It is now more than 2 years that our transition group has been running in the village and in that time we have had plenty of fun and organised a few things that may have slightly altered some people’s actions or beliefs – maybe, just a little. Last week was the first ‘Forest Row local food week’ – as ever with transition events it seems slightly mad and I wonder what it is all about, but it is great fun – as I travel between taking my chickens down to the Forresters Green (not yet a football pitch!) for a ‘chicken chat/workshop’, sowing biodynamic wheat seeds with Peter Brinch at Plawhatch, and encouraging local foodie producers and caterers to network at the business breakfast we held. All of it I will happily do again next year and maybe then we will have 30 people for the chicken chat, and a couple of heavy horses to help till the soil at Plawhatch….
For information about Transition forest row go to www.transitionforestrow.org, where you can also find a downloadable copy of the incredible ‘Forest Row in transition….’ document
The next focus will be on the ‘low carbon community challenge’ grant funding I expect – here’s hoping there are some more willing people to get going with that one.
Brad said
The Low Carbon Community Challenge meeting last night was extremely interesting and I’m sure some great projects will come out of it. There’s nothing like a tight deadline for focusing the mind.