Crucial Crew

The old jokes are still the best ones.

We spoke to 530 children over four days on recycling, the importance of bees to pollination and how we can support them and the advantages of growing veg including food miles.

Seasonal Suffolk Shop

Transition Sudbury needs your VOTE!

Transition Sudbury needs your VOTE!  As you may know it has been short-listed as one of three projects for a Greenest Community Award but the winner will be chosen from public voting

The film does not reflect all the things which Jane said, which is a pity.  However, the information at the foot of the page and the link to the the Transition blog is excellent.  As you willl see the Transition group has achieved a huge amount in a short time, making a real difference at 'grass roots' level - no apology for the pun!

We need as many people as possible to vote for Transition Sudbury as we are up against two major projects.  So please cascade the email below to all your contacts, whether that be your Church, friends, business colleagues, and ask them to vote for Transition Sudbury.  

I found the voting process not very straightforward but found that it was necessary to first watch the video, then press the pink VOTE NOW  box on the left-hand side, then scroll down to the bottom of the page on the left, check that the Transition circle has a green centre and then press vote.  You may only vote once!

So here is the link - thank you for your support! 

www.greensuffolk.org/vote

Lesley 

  

Watch our short film and cast your vote for Suffolk’s Greenest Community Project.

www.greensuffolk.org/vote

Achievements to date

Events and Projects

2010

• Reward Card – encouraging the community to use their local independent outlets
• Eco Fair – promoting local food and crafts

• Eco visits - to Assington Mill, Edwardstone White Horse, Scotland Place Farm and Sudbury Common Lands
• Greener Homes DIY scheme – organising free energy saving products for households to cut energy consumption

2011

• Profile Raising – films in local schools and talks to community groups
• Swap shop – ‘bring what you like, take what you fancy’ to encourage recycling
• Apple Pressing – community to bring their apples to be pressed into juice
• Walks and visits to places of interest
• Stalls at various events to heighten the Transition profile

2012

• Planting trees at Waitrose – trees supplied by the local BATs group

• Plant swop and distribution of free seeds at the Farmers Markets and Community Market
• Greener Homes DIY scheme
• Forum on Climate Change with Tim Yeo MP
• Eco Fair
• Green drinks evening
• Swap shops
• Apple Pressing Day
• Suffolk Greener Homes campaign
• Walks and visits to places of interest
• Stalls at various events to heighten the Transition profile

2013

• Talk by Anni Kelsey on perennial vegetables
• Swap shops
• Energy Debate with Tim Yeo MP
• Planting edible beds outside the leisure centre
• 30 mile food challenge in association with Ipswich Transition
• Apple Pressing Day
• Walks and visits to places of interest
• Stalls at various events to heighten the Transition profile including having a smoothie bike at the Taste of Sudbury Food & Drink Festival

Events in the planning for 2014

• Greeniversity classes including bread making, preserving fruit, knitting etc

• Seed swap, free seeds to give away and showing how to sow
• Swap shops
• Apple Pressing
• More walks and visits to places of interest
• More stalls at various events to heighten the Transition profile
• Local Transition get together in the Summer

Greeniversity Feltmaking and CD weaving

Many thanks to Clare Kiely for an excellent lesson.