The global food system is incredibly complex and in crisis. In his new book, How the World Eats, Julian Baggini argues that we can use philosophical tools to identify the key principles that should govern a food system fit for the 21st century and beyond, drawing on the empirical base of how humans have fed […]

Bath is home to a vast underground network of drains and sewers, responsible for carrying away both foul water and rain - often through the same pipes. But how did this system come to be, how does it function today, and what changes are needed for the future? Matt Wheeldon, a senior figure at Wessex […]

For decades we have known about the dangers of global warming. Nevertheless, greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase. How can we explain our failure to take the necessary measures to stop climate change? Why are societies, despite the mounting threat to ourselves and our children, so reluctant to take action? Jens Beckert, Director at the […]

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, […]

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, […]

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, […]

Talk by Dr Venus Bivar, Associate Professor of Environmental History at St Anne's College, University of Oxford. Dr Venus Bavar's research and teaching are located at the intersection of environmental, economic, and European history. Her scholarship excavates the histories of major contemporary global phenomena, from the international agricultural trade system and climate change, to the […]

Transition Bath offers another day of hedge-laying at Smallcombe Nuttery. We are very grateful to Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) and the National Trust for their support with this work. Hedge laying is a traditional country skill intended to create a strong, dense living hedge. By laying a hedge you not only create a […]

Maurice Avent was fortunate to purchase an SSSI valley close to Bath in 1982 for which he has kept records of butterfly populations for 30 years. He was National Chairman of Butterfly Conservation between 2007 and 2010. Insects are very much the foundation upon which our planetary diversity of creatures, including the human race, depends […]

Join us for an evening of talks on how we use Bath's landscape and plan its urban growth to shape a sustainable future for the city. Hear from speakers on wider landscape policy, the need to reset the Local Plan, the mechanisms for promoting exemplar new development, and the role and power of community engagement […]

In the winter it can be tricky to identify one species of deciduous tree from another.  Join Mark Bagott and Tania Orgill as they lead you through the wonderful wintery trees to learn how to identify them using clues like shape, colour, leaf litter, silhouettes and arrangement of buds. Please bring: •Warm enough clothing for […]