In response to the challenges, and opportunities, of Peak Oil and Climate Change, a new group in Reigate & Redhill has been formed adopting the transition model.
Transition Towns is an environmental movement whose goal is to help communities build up resilience to the effects of climate change and peak oil (The time at which the maximum rate of oil extraction is reached, after which the rate of extraction can only fall.) It is a grassroots effort which encourages people to get together in thier own communites to make their town more sustainable, more self sufficient, and therefore more resilient. There are currently +/- 300 Transition Towns across the world, all doing projects in their own community such as creating local currencies, business waste exchange programs (matching the waste of one industry with the needs of another), re-skilling classes in woodwork, local food foraging, mending old products, bicycle maintenace, etc. and encouraging local food and energy production.
Reigate and Redhill are joining the Transition Movement along with Sustainable Redhill which already does a lot of projects with the same goals. We meet at 8pm on the first Tuesday of every month in the Venture Inn on Lesbourne Road in Reigate, to discuss ongoing and future projects. If you would like to get involved, please feel free to just show up on the day and introduce yourself.
If you have any further questions, please contact Rebecca at rebecca@sustainableredhill.org.uk or call her on 07942344801 /01737668584
