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By: October Newsletter « Southend-on-Sea in Transition

October Newsletter « Southend-on-Sea in Transition — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:39:28 +0000

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By: John Mason

John Mason — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:29:58 +0000

I wonder about springs as a water-source even here in Wales where it’s been a very wet summer. Is it possibly the case that a spring-fed household worked 100 years ago and doesn’t now simply because our 21st/late 20th century lifestyles mean that we use much more water per capita per day?

Cheers – John

By: Time to transition – now « Real Food Lover

Time to transition – now « Real Food Lover — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:22:13 +0000

[...] press: while linking to Rob’s Transition blog, I read a comment from a woman in Wales whose spring is running dry for the first time in over a hundred [...]

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:13:38 +0000

Thanks for great review. Thanks also for that comment about water in Wales – this is deeply concerning. Thanks for alert.

By: Ann Lamot

Ann Lamot — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:55:41 +0000

I’m looking forward to receiving my copy, but as James Howard mentions it, I’d like to say that I share his concerns about clean, fresh water. Here in Wales, one wouldn’t think that water could become scarce, but as I write this, I’m looking at the jerrycans with mains water collected from a friend’s house sitting here in my kitchen, again.
We rely on a natural spring for our household’s water and after a very dry September, it has run dry, again.
We had weeks without water this spring. Summer (as usual in Wales)was no problem, but now again (in autumn!)we have no water. This is a spring which has provided water for a busy farm for over a hundred years and never once ran dry until a few years ago. I now that other, once reliable, natural springs in the area, now regularly run dry. If this is what climate change means for coastal west Wales, I dread to think what’s in store waterwise for the south of England. We can’t grow our food, no matter how local, without regular rainfall, it’s as simple as that!

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Good Food Spy Blog » The First Review of 'Local Food' » Transition Culture — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:54:28 +0000

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