Welcome to Transition Chesterfield! We're an exciting new community group aiming to make Chesterfield more resilient and sustainable. We want to create positive local solutions to the twin challenges of 'peak oil' and climate change, and make our town a better place to live. You can catch up on our latest news on this home page, or have a look round the rest of the website to to find out about upcoming events, general background, useful links, contact details and more.
Summer skills sharing
Sun, 28/06/2009 - 20:58 — Jessie
We are delighted to announce a packed new programme of skills share workshops for the summer. We've got something for everyone, with new sessions on bread baking, chicken keeping and carbon footprinting, plus wine making and wild food foraging back by popular demand. Recent workshops have been a sell-out success, so make sure you book your place now!Get on your bike! It's Bike Week 2009
Thu, 18/06/2009 - 08:33 — meiklefamily
Friday 19th June
Critical Mass - town hall 5.30pm
Cycle Campaign Pea & Pie Supper - town hall 6.30pm
Sunday 21st June
10 mile ride - Tapton Lock Visitors Centre 2.00pm
Wednesday 24th June
4 mile ride - Queen's Park cafe 6.30pm
Local shops directory?
Tue, 16/06/2009 - 18:00 — Jessie
Liz would like to create a directory or map of local independent shops and she'd like someone (or some people) to join her to help create a dream team for the job! The idea is to create a booklet and/or map of Chesterfield featuring local independent shops.Plastered!
Tue, 09/06/2009 - 21:05 — Jessie
Last Saturday several hardy Transition volunteers turned out in the rain to help with lime plastering the Meikle's strawbale extension in Ashgate. Luckily the weather soon improved and the gang made great progress, despite many of them being complete beginners at plastering. It was a rather mucky job, but very satisfying and good fun too!Friday June 19th
Fri, 05/06/2009 - 08:25 — meiklefamily
Celebrate cycling! Join in the Critical Mass leaving from the town hall on Friday 19th June at 5.30pm.
Print off the flyer and encourage others to join in too.
Wanted: eco homes
Fri, 29/05/2009 - 21:13 — Jessie
We are in the early stages of planning an exciting new event for Chesterfield, and we need your help! Inspired by a project in Oxfordshire, we'd like to hold an 'eco homes open day' this September. It's a bit like the 'open gardens' scheme, except this one is with eco buildings instead of gardens.Bees, wine, compost and more...
Sun, 24/05/2009 - 20:34 — Jessie
Our current batch of skills share workshops is now in full swing! By all accounts the winemaking workshop led by two generations of the Openshaw family last weekend was a great success. And as for the picture: no, we're not training for a trip to the moon - that was Anne and Jessie dressing up at the beekeeping workshop yesterday. Coming up soon, we also have sessions on composting, spinning and wild food foraging...Light of your life
Fri, 15/05/2009 - 19:50 — Jessie
If the light in your life is coming from inefficient old-fashioned lightbulbs, or the uglier kind of low-energy bulbs, you need our lightbulb library! It's a special suitcase containing 40 different types of low energy lightbulbs, with one for nearly every kind of fitting. You can take the suitcase home, try out the bulbs and start seeing things in a completely new light...Working groups start plotting
Thu, 07/05/2009 - 21:12 — Jessie
Our first two working groups will be meeting next week to start plotting and planning for some exciting new projects and events. If you'd like to be part of a group working on food, or a group looking at home energy, read on...Transition Banner on May Day march
Tue, 05/05/2009 - 19:26 — meiklefamily
The Transition Banner being proudly carried into New Square.
Click on the photo to enlarge the image.
Next Transition
Core Group Meeting
28th September 7.30pm
hello@transitionchesterfield.org.uk
for details
Car-Free Walks
Click here for leaflets describing car-free walks in the Peak District.
