Transition Scotland Support can: • Put you in touch with people living near you who are interested in Transition • Talk through the early stages of your project, come and visit you, and do public talks and workshops.
Folk down the road are changing the
world
• Lend DVDs and books • Get you and your group connected on-line. • Get more people involved with your projects.
Community spirit is a renewable
resource
• Help your community look to the future and make plans about how you’ll make the kind of place you want to live in. • Help get funding for your projects. • Organise regional and national gatherings and other events. Ready to get
started?
Email info@transitionscotland.org, get in touch through our website www.transitionscotland.org/tss (where you can also download a copy of this leaflet) or give us a call on 07825 597 003
www.transitionscotland.org/tss info@transitionscotland.org
- want to know
how?
www.transitionscotland.org
Community groups
What people are doing
working together to make
In Dunbar they’ve raised £44,000 in community investment to open a community-run bakery.
all over Scotland are the
transition to a
high quality, low-energy
future.
North Howe’s food group has bought two apple crushers and presses which are available for local use and they’re now aiming to create a local depot for bulk gardening supplies like manure and leaf mould. In Portobello the energy group is working for wind turbines to meet local energy needs and make money for the community at the same time. In Glasgow, local groups around the city have been showing films, getting people interested in local food, community action and on feeding into Glasgow City Council’s policies.
Together we are finding ways to live life more locally, creating low energy solutions and making the places we live feel more vibrant, exciting and rewarding places in the process. We are working to bring new life into our communities, encouraging new skills, creating local jobs, providing affordable fresh food and generating clean energy – why not get your community involved too?
How you can make a start
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Get in touch with Transition Scotland Support – we may be able to connect you with other people locally who are interested in Transition. See the back of this leaflet for the other ways we can help. You only need two or three other people to get started.
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Once you have a core group, start off by finding out about the Transition model together – decide how it will work in your where you live: maybe put on a film, set up a stall in your local market, put posters in shop windows, hold a public meeting...
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Speak to people and organisations near to you, ask them what they think is important and tell them what your group is about.
In the Black Isle they had an ‘energy open doors’ day to show how easy it can be to generate your own renewable energy.
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Mull, Inverness, Forres, Arran, Paisley, Tayport, Edinburgh, Craignish, Hawick, North Queensferry, West Kilbride, Glasgow, Stirling, Melrose and many, many more places of all kinds around Scotland are finding enjoyable ways to change for the better.
Make things happen! Find land for local growers, bulk-buy insulation, work with local businesses to reduce energy, get a walking school bus together, set up a composting scheme – the list is endless.
Help set up working groups focussing on things like food, energy, waste, transport, education, health, work... they may not happen all at once, some groups only start off with one or two people.
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