I recently went to the launch party for my local Transition Town movement. I’d heard the term, Transition Town being used for a while as one of my housemates is an architect involved with this, but I had no idea what it was all about apart from knowing that it’s something eco friendly and generally groovy.
According to their website, Transition Towns is all about…
a community-led response to the pressures of climate change, fossil fuel depletion and increasingly, economic contraction
So I was right, it is about something eco friendly and groovy. There were all sorts of different ideas being presented at the launch party, among them, sustainable architecture, a food co-op selling locally grown produce, how to make your garden more wildlife friendly and bee keeping.
I didn’t get a chance to speak to the bee keeper but I hope these new bee keepers are being taught how to keep their bees ethically – i.e. to encourage the bees to produce a surplus of honey so the bees aren’t left just feeding on the sugared water that some bee keepers leave them after taking their winter food.
xTo find out more about Transition towns visit their website at… www.transitionnetwork.org/