Westden/TaVi merger goes ahead…

Westden is merging with the Tavistock & Villages (TaVi) Development Forum.

Marcin Jakubowski: Open-sourced blueprints for civilization

Using wikis and digital fabrication tools, TED Fellow Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing the blueprints for 50 farm machines, allowing anyone to build their own tractor or harvester from scratch. And that’s only the first step in a project to write an instruction set for an entire self-sustaining village (starting cost: $10,000).

Big Lunch 2011, save the date: Sunday 5 June

Save the date for this year’s Big Lunch: Sunday 5 June. Westden’s event will likely see a return to the Bannawell Street Park….more info to follow nearer the time.

Buckland Food Growers press release

Buckland Food Growers Ltd (B.F.G.), based at the National Trust’s Buckland Abbey, near Yelverton, have been working hard to set the roots of their project since beginning work on it last spring. Now with just under a hectare of land which has been on lease from the National Trust since January, the growing and rearing of produce is underway in earnest.

New how to guides for community renewables, food, AD, re-use, transport, hydro, wind

New how to guides for community renewables, food, AD, re-use, transport, hydro, wind. Local United brings together and supports community activists who are setting up social enterprises to address the challenges of peak oil and climate change. It aims to speed up the rate at which good ideas are adopted by community groups motivated to build low-carbon economies.

Friends of the Earth South West Regional Gathering

Come along to a Friends of the Earth South West Regional Gathering. Learn or brush up on campaigning skills, find out how you can take action locally, nationally and internationally on a range of issues such as climate change, waste & resource use and the local to international food supply chain.

Composting ‘guru’ at GrowTavi open forum

Happy New Year and welcome to 2011!

Westden, The Tavistock & Villages (TaVi) Development Forum and the Transition Tavistock Food Group are pleased to announce the fourth GrowTavi Open Forum event. Tuesday 11th January 2011, between 2-4pm at The Wharf Arts Centre, Tavistock.

Transition Tavistock Sep 10 Newsletter

Transition Tavistock Sep 10 Newsletter

West Devon Borough Council’s EConnect Sep 2010

West Devon Borough Council’s EConnect Sep 2010