I wrote a while ago about the Transition Tales project that Transition Town Totnes did recently in King Edward VI Community College in Totnes. Over 3 sessions, the students were introduced to peak oil, the extent to which their lives depend on oil, the art of creative thinking and storytelling, and were then invited to invent news stories from 2030 which they then read out as newsreaders of the future. Now, finally, the film that was produced from the footage we took with the students which was then edited together by Alex Munslow and Donna Shilling, is online, just click on the screen below… it’s rather good fun I think… We’ll be doing a lot more of these in April.
I wrote the other day about the rapid spread of the Transition concept in New Zealand, and it still continues apace. There are now 34 ‘Mullers’ in the country, which have been springing up in the wake of a tour of the country by Richard Heinberg. Now on YouTube you can see James Samuel, one of the key drivers behind the emerging movement there, giving a workshop with Richard Heinberg at the EcoShow in Taupo.
Part One is James’s overview of the Transition concept and how it might translate to New Zealand. It is fascinating to see how the Transition concept is communicated in different places and in different contexts, and also to see how people are making use of the wonderful thing that is YouTube to communicate their work and their ideas.
You may not be regular readers of the Sunday Mirror, but last Sunday, BBC presenter and author John Humphreys wrote, in what I presume is a regular column, a piece about peak oil and Transition Initiatives. It actually came out rather well I thought… anyway, here it is.
**Don’t Be Fuelled. Sunday Mirror. 25th November 2007.**
“A few days ago I had the unpleasant experience of filling my car with petrol.
Last week was very busy. On Wednesday night I was in Exeter to give a talk for Low Carbon Exeter, as part of their season of talks. I was met at the station by Andi Tobe and we were ferried in a Cycles Maximus pedal powered rickshaw to the venue. It was an amazing way to travel, although I did feel rather guilty just sitting there while we were pedalled along. The talk went well, over 100 people in a big church, and some excellent questions. The next day I was up at 5am. and off to London for the Be The Change conference at the Westminster Hall.
Transition Bristol have asked me to post the following which is an update to my recent post about the event. The Big Event takes place this Sunday (25th November 9:30am to 6pm) at the Council House, College Green, Bristol. Speakers include Jeremy Leggett, Richard Heinberg, David Strahan, Chris Johnstone and myself. It is possibly the biggest Peak Oil/Climate Change/Transition event yet to happen in the UK, and will be a day not to be missed. See you there. The update runs as follows;
How might our response to peak oil and climate change look more like a party than a protest march? This site explores the emerging transition model in its many manifestations
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