Greetings Transition Towners.
First off, may I invite you all to our monthly Green Drinks,
held first Thursday of the month at The Oakwood Pub, High Street West, Glossop,
which means the next one is next week on Thursday 7th November.
We will be joined by representatives of SPEED, the Charlesworth group that has
been campaigning for 20mph speed limits. There are indications of support now from
Derbyshire County Council so this is an exciting campaign. From a Transition
perspective this is about more than just road safety, and could help us
build communities based on people not cars. Dare I also say that as I’ve never
heard a woman argue against reduced speed limits it could even be a feminist
issue?
GTi is also getting back into showing films, and on 20th
November at 8PM, upstairs at The Oakwood,A Convenient
Truth. Al Gore does not appear, but instead we have the city of Curitiba in
Brazil demonstrating sustainable solutions for cities. If we have time we will
also show A Time Comes about the Greenpeace
occupation of Kingsnorth Power station in 2008.
Then on Wednesday 27th November, 8PM at The
Oakwood (where else?) the Glossopdale
Time Coop is having an inter-generational quiz night. Answer questions on
the last six decades and win Time Credits.
Our sister group in Transition Buxton is hosting an Alternative Economics
Seminar on Saturday 9th November. If people want to go lifts may
be on offer.
Finally, Glossop library is still open and not relocated, so
why not go and use it. Amongst the books you will find there are the Transition
Handbook and Feral
by George Monbiot (or at least you will
Meanwhile in the real world, the cost of not transitioning
to alternatives to fossil fuels are coming closer to home. After mass protests against fracking for
unconventional oil in Balcombe, the residents of Eccles are awaiting the
imminent arrival of a rig on Barton Moss.
There are alternatives. Let’s make them happen.
