Transition LeytonstoneNov 12, 20212 minClimate Action DayThis year Climate Action Day took place on 6th November and was organised by XR Waltham Forest and kindly hosted by St John's Church...
Amy ScaifeFeb 21, 20214 minA Hub of Resilience in LeytonstoneBack in February 2020 it was impossible to imagine what the year ahead had in store for us. I was already a couple of months into...
SandraFeb 6, 20214 minPeople & Permaculture - a book reviewTransition Leytonstone holds a fantastic collection of books on topics from ecology to gardening, renewable energy to social justice....
armstrongrebeccaDec 5, 20204 minLove local, shop local: part 1I want to share a couple of statistics. One: every £10 spent at a locally owned shop generates £25 for that area; the same spent in a...
Diana KorchienSep 25, 20201 minThe Community Fridge latest newsThe Community Fridge continues to go from strength to strength - securing grant funding and attracting donations of food from local growers.
armstrongrebeccaSep 15, 20202 minAn introduction – why I got involved with Transition LeytonstoneThe latest member of Transition Leytonstone takes a moment to introduce herself and talk about what she hopes to do with the organisation.
SandraJul 27, 20203 minNature privilege - exploring the journey from knowing to actingSandra reflects on how a lack of opportunity to learn about and spend time in Nature might lead to a lack of engagement with 'green' issues.
SandraMay 9, 20202 minCoronavirus, community resilience and the futureInitial thoughts on what the current crisis might mean for Transition towns and for local communities.
SandraJan 10, 20201 minA new garden for the Methodist Church Leytonstone Methodist Church asked Transition Leytonstone to help them design and create a new garden at the front of the church.
SandraSep 1, 20193 minWhy we all need more mushrooms in our livesDo you grow your own food? How about mushrooms? - highly nutritious but also crucial to the health of soils and ecosystems.
SandraMay 1, 20183 minMuseum of London – Phyto-Sensor: an air quality garden workshop and walkAn account of a recent workshop at the Museum of London on air quality and plants which help clean our air of pollutants. On 17th March I...
-Nov 27, 20142 minEducation, education, educationVertical Veg Workshop The next event in our Community Garden will be a suitably seasonal affair, with free soup, artisan bread, cake, and...
-Jul 30, 20141 minWORKSHOP: To make a Solar DryerThe newest and most energy-hungry methods of food preservation are well known to all: refrigeration and freezing – and of course,...
-Mar 19, 20142 minCultivate 2014 - the Power of CommunitySHARING FOOD, SEED AND SPACE Waltham Forest’s very first urban food growing festival, will be kicking off on Friday March 21 with Grow...
-Feb 16, 20132 minCommunity Garden Launch Day!Last Sunday’s weather was miserable, marked by bone-chilling humid air, an absent sun, sodden, squelchy soil, with a monotonous pall of...
-Feb 9, 20131 minTransition Free PressCool, new and in your area now! Finally…there’s a newspaper that sees the world from our standpoint. Issue 1 of Transition Free Press is...