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The latest Transition Black Isle news can be found below.

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Sign the petition - Campaign to save single sharing on the sleeper picks up speed

15 January 2018

TBI director Julian Paren, many of whose family and friends are regular users of the sleeper, and nearly always as single passengers, has become the driving force behind a rapidly growing camp...
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Could we live without plastic?

12 January 2018

Julie Gibson has drawn attention to an extended Facebook post by someone who has had a very serious try.  Something for us all to aim at? The author,  Alice Guy,  sums up h...
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Government's environment policy branded as inadequate

10 January 2018

Prime Minister Theresa May has introduced a 25-year environment programme which has been widely criticised as inadequate in scope and lacking any significant legislative backing. Theresa May...
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UK enjoyed 'greenest year for electricity ever' in 2017

04 January 2018

Wendy has noticed this BBC news item, and comments "Thought this is worth sharing - progress is being made even if we might think it's too slow."
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We are part of the rapidly expanding worldwide Transition Towns movement. The Black Isle is a peninsula of about 100 sq miles ENE of Inverness in Scotland, UK.