Monthly Community Groups Newsletter

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Biked Up Pedal Powered

Get involved with this creative project cuulminating in a bike powered performance at Mintfest. Flyer available to download here.

Next HUB meeting

Wednesday 2nd May, Castle St Centre. All welcome for planning and discussion of current events and projects

Cycle Skills for Adults

Free sessions to build your confidence on a bike. Click herefor more information.

Climate Siren - Civil Disobedience

Join a mass act of civil disobedience in the UK this June during the Rio Earth Summit to call for emergency action on climate change. Website here

Save Our Green Spaces Petition

Click here

Book Club

1st meeting 8.15pm Wednesday 9th May, Intro Bar, Brewery. Email clarke.hazel[at]googlemail.com for more info.

Blog on activism

A blogged conversation with Paul Kingsnorth and Wes Stephenson on 'Hope in the Age of Collapse' here

#Occupy Movement

Lancaster Occupy facebook page and website. Click here for more general info on the Occupy Movement

Windermere Cycling and walking Map

As part of our 2011 Active Travel project we have produced a walking and cycling guide for Windermere. Click here to download.

Peak Oil 2010 Report

Click here for our Jan 2010 peak oil update.

Kendal Eco Fair Video

Click here to see the video of our 2008 eco fair.

Top Tips

Read our Top Tips for reducing your impact on the planet.

Global Warming Myths

Click here to see the common arguments sceptics use to refute man made Global Warming and the counter argument by scientists.

2011 Annual Report

Click here for the SLACC Towards Transition 2011 annual report.

Welcome to SLACC Towards Transition.

South Lakes Action on Climate Change Towards Transition is a charity that is part of the Transition Town Network, an associated group of the Campaign Against Climate Change and a member organisation of the Cumbria Sustainability Network. We aim to link together like-minded, enthusiastic people with all the creative and exciting projects that are happening in the South Lakes as well as campaign on local, national and international issues related to climate change and peak oil.

If you'd like to see more solar panels in Windermere, more apple trees in Staveley, more bike rides in Kendal, or if you just fancy doing a bit of guerilla gardening in Ulverston, explore the website and see what you could get involved in.

SLACC TT Newsletter

SLACC produce a free monthly e newsletter to keep up with news, diary dates and actions.

Click here to download an example issue (aug 2011).

Sign up to receive it by filling in the contact form here and quoting 'newsletter subscription'.

SLACC TT Groups

SLACC TT is organised loosely on the Transition Town model, with groups which meet regularly, running their own events, projects and campaigns. SLACC TT groups currently include Food, Energy and Buildings, Transport, Creative Transition and Transition Futures. Find out more by subscribing to the SLACC TT e newsletter.

SLACC TT Membership

SLACC TT is a membership organisation. Click here for details on how to join and add your support.

So what exactly is a 'Transition Town'?

A transition initiative (could be a town, village, college, etc) is a community-led project that links into the national 'Transition Network'.

Here in South Lakes, the aim of SLACC Towards Transition is to address the twin issues of Climate Change and Peak Oil within the area by decreasing the dependence of the community on fossil fuels, lowering carbon emissions and by building a stronger, resilient community that is able to be more independent in areas such as food, energy, transport, healthcare and economics.

We believe that only with the cooperation and involvement of all sectors of the community - individuals, voluntary groups, local businesses, churches, council, schools - is it possible to deal collectively with the two greatest challenges facing us today and to come up with the solutions together.

Our Aims

The key aims of SLACC Towards Transition are as follows:

  1. To increase awareness of local and global issues surrounding Climate Change and Peak Oil.

  2. To reduce South Lakeland's overall Green House Gas emissions and dependence on Fossil Fuels.

  3. To establish and support South Lakeland as a Transition District.

  4. To take every reasonable step to minimise the Green House Gas emissions resulting from the groups' activities.

To find out what we are currently doing, visit the Projects page.