Next litter pick

May 6, 2013
Next litter pick

This Saturday (11th) we’ve our monthly litter pick. The woods at the top of Hospital Hill in Seabrook, by the army camp, are awful and the vegetation is low enough that we can get to it at this time of year. As a result, with our good friend Giles from Sghepway District Council, as...
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Interested in being an energy champion?

April 14, 2013
Interested in being an energy champion?

Kent and Medway Green Deal Partnership are offering Transition Hythe members the chance to become ‘Energy Champions’. This is through a course running over three Thursdays in Canterbury, starting 23rd May.  If you are interested, please email martin_whybrow@yahoo.co.uk for the application form. The closing date for applications in 15th May. It would be ideal...
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Open working morning at community garden and allotment

April 13, 2013
Open working morning at community garden and allotment

We are holding an open working morning at our lovely community garden and allotment at Tynwald Residential Home for the Elderly (a charitable trust on the corner of Hillside Road and Dental Street in the centre of Hythe). If you’ve not been before, come along and see what it is all about – we’ll...
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Spring Fair: The busiest yet!

March 31, 2013
Spring Fair: The busiest yet!

Yesterday’s Spring Fair was another highly successful Transition Hythe event. It was the busiest to date of our quarterly fairs, despite some fairly un-Spring-like weather, and saw us spread the message about the Transition movement to lots of people, both local and Easter visitors to the town. The Tomato and Basil soup from Jane’s...
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The art of tree grafting revealled!

March 17, 2013
The art of tree grafting revealled!

Attendees on today’s Transition Hythe introduction to tree grafting course had a fascinating morning, learning the theory and then the practice of this ancient art. Hosted by Steve Oram from the Fruit Forum and Peoples’ Trust for Endangered Species, there was an introduction to the activity and then an opportunity for everyone to graft...
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Thermal image project draws to a close

March 17, 2013
Thermal image project draws to a close

Our thermal image project is drawing to a close this week, after a third successful year. Showing heat loss from properties, the project is centred on a thermal image camera, on loan from Kent County Council. Residents are provided with images from the visit and a summary of the findings and possible remedial action...
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Renewables

We have a sub-group looking at renewables projects in the town and area. Here in Shepway, there are a...
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Local retailer scheme

The transition scheme is always looking at ways to encourage the use of local shops.As with so many High...
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Thermal imaging

The Hythe Transition scheme has had access to a thermal camera from Kent County Council for the last three...
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Community growing

We would love to greatly extend the amount of food that is grown within the community. At one time,...
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Inner Transition and reskilling

Passing on skills and transition of the individual are important parts of the Transition movement and we have embraced...
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Litter picks

Of all our activities, the litter picks are the ones that have mobilised the most people. A conservative estimate...
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Bug hotels

Using a collection of pallets and other material, there are now bug hotels in a number of sites in...
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Ecobags

We would love to drive plastics bags out of Hythe and in Autumn 2012 we duly launched our first...
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