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Transition Liskeard is the first active group under the Transition Caradon umbrella. Primary contact is Klaudia van Gool
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Sunday, 17 May 2009 18:52 |
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I work as a development worker for the local Liskeard based SECCURE Credit Union - my job is to expand and consolidate the credit union. There are clear links and overlaps between credit unions and transitions - local economy, keeping money local with a multiplier effect, safe place for savings, access to affordable and ethical credit perhaps especially for people who find themselves outside the financial mainstream. Let me know if you'd like to know more about what SECCURE offers its members.
SECCURE is run almost entirely by volunteers, many of whom have been with the credit union since it was set up. I'm working on having more flexible volunteer roles so that they are interesting and rewarding with access to all kinds of training (not just narrowly about the credit union) that may help people develop new skills and interests. That's a month or two down the line, but right now I'm looking for people who might consider joining the Board of the credit union. The Board sets direction and strategy, and oversees the credit union. I wont go into detail here so contact me absolutely without obligation.
Youcan read more on my blog
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Friday, 02 January 2009 15:42 |
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The Open Space event we held last summer covered various discussion subjects, as submitted by the participants. Some of these discussions had notes written up about them which you can read here: Open Space Energy notes Local Natural Food production How to Get More People Involved |
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Saturday, 19 July 2008 11:01 |
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On Friday the 11th July we ran anOpen Space event at Liskerrett. In the very lively event, people came forward to propose areas of discussion, which included energy, food, transport, Heart and Soul and more. The full schedule will be posted here. Individuals took responsibility for their discussion, fed back to the whole and took away notes for a write up so you can all share what was discussed. These notes will also be posted here. |
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Friday, 27 June 2008 16:48 |
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On Saturday 21st June several members of Transition Caradon and Liskeard braved the wet misty weather to visit Trerieve Organic Farm to hear first hand from Jim Candy about how he is reacting to increasing energy costs and the effects of climate change.“Higher diesel prices are causing problems on organic farms, as a lot of weed control relies on frequent cultivations, either to create stale seedbeds or inter-row weeding, or topping weeds on grassland. However the depletion of fossil fuels is having a bigger impact on conventional farmers, who are seeing huge increases in the cost of artificial fertilizers and sprays. I believe agriculture will have to become less reliant on chemical inputs, and people will have to use local produce if we are going to conserve oil stocks for essential priorities,” he said. Klaudia van Gool, who helps organise Transition Caradon meetings, said “ It was great to see how Jim collects rainwater to provide drinking water for the cattle, saving the energy embedded in mains supplies, and manages his farm yard manure by composting to enable maximum uptake of the nutrients for his crops. This visit gave us the chance to look at how agriculture must adapt in future, but more importantly allowed us to look at practical answers to these challenging problems.” The event was covered by the Western Morning News. Our press release (above), which was taken up by the Cornish Guardian this week. |
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 19:01 |
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At the 9th May meeting of Transition Caradon, a fascinating event about money, with the film Money as debt, we called for a more local Transition project, to enable us to start focussing in on practical projects. So a new steering group was formed which met a the end of June. The first event as Transition Liskeard was held at the Town Halls' Long Room, where we showed How to Save the World, a film about biodynamic farming and had a chat about what is happening locally. To add to the food theme, we are also holding a farm walk at Trerieve Farm Saturday 21st June at 6 p.m. You can find a poster for it here. |
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