Some of us attended Cafe Repair Falmouth’s highly successful first public event at Falmouth Art Gallery on Sunday 7th May. The place was buzzing with highly skilled and enthusiastic repairers on hand to take on a very wide range of … Continue reading
“Food, glorious good, there’s nothing quite like it……” To celebrate Cornish local food and drink this Christmas a new online guide to small and medium-sized enterprises has just been launched by Transition Falmouth. With over 120 listings of producers, … Continue reading
Back in 2007 Transition Falmouth helped compile a list of local food retailers and wholesalers in mid and west Cornwall dealing in local produce which now needs updating and expanding. We would greatly appreciate your help in compiling a new … Continue reading
In these tricky times it almost seems frivolous to suppose that any of us has enough cash lying around to consider investing it in anything, let alone getting through the week. However, perhaps you, or someone you know, have been … Continue reading
Divestment from fossil fuels is the opposite of investment: any money invested by a person or company in coal, oil or gas is withdrawn by the investor. The divestment movement is growing worldwide and aims to slow the fossil fuels … Continue reading
Community Power Cornwall are launching a very short share offer now before Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) tax relief is removed on the 30th November. It is a great opportunity to invest in and support locally owned and led renewable energy projects. … Continue reading
Click here for full FEP and TREE Press release – covering notes by Charmian Larke of FEP included below, See FEP (Fal Energy Partnership) and TREE (Truro Eco Energy) websites for more information on each organisation: Dear Spotlight (and many other press … Continue reading
Fossil Free have come up with a rather nifty map that shows to what extent local councils are investing pension plan money in fossil fuels. Cornwall Council come out of the analysis fairly well, but this is no time for … Continue reading
Promoting energy efficient lifestyles and reducing our carbon emissions is not an easy task, although vital to tackling arguably the greatest challenge facing humanity. Austerity politics tends to push green issues off the agenda. However, saving money and saving carbon … Continue reading
The world’s only transatlantic, engine-less cargo vessel, Tres Hombres, returns to Falmouth on Friday 1st May 2015 as part of its sixth consecutive journey from Europe to the Caribbean and back. See here for much more information and details of … Continue reading