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Campaigning together 
“Burned” – how to follow-up
The Biofuelwatch film BURNED, shown by TTK on 29th August, proved a truly shocking expose of forest destruction in order to fuel European power stations such as Drax in Yorkshire, exploitation of policy loopholes, misdirected subsidies, and greenwashing. Although we are sometimes led to believe that wood pellets are made of waste products, it was clear from the film that they are mostly made of whole felled trees and forests, which are often replaced by a monoculture of pines, and are “renewable” only if the term is stretched to meaninglessness. The discussion that followed raised many interesting questions and suggested a range of actions that concerned citizens could undertake. Mark Robinson of Biofuelwatch, who introduced the film and led the discussion, emailed audience members who had booked via Eventbrite with more information and suggestions for action, which you can also find on the TTK website › and he also returned to give us some useful tips on campaigning at our September event on “Doing Stuff”. If you missed the film, you can see a short version of BURNED here ›
Axe Drax: For Forests, Communities and the Climate - join Biofuelwatch in a demonstration next week
On Wednesday 9th, from 12.30 to 3.30pm, Biofuelwatch will be outside the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, 1 Victoria Street, Westminster, London, SW1H 0ET, calling call on the government to redirect subsidies for biomass electricity to true renewables (wind, wave and solar) and to refuse Drax’s gas burning plans.
Find out more and join in ›
Contacting politicians when you need to
Find contact details for your councillors, MP, MEPs, and LA members at WriteToThem.com › Rather than repeating our advice on writing every month, we have saved it here on the TTK website › and recently added some new points after our "Power of Just Doing Stuff" session on campaigning with Mark Robinson of Biofuelwatch
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TRANSITION TOWN KINGSTON design competition winner
You may have spotted our new header in the last newsletter or on our website and Facebook page - better late than never, TTK’s management team is delighted to announce the winner of our summer 2019 design competition, Meltem Celebi-Thomas. We were impressed with the freshness and adaptability of her design, as well as its expressive and clever references to Kingston and Transition themes. We look forward to using it everywhere. Congratulations to Meltem!
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