Transition takes off in Malvern

Submitted by update on Fri, 01/01/2010 @ 15:00

The Transition initiative for the communities in and around the Malvern Hills area is gathering pace. This website gives ideas, plans, information and how to get involved.

Find out more

If you are new to the ideas behind transition, read our Introductory article, and also take a look at the Reference section for where it came from and how it is developing elsewhere. If you want to get involved or see what is happening locally, check the Events section or read about the Working Groups, where the practical action takes place.

Malvern Hills from Castlemorton Common

You can use the Contact form to get in touch with the working groups, join the mailing list, or to drop us a note.

TMH also has a Facebook group, and there is a bunch of videos from events on YouTube.

Events news

Submitted by update on Fri, 01/01/2010 @ 14:00
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See the Events page for full calendar of activities connected with Transition Malvern Hills. And look out for printed copies of our calendar around the area.

Coming up

Earth Sheltered High & Low Impact Buildings

Weds 16th May, 7:30pm at Malvern Youth & Community Trust, Albert Rd North, Malvern, WR14 2YF

Talk by Brian Harper. Why we should not live in expensive, energy-wasting boxes which are cold in winter, hot in summer and costing a lifetime of servitude!

Breakfast on the Beacon

Thursday 17th May, 9am at Worcerstershire Beacon, Malvern.

Enjoy the early walk and bring breakfast. Meet at the beacon.

Energy Group

Monday 21st May, 7:30pm at Newsholme, Brockhill Road. West Malvern WR14 4DL.

Dinéma - International Supper & Film Night with Malvern Green Party

Wednesday 23rd May, 7:30pm at Malvern Youth & Community Trust, Albert Rd North, Malvern, WR14 2YF

Irish film 'Once' and Irish menu. Tickets £8 (OAP's £7) including supper. Contact: lunadeller@hotmail.com or 01684 578430.

Inner Transition

Thursday 24th May, 6:30pm at Lower House Farm, Evendine Lane, Colwall, WR13 6DT

If we need an outer Transition to make our systems for transport, food, energy and shelter sustainable and healthy, what is the inner Transition that goes with this? How does what is happening inside us shape the outer world? Bring food to share.

The New Community Building in Malvern

Submitted by ginstar on Mon, 14/05/2012 @ 14:35
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 Hi
On Saturday 12th May, Malvern's new community building held it's celebration event.  Malvern Community Collective (MCC) had been fighting for over 12months to stop the Malvern Youth Centre being bulldozed by County Council and turned into a housing estate.  Last November the County Council agreed to hand over the building to the MCC at a peppercorn rent for 30 years, HOORAY.   The MCC created The Youth and Community Trust (MYCT), a charitable organisation for the benefit of the community, who are now overseeing the running of the centre.  Saturdays' event marked the offical takeover, with a barbecue and fun activities during the day and a traditional Ceilidh in the evening.  The buildings is all ours, under the new name of Malvern Cube, and needs the community to support and help run it. 
The MYCT need volunteers to help to run the building and are looking for volunteers to help with the reception area and the cafe space.  If you think you have an hour or two per week (or longer) to spare please contact Jon White (building manager) on 01684 575363.
Ginny

Free eco-driving lessons

Submitted by update on Tue, 24/04/2012 @ 10:21

In these difficult times of changing climate and peak oil, it behoves us all to be aware of how responsible we are in our use of the world’s dwindling resources.

Car owners are, by definition, consumers of oil and polluters of the air that we all breathe and ought therefore to be particularly conscious of their car use.

Transition Malvern Hills offers a free session with qualified trainers to car-owners who want to save money and become more green. This is for any car owner living within the Malvern Hills AONB area (map at http://www.malvernhillsaonb.org.uk/map.html).

The only entry requirements are a readiness to learn, and a willingness to help find other people to participate in the scheme!

If you’re interested in participating in the scheme, start recording your fuel consumption right away - download the leaflet and use the chart there. Then contact Nic Harrington or Marab Smith.

Update, April 2012

This project has now finished.
 

Energy Tracers survey

Submitted by update on Mon, 23/01/2012 @ 16:42
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Energy Tracers, a project of Transition Malvern Hills, is running a scheme to help people make their houses more energy efficient.

How it works

The household to be thermal imaged is required to heat the house to 10 degrees hotter than outside. A fan is fitted to an outside door and some hot air is sucked out so that cold air from outside is sucked in. The surveyor then goes round the house with a thermal imaging camera which picks up any leaks and draughts.
 
The householder then gets a CD with dialogue and notes and can choose how to deal with problems. The householder also gets a box with monitoring equipment to check just how much power different pieces of equipment are using. There is also advice available for sorting out problems.
 

How it is organised

 
We are looking for Hotspotters who find 3 or 4 other friends / neighbours who are interested. The surveyor will Thermal Image the Hotspotter's house first and then the Hotspotter will accompany the surveyor to the other 4 houses. The schedule is tight as each house takes no more than 2 hours. The houses must be 15 minutes max travelling distance from each other in a car.

Within local limits, the normal £50 householder charge does not apply (thanks to funding from Malvern Hills AONB).

 
Thank you so much for taking an interest.
 
Lynn Jones, phone 07976 617645
Email address on attached flyer
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