North Herts Local Cycling & Walking Infrastructure Plan
Letchworth Cyclists are pleased to see that the LCWIP has set out to produce a plan for connected cycle networks within towns and where...
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- Oct 30, 2022
My little bit doesn't matter
About 50 years ago, as a young teacher, I watched a year 5 class present a very simple but effective assembly. I still remember it to...
- Sep 27, 2022
Hot Tanks – A Hot tip by Transition Town Letchworth
A hot tank is like a large electric kettle but is much more expensive to run. The following is irrelevant if you have a combination...
- Jul 24, 2022
Using water wisely
Remember 1976? Or at least heard about it. Well, you ain’t seen nothing yet! The South East is the driest and most populated region in...
- Jun 21, 2022
Solar panels with home batteries reduce electricity bills
Solar electricity panels (known as photovoltaics or PVs for short) capture the sun’s energy and convert it to electricity, so at this...
- May 19, 2022
Food That Crops Again and Again
Fruit trees and bushes in the garden can provide regular crops of fruits each year with little effort and they make a good starting point...
- Apr 20, 2022
Using ‘ The Big Plastic Audit ‘ in preparation for National Refill Day
The energy crisis is focusing attention on how we wean ourselves off oil and gas, and single use plastics are one oil based product we...
- Mar 18, 2022
Electric Cars – is now the time to buy one?
With rising prices for fossil fuels, electric cars’ running costs suddenly seem increasingly attractive
- Mar 13, 2022
Energy Bills going up by 50% in April!
What can you do to reduce your energy bills to fit your budget?
- Feb 4, 2022
Why Is Recycling So Hard?
Our Terracycle waste recycling scheme is threatened by contaminated waste
- Jan 11, 2022
Christmas – Again!
All I really want is their company One daughter has the privilege of buying me socks each year. I mostly get through a pack of socks each...
- Jan 11, 2022
Life after COP 26
One message which came out loud and clear was that we do not have time to wait for governments to enact their promises and that we, the...
- Oct 28, 2021
Lowering Your Halloween Plastic and Carbon Footprint
On the eve of probably THE most important intergovernmental conference in history, COP26, I want to write about Halloween. Yes,...
- Sep 14, 2021
The Best Things in Life are Free
During the first lockdown in 2020 many of us found solace in our daily ‘walks of freedom’ in the green spaces of our town and surrounding...
- Sep 14, 2021
Solar Panels , Is now the right time to invest?
Roger loves his solar panels as his net annual energy bill for gas and electricity is around zero due to the Feed in Tariff! ...
- Jun 29, 2021
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...
- Jun 22, 2021
Transition Town Letchworth Response to the Schedule of Further Proposed Modifications to the North H
FM016 If this modification is about showing where the age profile of North Herts population diverges from Hertfordshire it fails to do...
- Jun 22, 2021
Press Release: Expensive News For Home Owners
Recent news articles have suggested that by 2025 we may not be able to buy a new gas boiler to replace a failing one. So the question all...
- Jun 22, 2021
Partying without plastic
We are all looking forward to a return to some sort of normality and I bet there will be some serious celebrating going on when we’re...
- May 4, 2021
Is this the end of Transition Town Letchworth?
Q. What is Transition Town Letchworth? A .We work to repair the Climate and Ecology and to reduce Pollution, through local projects You...
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