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Biggest REEL ever at the Grove school in Totnes
105 children from years 5 and 6 at the Grove school in Totnes have taken part in TRESOC's two-day Renewable Energy Experiential Learning (REEL) Programme. Day one was a field trip to Marley Head Wind Turbine, Marley Thatch Solar Farm and Totnes Weir Hydro. On day two...
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FREE Moth Events in August
We are hosting three FREE family-friendly moth events in August, in conjunction with Art & Energy Collective's Moths To A Flame project. The project invites people to think about their relationship with energy, ahead of COP26 in Glasgow later this year, and to record...
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REEL at St Christopher’s school, Staverton
TRESOC was delighted to be back in schools at the end of May, running its free renewable energy education programme for primary schools. The Renewable Energy Experiential Learning (REEL) programme ran with Year 6 at St Christopher’s Prep School in...
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Turning Problems Into Solutions
TRESOC is proud to have supported CISTAfrica's Clean Cooking Kenya project by loaning them our MD Ian Bright. The project is turning an invasive plant - water hyacinth - from something choking its waterways into clean fuel; bioethanol. This reduces the use of wood and...
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AGM 2020
We are pleased to invite you to our Annual General Meeting at 7.00 p.m. on Wednesday 4th November 2020. This year we will be holding the AGM online and are delighted that wondermentalist poet Matt Harvey has agreed to be our guest speaker. Members, friends...
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Operations Manager Sally Murrall-Smith interview on Soundart Radio
Sally was interviewed on the Full Totnes Breakfast Radio Show on Soundart Radio on Friday September 18th: you can listen to it here. Sally talks about existing projects as well as those in development: the proposed solar PV installation at Transition Homes' eco-social...
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MD Ian Bright on Soundart Radio
In August, Ian was interviewed by the hosts of the On The Land And Water Radio Show, a new magazine programme on local station Soundart Radio with an interest in, you guessed it, land and water. He was talking about the Archimedes Screw at the weir on the River Dart,...
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Public Consultation Events for Clay Park Feasibility Study
This September and October, Totnes Renewable Energy Society (TRESOC) and Transition Homes Community Land Trust (THCLT) will be holding a series of free public events. These will be part of TRESOC's feasibility study into the development of a solar photovoltaic (PV)...
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TRESOC Appoints New Legal Director/Company Secretary
We are delighted to have appointed a new Legal Director and Company Secretary, ratified by the board at our June meeting. Stephanie Burns is a fully qualified solicitor with an impressive CV and nearly 20 years of experience in legal and front office positions in...
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TRESOC Wins RCEF Grant for Clay Park Feasibility Study #HarnessOurPower
As it is Community Energy Fortnight, we are delighted to announce that residents at Transition Homes' housing development at Clay Park in Dartington could benefit from their own supply of affordable green energy, thanks to funding awarded by the South West Energy Hub...
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TRESOC appoints new Finance Director
TRESOC are delighted to announce the appointment of a new Finance Director, Dominic Turner of Staverton. Dom studied International Relations and Economics at George Washington University and received an MBA from the Fundação Getúlio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
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TRESOC to supply green power to Transition Homes
TRESOC have been invited by Transition Homes Community Land Trust to own, install and operate 180kW of solar PV on their Clay Park Eco-Housing Development. TRESOC will become the energy supplier for the mini-grid providing the site with 100% green electricity. We will...
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