Welcome to a world in Transition

Community

LOCAL people are coming together, taking positive, practical steps to tackle the biggest challenges we face and create a resilient Black Isle.  Strong, vibrant communities will find themselves much better equipped to move forward in the face of over-dependence on fossil fuels and the potentially disastrous climate change which is likely to result.

Fossil Fuels and Climate Change

Our way of life is largely powered by fossil fuels like oil and coal.  Practically all aspects of the lifestyle we take for granted depend on oil. Food, heating, transport, agriculture, hospitals, medicines; modern western society revolves around the assumption that we have - and will continue to have - plentiful supplies of cheap fossil fuels.  But the energy cost of extracting them is increasing and carbon dioxide emissions from burning them are a major cause of global warming and source of pollution.  We must leave the fossil fuels in the ground, develop alternative energy sources and reduce total energy consumption.

Climate change is happening.  The October 2018 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned there is only 12 years to keep global warming to a maximum of 1.5C and avoid catastrophic environmental breakdown.  Sir David Attenborough told the December 2018 UN Climate Change conference in Poland: “Right now we are facing a manmade disaster of global scale, our greatest threat in thousands of years: climate change.  If we don’t take action, the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon.”

Challenge and Opportunity

Looking these issues squarely in the face it becomes clear we must adapt and change the way we live, which means being prepared to adopt a more frugal lifestyle than we have become accustomed to. Getting people involved in making our communities resilient and helping to push the change to a low carbon society is what Transition Black Isle is all about.

The good news is it's not all about doom and gloom.  Living more locally is more fulfilling, more rewarding and ultimately a lot more fun than rushing in pursuit of an unsustainable lifestyle with barely time to think, let alone get to know our neighbours.  It can and should be "more a party than a protest".

Find out more about TBI  and  get involved!

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How should I send my pictures?
Attach them to an email to  gardens@transitionblackisle.org .  This will be forwarded to Peter Moffatt, the website editor, who will set up the pictures on the Black Isle Gardens page.  He is the only person who will see your email address, and it will not be revealed to anyone else, unless you want people to be able to contact you, in which case it could appear on the page with your pictures, beside your name (see below) and location.

How many pictures, what size and shape?
We suggest between two and six pictures per garden.  Even numbers will make for a neater page, as they will be displayed as side by side pairs on large screens, and in a single column on phones.  A 'normal' size and aspect ratio is best, rather than images which are square or elongated in either direction.  Upright or 'portrait' images are ok, but will display better in pairs.  Number your pictures if you wish them to be diplayed in a particular sequence, and you can add descriptions or comments which will appear as captions to the images.  Again, captioned images will display better in pairs.

What other information should I send?
We would prefer all the pictures we display to be attributed rather than anonymous, but will not make this an absolute requirement. We will ask that names accompany all contributions, so please give your name(s) in addition to your email address, and your general location. Say if you do not want your name to be shown with your pictures, and if you would like your email address to be shown.

How will the web page be organised?
The page will be  Home / Black Isle Gardens , and each entry will consist of the name and location of the contributor followed by their set of pictures.  Successive contributions will be added at the top of the page, so the most recent will be at the top and the oldest at the bottom.

Can I send more pictures later?
Of course.  Your garden will change as we move into summer, and we don't yet know how long it will be before we will be able to go round peeking at other people's gardens in person.  So please get your cameras out and start sending in those pictures.

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