Heart and Soul Group

Heart and Soul meeting for Transition Edinburgh at the Lot, 4-6 Grassmarket, 10.30 am - 5 pm on Saturday 24th. April

Do you care heart and soul about the earth and want to meet like minded people who share your concern and help us create a strong network of mutual support in Edinburgh

Transition Edinburgh 'Heart and Soul' group are hosting a gathering of people from diverse communities of interest to explore our shared concern.Read more

A public inquiry into “Our responses to ‘Climate Change’”. A workshop exploring collective inquiry and consensus building. 

Location: Upstairs at The Forest CaféRead more

Franny Amstrong, film director and climate change activist, has just produced a DVD of her film 'Age of Stupid' including a 6 hours additional footage about the film and the work the team has been doing to bring awareness about climate change.

The DVD can be purchased directly from the team on

http://www.ageofstupid.net/product/the_age_of_stupid_dvd

Here is a preview from the DVD 'Copenhagen Kids'Read more

Anthony Giddens, author of 'The Politics of Climate Change'Speaking at the Edinburgh Book Festival on 18th. August, Anthony Giddens explained he firmly believed in the ability of grass-root community action to tackle climate change. In his view, the most powerful change will bubble up from the bottom of society.  Giddens takes an optimistic view of human creativity and resilience to face the challenges ahead.

In his new book ‘The Politics of Climate Change’, Giddens lays out an upbeat but scary vision of the future. He is a strong advocate of the view that ‘fear is not necessarily the best motivator to get people to respond to climate change’ so it came as a surprise to the Edinburgh audience to see him brandishing Munch’s famous painting ‘the scream’,  a painting of a terrified figure set against a blood red Oslofjord skyline!

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Last Chance to see

Sustainability takes many forms and our Transition Edinburgh South group is keen to promote many of them but where does a book by Douglas Adam, better known for his sci-fi books and radio and TV programmes, fit into our work?

Douglas Adams might not have been a fierce Green activist or eco warrior but he gave money to Greenpeace and took up the cause of endangered species after a proposal from the Observer magazine to team up with a zoologist to look for the aye-aye.

“Aye-aye what?” asked Douglas, “The aye-aye. A rare, very shy nocturnal lemur. It’s got beautiful eyes”. This proposal came from the World Wildlife Fund and the Observer who had got together to send writers and experts out into the world to find endangered species. The rationale was that the writers would have the freshness of perception that comes from complete ignorance of the subject and the experts would furnish the background and specialist knowledge.

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Henry David ThoreauWALDEN, or LIFE IN THE WOODSby  HENRY DAVID THOREAU

When/Where Was It Written?:

In a cabin, by a pond, somewhere in Massachusetts.... all the way back in 1854!  (didn't I say it was classic?)

So, What's the Point (In Exactly 137 Words or Less)?:

Basically: Ole Henry D. gets ticked off at 19th century aristocratic society and decides to isolate himself in a crude cabin in the woods on Walden Pond for ‘two years and two months’ (never mind that the cabin was only a short walk from town and he had relatively frequent visitors...).  Read more

Attendees at the Be The Change SymposiumYesterday members of TES held a stall at the Be The Change Symposium, Nelson Hall, Edinburgh.  

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