About us
Melbourne Area Transition is a group of residents in and around Melbourne in South Derbyshire, who want to work (and play) together to make the Melbourne area a more sturdy/resilient community in the face of the two massive challenges of Peak Oil and Climate Change. We organise ourselves into project groups focused on activities with a small ‘admin hub’ to support the groups. There are all sorts of activities to keep this rolling, from planting bushes to energy auditing local houses to administering the mailing list to book-keeping for events and more. Everyone is welcome to meetings and to get involved. Please do – we need the help!Join our Mailing List
Featured Stories
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Land on Melbourne Common
Melbourne Village Voice have featured our quest to buy land on Melbourne Common, and the fact that the group has been offered a generous grant from the National Forest Company... -
Meeting 15th May – Natural Beekeeping
Natural Beekeeping evening Melbourne Area Transition will be hosting local natural beekeepers, Derby and District Beekeeping Project (DadBeeP) at their May meeting. Natural beekeeping uses a sustainable approach to aim... -
Meeting Wed 17th April 2013
We have an exciting opportunity to purchase 10 acres of land on Melbourne Common, with assistance from a grant from the National Forest. The meeting this week will discuss the... -
Natural beekeeping hivemaking day
This was not a MAT event but I attended a great community hivemaking day on 6th April and thought MAT members may be interested in it. The local natural beekeeping... -
Woodland Crafts Day 16 March a great success
Melbourne Area Transition recently organised a 2 day Woodland Craft and Willow Weaving Workshop: one day with the school children. Over 100 school children had the opportunity to weave the... -
Derbyshire Climate Conference Sat 9 March 2013
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Food
Donate to MAT’s school food forest via Localgiving.com
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School forest garden digging day Saturday 9th February 2013
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Schools Preparation and Planting day Saturday 24 November 2012
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AGM Wednesday 21st November 2012
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Swadlincote Apple Day
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Mig Holder – being creative with textiles 19 September 2012
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Pedal Powered Party
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Melbourne Food Festival 15/16 Sept 2012
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Friday 1 Sept. Alternative Night Life – an evening with bats, owls and moths
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Community apple (and other fruit) press
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