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MAKING WAVES Being the Change.
The Sharpham Centre, Ashprington, Totnes, Devon. TQ9 7UT.
27/28th August 08.
This
week, Mary and Nomad had a rare couple of days out of town and had a most
excellent time at the Sharpham Centre for thier annual 'Making Waves' week
of life changing talks. We had planned the trip initially to record Mukti
Mitchell, but then we heard that Rob Hopkins of Transition Towns was
giving a talk........
Rob Hopkins. Founder of the Transition
Towns Network.
The Transition Model:
From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience
This was a
fascinating talk from the founder of this fast growing movement to which
new towns are signing up every day, most recent being Lewes, and more than
100 towns are now actively involved in the scheme. Rob first talks about
'Peak Oil' and its implications for our whole way of life, and by using
the first Transition town, Totnes, as an example, discusses how other
towns might develop their own approach. Lyme Regis should be part of this!
The Transition Model is not about the sentimental approach to saving our
world, its about the changes that are already inevitable and how we might
benefit positively from these changes.
For
further info on the Transition Towns Network, see these websites:
http://www.transitiontowns.org/
http://totnes.transitionnetwork.org/
http://transitionculture.org/
In 3 Parts, Video to follow.
The first part
starts automatically on this page, for parts 2 and 3 click the play button
in the media players below.
28.08.08
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