Eureka!

today i made electricity

i've been working on a bike generator for a couple of months, but finally i've got it all set up with a battery, regulator and inverter and pedalled for about a minute keeping the 'charging' light on (and powering crappy daytime tv, jeremy kyle i think!). the system needs a hell of a lot of work to be more reliable and useful, but at least i've done the first stage.

big thanks to Luke for practical help and Chan, magnificent revolution and everyone at climate camp for inspiration

i went to unleashing of Transition Town brixton last night - a fantastic, inspiring night and, I was surprised to find, only 5th unleashing.

Transition towns really is the answer, of course loads of good transition work is going on all over the place from CAT, to individuals and climate camp, but TT really brings it together. I believe that everyone who's even slightly interested in what's going to happen when fuel gets even more expensive and the climate changes MUST contribute to this project.