Two years ago, Transition group Zero Carbon Guildford moved into a former New Look high street store and transformed it into a buzzing community climate hub.

Volunteers set up a library of things, community fridge, zero waste shop, baby clothes library, business network and a vertical farm growing salad crops.

They ran cinema, quiz and open mic nights, a food waste feast along the high street, and a climate conversation group.

They trained energy advisors and citizen scientists to test the local river’s water quality, and hosted dozens of groups from other communities who wanted to create a hub just like theirs.

In two years, they reckon their projects have saved a whooping 583 tonnes of CO2 emissions from their community.

It shows how people who are concerned can come together, and have a real, tangible impact and engage whole new audiences with some volunteer power and a meantime space. It’s why they won innovative UK climate project in the Climate Coalition’s annual awards this year.

Now their lease is up, and they want to take Zero Carbon Guildford to a new home and the next level. They’ve set up a crowdfunder, hoping to find out what they could achieve with great capacity and a more permanent space.

Find out more and their advice for anyone else setting up a similar community climate hub: https://transitiontogether.org.uk/building-community-action-through-climate-hubs/

#climatehub #communityhub #guildford #libraryofthings #zerocarbon #babylibrary #communityfridge #zerowastecafe #terracycle #citizenscience #climatecoalition #communityaction #transitiontown #crowdfunder

We have five walks this weekend, including one each day in Dover. On Saturday we also have a walk from Balcombe and a Seven Sisters Walk and on Sunday we have a Guildford circular alongside the Dover walk.
https://www.metropolitan-walkers.org.uk/walks/
#walking #ramblersgb #dover #guildford #balcombe #sevensisters

More from the walks and rests around town this weekend.
#guildford

How do you know that a joint run by continentals, not Britishers? They take August off.
That's a continental practice that I hope more of Britain adopted.
#guildford

Went for a taster session with the local kayaking club in the evening. They put us in super skinny (and fast) boats after some dry land instructions.
It was a lot of fun. Yes, I fell in the river. Once, right at the start.

I've now spent rest of the evening getting acquainted with muscles I didn't know existed. Bits of glutes, quads and adductors that the other activities - swimming, cycling, running, walking - never use.
#guildford #kayak

Alt: Me, Chewie and Kia taking a break on the mount on Friday evening walk. R is behind the phone 🙂

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https://c306.net/misojos/2023/family/
#Dogs #Outdoors #Chewie #Dogs #Guildford #HogsBack #Kia #PhotoPress

Global News BC: Man left in critical condition after stabbing on Surrey bus https://globalnews.ca/news/9865362/man-critical-condition-stabbing-surrey-bus/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Guildfordbusexchangestabbing #metrovancouvertransitpolice #stabbingatGuildford #Surreystabbing #SurreyRCMP #BCTransit #Guildford #TransLink #Surrey #Crime

15 Of The Best Sports Bars In Perth https://soperth.com.au/eats-drinks/game-on-the-15-best-sports-bars-in-perth-53246 #VictoriaPark #Eats&Drinks #Northbridge #Cottesloe #Guildford #Burswood #Innaloo #Wembley

Live review: The Beat, Bow Wow Wow, Guildford! | Punktuation!

https://www.punktuationmag.com/live-review-the-beat-bow-wow-wow-guildford

#music #LiveMusic #punk #PostPunk #TheBeat #BowWowWow #Guildford #GeneralPublic

18 Cosy Perth Bars & Restaurants With Fireplaces https://soperth.com.au/eats-drinks/where-are-the-best-perth-fireplaces-40838 #BestEats&Drinks #Eats&Drinks #Fremantle #Guildford #Lifestyle #Perth

Rikke Brewer and best friend Aiden Knox hone their spectacular #UrbEx #stunts and #gravitydefying #Parkour skills, hoping that millions of likes on social media will be their ticket out of boring #Guildford. But the trauma of a close friend's death triggers darker stories, of broken families and fragile #mentalhealth, threatening to send them both off the rails.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QBpCcA9TDM
#TRAILER

Global News BC: 1-day Surrey retail theft blitz nets $5K in stolen goods, 26 arrests https://globalnews.ca/news/9748034/surrey-retail-theft-blitz-26-arrests/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #metrovancouvertransitpolice #GuildfordTownCentre #Surreyretailtheft #Deltapolice #Surreycrime #SurreyRCMP #Guildford #Crime

Guildford mediaeval fayre earlier
#Guildford

RT @ZoeFranklinLD: Deeply proud of the @GuildfordLibDem team who now leading @GuildfordBC. Especially pleased to see @JuliaMcShane elected as leader. She is #Guildford through and through and has a huge heart. I know she will always do what’s best for Guildford Borough. https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/face-new-guildford-council-leader-26939180

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/catherinemep/status/1659458481764564994

#Elezioni #RegnoUnito #Locali #Inghilterra
I Consigli comunali da tenere d'occhio questo pomeriggio:

-#Stratford;
-#NorthWarwickshire;
-#Blackpool;
-#Middlesbrough;
-#Darlington;
-#Wokingham;
-#Guildford;
-#WestBerkshire;
-#MidSuffolk.

@OsservatorioEsteri

RT @GuildfordLibDem: Air pollution impacts our environment but also our health.

We're been working to reduce air quality issues across #Guildford Borough but there is much more to do.

#VoteLibDem on Thu 4th May and together we can keep up this important work. https://t.co/5n3UJtegZ5

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/catherinemep/status/1651291353060454401

There’s still hardly any in our #Tory #Sewage filled rivers despite their popularity. Non for my local River #Wey between #Guildford and #Godalming for example.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/apr/10/four-new-wild-swimming-sites-in-england-open-for-summer-season?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Yes! There’s a particularly dispiriting expanse visible on the bank of the River #Wey near #Guildford in area of beautiful flood meadows.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/mar/29/it-would-survive-nuclear-armageddon-the-rise-and-fall-of-plastic-lawns?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The final result in Guildford
#DayForRejoin #SWSurrey @euromove @stayeuropean #Guildford

#DayForRejoin #SWSurrey @euromove @stayeuropean #Guildford 🇪🇺 after three and a quarter hours we had filled our boxes. We'll some of them. Zoom in to see which. 😼
Such a positive response from the people of Guildford.