Teign Estuary Transition

Teign Estuary Transition volunteers helped out at the “Don’t forget your old bag” free shopping-bag giveaway at Teignmouth Triangle on Sat 19th December. It was also the farmers’ market day and the Teignmouth Community Choir were on hand singing carols, so the the town centre was busy with people only too willing to accept a free bag. Some pictures below of the occasion:

Volunteers give away free bags

Teign Estuary Transition member Lisa Thorne with recycling hat

Ben Bryant hands out free recycling advice

Helen Wharam of Teign Estuary Transition and Rik Mayall

Teign Estuary Tranistion volunteer Fran Hamilton hands out free bags

TRANSITION NEWTON ABBOT presents

MATT HARVEY
http://www.mattharvey.co.uk

“NEWTON ABBOT – TOWN OF DESPAIR”

on February 6th at 7.30pm for 8pm show

The Jolly Farmer Pub upstairs
8 Market Street TQ12 2RB (opposite the Alexandra cinema)
Food available Donations welcome
( for more details call Helen on 01626 872721)

MATT HARVEY, Totnes poet and racconteur, said at a gig last year in Totnes that “if Totnes is twinned with Narnia , then Newton Abbot is twinned with Despair”.

Transition Newton Abbot has challenged him to brave the Slough of Despair and come and explain himself.

Come on Teign Transitioners let’s show him how desperate we can be!!

DON’T DESPAIR BE THERE!
Feb 6th at the Jolly Farmer

Our next event has been organised in collaboration with Teignmouth Film Society, to learn how one community increased self-sufficiency and reduced oil use. The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil shows hardships and struggles as well as community and creativity when Cuba’s economy collapsed along with the Soviet Union in 1990. Setting an example of options and hope, this film shows Cuba’s transition from a highly mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one of organic farms and urban gardens. After the film we will encourage informal discussion to explore our own opportunities to increase use of local food supplies. Anyone interested in knowing more about sustainability and the Transition movement is welcome to attend.

The film will be screened in the Carlton Theatre, Teignmouth on Monday 18th January; doors open from 7 for 8pm. Entry is free; donations welcome. Bar and refreshments available. We are grateful for support from Sheila Tibbs who is donating boxes of locally grown vegetables for raffle prizes and local TRAIL (Trail Recycled Art In Landscape) artists who will display their work in the foyer.

We’d like you to join in, so come and find out more about Teign Estuary Transition in Teignmouth Triangle on Saturday 19th December, between 10am and noon, where we’re helping with the ‘Make Teignmouth plastic bag free’ initiative – and get a free Teignmouth bag!