All Transition Meeting - July 2024
2024-07-31 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Ring O Bells, 10 Widcombe Parade, Bath, BA2 4JT, United Kingdom
Join us to discuss everything that’s going on in Transition Bath and beyond at our monthly meeting at the Ring O’ Bells, Widcombe. If you want to join us, have an idea of a project you’d like to forward or just want to feel that you’re not alone in the fight for a better Bath, then this is a great place to start.

Bath BID Treescape Sunday
2024-08-18 11:00 - 15:00 | Milsom Street, Bath, Milsom Street, Bath, BA1 1DE, United Kingdom
Bath Business Improvement District (BID) has kindly given Transition Bath a spot on Milsom Street to tout our Bath-saving projects. Come and say hi!
As well as talking about what we’re already doing and how you might contribute to the good work, we will be:

talking about our beloved Smallcombe Nuttery and our plans for increasing it’s biodiversity (as well as yummy fruits and nuts),
we will have an interactive session on how to easily eliminate some of the most common plastics from your homes,
the static electric bike will be making an appearance, so you can have a go and see how easy it would be to scoot to work on one instead of in a smelly car. All the cool kids are doing it.

We will be on Milsom street from 11am, just look out for the marquee!

Nut Harvest at the Smallcombe Nuttery
2024-08-21 17:00 - 19:00 | Smallcombe Nuttery, Horseshoe Walk, Bath, BA2 6DD, United Kingdom
Join our Trustees Lyn and Alexander as we scour the Smallcombe Nuttery for nuts. By the calendar, the cobnuts and walnuts should be in season, as well as the glorious mulberries. Not nuts at all, but still important! Signing up is appreciated for our records, then turn up with fingers to pluck and eyes to search.
We’re on a mission to improve biodiversity at the Nuttery, so we’ll also be making our first ‘wildflower scrapes’. Lend a hand with that, and also spend a quiet 10 minutes monitoring a small patch of grass to see what you can spot, either buzzing over or scuttling on the ground. We’ll be guided by some excellent resources designed by Marian Hill (Buzz & Scuttle).
NOTE: as is the nature of nature, there may not be any harvestable nuts on the evening, though we have been checking and there were definitely plenty near harvest recently. If no nuts are available then this event serves as an object lesson in squirrels and humility.
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Green Screen: X Trillion plus panel
2024-08-24 15:00 - 17:00 | The Little Theatre, St Michael's Place, Bath, BA1 1SF, United Kingdom
Green Screen: X Trillion follows the gruelling journey of eXXpedition’s all-women crew led by Emily Penn as they sail 3,000 miles across the North Pacific Ocean through the densest accumulation of ocean plastic on the planet to make the unseen, seen.
The 14-strong international crew of scientists, sailors, designers, engineers, and teachers set sail on a transformative month-long voyage. They leave families and land behind, coming together battling high seas, storms and sea sickness, to carry out cutting edge microplastics research and investigate the crisis of plastic pollution in one of the most remote places on Earth.
In a practical and emotional response to one of the biggest global challenges of our time, this is a story of hope, filled with life, magic and a call to action that burns with optimism. Directed by Eleanor Church.
Green Screen: X Trillion, 3pm, Little Theatre Cinema, St Michael’s Place, Bath

BRLSI talk: Putting Climate Change Solutions on the Supermarket Shelf
2024-09-05 19:30 - 21:00 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, BA1 2HN
Tackling human-induced climate change requires solutions at every level; how about in the supermarket?
In this talk at BRLSI (and also online), Professor Chris Chuck will give an overview of three major projects that he has led over the last few years where the team has taken a fundamental scientific idea, modelled the economic and climate impacts and further developed the technology through to commercialisation. These include: developing a biodegradable, seaweed alternative to petroplastic packaging, producing an edible oil to replace palm oil made from a yeast grown on waste food, and developing sustainable, alternative food products directly from grass.
Who knows what you’ll find next time you go to the shops!
Professor Christopher J Chuck, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Bath

Green Screen: Power to the People + panel
2024-09-08 16:00 - 18:00 | The Little Theatre, St Michael's Place, Bath, BA1 1SF, United Kingdom
The latest film by award-winning charity Cornwall Climate Care, looking at the crucial issue of Cornwall’s energy future and how that could affect the rest of the country. Directed by Briony Stokes, Power to the People, presented by surfer and geologist Lucy Cotton, explores the exciting opportunities, huge challenges and frustrating problems facing us in our efforts to wean ourselves off fossil fuels.
Green Screen is a Picturehouse initiative showing environmental themed films followed by a panel discussion, where possible, made up of locally relevant experts and the filmmakers. Site permitting, all are invited to stay after the screening to continue the conversation in the bar / cafe and if you have brought your keep cup you get a free tea or filter coffee. Certificate U.
Host: Sara Grimes, Head of Community Business Development, Bath and West Community Energy
Claire Wallerstein, producer, Cornwall Climate Care
Lucy Cotton, geologist, Eden Geothermal

Green Screen: Power to the People, 4pm, Little Theatre Cinema, St Michael’s Place, Bath

Communities of Food Growers Walk
2024-09-10 11:00 - 14:00 | The Hop Pole Inn, Bath, BA1 3AR, United Kingdom
Join Transition Bath for a walk that celebrates growing sites where local people tend crops to end up on their dinner plate. Both sites promote organic growing and regeneration of the soil as important contributions to addressing the climate crisis.
We will meet at the well-established community garden of Bath Organic Group at the Lower Common site. Here people grow and share crops amongst themselves, as well as creating surpluses for the monthly Farmers’ Market stall. We will end at the Roots allotment site at Newbridge, where individual plot holders grow for their own use. This walk offers contrasting examples of group gardening or individual gardening in a supportive community, and encourages anyone to get involved!
When we meet at 11am we’ll have short tours around the gardens and orchard, and join the volunteers for their morning break: tea and cake for everyone. Then we’ll take the riverside path out to Newbridge where the Roots site manager will take us on a tour round the site and willingly talk about the no-dig principles they promote. You are welcome to bring a picnic and enjoy it at the Roots allotment site before you depart.
The walk is 3 miles, mainly level, with a few steep steps and some rough ground on the approach to Roots site. We will note a few historical features along the river path. In general this walk is child-friendly, but there is a long stretch along unprotected river bank where close supervision would be important.
Please note that dogs are not allowed on this walk.
The end point is close to the Upper Bristol Road, offering buses back to the centre of Bath. Alternatively you could make your own way back along the riverside path, or the Bristol-Bath railway path.
Walk leaders are Lyn Barham and other members of Transition Bath and BOG.
Meet at 11am at the gate into Lower Common allotments. This is opposite the Hop Pole pub, and beside the entrance to the children’s play area.

Talk: Natural Assets with Andrew Grant RDI at Museum of Bath Architecture
2024-09-10 18:00 - 19:00 | The Museum of Bath Architecture, Countess of Huntingdon’s Chapel, Bath, Somerset, BA1 2LR, United Kingdom
Andrew’s talk explores the identity value of a ‘Biophilic City’ in ways that attract tourists and support stronger local communities. And how global cities such as Singapore, Bangalore and Paris and Monaco, manage and utilise ‘green and blue’ assets to their advantage.
Andrew is a Landscape Architect whose work explore the connection between people and nature. He uses creative design to find solutions to the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss and improving quality of life, health and wellbeing. Each of his projects responds to place, ecology and people and promotes quality and innovation. In 2012 he was awarded the title of RSA Royal Designer for Industry in recognition of pioneering global work in landscape architecture, such as Gardens by the Bay in Singapore which won the Building Project of the Year Award in the 2012 World Architecture Festival. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield, an Honorary Fellow of the RIBA and a member of the National Infrastructure Commission Design Group. Based in the city of Bath he is Chair of the Bathscape Landscape Partnership and a member of the Bath World Heritage Site Advisory Board. He is also co-founder of the pop-up festival Forest of Imagination. In 2023 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by Bath Spa University in recognition of his outstanding work as a landscape architect and his passion and approach to nature, creativity and imagination.
This talk supports the exhibition Biophilic Bath: The Green City You See, which runs at the Museum of Bath Architecture until September.

Plastic Free Workshop
2024-09-14 18:00 - 19:00 | The Grapes, 14 Westgate Street, Bath, Somerset, BA1 1EQ, United Kingdom
Plastic is poisoning our world and our bodies. Releasing tonnes of CO2 and toxins, choking wildlife and infiltrating human bodies, plastic is far more than just an eyesore. We can’t recycle our way out of this toxic problem, but together we can reduce our plastic use and put pressure on governments and companies to do the same. Join our workshop to discover our tips and tricks for reducing your plastic consumption across all areas of life, as well as advocating for systemic change. This is a guilt-free zone, where we acknowledge it is impossible to be perfect in systems pumped full of plastic. The workshop will cover:

Plastic reduction on a budget
Plastic free supermarket trips and food
Plastic free toiletries and cosmetics
Plastic free cleaning
Clothing and laundry

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TALK: Restorative Connections with Rob Delius
2024-09-25 18:00 - 19:30 | The Museum of Bath Architecture, Countess of Huntingdon’s Chapel, Bath, Somerset, BA1 2LR, United Kingdom
With our fragile planet facing huge environmental threats right now, there is no better time to question our relationship with the natural world – how we can live more in harmony with our environment and invite the beauty of nature into our own lives, physically and spiritually.
Rob Delius of Stride Treglown will be exploring this theme, sharing examples of what biophilia means to him personally, showing how nature-connectedness features in his and practice’s work, and challenging us to imagine what a radical, enticing and urgently-needed, biodiversity-rich future might look like. He will also be talking through Stride Treglown’s ‘Tree of Dreams’ proposal for the Biophilic Bath exhibition, which he is hoping will become a reality in 2025
Rob Delius is an architect and Head of Sustainability for Stride Treglown. He was winner of the RIBA Imagine Bath Competition and was behind Stride Treglown’s Sinking House climate-awareness installation in 2021 and more recently instigated the Funeral for Nature event which campaigned for more action on biodiversity. He has produced the winning entry for RIBA competition: ‘Tomorrow’s Garden City: A Sustainable Approach to Living’ and was behind Stride Treglown’s runner-up entry for RIBA competition: ‘Re-imagining the Garden City’. He is also part of placemaking collective Architecture Is who held a Therapeutic City Festival a few years ago. He has been interviewed by and written articles for the Journal of Biophilic Design.
Stride Treglown are an employee-owned, carbon-neutral, multi-disciplinary architecture practice, with about 25 employees in Bath. In 2022 they became a B-Corp, the 1st architects in the top 100 in the UK to do so. B-Corps commit to balancing profit with people and planet.

All Transition Meeting - September 2024
2024-09-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Ring O Bells, 10 Widcombe Parade, Bath, BA2 4JT, United Kingdom

Growing our Local Food System: A Community Convention
2024-10-06 10:00 - 16:00 | St Mark’s Community Centre, St Mark's Rd, Bath, BA2 4PA, United Kingdom
Organised by Bath Area Growers, this gathering welcomes all who want to participate in transforming how we grow, distribute, cook and share food. As the interconnected crises of climate, ecology, inequality, community division and global instability unfurl, we recognise that changing at a local level how we relate to food, the land, other species and eachother is core to healing these harms, preparing for future shocks, and creating a more beautiful world.
By coming together we can share our visions, challenges, ideas, skills and encouragement. As a supportive interconnected network, many more things become possible, things we may not yet have dreamed of. Come and get involved!
If not you, who? If not now, when?
The event will be a facilitated to including connection and reflection, sharing experiences, creativity, workshops and emergent sessions. Full details of the programme and to book a place (donations welcomed) please click here:
If you are planning to come, we’d really appreciate it if you can book tickets early. This will give us an idea of numbers and funding, and also ensures you get a place!

Go Green Widcombe: Sustainability Talk: Retrofitting your Home: Reduce Heat Losses
2024-10-16 19:00 - 20:00 | Widcombe Social Club, Widcombe Hill, Bath, Somerset, BA2 6AA, United Kingdom
What to do about Insulation, Heating & Ventilation
A free talk @ Widcombe Social Club by Chris Kille, MD of Bath based BPM Contracting Services (listed on the Retrofit West website), will take you through the following:
• Main Considerations of Domestic Retrofit
• Insulation, Heating and Ventilation
• Examples of work done on Listed Buildings, Victorian Terraces and 1960’s/1970’s Homes
• Benefits of Retrofit
A free talk @ Widcombe Social Club. Wed. 16th October – 7pm
Please book: Retrofitting your home – reduce heat loss | Widcombe Association (whitefuse.net)

Sustainability Shorts #5
2024-10-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Bath Citadel Salvation Army, Green Park Road, Bath, BA1 1XE, United Kingdom
We will be holding our fifth edition of the Sustainability Shorts lecture series in the centre of Bath at the Salvation Army Citadel on Green Park Road.
The evening is designed to be engaging, snappy and entertaining, with six speakers talking for ten minutes each on their chosen sustainability subject. There will be five minutes for Q&A after each speaker, then it’s on to the next! You are guaranteed to hear something new and something you can work with from our varied speakers.
Our Speakers this time are:

Julia Galbenu, outdoor adventurer, and nature wellbeing facilitator and Community Engagement Manager from Heal Rewilding, whose objective is to rewild land in England to heal nature and act on climate change. How can we improve access to nature and ensure more people in England experience the wellbeing benefits of getting outdoors? Julia will explore this in her talk, ‘Nature Access: Rewilding is a Gamechanger.’ The session will address the visible and invisible barriers to outdoor access and how rewilding is creating new opportunities for connecting with nature.
Anthony Simpson, National Energy System operator talks on the subject of Climate for electric cars? Looking at the opportunities and risks posed by growing volumes of storage and electric vehicles to grid stability.
Laila Petrie, founder and CEO of 2050 and Director General of Future Earth Lab, talking about Sustainable Fashion.
Rachel Hopkins from Avon Wildlife Trust, speaking about the Team Wilder project – a network of people, organisations and groups, taking action for nature by creating space for nature in the community – and wildlife friendly gardening.,
Tania Orgill, Forest Bathing Guide & Forest School Leader, owner of PlayWood Forest School & Outdoor Learning will talk about her love of nature and how it drew her to become part of the team at the local charity Wild About Bath, which seeks to encourage people in the Bath area to appreciate nature.

Philip Sturgeon from Protect Earth will be talking about their latest project and crowdfunding to secure 70 acres of disused land between Claverton and Warleigh Wood on the River Avon, and their ambitious plans to create and restore the land for a variety of habitats including woodland, wetlands and calcareous grassland with improved public access.

We will be serving tea and coffee during the break (there may even be biscuits), so plenty of fuel will be on offer to help you to keep up with the pace!
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Hedge laying – your chance to learn a traditional skill
2024-10-31 09:30 - 19:30 | Smallcombe Nuttery, Horseshoe Walk, Bath, BA2 6DD, United Kingdom
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) and Transition Bath have partnered to offer two days of learning and hands-on practice with CPRE’s skilled hedge-layer.
Hedge laying is a traditional country skill intended to create a strong, dense living hedge. By laying a hedge you not only create a living fence, you also help to encourage new growth, making it an excellent way of regenerating an old, overgrown hedge without replacing it. It’s a skill that is best learnt from a craftsperson, and we offer that chance. You will be working in a group of volunteers led by CPRE’s hedge-layer, gaining real work practice on one of the Nuttery’s overgrown hedges.
Spaces are limited and must be attended if we are to maximise our time with our hedge expert so please be certain that you can make the appointment before booking. Please include a contact number so that we can keep you up-to-date on what is required for the day.
We will be outside for most of the day, so please dress accordingly and bring a stout packed lunch and plenty of water. Sustaining cakes will be provided!

All Transition Meeting - November 2024
2024-11-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Ring O Bells, 10 Widcombe Parade, Bath, BA2 4JT, United Kingdom

Air Pollution and Environmental Justice lecture
2024-11-07 19:30 - 21:00 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, BA1 2HN
Substantial differences exist in both concentrations of outdoor air pollutants and the distribution of emission sources across the UK. How these differences are experienced by individuals, however, is unclear.
Some studies show that lower socioeconomic households, certain minority ethnicity groups and particular age groups are more exposed to emissions sources and higher air pollution concentrations. These groups may also have elevated exposure related to modes of travel and occupation. Factors affecting disparities associated with indoor air pollution, including from damp and mould, cooking, cleaning, smoking and heating are also complex.
The concept of “environmental justice” is used to assess differential effects of interventions and policy in the United States, but it is not widely researched or applied in the UK. However, the UK’s many comprehensive, open-access government datasets provide opportunities for such differential effects to be further assessed. This lecture will explore how such research can help inform policy decisions.
This talk is jointly organised with the Royal Geographical Society.
Professor Jo Barnes is Director of the Air Quality Management Resource Centre, University of the West of England, Bristol. She has almost 20 years’ research experience in air quality management, policy and practice at local, national, European and international levels. She has worked with and on behalf of numerous local authorities, Defra and the Devolved Administrations of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Greater London, other Member States, the EEA and the European Commission to implement and develop air quality management policies and practices.

Webinar for owners and occupiers interested in retrofitting listed buildings
2024-11-11 09:30 - 12:00
Owners and occupiers of listed buildings are invited to attend a two-hour webinar that will help them to understand how they can save energy while also conserving their property.
The webinar on Monday 11 November is being organised by the grant-funded Green Heritage Homes project, a collaboration between Bath & North East Somerset Council, Bath & West Community Energy (BWCE), Bath Preservation Trust, the Centre for Sustainable Energy and People Powered Retrofit, which aims to improve understanding of energy efficiency works to listed buildings.
The event will feature talks from several of the partner organisations: Bath & North East Somerset Planning & Conservation team will talk about applying for Listed Building Consent; BWCE will be outlining the retrofit services it offers to help owners and occupiers; and Bath Preservation Trust will be discussing how the historic significance of a building is assessed when considering energy measures.
The webinar is a repeat of one held in May, which was attended by more than 80 people.
Councillor Sarah Warren, Deputy Council Leader and Cabinet Member for Climate Emergency and Sustainable Travel at Bath & North East Somerset Council, said: “The webinar will help homeowners and occupiers of listed buildings to understand how they improve the energy efficiency of their homes while conserving their property. Every individual action taken also helps to support our ambition to be carbon neutral by 2030.”
As part of the Green Heritage Homes project, the council recently launched a Level 0 pre-application advice service that allows owners and occupiers of listed buildings to discuss possible measures with a conservation officer at the initial stages of a potential retrofit project.
The Energy Efficient Listed Buildings webinar will be held on MS Teams on Monday 11 November, 9.30am to 12.00pm. You can sign up for the free event using this link.
The Green Heritage Homes project is funded with £344,308 from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, working with the South West Net Zero Hub through the government’s Local Energy Advice Demonstrator Programme (LEAD). Service Level 0 pre-applications will be part of the Green Heritage Homes project until the end of March 2025.
More information about Green Heritage Homes can be found on the BWCE website
The Service Level 0 pre-application is exclusive to listed buildings (Grade II, II* and I). Interested homeowners can apply on the council website, or contact the conservation officer alexandra_best@bathnes.gov.uk to find out more.
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Webinar: What do you need to know before purchasing a heat pump?
2024-11-12 19:00 - 20:30, 2024-11-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
The webinar aims to cover a broad range of topics you should be aware of before purchasing a heat pump.

How do heat pumps work?
Which homes are most suitable (including cylinders, outside space)?
Thermal insulation improvements
Historic homes
Temperature versus efficiency/cost/CO2 and weather compensation
Reducing flow temperatures and upsizing radiators
Locating a heat pump, noise, planning permission
Hot water cylinders
Controls
Time of day tariffs
Do you run them 24-7? Most efficient ways of running them
Installation costs
How to go about getting quotes? Installers versus energy companies
Follow-up services offered by Transition Bath & BWCE

There will be the opportunity for questions and answers during the webinar but specific questions about individual properties will be deferred to a 1:1 meeting with homeowners being offered as a follow-up to these webinars.
We will provide a link to the webinar to those registered just before the event.
This event is running in two sessions – Tuesday 12th November and Wednesday 20th November. The same content will be covered in both sessions.
Book a free place here – we will contact you with the webinar details, weblink a couple of days before the event. The event is mainly aimed at residents of Bath & North East Somerset.
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"Rave On For The Avon" Screening At The Little Theatre
2024-11-16 15:15 - 17:30 | The Little Theatre, St Michael's Place, Bath, BA1 1SF, United Kingdom
Explore the magic of the River Avon and the passionate people fighting to keep it alive in Rave On For The Avon – a bold, moving documentary that immerses you in the heart of river activism Bristol-style.
This feature-length film invites viewers to follow a diverse group of locals who care deeply about the Avon, capturing the joy, frustration and love they experience over an intense 18-month journey. Meet unforgettable individuals like Lindsey, a modern-day mermaid who bravely swims the Bristol Channel towing an unexpected message, and Meg, who expresses her devotion through an extraordinary river marriage. You’ll also encounter the Conham Bathing Group, a grassroots team who test the water themselves to protect their treasured river.
The film pulses with a soundtrack from celebrated Bristol artists like Elder Island, Ngaio and Maz McNamara, setting the stage for a powerful story of community and connection.
Join us for this special screening at The Little Theatre in Bath. After the film, stay for a thought-provoking panel discussion hosted in partnership with Transition Bath – an opportunity to delve into ongoing local initiatives for safeguarding our rivers.
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Evolution of economic regulation of the energy sector to reflect Net Zero
2024-11-26 16:30 - 17:30
I-SEE Sustainable Energy & the Environment Webinar
‘The evolution of economic regulation of the energy sector to reflect Net Zero’
Dr Gavin Knott, Chief Economist at Ofgem
A presentation and discussion on how the role of regulation has developed over time & how this might need to change further in the future.
The energy system has gone through a number of changes in recent years, and this is expected to continue, with the government’s announcement that it will seek to decarbonise the power system by 2030. In this talk, Gavin will talk about how the economics of the energy system are expected to change, and the implications for Ofgem’s regulation over the next few years.
Dr Gavin Knott is the Chief Economist at Ofgem and works on both regulation of network monopolies and on using economic analysis to help assess how competition and regulation can work together in the consumer interest in energy markets. Gavin has nearly 20 years’ experience working in competition and regulation across the UK’s infrastructure sectors, working as a regulator and in the private sector. Gavin also has a PhD in financial economics.

COP29 Azerbaijan: International co-operation for a sustainable future
2024-11-28 19:30 - 21:00 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, BA1 2HN
The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024. With global temperatures hitting record highs, and extreme weather events affecting people around the globe, COP29 will bring together leaders from governments, business and civil society to find solutions to the defining issue of our time. A key focus of COP29 will be on finance, as trillions of dollars will be required for countries to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect lives and livelihoods from the worsening impacts of climate change.
COP29 will be a key moment for countries to present their updated national climate action plans under the Paris agreement, which are due by early 2025. If done right, these plans will limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and double as investment plans advancing the Sustainable Development Goals. But what if it fails to secure an agreement that will secure these goals? This BRLSI event brings together a panel of local & national experts on climate change and the sustainability transition – questions welcome!
The panel will include Penny Tranter, former BBC weather forecast presenter and Met Office advisor; Theresa Löber, Head of Climate Project Team at the Bank of England; Stuart Reynolds, Emeritus Professor of Biology at the University of Bath; James Spincer, postgraduate student of Climate, Policy and Politics at the University of Birmingham; and will be chaired by Chad Staddon, Professor of Resource Economics and Policy at in the University of the West of England (UWE).
This meeting has been co-organised with the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Meteorological Society.

Sustainable Christmas Wreath Workshop
2024-11-30 19:30 - 21:00 | Claverton Down Community Hall, Claverton Down Road, Bath, BA2 6DT, United Kingdom
This is event is now cancelled
Make your own stunning Christmas wreath with guidance from local flower farmer and florist Louisa du Rose.
Using sustainably sourced woodland materials you will create a beautiful wreath to decorate your door over the Christmas period. All the elements used for your wreaths, including the willow base, will come from Louisa’s organic flower farm in the village of Faulkland, just south of Bath. The wreath will be built from a variety of mixed evergreen foliages, pine cones, textural seed heads and grasses. This is a very relaxed workshop and Louisa will guide you step by step so that you leave with a stunning festive wreath.

Hosted in Claverton Down Community Hall.
Suitable for all levels
All materials supplied.
Parking available.
Refreshments included in the ticket price.

Claverton Down Community Hall, Claverton Down Road, Bath BA2 6DT 7.30pm – 9pm
Tickets are priced at £60

Green Screen: Food for Profit + Panel
2024-12-09 20:00 - 22:00 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, BA1 2HN
Food For Profit is the first feature documentary that exposes the links between the meat industry, lobbying, and the corridors of power. A five-year investigation that denounced how Europe is transferring hundreds of billions of taxpayers’ money into the hands of intensive farms, which mistreat animals, pollute the environment, and pose a potential danger for future pandemics.
Directors Giulia Innocenzi and Pablo D’Ambrosi, along with their team of investigators, take us on an enlightening but shocking journey across Europe, where they confront farmers, corporations, and politicians. Travelling across Europe, they infiltrate farms across Europe, exposing the truth behind the perceived excellence of European dairy and meat production whilst also infiltrating high level powers in Brussels and gaining shocking information.
Green Screen is a community-led space to discuss the environmental issues raised in the films we show. Everyone is invited to continue the conversation after the film in the cinema’s bar or cafe – enjoy a free tea or filter coffee when you bring a keep cup!

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Aviation Decarbonisation: Issues, Challenges and Actions for Change
2024-12-10 16:30 - 17:30
I-SEE Sustainable Energy & the Environment Webinar
Aviation Decarbonisation: Issues, Challenges and Actions for Change
Andrew Chadwick, Ecosystem Director Air Mobility & Airports, Connected Places Catapult
Global CO2 emissions from aviation have quadrupled since the 1960s and aviation accounts for 2.5% of global emissions, not counting non-CO2 effects. If the sector does not act now to address this it is forecast that aviation will, by 2050, account for almost 40% of global emissions.
This presentation will present the case for why we need to decarbonise aviation now, how can this be achieved, the policies to support it, and what it means in practice.
It will also provide examples of current initiatives, plus provide an overview of the work that Connected Places Catapult are delivering on zero emission airports and fuel infrastructure to address these.
Andrew Chadwick is a Chartered Engineer and is the Ecosystem Director Air Mobility & Airports at the Connected Places Catapult. Andrew leads on Future Air Transport, Advanced Air Mobility, and Aviation Sustainability innovation initiatives. His work includes Solution Architect on a wide number of Future Flight Challenge air mobility and aviation sustainability projects, the UK Government Drone Pathfinder Catalyst Programme, plus Designer and Solution Architect of the Zero Emission Flight Infrastructure project studying the introduction and transition of hydrogen and electric aircraft and supporting infrastructure into airports and airfields.
Andrew is a Member of the Jet Zero Council Zero Emission Flight Infrastructure Subgroup, a Member of the UK Government Future of Flight Industry Group, Member of the Industry Advisory Boards for the Autonomous Vehicle Systems and Dynamics MSc and Applied AI MSc at Cranfield University, a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering Working Group on the Safety and Ethics of Autonomous Systems, a member of the UK Government Drones Industry Action Group, and a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society Remotely Piloted Aircraft & Autonomous Systems Specialist Group Committee.

Webinar: What do you need to know before purchasing a heat pump?
2025-01-14 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-01-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
The webinar aims to cover a broad range of topics you should be aware of before purchasing a heat pump.

How do heat pumps work?
Which homes are most suitable (including cylinders, outside space)?
Thermal insulation improvements
Historic homes
Temperature versus efficiency/cost/CO2 and weather compensation
Reducing flow temperatures and upsizing radiators
Locating a heat pump, noise, planning permission
Hot water cylinders
Controls
Time of day tariffs
Do you run them 24-7? Most efficient ways of running them
Installation costs
How to go about getting quotes? Installers versus energy companies
Follow-up services offered by Transition Bath & BWCE

There will be the opportunity for questions and answers during the webinar but specific questions about individual properties will be deferred to a 1:1 meeting with homeowners being offered as a follow-up to these webinars.
We will provide a link to the webinar to those registered just before the event.
Book a free place here – we will contact you with the webinar details, weblink a couple of days before the event. The event is mainly aimed at residents of Bath & North East Somerset.

All Transition meeting – January 2025
2025-01-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Ring O Bells, 10 Widcombe Parade, Bath, BA2 4JT, United Kingdom
Please note: This event has been moved from 13th January to 15th January. The time and venue remain the same.
Join us to discuss everything that’s going on in Transition Bath and beyond at our monthly meeting at the Ring O’ Bells, Widcombe. If you want to join us, have an idea of a project you’d like to forward or just want to feel that you’re not alone in the fight for a better Bath, then this is a great place to start.
Just come along!
The venue is upstairs, which may not suit everyone’s needs. Please talk to us if you have any accessibility requirements, as we’re committed to making our events welcoming for all.

Antimicrobial Resistance and the Environment
2025-01-22 19:30 - 21:00 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, BA1 2HN
Antimicrobial resistance poses a growing threat to public health and ecosystems. Environmental factors, including agricultural runoff, wastewater discharge, and pharmaceutical pollution, facilitate the spread of resistant microbes.
There is also evidence that natural reservoirs, such as soil and water, can act as hotspots for the emergence of new resistant strains through the exchange of resistance genes.
This talk will discuss the current evidence from genomics studies, the key role of mobile genetic elements, and the rising threat from drug resistant fungi.
Professor Edward Feil, Department of Life Sciences, University of Bath
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