Comments on: Transition Ambridge Begins!

By: Malcolm Lake

Malcolm Lake — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:28:28 +0000

Transition Towns is a breath of fresh air and is demonstrating the sort of consciousness and urgency that the politicians (at least where I live in Northern Ireland) seem not to have caught on to.

About 3 years ago, when I dared to suggest that the Government Service, for which I was then working, should not be increasing the number of spaces in the no charge carpark (many employees were daily travelling 60 or 100 miles to work and back) but directing employees to the recently-introduced car sharing scheme, I was regarded as freaky!

I’m involved with my local initiative, presently going through a series of ‘power-down seminars’ and for one of the few times in my life, I feel as though something positive is happening in my town.

By: Mr Anthony Jane

Mr Anthony Jane — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:39:33 +0000

What a brilliant idea to make government, local councils, national and international company's, consumer groups and local businesses aware of what transition can do for them in the present, future and how they can implement a start personally.

I am very interested in power form renewable resources. This is just the opportunity to help people become more aware

By: James

James — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:30:08 +0000

Hey,

I wss wondering if its possible to put ambridge on the transition map as a 'muller?' that way we could put a link to the transition site on the archers discussion board to maybe get more people to have a look at the trasition websites, a good opportunity for publicity here I think! Was really great when I first heard the clip! Brilliant publicity!

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Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:20:04 +0000

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By: boccius

boccius — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:32:02 +0000

(Please).

By: boccius

boccius — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:31:27 +0000

The Archers started in 1951. World War II ended in 1945.

Get it right.

By: Chris Marsh

Chris Marsh — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:20:16 +0000

Yes, well, this Ambridge thing got to me. My home town, Dawlish, is a candidate for the unlikeliest transition town – most people are apathetic and ignorant, I’m told. But saving a recreation ground Tesco has its eyes on(http://www.sandylane.btik.com) has got people going, so I put this on the guestbook:
‘Yes, we must save Sandy Lane, that’s a priority. At the same time we should, in my view, be resisting plans for a new supermarket. The days of supermarkets is ending, with the days of cheap oil. What Dawlish needs is a core group of people interested in exploring Dawlish becoming a ‘Transition Town’ – anyone who doesn’t know what that is, look it up in google. More and more towns are joining the movement. Towns with ‘something special’ – those which are not yet dead towns or clone towns – have a head start, and Dawlish is special, but it won’t be if we let that supermarket in; we’d be at the back of the Transition queue then, sadly. I think Dawlish is still special, and if you do too, let’s get together – this could be fun! If Totnes and Ambridge can do it, so can we! Chris’
I’m going to need help!!! Chris

By: Lucy Skywalker

Lucy Skywalker — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:36:16 +0000

When’s Transition going to get on to Neighbours????

By: Graham Burnett

Graham Burnett — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:38:41 +0000

So whose the ‘mole’ in the BBC scriptwriting dept???

By: Shaun Chamberlin

Shaun Chamberlin — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:27:25 +0000

Brilliant – now my avid Archers-listening aunt and uncle will have some idea of and interest in what I’m up to. I’ll drop round and see them later!!

By: Tracey Todhunter

Tracey Todhunter — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:45:31 +0000

Have written about this Archers storyline on my blog this morning. Have you worked on the storyline with them? I always said low carbon life would become mainstream when the Archers went for it!
How about Brian Aldridge gives over his land for a brand new eco community of affordable passiv houses for the likes of Roy and Haley and Emma, and instead of being a gamekeeper, Will starts running permaculture courses and becomes Ambridge’s answer to Ben Law?