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Welcome to Sustainable Bungay's website. SB was formed as a result of a local conference on Climate Change in November 2007 and became a member of the Transition Towns network a few months later. To read about the events and activities we have organised so far please click on the links in the sidebar on the left.
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If you'd like to hear - or help shape - Sustainable Bungay's future plans please do contact us. You can send us an email by clicking the right hand box To find out more about peak oil, climate change, the Transition Network and other Transition Communities have a look at the TT links in the menu side bar. Transition Norwich also have a very clear summary of peak oil.
Regional Transition gathering in Diss - Saturday 14th November 2009
This all-day event is a great opportunity to catch up with fellow Transitioners from across the Eastern Region.
When: 10:00 AM to 05:00 PM
Where: United Reform Church, Mere St., Diss
Contact Name: Gary Alexander
Contact Phone: 07766-711999
We will share in our successes, grapple with our issues and identify people who can provide specialist support and expertise.
For further details, including the provisional programme, map and directions, please visit: http://transitioneast.net/regional-gathering-14th-november-2009-1
Energy Day at the Library
4 October 2009
The autumn is here and Sustainable Bungay launched their new season of initiatives with an Energy Day at Bungay Library on Sunday 4 October. The library have generously allotted their courtyard space to SB and over the next year we will beginning to create a truly sustainable garden we’re calling the Living Library – containing all the useful, local plants we will need for a low-carbon future, everything from textiles to herbs to food.
On Sunday a solar panel expert gave advice about alternative energy in the car park opposite the library. We also introduced our Carbon audit. And Gemma Parker (now resident chef at the Three Willows nursery) provided delicious cakes and teas! People got a chance to check out our lively noticeboard and selection of books about climate change and peak oil and what we can do to make ourselves and our communities more resilient.
Those of us who have been in the group for some time were delighted to meet and greet new people wanting to come on board and join in the adventure of living sustainably in Bungay.
We’re beginning our Library project with a Permaculture course. Permaculture is at the heart of the Transition Movement (its co-founder, Rob Hopkins, The Observer's ethical grassroots campaigner of the year, is a teacher of this sustainable design system) and we wanted to have everything on the right footing, so the small paved courtyard will become as energy-efficient as possible: we’re going to be growing heritage and organic vegetables in all kinds of recycled containers, as well as medicinal herbs, and the courtyard will also have a wormery, rainwater butt, a vegetable tower, a children’s corner and a seed bank.
Next spring Sustainable Bungay will be mapping the wild spaces and wastegrounds for wild flowers, herbs and trees and building up a seasonal botanical and foraging map of the town. We’re also looking out for neighbourhood fruit and nut trees that could be gleaned for their unused fruit and shared in the community (along the lines of the Apple Share Day organised by Transition Beccles on October 10). Do get in touch with us if you have any fruit trees in your garden you would like to “tag” for this project.
Below is an outline of our current plan of action - it doesn't stay still for long and obviously there isn't much detail here, it should give a general idea though:
1) Awareness Raising
To host and run talks, workshops and film screenings on the issues of climate change and peak oil.
To network and engage with local businesses, schools and community organisations.
To benchmark Bungay's carbon footprint.
To develop the Sustainable Bungay website and on-line community resources.
To hold a 'Car Free' day at the end of September (22nd)
2) Building towards the release of 'Transition Town' Bungay
To work with the Bungay Community Partnership to develop and run a Visioning Day that will help shape the town plan
To continue to host and run talks, workshops and film screenings on the issues of climate change and peak oil.
To continue to network and engage with local businesses and community organisations.
To unleash 'Sustainable Bungay' – a Transition Town
To hold Bungay's first 'BIG Green Street Market'
To create sub-groups (e.g. food, energy, waste etc.) and dissolve the Core Group.
To re-measure Bungay's carbon footprint.
To continue to develop the Sustainable Bungay website and on-line community resources.
3) Sustainable Bungay: a Transition Town
Of course it is to early to know what this will be like or what it will involve - other than the creation of an energy descent plan, a good example from Kinsale in Ireland can be found here. The sub-groups will set the course and already there are a multitude of ideas.