The following are all useful links to the transition organisation, local sustainability groups, and other relevant sources:

     NEW - PACT Directory of Local Food Suppliers - click here

All of the following books are available (either in stock or can be ordered) from
the Bluebell Bookshop, Angel Lane, Penrith:

The Transition Handbook – Rob Hopkins ISBN 978-1-900322-18-8
Peak Everything: Waking up to a Century of Declines – R Heinberg. New Society Publishing
Heat: How to Stop the Planet From Burning - George Monbiot (Allen Lane, Penguin Press)
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet - Mark Lynas
The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilisation – T. Homer-Dixon. (Souvenir Press)
The Last Oil Shock: A Survival Guide to the Imminent Extinction of Petroleum Man – Strahan. D. John (Murray Publishing)
Renewable Energy Cannot Sustain a Consumer Society – Trainer T. Springer Verlag
Green Guides to Cumbria - CAfS
The Revenge of Gaia - James Lovelock (Allen Lane / Penguin)
The Vanishing Face of Gaia - James Lovelock (Allen Lane / Penguin)

Food Books:
So Shall We Reap & Feeding People is Easy - Colin Tudge (Penguin)
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto - Michael Pollan (New York: Penguin Press)
We Want Real Food - Michael Harvey (Constable & Robinson Publishing)
Carbon Fields - Michael Harvey (Grass Roots Publishing)
Not on the Label - Felicity Lawrence
Eat Your Heart Out (Why Business is Bad for your Health & for the Environment) - Felicity Lawrence
The Omnivore's Dilemma & The Botany of Desire - Michael Pollan
Bad Food Britain - Joanna Blythman
SHOPPED - the shocking power of British supermarkets - Joanna Blythman (Harper Perennial 2005)
The Botany of Desire - Michael Pollan

 


Bluebell Bookshop, Penrith's best bookseller!

 

www.transitiontowns.org

www.transitionculture.org - where the concepts in the Transition Handbook are explored in more depth

www.energybulletin.net

Cumbria Transition Groups:
www.slacc.org.uk (South Lakeland Action on Climate Change, based in the Kendal area)www.transition-south-lakes.org.uk (Transition South Lakes / Kendal area)www.sustainablebrampton.org (Transition group in Brampton area)www.sustainablecarlisle.org (Transition group in Carlisle area)
www.sustainablealstonmoor.org (Transition group based in Alston)

www.cafs.org.uk (Cumbria Action for Sustainability)

www.energyinfo.org.uk (Cumbria Energy Advice Centre)

"Conserve the world's resources - don't add to landfill"

http://www.ilovefreegle.org/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PenrithEdenFreegle/

www.energysavingtrust.org.uk

www.lake-district.gov.uk/climatechange
- Lake District National Park Authority: Climate change, downloadable report: ‘Low Carbon Lake District’)

www.penrith-lets.co.uk (Penrith & District LETS Scheme)

Cumbria's only fully operational watermill, committed to producing high quality flour using British grain:
http://organicmill.co.uk/

 

  

Vista Veg is a small growers cooperative based in the village of Crosby Ravensworth near Shap in Cumbria, responsibly growing high quality vegetables for people who care about where and how their food is produced. Seasonable vegetable boxes are supplied locally to a growing number of scheme members within an approx 10 mile radius.

Menu suggestions are available with recipe recommendations
on how this fresh produce can best be turned into delicious meals!