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What does Transition Hythe mean to you?

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We have our first Transition Hythe youtube film, explaining why we litter-pick and how this fits within the overall movement. Over the next month or so, we’ll be asking more people involved in Transition Hythe about what it means to…

Next litter pick

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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…

Interested in being an energy champion?

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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…

Spring Fair: The busiest yet!

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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…

The art of tree grafting revealled!

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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…

Thermal image project draws to a close

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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…

Hythe Spring Clean announced

This year’s town Spring Clean will be on Saturday, 6th April. As last year, we’ll be based at the Tin Tabernacle church at the bottom of Stade Street (click here for details), near the canal, where there will be bags,…

Preparations under way for Spring Fair

Come and join us for our latest quarterly fair, this time with a Spring theme. It is on Easter Saturday, 30th March, at the Tin Tabernacle, Stade Street (click here for venue details). There will be lots of stalls and…

Tree grafting course unveiled

We are delighted to announce a one-day introduction to tree grafting as part of our ‘reskilling’ stream. This will allow attendees to learn how to create their own personalised fruit trees with the ancient art of grafting. It will be…