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Transition Southampton once again offering TREEmendous bargains in bid to build citywide virtual orchard

November 4, 2011 by

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Southampton’s residents are once again being offered the chance to buy bargain price fruit trees to help create a city-wide ‘virtual orchard’. Last year 80 trees were distributed by TREEmendous Southampton during a community event at Ropewalk Community Garden, 20 of which were donated to local schools. The initiative is being run by volunteers from […]

Southampton to create a ‘Virtual Orchard’ in new Transition Southampton project

November 5, 2010 by

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Southampton is set to create a ‘Virtual Orchard’ across the city this Winter with Transition Southampton offering bargain-priced apple trees through the TREEmendous Southampton project. TREEmendous Southampton was set up by the local food group in order to give people in Southampton the chance to have fresh, organic fruit in their gardens for as cheap as […]

Climate Crunched – the Climate loses out at Copenhagen

December 20, 2009 by

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The Copenhagen Climate Talks have come to a close with no meaningful deal in sight.  The Copenhagen Accord, the result of 2 weeks of debating, 2 years beforehand of negotiations and with 20 years of scientific lobbying behind it, has merely set out the gathered nations belief that climate change is a problem, and that […]

The Copenhagen Climate Crunch

December 10, 2009 by

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Student activist David McKay tells us about the Copenhagen Climate talks, and what’s wrong with the current and likely future treaty: The Copenhagen Climate Crunch “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” – Shakespeare was right… Between the 7th and 18th of December, representatives of all the countries of the world will gather in […]

Southampton makes a Wave in London

December 10, 2009 by

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Activists from the University, local church and environmental groups joined up to 50’000 people in London this past Saturday who marched on Westminster as part of ‘The Wave’ climate protest.  The march occurred just before delegates from the world’s nations – as well as thousands of activists – arrive in Copenhagen, Denmark for the UN […]