Thinking Globally
Acting Locally
ABOUT US
Building a Greener Future Together
Transition Buxton is a group of local people concerned about the environment working to improve our community’s resilience through practical actions and projects.
Community Resilience
Practical Actions
WHAT WE DO
Some of our Key Projects
An important part of managing our collective resources responsibly is the adage: Reduce, Reuse, Refill, Repair & Repurpose, Recycle.
The Buxton Library of Things provides affordable access to over 100 useful resources and things that you don’t need to own.
Plastic pollution is evident all around us, blighting our lanes, paths and hedgerows, ending up in waterways and contributing to climate change.
Energy is fundamental to our modern way of life. But energy – specifically fossil fuels – is the main driver of climate change.
News
Latest Newsletter & Articles
Welcome to the May & June 2025 issue of our E-Newsletter full of news, views and information.
Our first Stitch Don’t Ditch sewing workshop on 20 May went really well. Everyone learned something new and most went home with something they’d created using waste materials. The volunteers..
The BIG FIX is back! Running throughout the whole of May, The BIG FIX has one aim – to fix and breathe new life into as many broken things as..
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High Peak Borough Council recently relaunched their commercial recycling service to encourage and make it easier for more local businesses to recycle more ![]()
Business recycling - High Peak Borough Council
www.highpeak.gov.uk
Find out more about the recycling services we offer
Our Plastic Clever campaign aims to reduce and ultimately eliminate single use plastic used by local businesses and organisations. If you'd be willing to get involved please email contact@transitionbuxton.co.uk ![]()
"Novel technologies that rely on unlikely ingredients such as food waste, fungus and friendly bacteria have the potential to revolutionise industries such as packaging and textiles. Which is fortunate, because there’s no time to waste – the world currently produces around 435m metric tonnes of plastic each year, according to a recent report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), with production projected to rise to 736m metric tonnes by 2040 if we continue at current rates. Of this total, around half are single-use. "![]()
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Meet the council...The next Buxton Open Spaces meeting will take place on Monday 23rd June and anyone can attend. Held with High Peak Borough Council, the meetings discuss Ashwood Park, The Slopes and Pavilion Gardens/Serpentine. The meeting will be from 1pm to 2pm in the Boardroom at the Pavilion Gardens.
It's UK #VolunteersWeek ![]()
At Repair Cafe last week we asked some of the team to tell us why they volunteer.![]()
Iain: “I volunteer to help get things working again and reduce the amount of things thrown away.”![]()
John: “I volunteer because I have spent my whole life fixing things. I can help. I can’t bare to see things thrown away.”![]()
Trevor: “I volunteer for lots of reasons. I like to mend things and see them working again. I also enjoy using a lifetime of skills in helping others. Always lots of good conversations as well.”![]()
We are all volunteers here at Transition Buxton and there is always plenty of options for newcomers, if you fancy getting involved there are behind the scenes as well as front facing roles across a range of work streams and projects. Drop us a line at contact@transitionbuxton.co.uk
We are always keen to share positive news, so this article about research by Tim Lenton that suggest that positive climate, societal and economic tipping points could come as soon as 2030 is definately worth sharing. We all need reasons to be hopeful.
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www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/29/first-new-reservoirs-in-england-for-more-that-30-year...?{{url_parameters_unstripped}}&utm_term=683c08861349680edbcfd38a83e93221&utm_campaign=TheUpside&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=upside_email
First new major reservoirs in England for more than 30 years given go-ahead
www.theguardian.com
‘Nationally significant’ status granted to reservoirs in East Anglia and Lincolnshire with seven more planned by 2050