rest of the living world? Green growth and degrowth proponents take very different stances but they agree that changing the current economic growth model is necessary. Film and Discussion Wed 24 May 7.30pm at RISC, RG1 4PS facebook link
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“Living the Change,” Film Screening + post-film Q&A. 6 pm, April 17th (2023), Reading Biscuit Factory (Reading, UK).
This is a film screening (+ post-film Q&A), arranged with Transition Town Reading, to be held at the independent cinema, “Reading Biscuit Factory,” at 6 pm on April 17th (2023), and here is the booking link (or just turn up on the door) https://www.readingbiscuitfactory.co.uk/movie/living-the-change-qa Overview Living the Change is a feature-length documentary that explores solutions to…
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COP 27: What does it mean for the sustainable food and agriculture industry?
By Dhriti Dawda. What is COP27 and why is it important? Firstly, COP27 is associated with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. (UNFCCC), and COP stands for Conference of the Parties. The UNFCCC has been signed by 154 countries and its aim is to reduce human impacts that can harm the climate. Attendees…
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Tackling the Household Food Waste Crisis.
By Dhriti Dawda. In 2018, The UK wasted 9.52 million tonnes of food, including from within the supply chain, and in households. Indeed, 70% of this waste is from households (WRAP, 2020), a value which was the same in 2021 as it was in 2020. This corresponds to an annual 20 million tonnes of greenhouse…