You may have seen the article in the Packet featuring the Falmouth Food Festival – the first of its kind Starts tomorrow 26th May and ends on the 28th running from 10am to 8pm. Sounds as though it’s well worth … Continue reading
Tregoniggie Woodland Fair is taking place on Saturday 13 May 11am – 3pm and Transition Falmouth will have a stall at this annual celebration of all things woodland! Tea, coffee and cake will be available See this poster and their … Continue reading
Representatives of Transition Falmouth, Falmouth LETS, SoLOOtions Focussed and Fal Energy Partnership were present at the Princess Pavilion for the Rotary ‘Climate’ event on Friday 3rd and Sat 4th Feb. An excellent representation of the many local organisations were to … Continue reading
The Rotary Club in Falmouth have organised the following event to take place at the Princess Pavilion in Falmouth on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th February, 10am – 3pm Together We Can Achieve Net Zero for Falmouth Join us at … Continue reading
The approach to budget eating is vast and varied. I can provide only a few suggestions based on experience but nutrition and fresh, not processed food, is a healthy and hopefully, cheaper option. I’m sure most people are aware that … Continue reading
Transition Falmouth has just updated its “Hard-to-Recycle” Guide for the Falmouth/Penryn Area. Since we produced our first Hard-to-Recycle Guide in 2019 opportunities for recycling have been growing in our area. This update is designed to reflect this encouraging trend, and … Continue reading
We have been asked to promote the following (very timely) free conference at Tremough Campus on Saturday 22nd October, and are very happy to do so! You can book for free here From the booking page: In and Beyond Neighbourhood … Continue reading
Our review of activities by Transition Falmouth over the past year is now available on our downloads page as a PDF. Also available via this direct link. … Continue reading
This article by Carrie is one of a series of individual reflections by Transition Falmouth’s members as the cost of living crisis escalates. Comments welcome. I have never written a blog before but was sufficiently shocked upon listening to a … Continue reading
Plastic pollution of our marine and wider environment continues to cause great concern globally and locally. But how deep of a crisis is it? Have we reached a critical point where discarded plastic waste has become so embedded in our … Continue reading
The first “Turning Off the Plastic Tap” Guide was produced in 2018. Since then, we have just completed an update, as there have been some significant developments, locally, nationally, and globally, concerning single-use plastic waste reduction Here locally, for example, … Continue reading
The sources of our energy and its consumption are currently a huge economic and environmental concern. Back in the 19th century “consumption” was a medical issue, in the 20th an aspiration/addiction, and now in the 21st a major environmental problem! … Continue reading
The Cornwall Sustainability Awards were presented on Friday, 3rd December at a ceremony held in the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro There were winners, runners-up, and highly commended awards, across several categories; including Growing Greener (sustainable food and farming); Circular … Continue reading
I began working on this project around 2 years ago, aiming to research and promote the use of compost toilets and waterless systems for environmental gain. This – let’s face it, slightly unusual – area of interest came about some … Continue reading
Some recent news Biodiversity Falmouth Town Council has declared an Ecological Emergency. You can read all about it in the Packet, and note the call to support the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill (which Transition Falmouth has signed up to). … Continue reading
Spreading the word at Green Day at the Princess Pavilion on Sunday 19th September! Here representing Transition Falmouth, Fal Energy Partnership and Falmouth LETS at Princess Pavilion’s pop up event put on by Falmouth Town Council. Fal Energy Partnership gained … Continue reading
Details of the Green Day at Princess Pavilion below – Sunday 19th September. Really good to see Princess Pavilion back at the heart of the community. Transition Falmouth will have a display on the day. … Continue reading
Fal Energy Partnership (which evolved from TF’s Energy group back in 2010) is running a survey to see what kind of potential projects they could pursue that those living in the Fal Network area would support. 12,000 printed copies of … Continue reading
This year – 2021 – has been designated the International Year of Fruit and Vegetables by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) of the United Nations, and to mark the occasion Transition Falmouth and Transition Truro have joined forces with … Continue reading
Have you ever needed an alternative to a car for shorter trips such as commuting, everyday errands and leisure trips, but worry about troublesome hills on a push-bike? Co Bikes e-bikes are the perfect solution; as they’re electrically assisted, they … Continue reading
Transition Falmouth is delighted to highlight Ambos’s visionary project detailed in their Press Release below and wish them every success. Ambos breaking new ground for community-led development in Falmouth In an exciting move towards an affordable housing scheme that would … Continue reading
A few words of gratitude to the retailers and initiatives in our Local Food Guide for being so resourceful and resilient in keeping us supplied and the local economy thriving during the Covid pandemic. We have been keeping a watchful … Continue reading
The Cornwall Bicycle Project got in touch with us about their free funded activities for adults in the Falmouth area to help get people back outside and getting active after 29th March which we are very happy to promote: www.thecornwallbicycleproject.co.uk … Continue reading
The State of Nature Cornwall 2020 is the title of a new report, due to be published in full in the Spring of this year. Produced by Cornwall Wildlife Trust in conjunction with Cornwall Council and the University of Exeter, … Continue reading