Transizione a Kings Cliffe

We are an enthusiastic active group of volunteers based in the fabulous village of Kings Cliffe, Northants. We’re passionate about protecting our planet, here’s a bit more information about what we’re up to.

Gruppo di trasporto: Monthly Bikefix workshops; Local bike ride leaflets; Generally encouraging our community to walk or use their bikes rather than jump into the car for short journeys. Gruppo alimentare: Allotment project creating mini-allotments for people who can’t or don’t want to manage a full or half-size allotment. A group of us have set up an ethical food buying cooperative. We encourage people to minimise packaging and refill containers wherever possible. The Pytchell: An area of land owned by our Parish Council, that we now maintain with them. It includes a Community Orchard that we have been managing for many years. We’re now looking after the rest of the Pytchell, with a view to making it as nature friendly and biodiverse as possible. We may create a food growing area at the top, and a community seating area. The Pytchell is a designated quiet space, with no dogs allowed, so perfect for nurturing plants and wildlife. Gruppo Wildplaces: Kings Cliffe is very lucky to be set in a large area of wonderful countryside. We have many sites recognised for their high value for nature and biodiversity and our Wildplaces Group was set up not only to manage these areas for the wildlife, but also to encourage villagers to get out and enjoy them. We run regular volunteer work parties to manage these areas and keep them open to visitors, and always welcome new volunteers. We also organise guided walks where we explore our wild places, and discover interesting plants, animals, birds and insects. We campaign ardently to protect biodiverse land within our village boundary and beyond, which can be a real battle sometimes. We have a fair bit of experience doing that now.  We also work hard to encourage and promote biodiversity wherever we can. Gruppo Energia Domestica: Un gruppo formato nel 2023 per esaminare i modi in cui possiamo aiutare le persone a utilizzare l'energia verde, a diventare più efficienti dal punto di vista energetico e a risparmiare denaro. Finora non ci sono stati grandi progressi a causa dei vincoli di tempo e di risorse, probabilmente al momento si tratterà più che altro di educazione. Abbiamo una termocamera che le persone possono prendere in prestito per misurare le perdite di calore nelle loro case. Eventi: Thus far we have run three series of ‘Green Gardening’ talks (July 2023, June 2025, and July 2026), encouraging people to garden in a more environmentally friendly way. The talks have been very well received so we plan to run further events covering different topics. The talks have been so interesting, with lots of ideas about how we can all make our gardens kinder to the planet. The materials we use, the plants we grow, the way we use and conserve water, the health of our soil. We also run climate cafes periodically, usually by turning up at existing cafes in the village to provide information and conversation. Plus in 2022 we ran a Carbon Literacy workshop hosted by Jen Gale, very useful and informative and now some of us are qualified carbon literate! Comunicazione e sensibilizzazione: We write an article about our Transition activities every month in the village gazette. We have designed and printed an information brochure that has been posted through people’s doors and is made available at any events we run. We have a website, which is updated quarterly, and a very active Facebook page.

Se disponiamo delle risorse necessarie, vorremmo ampliare l'attività del gruppo Energia domestica per esaminare, ad esempio, gli schemi energetici locali. Altri eventi e conferenze.