Hear from Charles and Judy Ainger and how they converted their 1960s bungalow to an energy efficient house run on renewable energy. Tuesday 13th March 8 pm High St Baptist Church, Tring.

Read more about what they have done here.

If you have an idea for an event in Hemel for Climate Week, please come along to our Green Drinks or email annie at hemelintransition.org

7.30pm February 10th, Rudolf Steiner School
Langley Hill. Kings Langley. WD4 9HG
Donations appreciated

REFRESHMENTS AND DISCUSSIONS AFTERWARDS

When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able to light their drinking water on fire. This is just one of the many absurd and astonishing revelations of a new country called GASLAND. Part vérité travelogue, part expose, part mystery, part bluegrass banjo meltdown, part showdown.

Wednesday 1st February, 8pm

Wednesday 22nd February, 8pm

Wednesday 29th February, 8pm

If you’d like to come along, please let Dee know at remake@hemelintransition.org

or phone 07748307979

“How is Hemel in Transition? – part III”
Spurred on by Dee’s tales of recycling with her neighbours in Boxmoor, we decided to try out the idea on the Manor Estate in November 2010. Pinning notices on lamposts, telling others at litter picks, and writing in our residents’ association newsletter, we gradually spread the word. Out of the shadows the recyclers emerged, dropping their cartons at our door. They are juice drinkers, soup sippers, custard consumers – this much their evidence tells us. Thankfully, these mystery visitors are on the whole well behaved, and their cartons arrive rinsed and flattened. Over one year on, our intake has doubled, and we now take two black bin liners full of tetrapaks to the dump at Eastman Way every month. Have our mystery recyclers doubled in number, or are they just consuming twice as much?

You can do the same at the house of another Boxmoor transitioner, at 65 St John’s Rd and 81 Cowper Rd, where you’ll find bins for foil and tetrapak – but please wash and flatten before you drop it off!

I’ve talked to shops in Boxmoor too.  At Parrys Newsagents Boxmoor, Jane is happy to have a collection box for batteries in her shop, so you can drop your batteries off when you pick up your paper.  I pick them up from there.

On 18/10/11 I took 14 kgms of batteries up to the tip (10 kgs from Parrys and 4 kgs from my doorstep collection box).

Richard from Boxmoor Framers said, “I recycle where he can rather than put it in landfill sites – I pass off cuts of board on to local schools, and use paper bags instead of plastic bags”.

As my friend Den Hudson once said to her son, “one bottle top on its own might not make a difference but if the whole street collect them – it certainly does”!

by Dee Fisher

Location: Dacorum Central Nursery, Two Waters Road (entrance on minor road, near the K2 Balti House). Phone 07795 236403 on the evening for more directions if needed.

Thursday 22 September: Green Tea at the Hemel Food Garden
Come and find out more about this incredible new community food project in the centre of town, and how you can be a part of it. Details tbc.

16th-22nd September: European Mobility Week
Are you interesting in organising something at your office or your school to encourage a push on alternative modes of transport to the car? Start thinking early! Transition Town Berkhamsted are organising a car- free weekend. Let us know if you would like to liaise with TTB on behalf of HiT . . .

Any news you want to publicise? Please let us know.

Are you a climate change doubter? Whether you like it or not or believe it or not the climate is once again in the news.

At the end of May it was reported that last year, despite all the talk from our political leaders about the need to reduce carbon emissions, they rose by record amounts with 75% of the increases coming from the developing world, making goods for our consumption. This has prompted some scientists to predict that the average 2 degree centigrade increase in world temperatures is now the best that we can hope for.

There is also news speculation that the weather, from the warm UK spring to tornados in the US is a direct consequence of climate change.

Well, on the Thursday 16th June, as part of the UK Wind Week you have a chance to find out all you need to know on the subject

“Climate Change: Sink or Swim?” – the latest evidence on climate change from the Met Office.
This event is held by renewable energy company RES at Beaufort Court, Kings Langley WD4 8LR. The talk will be preceded by guided tours of the low-carbon head office of RES from 6pm. RES advises that booking is highly recommended for this event to guarantee your seat, as places are limited. To book your ticket (£3), please go to http://www.beaufortcourt.com/wind-week-activities.aspx or if you have no internet access, phone 01923 299300. Or if you would prefer then e mail us with your details and we will book on your behalf.

After the talk HiT supporters are going to migrate to the Rose and Crown on Kings Langley High St for a Green Drinks to continue the discussions. We hope to see you there. Please remember that there will be no Green Drinks next Tuesday,

Green drinks to find a new home.
When the acting editor’s only reason to go to the Green Drinks is to watch the football on the TV (It was Real Madrid v Barcelona last time) its time to find a better venue.
We want to make the Green Drinks event more broadly appealing and accessible so we have decided to ask you if you have a preference on where and when we meet. We have thought of four possible venues:
* Boxmoor Hall, Boxmoor
* Indy Jax, Hemel Marlowes http://www.indyjax.co.uk/ – arty music cafe (On a quiet night)
* Woodys, Apsley Lock (On a quiet night)
* The Steam Coach, Boxmoor
Please tell us what venue your prefer and what day suits you.

Future Events

18-26 June: Bike Week. - There will be a Summer Solstice ride on 21st June, from the Three Horseshoes at Bourne End to the Valiant Trooper Aldbury via Ivinghoe Beacon. More info on the Bike Week website

9-10th July: Music on the Moor - Hemel in Transition is teaming up with Transition Towns in Berkhamsted and Tring to put on a big Transition presence at this fantastic biannual event. We hope to have attractions covering local food, energy, creative textile re-use with games, competitions and more. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for both days though have agreed with Tring in Transition and TT Berkhamsted that we concentrate our resources on Sunday to make it a really fun day… please contact Jason Williams on 07894 458808 if you want to help.

Sat 16 July: HiT picnic in the evening, at a private garden location in Boxmoor, with country dancing. Please email us if you would like to attend.

16th-22nd September: European Mobility Week
It may seem a while off yet, but could you organise something at your office or your school to encourage a push on alternative modes of transport to the car? Start thinking early! Transition Town Berkhamsted are organising a car- free weekend. Would you like to liaise with TTB on behalf of HiT?