yours2share - sharing stuff & collaborative consumption » transition towns http://www.yours2share.com/blog Behind the scenes look at yours2share and its mission to help people share more stuff Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:53:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 In transition: Rob Hopkins http://www.yours2share.com/blog/2011/11/in-transition-rob-hopkins/ http://www.yours2share.com/blog/2011/11/in-transition-rob-hopkins/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:57:08 +0000 sophie http://www.yours2share.com/blog/?p=686 Last night I went to Transition Norwich’s third birthday celebration to hear Rob Hopkins of the Transition Network speak.  He’s a very good speaker and the messages were clear:

Sustainability makes sense, however you look at the future Work towards sustainabiity and resilience improves The route to sustainability is different for each community The best way to work out [...]]]>

Last night I went to Transition Norwich’s third birthday celebration to hear Rob Hopkins of the Transition Network speak.  He’s a very good speaker and the messages were clear:

  • Sustainability makes sense, however you look at the future
  • Work towards sustainabiity and resilience improves
  • The route to sustainability is different for each community
  • The best way to work out how to make it work is to try things out and find out what works for your community
  • There are many aspects to sustainability: reducing energy use, local food, local currencies, community building, developing skills, co-housing

Rob Hopkins has written several books about transition towns and how to start, the latest is The Transition Companion: Making Your Community More Resilient in Uncertain Times .  I’m waiting for my copy to arrive, I’ll review it here in a week or two.

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I was flicking through one of out local magazines the other day and noticed an advert for Apple Sharing.  I’d never seen this before and as with everything to do with sharing, I had to find out more.

Beccles in Suffolk has an Apple Share scheme as part of its Sustainable Beccles umbrella.  This encourages people [...]]]>

I was flicking through one of out local magazines the other day and noticed an advert for Apple Sharing.  I’d never seen this before and as with everything to do with sharing, I had to find out more.

Beccles in Suffolk has an Apple Share scheme as part of its Sustainable Beccles umbrella.  This encourages people with apple trees and too much fruit to get together with people who would like to use the fruit.  It also helps people who have difficulty picking their fruit.

When we lived in London, we had several fruit trees and every couple of years at least one tree would go into overdrive with a massive crop.  The last time was two years ago and we still have left about three bags of the apple that we cut up, blanched and froze.  In one mammoth apple production line, we created over 50 bags of apple mix: that’s a lot of apple crumbles.  We also made an awful lot of chutney and apple sauce, and still have a few jars of these left.  We also gave away about ten carrier bags of apples to anyone who would take them.  I wish there had been an apple sharing scheme then.

It’s a great idea and I hope it is taken up by all the Transition Towns.

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