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Category: Skillshare

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Skill Share: Making a Toga

Tue, 16 Mar 2021Tue, 16 Mar 2021

In this Skill Share blog we take a quick look at how Jo and Tristan made their very own toga using old bed sheets. A neat activity for the family …

Posted in Skillshare  • 

Zero Waste Christmas Apple Crumble

Wed, 23 Dec 2020Wed, 23 Dec 2020

At this time of year we are lucky enough to still have access to local apples for our baking. I am Tansy Torkington, the coordinator of our Skill Share project. …

Posted in Christmas, Recipe, Skillshare, Zero Waste  • 

The buzz at the Kernel’s first anniversary get together

Tue, 27 Nov 2018

The Kernel was buzzing on the sunny afternoon of Saturday, 27th of October as we celebrated our first anniversary by holding The Men’s Shed open day and a big autumn apple juice off. Lots of …

Posted in Climate change, Events, Food growing, Skillshare, Sustainable Living, The Kernel, Tool Share  • 

Tools to Book Out Over Winter!!

Wed, 14 Nov 2018Mon, 19 Nov 2018

Don’t hesitate, come and try out what we have in our Tool Library! Harvest time is here and folk are busy booking out items like the Dehydrator to make dried fruit …

Posted in Skillshare, Tool Share, Zero Waste  • 

Bounty on the Beach

Tue, 18 Sep 2018

Having just joined the Transition team, I am enjoying getting to grips with the seemingly infinite diversity of strands of work that we do. Last week’s University of St Andrews …

Posted in Biodiversity, Food, Skillshare  • 

Volunteer profile: Pam, the Skillshare sewing guru

Tue, 28 Aug 2018

We have asked Pam, who helps out with our Skillshare sewing workshops, to tell us how she got into repairing and upcycling clothes. Here is what she said: As a …

Posted in Skillshare  • 

Refreshers Week with Transition

Thu, 19 Jan 2017Thu, 19 Jan 2017

Happy New Year 2017, and welcome back to St Andrews! Refreshers Week is just around the corner, and Transition has quite a number of events lined up. There’s something for everyone, …

Posted in Bike Pool, Food, Skillshare, StAndReUse, Student Societies, Travel  • 

A Week in Transition: reflections from our new Research Facilitator

Wed, 02 Nov 2016Wed, 02 Nov 2016

Katherine is the newest addition to the Transition team. She has recently finished a PhD in the Department of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of St Andrews on …

Posted in Bike Pool, Food growing, Reflection, Research, Skillshare, Town and Gown, Transition movement, Transition University of St Andrews, University of St Andrews  • 

Summer internship with Transition

Tue, 17 May 2016

Transition UStA is looking for a summer intern to undertake market research linked to our new Low Carbon Hub (skillshare and growing  project) at the St Andrews Botanic Garden. This …

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Autumn in the Gardens

Fri, 31 Oct 2014Fri, 31 Oct 2014

There are lots of practical sessions coming up this Autumn in the Edible Campus. From taking fruit cuttings to soil maintenance – its a busy time. We have harvested well …

Posted in Food growing, Skillshare, Uncategorized  • 

Fruit tree pruning workshop

Wed, 08 Jan 2014Fri, 10 Jan 2014

These two short practical workshops will teach you some basic skills for winter pruning of apple trees. With two community orchards in St Andrews you will get an opportunity to …

Posted in Food, Food growing, Skillshare  • 

Get involved

Fri, 13 Sep 2013Fri, 13 Sep 2013

So hopefully at some point this week you’ve chatted with someone about Transition’s work and are feeling highly enthused. If you’d like to get involved in the work of Transition, why not try our Volunteer Intern Programme.

Posted in Energy, Green Week, Skillshare, Student Societies, Transition movement, Transition University of St Andrews, University of St Andrews, Waste  • 

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