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 DilemmaThe 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

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

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

Penrith & Eden UK Freegle:
"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)