Transition Edinburgh South

Transition Edinburgh South is interested in setting up a community environmental hub that will provide detailed information and support on environmental issues such as home energy efficiency, food and gardening, waste reduction, greener, safer transport and saving water in our local area.

To find out more about what we could offer and to give us your views, please complete the online survey we are conducting by following the link below:Read more

UPDATE: This position has now been filled. 

[One post – up to £19,570 pa)

TES is recruiting a Research Assistant for its Switching on to Switching off project for 2010.

Transition Edinburgh South is part of the Transition Town Initiatives and is a friendly grassroots community group with a focus on community action in sustainability. It is based in South Edinburgh and currently has over 150 members and friends

The research assistant will work closely with members of the group in developing and delivering the second stage of a community based sustainability project, with a focus on energy efficiency in two tenement streets in South Edinburgh. Read more

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Update: I am afraid we have had to change our plans!!

Very few people signed up to  come to the party - so we have cancelled the booking at Christchurch Centre. A much smaller group is  however going to meet up .. from 6.30 onwards at  Peckhams (155-159 Bruntsfield Place EH10 4DG - next door to Montpeliers) ..  in the restaurant part downstairs.

We will be in the small function room at  the back of the restaurant.Read more

Mike and Helena, two of our members who are cycling from Arran to Athens to raise awareness for Resilience and Transition, reached their 1000km milestone yesterday. They camped near Brévonnes in France, which puts them at 1024.8km.

Instead of raising money, they are getting people to support them by commiting to taking positive action by pledging at http://www.justpledging.com/rideforresilience

You can also follow their progress on Twitter at http://twitter.com/rideforresilienRead more

Our Energy Fair on 5th September at South Morningside Primary School attracted more than a hundredRobin Harper with Pat Abel and Michele Hipwell local residents through the door. Nigel Griffiths, MP, Robin Harper MSP and Mark Lazarowicz, MSP  opened the fair It was a lively affair with a local jazz band playing over lunch time, childrens events and lots of advice on how to reduce our energy and on the existing renewables that will take us forward. Read more

Apple tree in South EdinburghMembers of the TES food group met tonight at the Arts Complex on London Rd, to discuss how we might map, gather and freely distribute fruit from public fruit trees in South Edinburgh as well as take any surplus apples off the hands of tree owners who don't want to see them go to waste.  This would be a project inspired by the incredible success of Abundance Sheffield. Read more

Since the Meadows Festival the group have been exploring possible avenues towards taking on some bigger gardening projects while keeping up the guerrilla gardening.  

Balcarres St. allotment garden was looking like a jungle after the rain.  A great effort from the team that went down there last Saturday (and many Saturdays before) kept the weeds at bay.  The reward was a refreshing assortment of salad leaves and herbs.

On Sunday Sion and Olly took to the streets of South Edinburgh on their bikes in search of Fruit Trees and returned home full of raspberries and with a few more potential food hotspots to add to the map! Read more

Everyone is getting excited for the upcoming TES General Meeting (22/06/09), which will be one part update on all TES doings, one part constitution ratification celebration, one part solstace celebration, and 5 parts party!Come along and bring your ideas (some food and booze won't hurt none either)!To sign up for this event go to:  http://www.nearbuyme.com/node/1455

Three members from TES attended the Transition Scotland Regional Meet 2009 held in Hawick, the Borders this past Sat., 13th June.Read more