Category Archives: Energy

Energy group meeting

Please note: The Energy group meet­ing on Thursday 10th June at 7.30pm is now post­poned until 1st July. The meet­ing is not in the PEDAL office but please con­tact PEDAL for more details.

We wel­come new ideas for devel­op­ing our cur­rent energy plans and ideas for the future.

Cuba Night was-salsa brilliant!

Well over a hundred folk participated …

in a won­der­ful even­ing of Salsa les­sons & Dancing, a Presentation on Transition by Eva and an inspir­ing film on Saturday 21st Feb in St Philips Church Hall.

The film — ”The Power of Community’ — about Cuba’s exper­i­ence of how to deal with Peak Oil (they lost 50% of their oil sup­ply overnight) was fol­lowed by a brief but insight­ful dis­cus­sion focus­ing on what we miss by liv­ing in a soci­ety obsessed with eco­nom­ic growth (a com­munity where people know and trust each oth­er, and have fun) and what we can do about it (have fun build­ing a relo­c­al­ised eco­nomy and community).

Charlotte and Emma did bril­liantly to think up the idea and make the even­ing hap­pen. Thanks also to Joan, Tom, Mary Jane and Alastair for help­ing out, and to Stewart Weaver, Alec and all at St Philips for allow­ing us to use their won­der­ful hall. Thanks to all who came and danced and watched and spoke, and thanks for the gen­er­ous dona­tions and to all who became mem­bers of PEDAL for a £1 …

 

 

Join Porty’s New Year’s Resolution…

New Year's Resolution posterLose 3 tonnes in just 3 months

If we all put in one new low energy light­bulb each we can reduce Portobello’s Carbon Emissions by 3 tonnes AND save money …

Come and get Free low energy light­bulbs from …
PEDAL — Portobello Transition Town, 90 High Street, Portobello

Also see the draft Community CO2 Reduction Plan