Building Community: Local 
Resilient Regenerative
Cool Blocks/Cool Cities
Create hyper-local study groups that help connect communities at the block level to learn about & practice disaster resiliency, lowering our carbon footprint, water stewardship, neighborhood livability & empowering others.
Tree Lovers Collective
The Tree Lovers Collective was started in 2023 by a group of tree enthusiasts in the Greater Media area. The group is examining data and laws surrounding our trees, to ensure that the trees are well-represented in human decisions.
Fire Circles
The demands of today’s world can seem overwhelming at times. We have found that a community fire circle can be the perfect place to relax, recharge and reconnect with friends, old and new.
Circle of Aunts & Uncles
The Media Circle of Aunts & Uncles is a Transition Town Media project, modeled on the Philadelphia version started by Judy Wicks, to offer low-interest loans and social capital to under-resourced new and existing entrepreneurs in order to co-create a more equitable, compassionate, sustainable, and vibrant local economy in the Greater Media area, including the city of Chester.
Local Food
We believe in the power of locally-grown and locally-produced food—not only as a means of nourishing and sustaining our bodies, but a process to sustain our community.
Green Wagon Project
Our goal is to educate and to share resources with our neighbors in the Greater Media communities about the value of pesticide-free and herbicide-free native gardens and landscapes, and to inspire and facilitate pesticide-free/herbicide-free native gardening/landscaping in yards.
Protecting Biodiversity
We promote, encourage and support planting natives to increase biodiversity and restore habitat to protect our ecosystems.
Media FreeStore
The mission of the FreeStore is to encourage the community to re-use, re-purpose, and recycle items no longer needed or wanted, by making those items available to others at no cost.
Current Initiatives
Protecting Biodiversity
We promote, encourage and support planting natives to increase biodiversity and restore habitat to protect our ecosystems. →
Cool Blocks/Cool Cities
Create hyper-local study groups that help connect communities at the block level to learn about & practice disaster resiliency, lowering →
Green Wagon Project
Our goal is to educate and to share resources with our neighbors in the Greater Media communities about the value →
Media FreeStore
The mission of the FreeStore is to encourage the community to re-use, re-purpose, and recycle items no longer needed or →
Tree Lovers Collective
The Tree Lovers Collective was started in 2023 by a group of tree enthusiasts in the Greater Media area. The →
Fire Circles
The demands of today’s world can seem overwhelming at times. We have found that a community fire circle can be →
Local Food
We believe in the power of locally-grown and locally-produced food—not only as a means of nourishing and sustaining our bodies, →
Circle of Aunts & Uncles
The Media Circle of Aunts & Uncles is a Transition Town Media project, modeled on the Philadelphia version started by →
Other Initiatives/Annual Events
Transition Town Greater Media has several other initiatives. Come see what we are doing and learn how you can help. →
Success Stories
Featured Posts
My Media FreeStore Story
Submitted by Dawn W. (FreeStore Volunteer and former Treasurer for Transition Town Greater Media), May 2025
I started volunteering at the FreeStore ten years ago. I found my happy place and kindred spirits at the store. I was already committed to a freecycle group when someone referred me to the FreeStore for an item I was searching for. I was hooked as soon as I →
How Much Housing—
Considerations for the Future
In considering how best to handle future housing needs in our communities, the idea of building tall residential units to increase density has been raised. We think there are better →
Climate’s Eye-opening Impact on Health
Here’s yet another reason why mitigating climate crisis is so very important. It’s affecting our health in many ways, the newest of which is wildfires. Did you know we are being →
Biodiversity’s Extraordinary Power to Affect Climate Crisis
Are you aware of biodiversity’s extraordinary power to affect climate crisis? Do you know that biodiversity is essential for mitigating climate crisis? →
UPCOMING EVENTS