Transition City Lancaster

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Deep Ecology
Energy, Building and Design for Life
Food and Growing
Heart and Soul
Real Wealth and Livelihoods
Skills for Community Building
Transition Lancaster & District Media
Transition Arts
Transition Education
Travel and Transport
TCL Networking Group
TCL Steering Group

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Money is needed to help organising projects, events and group activities. Contact the Treasurer: Paul at 4 Sylvester st., lancaster, LA1 5DG.
Or Email:
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Skills for Community Building

Contact person -- Jill Robinson
Email: jillrob@soundlife.orangehome.co.uk

The present focus of the group is to set up some edible, enjoyable, informative and . . . . community building - 'Transition cafe' events . . . there are also plans for ways to work more proactively with diversity and inclusivity . . . to see the notes from earlier meetings please see links at the bottom of this page. So - please do drop them a line or pop along to a meeting if you've ideas for topics/speakers or you'd like to offer to help organise it all . . .

News from the Skills for Community Building Group

We are an informal group who meet monthly at one another’s houses to explore ways of spreading the word about Transition City Lancaster to a wider Lancaster community, while getting to know and enjoy each others’ company. We do this in two ways: identifying various skills needed for community building (e.g. facilitation, group dynamics, conflict resolution, and trust frameworks) and learning more about how life might be when the oil based resources we take for granted, are no longer there.

We feel strongly that to be a success, TCL needs to involve many more people, from all backgrounds and ages, and we have been busy looking at ways to achieve this through meetings, publicity and events. Luckily our city has many venues that are very supportive to community groups. All our dates for meetings etc are on The TCL website www.transitioncitylancaster.org

We also organise discussion events where we talk about the issues we face in relaxed settings. We welcome both people who are new to climate challenges, as well as those more knowledgeable. For our first event, we have arranged for Professor Barbara Maher to discuss her research on pollution levels in Lancaster, and its relationship to the environment and health e.g. increase in asthma. It will be held at 7.30, Tuesday 8 June 2010 at the Storey Institute. Many thanks go to the Storey Institute Creative Industries for sponsoring the event, under its monthly, Café Scientifique scheme. We are sure it will be a very stimulating evening, and the first of many more.

We are also exploring ideas for involving more of our neighbourhoods in building sustainable communities, in ways enjoyable to all. For instance: organising a Food Fest on a Lancaster bridge; running an Eco Games evening, as well as strengthening our own skills by attending the NCBI (National Coalition Building Institute) workshop on Welcoming Diversity.

If you would like to come to one of our meetings, or find out more about what we do, contact our group co-ordinator jillrob@soundlife.orangehome.co.uk or anna.lorbiecki@btinternet.com .

Below are some previous notes and minutes etc

The function of the group to include (amongst others)

a) Strengthening a community which values diversity and is inclusive
b) Supporting the needs of vulnerable people, for example, very elderly people and people with various disabilities
c)Engaging with our community elders to encourage them to share their wealth of knowledge, skills, experience and expertise across a wide range of Transition-related areas such as cooking, sewing, knitting, gardening, building, DIY, living with less, etc., etc.
d) Skill sharing in the crucial Transition skills of facilitating group dynamics and conflict resolution
e) Sharing information about different structures for community living e.g. co-housing, housing co-op, eco-villages etc.
f) Carbon evenings – informal opportunities for people to support each other in reducing their carbon footprint
g) Outreach. Various ways of going out to the wider community and sharing information about the transition movement and facilitating discussions about ways to strengthen community as well dealing with the emotional aspects of facing the changes to come.