Transition Derry

Tackling Peak Oil and Climate Change Together

TT Derry is part of a worldwide initiative aiming to build community resilience to face the challenges of peak oil and climate change.

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A blog post by marian farrell was featured

End the Debt-Based Money System

Friends, I just created a new petition and I hope you can sign -- it's called: End the debt-based money system.This issue is very important to me, and together we can do something about it! Read more about it and sign it here: http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/End_the_debtbased_money_system/Campaigns like this always start small, but they grow when people like us get involved -- please take a second right now to help…See More
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Miriam Turley posted a blog post

Grow Wild Project Funding

Do you work with communities?  Do you have an unloved site near those communities with landowner permissions?   Would you be able to produce a 3 year maintenance plan beyond autumn 2016 for the site?  Would £120,000 help you make it accessible to the wider community, highly visible and inspiring?  Could you have the project ready for launch by April 2014?  If the answer is yes to ALL of those questions then the Grow Wild Team would like to hear from you. Grow Wild aims to bring people and…See More
May 13
marian farrell posted a blog post

Developing a Citywide Timebank - event in Derry

Thursday 9th May 20132pm - 3.45pmVerbal Arts Centre, Bishop St Within Derryrsvp: Natasha Weatherallnatasha.weatherall@volunteernow.co.uk028 90 90 2020Developing a City-wide Timebank - First Steps and Next StepsDiscussion facilitated by David Russell, Spice   Spice is a social enterprise that develops agency timebanking systems for communities and public services that engage and empower the many rather than the few.  Community decline and civic disengagement is not confined to the old mining…See More
Apr 29
A blog post by marian farrell was featured
Apr 29
 

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End the Debt-Based Money System

Posted by marian farrell on May 17, 2013 at 23:07

Grow Wild Project Funding

Posted by Miriam Turley on May 13, 2013 at 12:59

Fracking in Fermanagh - local film showing

Posted by marian farrell on April 29, 2013 at 18:56

About Us

Transition Derry
Making Links and Sharing Skills to Build Local Resilience for Powerdown

How do you see life in the North West after Peak Oil?
When oil production is on the decline and we no longer have access to the benefits of a cheap supply will we be able to cope with the end of the world as we know it?

Could we see the challenges as an opportunity to build on the networks which are already strong in our communities; to share skills; learn from our elders; create a new way of living which cares for people and the environment?
Transition Derry works locally as part of a worldwide initiative which is building community resilience to face the effects of Climate Change, Peak Oil and Economic Breakdown. To find out more go to

www.transitionculture.org; www.transitiontowns.org
http://transitiontownsireland.ning.com/

Transition Derry was started in October 2008 with the aim of developing community based networks to enable sustainable, local 'eating, heating and means of exchange'. 

After four years of workshops, films, partnerships and proposals, in 2012 Transition Derry had a rest period, allowing space to develop the vegetable plots and relationships. Vegetable growing has certainly taken off in the City. I'm looking forward to meeting other growers at the Walled City Market where we can now buy community produce thanks to Gareth and DCC.

Timebanking has so far only been been taken up by a small group of people but the system is still there when needed at www.foylejustxchange.org

Ingenious people have also been making their own informal arrangements without the need for recording transactions. I really like the Free Stall run by Caroline and Claire at the Carndonagh Market every month.

I'm mostly keeping up to date with the excellent and focused work Positive Money is doing in the campaign for monetary reform. They do have their work cut out in educating the policy makers. 

http://www.positivemoney.org/our-proposals/

With my gas system staying unrepaired this winter, I've been heating my terrace house with manual labour and locally grown hardwood, except when it's really cold and I need turf :(  My dream is to install a much more energy efficient thermal mass stove; I've done the research and know the engineer who can design and build it. I just need to be very creative around the means of exchange.

Please keep an eye on this site for updates, sign up as a member for regular information or get in touch if you have expertise, ideas or enthusiasm relating to any or all of these areas: Food; Sustainable Energy; Green Economics; Transport; Health; Heart and Soul (recovering from oil dependency).

Transition Derry doesn't have regular meetings but there will be plenty of opportunity to meet up, learn and share. New members and ideas always welcome.

Marian

Jan 2013

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