What you can do to reduce Climate Change
By TransitionStA volunteer- Isabelle Low I was prompted to write this piece by an article in the Sunday Times by Dominic Lawson, saying (accurately) that anything that we did in …
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May Flowers at Guardbridge
April showers bring forth May flowers, so the old adage goes. It didn’t feel like we had many April showers, but there was certainly occasionally frost and hail. Nonetheless, flowers …
End of Year report 2018-19
So many great things and great people make a Transition UStA year. We have tried to bring them together in one annual report. Let us know what you think.
Weeding tip from the Urban Farm
At the Urban Farm and Community Garden at the moment we are busy direct sowing, and sowing and planting modules. It is a busy month in the farm and we …
Nuclear Energy; the pros and cons
Background We are surrounded by matter, made up of atoms, each of which contains enormous amounts of energy in the bonds that hold the atom together. This energy can be …
EVENT: Grow Wild on Earth Day: Embrace Your Flower Power!
A warm welcome to everyone!:) As a means to celebrate Earth day, we are hosting an afternoon embracing our native Scottish wildlife, in association with Grow Wild. Grow Wild’s mission …
EVENT: Shared Path Meet-Up!
Join us on Saturday 27th April for a fun and inspiring afternoon for the Crail to St Andrews Shared Path project. Drop-in anytime between 12-3pm at Kingsbarns Memorial Hall, where you’ll be …
Tool Share Review!
Newsletter, 2019; Tool Share Tool Share has taken off over the last six months, due, mainly to exposure on the Transition St Andrews Community Tool Share Face Book site, …
Transition End of Year Survey 2018-19
Its that time of year when report writing takes the priority spot and we would love your help! Please take 5 minutes to complete this. Much appreciated 🙂
A Plastic Free St Andrews: Behind the Scenes with Daphne Biliouri-Grant
1. What does Single-Use Plastic mean? Single-use plastics, also known as disposable plastics, are plastic items that are used only once and then thrown away or in some cases recycled. …
Paw print, your pet’s carbon footprint.
Pets have co-evolved with mankind for thousands of years. Domestic dogs were thought to have evolved from domesticated grey wolves in the Middle East around 15 000 years ago. Archaeological …
Seed Sowing Galore!
The gardens are beginning to buzz as they slowly are bursting with new life. Signs of springs such as frog spawn, bumble bees and yellow daffodils is a sure sign …