A ceilidh has been arranged for Saturday the 16th January 2010 at The Grapevine Centre, Northcote Road, Heeley, S2 3AT to start at 8pm and finish approximately 10pm.

Please download the poster and the flyer and print and distribute them!

Transition Heeley / Meersbrook have produced a flyer you can download with autumn events listed, print it off and pass it on!

These include the Climate Action Day, a Community Supported Agriculture Meeting, a “Transition Movie” Screening & Open Space workshop and a Zero Carbon Cabaret read on for full details...

On Tuesday 6th October the first of a series of 3 lectures took place in Sheffield Cathedral and you can listen to the talk via the following links:

The Numbers

The Numbers / The Energy - Dr Alison Cooke - MP3 54M

Dr Alison Cooke - Questions and Answers - MP3 19M

The Figures

The Triple Crunch: Risks & Opportunities – Ann Pettifor - MP3 35M

The Triple Crunch: Risks & Opportunities – Q&A - MP3 24M

The Triple Crunch: Risks & Opportunities – Ann Pettifor - Power Point Slides 5.1M

The last lecture is on the Political Realities on Wednesday 11 November, details on the SCACC website.

A film presented by 'Transition Crookes/Walkley'

"With brutal honesty and a touch of irony, The End of Suburbia explores the American Way of Life and its prospects as the planet approaches a critical era, as global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply. World Oil Peak and the inevitable decline of fossil fuels are upon us now, some scientists and policy makers argue in this documentary."

The film will be followed by informal discussion - a chance to get to know each other, find out about Transition Sheffield, and to talk about energy security and the implications of Peak Oil for Sheffield.

7.30pm, Walkley Community Centre, 7a Fir Street, Walkley, Sheffield S6 3TG, UK Free / donations

Saturday October 24th is the International Day of Climate Action to highlight the number 350: "350 is the most important number in the world--it's what scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere".

Several of us in Heeley Meersbrook have signed up to the 10:10 campaign and pledge to cut our carbon emissions by 10% by the end of 2010. We are encouraging everyone to sign. This applies to individuals, organisations, our City, our Government. To make our point, we are inviting everybody, adults and children, to come to the Energy Centre dressed in blue if possible, and we will make the 10:10 logo on the grass outside with our bodies. It will make a great photo from the dizzy heights of the Energy Centre! And, people can get ideas from the Energy Centre about how they can cut that 10% (see below).

Noon, Saturday 24th Oct South Yorkshire Energy Centre, Heeley City Farm, 25 Alexandra Road, S2 3EE.

Transition Heeley / Meersbrook have a organised Community Supported Agriculture Project meeting to be held at 7:30pm on Monday October 12th, at The Grapevine Centre, Northcote Rd, Heeley, S2 3AT (map).

This meeting will consider proposals that have been drawn up by a steering group regarding the purchase of 12 acres of land in the Moss Valley for the establishment of a community supported agriculture project.

Come along and have your say and find out how you can get involved.

The Co-operative has organised a Transition North conference for Friday 6th November 2009 in Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire.

It is hoped that the conference, "could well be the start of an important new initiative - the coming together of the long established Cooperative movement and the rapidly growing Transition movement - to create exciting new opportunities for a sustainable future for all of us".

To book a place at this conference please download the booking form, complete it and post it off.

The 3rd national Transition Conference was held at Battersea Arts Centre on 22nd-24th May 2009. This is Craig's report on it for The Friend magazine.

The Transition movement has a good claim to being the fastest-growing social movement in the UK. From its origins just 4 years ago in the small town of Totnes in Devon, it has grown into 170 'official' Transition initiatives, with hundreds of others at the 'mulling' stage across the UK and in over other 30 countries.

Transition Heeley / Meersbrook has organised a series of events for June and July.

These include the Community Supported Agriculture project, which is looking at the possibility of using some land in the Moss Valley for growing food.

A meeting on home insulation and energy security will consider how we are going to heat our homes without fossil fuels. This is a crucial issue since by 2020 the UK will be almost totally dependent on gas imports.

The Heeley-Meersbrook Local Food Initiative has a tour of the local allotments planned and also a follow up meeting about growing, harvesting and sharing locally grown food.

Read on for the details of these meetings...

The green lung of the Porter Valley provides a great link between the City and the farms nearby in the Ringinglow/ Mayfield countryside.

We are a small but enthusiastic and growing group looking at setting up a Community Supported Agriculture project/ Transition group in this part of the City.

If you live in Hunters Bar, Ecclesall, Greystones, High Storrs, Bents Green, Nether Green, Fulwood and would like to join us, please get in touch — it would be great to hear from you!