Transition Town Alness

1. Household Renewables Event - Sat 4th Sept
(Energy/General)

... Event opens in Averon Leisure Centre, tea and coffee available 12.15pm   Introductory talk from Alness Transition Town Group 12.25pm   Presentation from Rob Snaith (Energy Saving Trust) on renewables and ...

2. Where can you get more information?
(News/General News)

Wanting to know where to go to find more information on what motivates transition towns?   transitiontowns.org - great place for information on transition movements and includes the transition primer, ...

3. Want help to lower your energy bills?
(Energy/General)

... in touch to book your free home visit now (01349 884896, 07920 437526, energy@transitiontownalness.org.uk).   We will also be putting on a series of workshops over the next year. They will be on different ...

4. New Home Energy Advisors for Alness
(Energy/General)

Alness Transition Town Group has two new members to work on its Home Energy Project. Adrian Farrell, originally from Ireland, has a background in environmental science, including a masters degree in Environmental ...

5. John Thurso MP visits ATTG
(News/Latest)

Alness Transition Town Group met with John Thurso MP at the West End Community Centre during his visit to Alness and Invergordon in February. The MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross met with Peter ...

6. Home Energy Advisor posts
(News/General News)

Alness Transition Town Group were recently recruiting for Home Energy Advisors for our Home Energy Project. The closing date for applications has now passed, but the information can still be downloaded ...

7. Funding announced for two projects in Alness!
(News/Newsflash)

Alness Transition Town Group are delighted to announce that two major carbon-cutting projects have been awarded funding by the Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge Fund.   Our group has been ...

8. Did you fill in an energy survey?
(News/General News)

Households across Alness received something important in the post over the last two weeks of November. Alness Transition Town Group has been working with the Energy Saving Scotland advice centre for the ...

9. Thanks for coming to "Environmentalness"
(News/General News)

Alness Transition Town Group held a special event in the Averon Centre on Friday 27th November to celebrate why Alness is an environmentally-friendly place to live and to explore ways to make our community ...

10. Our ideas for waste and recycling
(Waste and Recycling/General)

Our society can be quite wasteful, but the "reduce, reuse, recycle" message is becoming more widely accepted and understood. Alness Transition Town Group have a few ideas on how we can minimise the waste ...

11. What ideas do with have for local food?
(Food/General)

... in Alness Transition Town Group helping to establish a market in Alness? Wild foraging workshop. There is a lot of free food available in the countryside around Alness. It can be difficult - and sometimes ...

12. We want your opinion!
(News/General News)

Alness Transition Town Group conducted a survey towards the end of 2009 to find out our community's opinion on projects and activities on the themes of energy efficiency, renewable energy, waste, sustainable ...

13. The Alness Green and Easy Food Fair
(Food/General)

Residents of Alness turned out in large numbers on Saturday 19th September for the Green and Easy Food Fair that was jointly organised by Alness Transition Town Group (ATTG) and Ross-shire Waste Action ...

14. Powerdown gets underway!
(Powerdown/Powerdown News!)

After attending the first Community Powerdown Conference in Birnam in May, Peter has begun his work with Alness Transition Town Group. He has spent the last few weeks meeting various people to try and ...

15. Powerdown Person appointed
(Powerdown/Powerdown News!)

Alness Transition Town Group, a group of Alness people committed to finding ways of supporting local families and businesses to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels, has appointed Peter Elbourne to the ...

16. Community Powerdown Powers Up!
(Powerdown/Powerdown News!)

... a community-owned wind project to deliver renewable energy.”   The following 27 community groups are part of the Community Powerdown consortium: Alness Transition Town Ardoch Development Trust ...

17. Community Powerdown Project
(Powerdown/Powerdown News!)

Transition Town Alness are delighted to be part of the Community Energy Scotland "Community Powerdown Project" consortium. The project will enable us to employ a part time Powerdown Officer for two years ...

18. Funding announced for two ATTG projects!
('Uncategorised Content')

Alness Transition Town Group is pleased to announce that we have received funding from the Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge Fund for two major projects. We have been awarded £75,000 for our ...

19. Overview
('Uncategorised Content')

Alness Transition Town Group was established in 2008 with an objective to raise awareness of the twin challenges of Peak Oil and Climate Change and to provide the necessary encouragement and support to ...

20. About Us
('Uncategorised Content')

Who are we? Alness Transition Town Group is a network of local people who are working together to build a low carbon, sustainable community for the future here in Alness. With the imminent threats ...