a lot of car rental companies have electric versions now and some are even doing a car share type package. convincing a car rental to support this type of model could be a way forward with no capital investment and all the admin covered etc.
this article is about a system that will come out [...]

Hi Michael, I had a good chat with Ant from Bigbarn yesterday and we’re both keen to find away of working together to develop a template map that can be rolled out across other transitions. Does this fit with you? Maybe he can supply code for you to work from. I’m pretty sure he mentioned [...]

The photos in this blog post are courtesy of Carl Munson and you can see a lot more images and podcasts.

This three day event, held in the centre of London, at the Battersea Arts Centre. Attended by 350 people from across the

globe, of course the international nature was both ironic and inspiring, but there was [...]

The first ever Transition Bedford meeting is ready for the 22nd of June at the very beautiful Bunyan Museum and Church on Mill St in the town center. If you’ve never heard of the Transition Network take a look at this video clip for an introduction.

This an open meeting – free to attend – bring [...]

In this blog post the following questions are discussed but not answered;

1. What is a Transition Town.

2. What’s the difference between TB and ZCC?

3. How can ZCC support the creation of a TB?

4. Once a TB is up and flourishing how can it support ZCC and other community groups?

These questions have been discussed but not [...]

Bedfordshire’s - Introduction to permaculture design

A weekend course to introduce the basics of permaculture and show how this approach can be applied.

Date
Saturday 4th July; 9:30 start - Sunday 5th July 4pm finish.

Venue
Yelnow Organic Farm, Church Lane, Odell, MK43 7AD, North Bedfordshire.
Surrounded by Odell Great Wood             10 miles from Bedford & Northampton

Course tutor:
Hannah Thorogood

Who is the [...]

If you haven’t already seen it, the film the Age of Stupid will be showing again in Bedford on the 28th of May, see below for details. A second film “In Transition” will be premiered on the 23rd of May. The first showing of the film will be held at the Transition Towns annual conference [...]

Here is a guide on how YOU can add blog posts to the homepage of the ZCC website. The site is open for all to contribute and is very simple to do so.

Please note, if you’d like to add blog posts, when you first register please email us, asking to upgraded your membership. This so [...]

Take a look at some of the snaps from the vibrant local food day. A beautiful day and a beautiful crowd, where the herb garden stole the show, with the “Angelica” twins providing the staring performance. This event provided us with a glimpse of a future scenario, the non- apocalyptic one, with environment lead, social [...]

Every month we run a film night at the Ent Shed. The films cover a wide range of climate change topics and are sometimes short and other times long! Here are a few interesting films which you may find enlightening or even compelling! If you come across an interesting film, then let us know and [...]

hi Ruth, nice to virtually meet you. Peter is probably the best bet for putting up a poster. He's contactable by clicking "about" and then "contact us". Also this site isn't currently our primary mode of group discussions (although it will be from a couple of weeks onwards). If you go to https://bedfordzerocarbon.updatelog.com/login and username: [...]

A CELEBRATION OF LOCAL FOOD GROWING

Saturday 9th May 2009
1pm start at the Herb Garden on the Rothsay
Road and Castle Road roundabout

Seed Planting - Get yourself growing! Paper pots, compost and seeds all provided!

Decorate your own pot!
Herb Container Planting - Jane Perrone Gardening Editor for Guardian Weekend will do demonstrations on windowsill growing and making [...]

Proposal - Seeding Transition Bedford Note. Bedford here includes the town and all tributary villages. It's a geographical boundary that would have traditional been defined by the town's dependencies, i.e. its localised sourcing of food, water, energy, crafts and materials and visa versa the tributary villages dependencies, i.e. on the town's sources of services, security, culture, [...]

Zero Carbon Castle recently joined nearly 200 communities across the globe in becoming official Transition initiatives, with hundreds more mulling it over.

Infact, we decided to apply at the end of 2007 but being busy, as ever, we’ve only got around to applying now. Would anything be different had we applied earlier? Probably not. This begs [...]

For all those who haven’t seen this film, see the trailer here. It will be screened on April the 14th at Friends meeting house at 7pm, 5 Lansdowne Road, Bedford. MK40 2BY. Directions are available here.

Bedfordshire features quite heavily in this film, specifically the planning application for Poddington Windfarm.

The film is attempting to get [...]

Hi There, i’ve just updated the waste pages. One of the things that i’ve added is a section on tips and links that are aimed at helping reduce their waste and improve their resource efficiency.

Please take a look. The idea is that we collaboratively build up a series of tips and that each tip is [...]

ENERGY CLINIC FOR ALL YOUR HOME ENERGY ILLS
Energy efficiency made easy for residents! And the Great low energy light bulb give away! Drop in for free light bulbs! This is a one day event to explain the practical and easy ways to make your home more energy efficient! We’ve brought together local professionals, trades people [...]