Totnes

Totnes ( or ) is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is about 21 miles (34 km) south-southwest of Exeter and is the administrative centre of the South Hams District Council.

Totnes has a long recorded history, dating back to 907, when its first castle was built. By the twelfth century it was already an important market town, and its former wealth and importance may be seen from the number of merchants' houses built in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Today, the town is a thriving centre for music, art, theatre and natural health. It has a sizeable alternative and "New Age" community, and is known as a place where one can live a bohemian lifestyle. Two electoral wards mention Totnes (Bridgetown and Town). Their combined populations at the 2011 UK Census was 8,076.

— From Wikipedia:Totnes

Totnes community action

Sustainability initiatives

Community currencies activism

Totnes Pounds

Community energy

Totnes Renewable Energy Society

Cycling activism

Community Electric Bikes available! Transition Town Totnes

Education for sustainability

Bioregional Learning Centre, located in Totnes

Ethical consumerism

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The Zero Waste Shop

Food activism

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  • How to set up a squash growing co-op, Shareable, Feb 25, 2019
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Food in Community, rescues and sorts surplus fresh fruit and vegetables, and delivers boxes to charities and community groups in and around Totnes

Health and wellbeing

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Caring Town, local network of public, voluntary and private organisations and groups working together for health and welfare in Totnes & District

Sharing

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Share Shed, a ‘library of things’ based in Totnes

Sustainable transport activism

Totnes railway station is situated on the Exeter to Plymouth line, and has trains direct to London Paddington, Penzance and Plymouth, and as far north as Aberdeen. Nearby, Totnes (Littlehempston) railway station is at the southern end of the South Devon Railway Trust which runs tourist steam locomotives along the line that follows the River Dart up to Buckfastleigh. Since the River Dart is navigable to seagoing boats as far as Totnes, the estuary was used for the import and export of goods from the town until 1995, and there are still regular pleasure boat trips down the estuary to Dartmouth. Bus services connect the town to Dartmouth, Plymouth, Torbay and Newton Abbot. W

Towards sustainable economies

REconomy centre Totnes, a workplace for a strong local economy. Home of the Totnes REconomy Project, and a Local Entrepreneur Forum, added 15:19, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Atmos Totnes, first project to be led by Totnes Community Development Society, an Industrial and Provident Society committed to pioneering community-led development in a way rooted in local economies.

Local Economic Blueprint highlights potential of community resilience, March 28 2013, Transition Network

Resources

Funding

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Totnes Wellbeing Fund, networkofwellbeing.org

Video

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News and comment

2020

World’s first mobile library of things is on its way, Jan 30 [1]

2018

ShareFest brings people together to share, repair, swap and make, Dec 7 [2]

Community potlucks: Shared meals help build deep ties among residents in Totnes, Dec 5 [3]

2017

How the Share Shed in the UK is Building Community, Jul 5 [4]

Earth.Food.Love Puts UK On Map Of Zero-Waste Grocery Stores, May 30 [5]

“I’m welling up just talking about it”: the marvel of Totnes LEF6, May 16 [6]

Caring Town: Fiona Ward, May 3 [7]

How ‘Grown in Totnes’ are reimagining the local food economy, May 2 [8]

2014

Atmos Totnes creates national precedent, September 26 [9]

Calling all local food growers and processors to join a new outlet in for local producers in Totnes, July 2 [10]

Totnes to Trial New Electronic Currency, May 21 [11]

Frances Northrop on 'Healthy Town Totnes', May 12 [12]

2013

Simple steps towards local prosperity, March 28 [13]

Events

2015

March 21 A Land Conference, Totnes

See also

References

  1. ↑ @shareable
  2. ↑ Network of Wellbeing
  3. ↑ Shareable
  4. ↑ @Shareable
  5. ↑ progrss.com
  6. ↑ Transition Network
  7. ↑ farnearer.org
  8. ↑ Transition Network
  9. ↑ Transition Network
  10. ↑ Transition Town Totnes
  11. ↑ Totnes Pound Blog
  12. ↑ Transition Network
  13. ↑ Living with rats
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