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Announced: Lister Steps
We always knew this project would inspire some really brilliant ideas - that's why we called it sPark It. Even so, some of the proposals coming through from our exhibitors are really blowing us away. Today, we feel privileged to be able to announce a partnership with...
Announced: Give Poetry A Chance!
As well as the charity and community organisations who are working with sPark It, we will also be supporting our creatives and artists, and so we're pleased to announce Give Poetry A Chance, a Liverpool based initiative providing a platform for local poets. We asked...
Introducing: Alchemic Kitchen
Lucy Antal is a longtime friend of Transition Liverpool, and a creator of some truly wonderful foodie goodness. So when we saw some of her recent tweets on blackberries, we just had to pester her for a blog post and recipe. Here at the Alchemic Kitchen we have a...
Announced: Yellow House are coming to sPark It
We're really excited to finally be able to start announcing some of the other community organisations that are going to make sPark It something brilliant. Today we're very proud to announce that Yellow House are coming to sPark It. sPark It is coming to a city centre...
What is a green economy?
This Greenpeace YouTube video describes the basics about how a green economy might work. It suggests that now, following the Covid-19 crisis is a good time to move our economy in a new direction. It offers a clear rationale for why greening our economy can only be of...
Covid 19: Building a sense of community
Over the first few days of the lockdown, a small group of volunteers in our south Liverpool street went round one evening posting an invitation into each door in our street to join a street WhatsApp group. There was a positive response and since then neighbours who...
The Solidarity Economy
What is the Solidarity Economy? The solidarity economy and the zero carbon mapping project The solidarity economy is one that supports social enterprises. The ownership is shared between individuals, not controlled by shareholders. In the solidarity economy each...
A look at the Co-operative Movement
What is the Co-operative movement? A Co-operative is any business, or other organisation which is owned and run jointly by its members, who share the profits or benefits. The Working Class Movement Library website has information on the history of the movement....
Zero Carbon Mapping – August Blog
Liverpool transition has established a working relationship with the Solidarity Economy Association, the organisation responsible for launching the Oxford and Gateshead maps. They have created a bespoke version of OpenStreetMap and are using it for this project....
Introducing: Compost Works
Compost Works is a social enterprise that was launched in 2019. Headed by Minna Alanko-Falola, the organisation’s mission is to encourage people in Liverpool to compost their household food waste. We asked Minna to write a guest post in support of her crowdfunder. The...
NHS Heroes
Student Journalist Steph Colderick is one of our newest writers. She is always looking out for stories that celebrate imagination, creativity and community. In her latest piece for Transition Liverpool, she meets some of the artists behind #portraitsofNHSheroes....
Announced: YouthStrike4Climate at sPark It Liverpool
We're very pleased today to announce YouthStrike4Climate as the first organisation who will be taking part in sPark It Liverpool. It would have been pretty pointless to create an event around positivity, imagination, and social activism, without our local friendly...
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