Get Abbots Growing
Many of our activities are related to growing local food.
Growing food locally has many advantages for the community and for the environment:
- it reduces the amount of energy we use to travel to buy food
- it reduces the amount of energy used to ship food from where it is grown to where it is bought
- it makes our village more resilient to disruptions in the food supply
- it provides lots of opportunities to develop community networks, for example to share seeds and produce
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Spring Seedling and Seed Giveaways
Since Spring 2020 Abbots in Transition have organised Spring seed and seedling giveaways in the Millennium Gardens in Abbots Langley. These are part of our ‘Get Abbots Growing’ initiative. They are usually held on a Saturday morning in May. All
Caring for our Environment
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Ban Glyphosate and encourage bio-diversity instead
Abbots in Transition are calling on the local councils to stop using glyphosate (a suspected carcinogen that is used in the weedkiller ‘RoundUp’), and to pursue other measures of weed control that encourage bio-diversity. Examples of alternative methods are:
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Footpaths and our use of the countryside
We have contacted Abbots Langley Parish Council and Herts County Council to make them aware of increased littering, dog excrement and trespassing on landowners land during the Covid-19 pandemic. We suggested a variety of solutions and would like to work
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Influencing local climate change strategy
Abbots Langley is controlled by three different councils – the Parish Council, Three Rivers District Council and Herts County Council. We aim to provide input to council plans and decisions which deal with environmental and sustainability issues, and to hold
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Litter Picking
Abbots In Transition organises regular Saturday morning litter picking events around the village, usually followed by a visit to a cafe.
Living Sustainably
Abbots in Transition have stalls every year at the summer village carnival and the September Autumn Fest. We provide information for the local community about sustainable living e.g. insulation, renewable energy. We have also organised a Renewables Roadshow showcasing alternative energy providers. We provide information about local sustainable living projects on our social media channels and at in person events.