ABOUT 200 environmentally aware delegates converged on the Colne Valley for a conference about climate change.
People came from across the north of England for the Transition Towns North event at Slaithwaite Civic Hall.
Organised by the Co-operative Group, Marsden and Slaithwaite Transition Town (MASTT) group and the Green Valley Grocer, its aim was to share ideas about how communities can work together to combat climate change.
The Transition Towns ethos aims to encourage communities to become more self-sufficient and environmentally minded through initiatives like local food growing.
MASTT supports a community-owned orchard and greengrocers and holds regular events like ethical fashion shows.
Mayor of Kirklees Clr Julie Stewart-Turner opened the conference.
Keynote speaker Rob Hopkins, founder of Transition Towns, told how the movement had spread from humble beginnings in his home town of Totnes, Devon, to become a global phenomenon.
There were other presentations and workshops and a group of young people working under the name Huddersfield Ethical Entrepreneurs sold ‘ethical’ Christmas gift packs of Fairtrade products and sold Fair Trade coffee.
They have worked with charity the Lorna Young Foundation, the Pakistani Youth Forum and Kirklees Young People’s Service.
