A reusable coffee cup trial scheme that helped reduce single-use cups in Stirling. Buy your drink in a reusable to-go cup, return it to any participating café for a deposit refund, or refill it again and again — simple, sustainable, and waste-free.

Launching in 2020, Stirling Community Food tackled food waste by collecting surplus food from local supermarkets and offering it to the community for free. From fresh bakery goods, fruit and veg, to frozen items and flowers, thousands of kilos of food have been saved from going to landfill and shared with those who can use it.

Like a book library, but for tools! Members could borrow everything from sewing machines, drills, and saws to gardening equipment, kitchen kit, and more. Perfect for DIY projects without the cost or storage of owning it all yourself.

Our Re-new bikes project existed to give more people access to an environmentally friendly mode of transport by sourcing high-quality, previously peddled electric bikes. Working with our partner FEL to repair and service the bikes for sale through our Reuse Hub, we got to support our community in accessing cycle training and exploring our local cycle paths.

Grow, Cook, Eat! was a project funded by the National Lottery Awards for All and ran from 2015-2016. The funding allowed Transition Stirling to run 21 workshops within Stirling. The food-based workshops included foraging walks, learning how to preserve food (including jams and pickles), making cider and using the food we had grown or foraged to cook with.  

We also ran workshops based on growing food, which included taking herb cuttings, fruit tree pruning, making fertiliser, caring for raised beds and also the design and construction of two accessible vegetable beds for a local elderly care come.

Stirling's Low Carbon Future (SLCF) was a partnership project between Transition Stirling and Fintry Development Trust, funded by the Climate Challenge Fund. Running from April 2015-March 2016, it aimed to reduce CO2 emissions through free, impartial energy advice, inspiring wood upcycling and behaviour change initiatives. Read all about the project and what it achieved through the final report below.

In 2014, Transition Stirling began to work on the creation of a 'forest garden' within the ruins of John Cowane's House. With support from Cowane's Trust, Transition Stirling worked in collaboration with Allan's Primary School, The Sunlite Cafe, Stirling Council Community Archaeologist and Mercat Cross Community Council. This was an exciting project, bringing together lots of groups to create a unique growing space within the city centre. There were a range of work days and workshops to generate ideas and develop the space. Sadly, in late 2014, we received the news that the building through which the garden was accessed was unsafe, so access to the garden was restricted. We were able to rescue some of the plants and trees that were donated to the local community orchard on Gowan Hill.  

‘Wood for All’ was a project which aimed to unlock the potential of under-managed woodlands in the Stirling region. We helped bring together like-minded communities and landowners, providing access to local sources of wood fuel and opportunities for woodland skill-building and sharing. Throughout the project, we were involved with hosting woodland events, running training days, and encouraging and supporting the development of local wood fuel hubs.

Set up in 2012, after receiving funding from the Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge Fund, Wood for All aimed to reduce the region’s CO2 emissions by making wood heating systems more accessible to home owners.  Our Energy Coordinators provided impartial advice on the installation of biomass boilers as a source of renewable heating for Stirling communities, thus reducing carbon emissions. They also provided free home assessments and funding information in regard to biomass installations and performed carbon footprinting for interested farms.

Running since Transition Stirling began in 2009, Tuesday Teas was an informal get-together for anyone involved in Transition Stirling or interested in becoming so.  It offered a chance to meet other people, find out more about Transition Stirling, get involved and help to plan events coming up. With the development of other projects, the need for this gathering as a way for people to get involved greatly reduced.  It will potentially return in the future.