Transporting Cargo Without The Carbon
As a charity without premises we needed a trailer that would fold away when not in use, so we opted for the XLC cargo trailer, which...
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- Jan 17
Making a New Year’s Resolution that will help repair our climate
As we look to 2021, Transition Town Letchworth have been debating the New Year’s resolutions that each of us could choose to help repair...
- Jan 17
Letchworth Receives Transition Bounce Forward Grant Award
The grant is to provide our TerraCycle service with a large-capacity bike cargo trailer. This will relieve us of having to use a car for...
- Jan 17
Looking To The Future – Can You Have a Holiday In the Mediterranean Sun Without Flying?
Flying, if you must, will probably make the most significant contribution to your annual carbon footprint. Aircraft fuel is...
- Jan 17
Finding Cycling Routes
Letchworth cyclists exploring options for the proposed cycle network The 2018 Hertfordshire County Travel Survey found that only 1.9% of...
- Jan 17
Leaving the Car Behind
We have all heard the messages that walking or cycling can improve our health and fitness levels. Using the car a bit less is good for...
- Jan 17
Lifestyle changes to limit Covid-19 also help to repair our climate
Taking into account UK production and import of goods, the average person in the UK produces 12 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents...
- Jan 17
Transition Town Letchworth Response to the Hertfordshire Rail Strategy Revision (2019)
Transition Town Letchworth have reviewed the strategy in terms of how it will support users and potential users of Letchworth rail...
- Jan 17
Transition Town Contributions To NHDC Environmental Panels
Click here for a handout including all the TTL submissions.
- Jan 17
Supporting Letchworth School Children To Get On Their Bikes
Wilbury is the tenth school to benefit from a project which has been jointly delivered by Transition Town Letchworth and North...
- Jan 17
Transition Town Letchworth response to NHDC declaration of a ‘Climate Emergency’
North Herts District Council declared a Climate Emergency at its meeting on 21 May 2019. Transition Town Letchworth (TTL) formed in 2008...
- Jan 17
How Developments In Transport Can Help Letchworth Move To Sustainable Transport
Our Transition Tuesday in January 2019 considered the opportunities in the County Council’s new Transport Plan, focusing on ideas for how...
- Jan 17
The Future of Transport In Letchworth
Following an engaging Transition Tuesday in January, where we had a presentation on LTP4 from Herts County Council transport team,...
- Jan 17
Letchworth Cyclists Feedback on The Heritage Foundation Cycle Strategy Consultation
In June 2017 Letchworth cyclists produced a plan for a cycle network for the town. This plan was provided to the Heritage Foundation and...
- Jan 17
Walk To School Week
Our last Tuesday talk was about learning how messages and learning can be shared through storytelling. Peter, one of our trustees is keen...
- Jan 17
Family Bike Training and Rides
On a cycle ride today we met up with our local Bikeability training instructor and found out about these great family activities that are...
- Jan 17
Cycling In Letchworth
But there is no denying that the roads are much busier than when I cycled as a child. Some car drivers are great and overtake with care....
- Jan 17
Three LEAFy months
Last January, we borrowed a Nissan LEAF for a seven-day test drive. The car impressed us so much that we decided to go ahead and buy one....
- Jan 17
To Norfolk in a Nissan Leaf
We recently took Nissan up on their offer of a 7-day test drive on the LEAF. Our first observation is that this is a really impressive...
- Jan 17
Low Carbon Holidays – A round up of findings from January’s Transition Tuesday
Attendees at the Transition Tuesday event about low carbon holidays were asked to think about the best and worst aspects of holidays...
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