Links

Transition related resources

Transition Scotland

Transition Culture

Transition Network

Transition Towns YouTube Channel

Local Area Links

Battle for Bogton
Forres community group dedicated to saving Bogton Park from commercial development.

Forres In Bloom
Local community volunteers successfully making Forres look beautiful with floral displays, tree planting, maintenance, and the Wee Fibees for the children.

Findhorn Foundation College
Holistic education for sustainable living. The Findhorn College engages its students in transformative education for sustainability and personal empowerment.

Forres 7 Day weather Forecast

Moray Heritage Connections
A membership organisation that aims to promote the culture and heritage of Moray through its heritage centres and museums.

REAP Scotland
Promotes sustainability concepts by way of volunteering opportunities and community development in the rural setting.

Moray Social Enterprise Network

Moray Wastebusters
Moray’s original reuse-reclaim facility, offering quality used furniture and goods for the home and garden at affordable prices.

Scotland National Rural Network
Aims to connect rural Scotland in all its diversity to promote economic growth and community development.

Zero Waste Scotland
Works with businesses, communities, individuals and local authorities to help them reduce waste, recycle more and use resources sustainably.

Happy Reskilling
Reconnecting with ancient knowledge.

Community Garden Resources

Permaculture Magazine

Vermiculture Manual

Garden Organic

Scottish Allotments and Gardens Society

Permaculture Association

Federation Of City Farms & Community Gardens

The Poultry Pages

Farmers’ Markets

Rowanbank – Organic Smallholding
Smallholding at Cummingston on the Moray Firth, which supplies fresh, locally produced food.

Earthshare CSA
Grows and supplies organic seasonal vegetables and soft fruit in the form of a weekly box all year round.

Scottish Association of Farmers’ Markets
Working closely with rural crafts and other food producers, farmers have brought fresh, local produce into city, towns and villages, offering consumers an alternative shopping experience.

Climate Change Links

The Oil Drum
Excellent website for discussions about energy and our future.

UK Energy Research Centre

Dark Optimism
Positive beautiful website of Shaun Chamberlin.

350.org
A site for climate action to reduce carbon to below 350 parts per million in the atmosphere.

Energy Bulletin

Energy 4 All

Post Carbon Institute

Centre for Alternative Technology

10:10

ODAC
The Oil Depletion Analysis Centre (ODAC) is an independent, UK-registered educational charity working to raise international public awareness and promote better understanding of the world’s oil-depletion problem.

4.0 Plan B by Lester Brown
Earth Policy Institute’s site, where you can download a great powerpoint on the 4.0 Plan B by Lester Brown, as well as, a free pdf copy of the book.

Cambridge Carbon Footprint
Innovative and practical carbon-reducing actions and ideas.

Acharacle Primary
The most energy efficient school in Scotland.

Videos

Story of Stuff
Fantastic 20min animated film with Annie Lennox about our consumption society and its impact on the earth.

The Story of Cap & Trade
A fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate solution – emissions trading.

2020 Climate Leadership Campaign
Jim Garrison’s speech about the 80% by 2020 Climate Leadership Campaign 3

Bioneers – Brock Doleman
Brock Doleman director of the Occidental Art and Ecology Centre and speaks about “watershed lifeboats” – bioregional resilience building as a central climate change response.

Inner Transition

The Pachamama Aliance
Bringing forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on Planet Earth.

Joanna Macy

Transition Heart
A ‘Ning’ forum for Transition Initiatives’ Heart & Soul groups.