Transition dans la région de Melbourne

Hub Angleterre et Pays de Galles

Nombre de personnes dans le groupe :

8

Participants actifs l'année dernière :

500

400+ members for Whistlewood Common but at most 10% are active. Melbourne Area Transition exists really only in name now (Dec 2023) because Whistlewood takes all our energies.

Le groupe a démarré :

2008

Rôles rémunérés ?

Non

Structure juridique :

CIC (société d'intérêt communautaire)

Quel est le degré d'activité de votre groupe ?

Très actif

Projets en direct :

• La culture communautaire
• Nature
• Centre ou activités communautaires
• Festivals, foires ou événements
• Art / créativité
• Construire des réseaux locaux
• Projets d'économie locale ou de nouvelle économie
• Bien-être ou transition intérieure

An initiative centred around the small South Derbyshire town of Melbourne, in existence since 2008 and with several successful projects to its credit including a 10kW Solar PV system on the roof of a grade 1 listed parish church. Since 2013 the largest of these projects, the community purchase of 10 acres of land (www.whistlewoodcommon.org), takes up most of our energies. We are transforming the landscape here to benefit community resilience, social cohesion, education around the big issues, and biodiversity, using permaculture agroforestry design techniques.

The global problems seem ever more insistent and urgent. We would always like to do more than resources allow and invite all similar-minded folk in and around our vicinity to join us in doing what we can – and actually having quite a bit of fun in the process…