Transition Worcester AGM 2013
Mon 3 June, 2013 – 3:20 pm | No Comment

Transition Worcester’s fourth AGM takes place on Tuesday 11th June 2013, 7.30-9.15pm, at Worcester Guildhall. Please do come along and find out what Transition Worcester has been up to over the last year. There will …

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Two Foodie Events from TEV in June
Sun 9 June, 2013 – 4:26 pm | No Comment

Picture_TEVThere are two food-related Transition Evesham Vale events coming up in June.

First off, on Tuesday 18 June at 6:30pm,  TEV is hosting a talk entitled ‘Waste Not Want Not - the global food scandal’ at South Worcestershire College.  The speaker is David Williams of Institute Of Mechanical Engineers and one of the authors of the report.  This Promises to be an interesting and challenging evening. Please see the Waste Not Want Not poster and schedule

Transition Evesham Vale is hosting its third Vale First – Local Food Festival on Sunday, 23 June at All Saints Churchyard, Evesham. According to TEV, the event promises to be bigger and better this year! The poster: Vale-First-2013.pdf

There will also be an opportunity to visit ‘ImaGine’ on 23 June – the TEV local community shop which will have its official opening on Saturday prior to the Festival.

 

Elderflower Forage 2013 – Saturday 15th June
Thu 23 May, 2013 – 6:08 pm | No Comment
Elderflower Forage 2013 – Saturday 15th June

Once again, we’ll be running our ever popular elderflower forage in 2013.
It was planned to be on 1st June, but unfortunately, spring has been pretty cold this year and the Elderflowers will not be ready for picking on that …

Get Ready for the Plant Swap on 18th May
Wed 24 April, 2013 – 9:25 pm | No Comment
Get Ready for the Plant Swap on 18th May

Transition Worcester Food Group members have been busy in the last few weeks, sowing seed in preparation for the Transition Worcester Plant Swap, which will take place on Saturday 18th May, outside the Guild Hall from …

Transition Worcester Orchard Workers awarded grant from Natural England
Mon 22 April, 2013 – 1:46 pm | No Comment
Transition Worcester Orchard Workers awarded grant from Natural England

Trailer and tools which have been purchased with the grant funding
Our successful Orchard Workers group have recently been given a grant of £1522 towards vital traditional orchard restoration work in Worcester. The money will enable …

‘Trashed’ Film Showing at Worcester Guild Hall
Thu 11 April, 2013 – 10:47 pm | No Comment
‘Trashed’ Film Showing at Worcester Guild Hall

“We buy it, we bury it, we burn it and then we ignore it. Does anyone think about what happens to all the trash we produce?” Jeremy Irons, Academy Award Winning Actor and Executive Producer …

Duck Brook – Working Session – Saturday 13th April
Sun 24 March, 2013 – 6:10 pm | No Comment
Duck Brook – Working Session – Saturday 13th April

 
Transition Worcester has the use of an allotment plot-sized piece of land on the Duck Brook Community Orchard site, just off the Bath Road in Worcester.This coming Saturday (13th April) we’ll be having another working session on …

Earth Hour Events
Mon 25 February, 2013 – 8:35 pm | No Comment
Earth Hour Events

Earth Hour takes places on Saturday 23rd March and this year there are two different events that you can get involved in, both in Worcester!
The Worcestershire Literary Fest, in conjunction with Transition Worcester, is organising …

Worcester Community Co-op at Duckbrook/Cherry Orchard
Thu 25 October, 2012 – 4:18 pm | No Comment
Worcester Community Co-op at Duckbrook/Cherry Orchard

 Transition Worcester is now very involved with the Worcester Community Co-op, and has been able to lease a piece of ground on the new Duck brook/Cherry Orchard land from the Co-op for a nominal rent. …

Confirmed Dates: Apple Pressing Events
Thu 25 October, 2012 – 3:51 pm | 2 Comments
Confirmed Dates: Apple Pressing Events

We’ve had a good time at our recent apple pressing events, with lots of conversations with interesting people. Unfortunately though, the apples have been a bit of a let down this year. There just aren’t …

The Great Reskilling Event
Fri 28 September, 2012 – 9:33 am | 3 Comments
The Great Reskilling Event


Come along to this fantastic event at Bishops Wood on Sunday 30 September, from 11pm until 4pm. The Great Reskilling will be a superb opportunity to see many different skills demonstrated, talk to the demonstrators …

Help in the hunt for a rare beetle!
Thu 16 August, 2012 – 5:36 pm | No Comment
Help in the hunt for a rare beetle!

Noble Chafer picture by Harry Green from the Wildlife Trust/ Worcestershire Recorders
The Worcestershire Biological Records Centre are appealing for more records of the Noble Chafer. The larvae of this seldom-seen emerald green beetle live in mature …

Worcester City Flower Show
Thu 16 August, 2012 – 11:51 am | No Comment
Worcester City Flower Show

It’s that time of year again – it’s the Worcester City Flower Show on Saturday 18th August, in Gheluvelt Park! This is always a really great event, so come along and meet some of the …

Apple Pressing Days
Wed 15 August, 2012 – 12:25 pm | No Comment
Apple Pressing Days

Are you expecting to have a glut of apples or pears this year and not sure what to do with them? Bring surplus apples and pears from your own trees and get them pressed into juice …

Discussions from the Hive event
Thu 5 July, 2012 – 11:00 am | No Comment
Discussions from the Hive event

During our ‘day at the Hive’, we had some great conversations with people from around Worcester, people who knew lots about Transition and people who were just getting started on the journey!
We’ve written up our …

A new energy group gets underway…
Wed 4 July, 2012 – 10:00 am | No Comment
A new energy group gets underway…

Transition Worcester has been making good progress on some key issues, but there is a need to get the work on energy moving again.  At the AGM, it was agreed to set up a new …