In this Skill Share blog we take a quick look at how Jo and Tristan made their very own toga using old bed sheets. A neat activity for the family during lockdown! Follow the step by step to try it at home. 1) Find yourself a large white sheet. If you do not have one at home, you may want to try St AndReuse to get some for free. 2) Cut the duvet apart, and then fold it over to find the mRead More…
At this time of year we are lucky enough to still have access to local apples for our baking. I am Tansy Torkington, the coordinator of our Skill Share project. Here I’ll be sharing this zero waste recipe for making a Christmas Apple Crumble. Here it is, hope you all enjoy. Step 1: Save time and food waste by no longer bothering to peel the apples before adding to the crumble. Read More…
https://youtu.be/BWEgYyzVYtg The Kernel was buzzing on the sunny afternoon of Saturday, 27th of October as we celebrated our first anniversary by holding The Men’s Shed open day and a big autumn apple juice off. Lots of local folk turned up to make and sample the fresh apple juice. We managed to breeze through 200kg of the locally harvested apples, saving them from going to waste. Menâ€Read More…
Don’t hesitate, come and try out what we have in our Tool Library! Harvest time is here and folk are busy booking out items like the Dehydrator to make dried fruit and the maslin pan to make jam. We also have a Kenwood Chefette to loan if you would like to make your own Christmas cake. Check out our Tool Share Inventory and see what we have to loan out, you may be pleasantly surprised! RemembeRead More…
Having just joined the Transition team, I am enjoying getting to grips with the seemingly infinite diversity of strands of work that we do. Last week’s University of St Andrews Orientation Week made for a perfect if exhausting showcase. I love cooking and I am always looking for some unusual (and free) ingredients so one of my favourite events was the Beach Food Forage Skillshare session, led by Read More…
We have asked Pam, who helps out with our Skillshare sewing workshops, to tell us how she got into repairing and upcycling clothes. Here is what she said: As a war baby, I grew up in an environment when of necessity as little as possible was discarded. Old sweaters were unravelled and the wool reused, socks darned, elbow patches added, clothes unpicked for fashionable patchwork or rag rug mRead More…
Happy New Year 2017, and welcome back to St Andrews! Refreshers Week is just around the corner, and Transition has quite a number of events lined up. There’s something for everyone, and a comprehensive list can be found below. Like to get down and dirty, grubby and muddy? Come to one of our garden sessions. Need some household items FREE of charge? Come to the St And Re-Use Giveaway. Feeling Read More…
Katherine is the newest addition to the Transition team. She has recently finished a PhD in the Department of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of St Andrews on domestic energy demand and expectations of home comfort. You can find more about her research on her website and Katherine tweets as @Ellsworth_Krebs. Email her at ke68@st-andrews.ac.uk. In just a week I have been Read More…
Transition UStA is looking for a summer intern to undertake market research linked to our new Low Carbon Hub (skillshare and growing  project) at the St Andrews Botanic Garden. This is a great opportunity to take on a marketing role within a small organisation where you will consider who your audience is, how they can be engaged in your message whilst generating new media to publicise and attractRead More…
There are lots of practical sessions coming up this Autumn in the Edible Campus. From taking fruit cuttings to soil maintenance – its a busy time. We have harvested well over 200kg of veg so far this year across the campus and also harvested over 200kg of fruit from the Orchard and there is still plenty more to come. Join us in the garden for these practical sessions. Autumn Sessions BuiRead More…
These two short practical workshops will teach you some basic skills for winter pruning of apple trees. With two community orchards in St Andrews you will get an opportunity to prune young trees at Stanks Park and mature trees in the wonderful Old St Leonards school Orchard . Both sessions are free and will be led by Gerben de Vries from the Newburgh Orchard group . Some tools provided but pleaRead More…
So hopefully at some point this week you’ve chatted with someone about Transition’s work and are feeling highly enthused. If you’d like to get involved in the work of Transition, why not try our Volunteer Intern Programme. Last year we kept getting asked by people how they could get more involved in Transition on a more permanent basis. We were super excited about your enthusiaRead More…