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Archive for “Community Involvement” category
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17 Dec 2009
A Copenhagen Christmas Present from Naresh Giangrande
A Copenhagen Christmas Present: December 15th 2009. Copenhagen.
Coca Cola ads on billboards around Copenhagen
As many have now written, the Cop15 conference, which is focussed on creating a treaty that will prevent our climate from undergoing a systems state change and re-establishing itself in a new stable state that much less conductive to human survival, seems certain to fall far short of what is needed or fail completely. In describing what the treaty has to do I am calling attention to the meta narrative in the story of these negotiations. That is we have a self referential system, our economic and politic systems which takes little account of the ecology of our planet. We think in terms that ignore the basis of life.
16 Dec 2009
A Vox Pop of the Transition North conference
At the Transition North conference in Slaithwaite in November, local young people Ruby, Hayley, Eugene, Paddy, Adrian and Linda, who are part of the Two Valleys Radio project, spent the day recording, photographing and editing, and managed to get a visual and audio record of the day together in time for it to be played during he plenary session. The result is a really engaging snapshot of the energy of the day. You can see it here (you will need a QuickTime player).
15 Dec 2009
Naresh Giangrande interviews Tim Jackson
Naresh Giangrande recently sent a second epistle from Copenhagen, this time in the form of an interview with Tim Jackson. Tim is the Economic Commissioner for the Sustainable Development Commission, and is author of ‘Prosperity Without Growth‘, which is brilliant, and which I am currently half-way through. You can hear the interview by clicking this link here. A fascinating look at what Transition Economics might look like…
15 Dec 2009
Transition Town Kinsale wins the 2009 FEASTA Award
The Anne Behan Community Sustainability Award for Transition Initiatives on the island of Ireland
This award presented by Feasta, the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability celebrates communities and groups who are using the Transition Process to meet local cultural, social, and economic needs in ways which strengthen the bonds of the community, build its resilience, economic self-reliance and protect and enhance its natural environment.
