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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.
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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.
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Welcome to the September and October 2026 issue of our E-Newsletter full of news, views and information.
We Want Your 2nd Hand Halloween Costumes On Friday 23 October Transition Buxton volunteers are returning to the Crescent Assembly Rooms by popular demand with their ‘Upcycling With A Spooky..
What is #Endof10 and what can you do about it? Estimates suggest that between 400 Million and 1 billion PCs globally are still running on the Windows 10 operating system. ..
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Our #buxton Library of Things achieved the milestone of 600 completed borrows yesterday. The Library, affectionately known as BLoT, has been going since Feb'24, and currently have has 217 Members, and 163 items in our inventory that you can borrow instead of buying. BLoT is becoming a normal part of our community with all sorts of folks recognising the common sense of borrowing instead of buying (and storing and maintaining) Things that you only need occasionally, or once. Do please browse the inventory and spread the word about this affordable community service.buxtonlibraryofthings.myturn.com/library/
New Economics Foundation has a new podcast mini series exploring the history of the energy crises and what it means for our economy. linktr.ee/neweconomicspodcast?link_id=12&can_id=6295e6871346e1f50a610f5cad273ba3&source=email-new...
Do you, or a family member attend or work at Buxton Community School? Remember that tomorrow, Tues 29th Sept we will be in the Drama Studio with our latest lunchtime Clothes Swap. If you have not already done so, bring in some clean clothes in good condition that you no longer wear. You will get a voucher for each item, then enjoy shopping the rails and tables to choose new to you items to take home. The 2nd Hand Revolution is alive and well at Buxton Community School!New isn’t always the answer. 📣This Secondhand September, we’re thinking about all the ways we can give the stuff we already have a second life. Keeping things in circulation means less demand for more extraction, production, and waste.What’s one thing you’ve thrifted, repaired, or repurposed lately? 💬
Could you spare a couple of hours a month to help in the Library of Things? Our Things are stored at Buxton Library on Kents Bank Road and twice a week we have a pair of volunteers on site for a couple of hours to enable borrowers to collect and return their items. It's all fairly straight forward and we pair newcomers with experienced team members whilst they learn the system. Shifts are Saturdays 10am-12:00 and Mondays 4:30-6pm. If you could help please email: library@transitionbuxton.co.uk
Earlier this week, Ed Miliband delivered the findings of the landmark nature security assessment to the United Nations and announced a new commitment to set up a UK ministerial taskforce on national security and resilience risk from climate change and nature loss. This is real positive progress and something to keep our ears to the ground about - who will be on the task force, what will their remit be, and how will this speed up and strengthen our response to planetary environmental change?
UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
www.theguardian.com
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
Repair Cafe today was our 7th Birthday and one of the team made us a wonderful gluten free birthday cake that was enjoyed by one and all. Hard to believe we have been mending things for 7 years! It was busy today, and despite being a little thinner than usual on Repairers (holidays and illness) we processed lots of stuff including several lamps, a CD player, 2, hoovers, various garments, a treasured 1950's Teddy, and a Mickey Mouse that we had previously mended came in for a visit. The LRC team also transferred 4 older laptops over fro Windows !0 to Linux to keep the devices in use for longer. We will be back inBuxton Methodist Churchhurch on 24 October, see you then.More volunteers always welcome email repaircafe@transitionbuxton.co.uk