Author Archives: Harriet

This is a useful up-to-date directory (2021) of local environmental groups compiled by Steve Harper. Please do get in touch if you’d like to add any information. If your group is not on the list please get in touch with … Continue reading →

Some of us gathered on Zoom for a 2020 Transition Town Poole AGM. Present: Gwyn Jones, Martin Price, Marylyn Cropley, Fizz Rice, Simon O’Connor, Andy Hadley, Cherry White, Harriet Stewart-Jones Apologies: Kate Salter, Gary Finch, Manuela Boeckle, Vicky Ashley We … Continue reading →

I thought this was a film long on promise but short on delivery. It tells the interwoven stories of three American individuals: an 8-year-old “Food activist”, an urban food grower and a polymath inventor searching for the ultimate food system. … Continue reading →

The lockdown has given (some) pause for thought, although for those of us now working from home, the only extra time is that which was previously spent travelling. But the impact, especially in the first lockdown was dramatic. Partly with … Continue reading →

A little late in the day but still worth posting. Here is a round-up of Transition Town Poole activities in 2019: Turner’s Nursery Community Orchard – regular 1st Saturday workdays. It’s been a bit erratic this year with some key … Continue reading →

Ten of us met at Gwyn’s on a cold evening in November. We talked around several topics following the recent film showings, and areas we might  want to take forwards. There were a couple of people new to TT Poole, … Continue reading →

With The Dorset Equity Group, we held another showing of the film “Demain”, at the Civic Centre in Poole. All 42 Councillors were invited, and about 10 attended, along with 30 members of the public. This is a positive, life-affirming … Continue reading →