raincat, 3 months ago to photography

food insecurity

#foodinsecurity #urbanphotography #photography #communityaction #mutualaid #capitalism #posters #Glasgow #citylife

Poster for a march. It reads "1/4 Scots in food insecurity. We're no putting up with this".

TransitionTog, 9 months ago to community

Millions went #BacktoSchool this week. At Shawlands Primary, that means the return of their #bikebus.

Twice a week, kids & parents gather to wheel the busy city roads to school. By doing it together, it becomes safer, easier & more joyful for kids to cycle to school.

And here they are on the BBC last year, telling the story of their bike bus and the difference it’s making to kids, parents and the streets near them.: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-61599279

Community solutions to the problems of our time - we love it! What do you think? Could it work where you are?

Thanks to Shawlands Bike Bus for letting us sharethe video. Find them on twitter @bikebusshaw and insta at @shawlandsbikebus

#community #communityaction #glasgow #bike #cycle #activetravel #school #climateaction #climatechange #transport

Video shows adults and children cycling past a fixed point at the end of a road in Glasgow, with four storey red brick traditional flats along the route.

TransitionTog, 11 months ago to Cambridge

A Transition shed has been shortlisted for the coveted #shedoftheyear award!

Built by volunteers over several months, with mostly reclaimed materials, it sits in the lush oasis of Transition Cambridge’s Empty Common Community Garden close to the centre of the city.

It's a place of peace for the volunteer gardeners and for local groups working towards a fairer, resilient and thriving community to use.

They call it the Head, Heart and Hands shed – amazing how just a few square metres of space can help bring people together and support local change...

Transition Together seed funding from the The National Lottery Community Fund helped to get the shed up and running. It’s got our vote – what about you?! https://www.readersheds.co.uk/share.cfm?shareshed=8284

#shed #transitiontown #communitygarden #communityaction #climatechange #cambridge

Volunteers use the shed to grab a drink in between community gardening sessions – here one of them collects three mugs of tea through the shed’s open window.
Using reclaimed materials meant the group had to be creative when they didn’t quite fit – like this donated bespoke window. The volunteers used colourful glass bottles to create a mosaic that filled the gap.
The shed in its surrounding community garden, make an oasis of calm and peace for folks working for community led change.

TransitionTog, 1 year ago to random

A taste of what Transition groups are up to this weekend:

🌱Transition Town Rugby volunteer session at their herb garden

☕Trawsnewid Llandrindod Transition green coffee & chat, also at their herb garden!

🐜Abingdon Carbon Cutters host a biodiversity walk

🌺 Transition Buxton have a plant swap at the town's market

🛠 Transition Crich launch their new #repaircafe - good luck! And Transition Town Louth also repairing this weekend!

⛱ Deal With It - Transition Deal beach clean

🔌Many #Transitiontowns have #GreatBigGreenWeek events - like Vision 21 kicking off a cable amnesty, trying to recycle as many of those lurking wires as possible through their Reclaim store.

Plus, looking forward to lots of folks in the North West joining our regional gathering Greenslate Farm!

All this community-led action/change this weekend... and every weekend! Tell us what else you have going on?

#Communityaction #climateaction #growingcommunity #transitiontown #incredibleedible