We had the annual conference on the LSP today. I wonder how many people in the Country are aware that their local Council has an LSP and a community strategy developed in their name.

We were discussing the latest version of our local Sustainable Community Strategy and in reality it fails on the big issue of tackling climate change. Perhaps communities are not yet prepared for the change that is coming but also I think the debate is framed the wrong way round. Rather than doom and gloom and what people will loose I think we should look to what people and communities will gain by adapting our lifestyle to meet the challenge of beating climate change.

The big ideas are coming from groups of citizens such as the Transition Towns who I think will bring the requirement for change from people themselves. Here in Bath I am part of the food group and it is fascinating to see the growth of interest in food production and growing your own. This though at the same time that the supermarket chains continue to gobble up all before them. Life is fuill of contradiction.

Still this week we have made a large amount of damson jam and apple chutney and even two demijohns for a go at calvados all from apples from the garden.