Year: 2024

Our ninth mini-seminar was ‘Excellence in Consumption’ Dr Terry Newholm, Reader in Consumer Ethics, University of Manchester.  Our life is in a consumer culture with all the threats that poses to our survival; not an easy proposition for us humans…

Our eighth mini-seminar was Serpentine Community Garden Past Present & Future, presented by Madeline Hall & Steve Philips. After 5 years’ activity as Serpentine Community Farm CIC and its earlier genesis as the Food Group within Transition Buxton, SCG..

Our seventh mini-seminar was “Plastic Free in a Time of Covid”, Rachel Yates from Surfers Against Sewage hosted by Frances Sussex for Plastic Clever, a Transition Buxton initiative. At a time when it seems we are drowning in a new sea of..

Our sixth mini seminar was on a similar theme to our previous one, “Diet in the Anthropocene” a second talk by Dr Terry Newholm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWJli2hF214&t=2s

Our fifth mini seminar was ‘My Beef with Beef‘ presented by Carol Huff who is a local singer, pianist and calligrapher with a particular interest in living a meat-free life. She describes this talk as ‘Travels to sustainability..

Our fourth mini-seminar was ‘Biodiversity in Buxton’ presented by Rachel Purchase from the Buxton Civic Association Biodiversity Group. https://buxtoncivicassociation.org.uk/ With its enviable location in the centre of the Peak District, large green areas, extensive woodlands, surrounding moorlands and proximity to..

Our third mini-seminar was ‘From Consumer Culture to Sustainability’ presented by Dr Terry Newholm. Dr Newholm was co-author of The Ethical Consumer in 2005 and is currently Hon. Reader in Consumption Ethics at University of Manchester. He illustrated the complex..

Our second mini-seminar was People Powered Retrofit by Liam Schofield of the Carbon Coop in Manchester. Liam spoke about a community-led project for improving comfort and lowering carbon in existing housing. The Carbon Coop take a bottom-up approach to retrofit…

Our first mini-seminar was ‘What We Need To Do Now’ presented by Chris Goodall.  This talk was based on Chris Goodall’s book which offers a set of solutions to each of the main challenges posed by global heating..