By: John Towndrow, Chair, Transition Cornwall+ “Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we…
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Climate Adaptation
By: John Towndrow, Chair, Transition Cornwall+ As many of you may know Cornwall has been implementing its Climate Action Plan…
Art, Culture and Climate Action
When the City of Cornwall sent out a call for public input into the Arts and Culture Survey, several people…
A Day with Tony McCadden – An Incredible Edibler.
Do you like magic tricks? Most of us do! To see something appear or disappear right before our eyes gives…
Local Brothers Add to Food Security
Are you growing some of your own food? If so, you are contributing to climate action, not only by reducing…
Trees Trees Trees!
By John Towndrow Who hasn’t felt deep gratitude for the cool shade of a lovely old tree on a hot…
Standing on Guard for Climate By John Towndrow
As an election inches closer, or is already underway as this is published, it seems that two main issues are…
From What is to What if?
By John Towndrow,Chair Transition Cornwall+ In spite of disturbing impending political upheaval, nationally and internationally, I like to focus on…
Don’t Let the Grinch Steal Your Christmas
By John Towndrow with photos bySusan Towndrow. “And he puzzled three hours,till his puzzler was sore.Then the Grinch thought ofsomething…
The Power of Community
Mélanie Ayotte, Transition Cornwall+ Volunteer Hope is a precious commodity in our lives. It sparks ideas, powers action, and sustains…
A Greener Community
By Dolev Klein, Grade 12 student at Holy Trinity Catholic High School. Back in grade eleven biology class, I learned…
Easy Climate Action Money
By John Towndrow I asked a friend of mine the other day how he intended to spend his Gov’t of…
Climate Conversations – How to Turn Climate Anxiety into Action
We Canadians love to talk about the weather. It’s our favourite topic of casual conversation and the most often heard…
Passive Housing: The Future is Here
Pictured above is the Pitt Street Passive House 10 unit apartment proposal by Wilson Architectural Design, Cornwall, ON. Jeremiah Point…
Eat Your Words – The Latest News from Transition Cornwall+
Last month I wondered what people were doing in their daily lives to be “part of the solution” to the…
Circular Cornwall
By: Kimberly Bray, Sustainability Projects and Outreach Assistant, The City of Cornwall . The City of Cornwall is promoting a…
Municipal Election 2022 – Making Communities Stronger
By John Towndrow, Chair, Transition Cornwall+ In the 2018 Municipal election, Transition Cornwall+ posed four questions and invited all the…
Green Infrastructure – A Sustainable Local Solution to the Climate Crisis
By Kimberly Bray, Green Infrastructure Research Assistant at the City of Cornwall Assistant to Angela Parker, Sustainability Project Coordinator Since…
The Latest News from Transition Cornwall+: Trees – Our natural allies for living longer, healthier and happier lives
By Susan Towndrow In some ways, trees are just like people. Some are tall and skinny like Poplars, while others…
The Latest News From Transition Cornwall+ – Small but mighty forest downtown.
By Daniel Marion Cities are now looking at trees with a different lens. Not only are trees beautiful in a…
Beginnings – The Latest News from Transition Cornwall+
By John Towndrow Although Transition Cornwall+ has been around for over twelve years, I still run into people who have…