As you may recollect Transition Bath received a grant from BWCE at the start of the year to run a feasibility study for an electric bike commute to work project. The new project aims to encourage commuters in Bath to switch to cycling to work in preference to commuting short distances by car. The focus of […]
Scientists and engineers from the University of Bath have developed biodegradable cellulose microbeads from a sustainable source that could potentially replace harmful plastic ones that contribute to ocean pollution. Plastic microbeads used in cosmetics and toothpastes have been leaching via our river systems into our oceans, being ingested by wildlife and entering the food chain. […]
Last night’s mayoral hustings at BRLSI was packed, we had to open a second room to hold all the audience who had come to see the mayoral candidates for the West of England Combined Authority explain their future policy – with a focus on what they would do to make Bath and the region more […]
On Wednesday April 26th 2017 we will be holding our West of England Combined Authority Hustings for the prospective mayor for B&NES, Bristol and South Gloucestershire . In preparation we would like to crowd-source some questions for the event and would like your help. Please remember Transition Bath’s focus is on making Bath more sustainable […]
Following many years of service as trustees for which we are very grateful Ailsa Masterton and Paul Stansall who are stepping down from their roles. We are therefore looking for new trustees. The role involves meeting 2 to 4 times a year for about 2 hours, and ensures that Transition Bath meets its commitments as […]
The BWCE Community Fund deadline for applications in Friday 16th October and has £45,000 to allocate to low carbon projects. This year there will be one headline £10,000 award to a particularly exciting and relevant project together with multiple grants of up to £5000. The geographical scope of the fund is the whole of Bath […]
We were inspired to start guerrilla gardening by a “guru”, Pam Warhurst of Incredible Edible Todmorden who came to talk to us back in 2011 about growing more food locally. Since then, we’ve created sites at Vegmead in Hedgemead Park (which has its own Facebook page and Twitter account: @vegmead), at Park Street, Gravel Walk and […]
Thank you to everyone who put tokens in our charity box at Waitrose in Bath in April. We will use the money to contribute towards Transition Bath’s running costs of about £1,000 per year. Most of our costs are for insurance which allows us to run events and to cover volunteers. We are always very appreciative of your donations however […]
Could you start collecting tokens if you use Waitrose? Transition Bath is one of 3 nominated organisations for their distribution of £1,000 during April? As an organisation we have no direct income apart from grants for specific projects. We need about £1,200 to keep running each year (insurances, accounting etc.) and the Waitrose grant would […]
On April 14th we will be holding our annual project planning meeting to decide which projects we are going to be running in the coming year. This will involve both new projects and continuing work with existing projects. Potential new and old projects include: Thermal Imaging: how should we go forward (there will be a […]