The Natural Heritage Society

of Oamaru Inc

Climate Disruption

Transition Towns

One Response

Weekend Forum

Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th March 2008
Penguin Club
off Harbour St
Historic Precinct
Oamaru

$25 - includes morning and afternoon teas

The Transition Town initiative has its origins in Kinsale, Ireland and has spread rapidly around the world. A Transition Town or community evolves when a group of like minded individuals come together to collectively look Peak Oil and Climate Change squarely in the eye. They try to discover and implement aspects of life that we need in order to sustain and thrive, and also ask questions about mitigating the effects of Peak Oil and drastically reducing carbon emissions to mitigate the effects of climate change.

Guest Speakers Include:

Dr Susan Krumdieck

Energy Systems Researcher

Formerly from the University of Colorado and now senior lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury, where she is an engineering researcher in energy systems.

Susan’s work also involves the study of pre-oil settlements as well as looking at movements like the Eco-Village, Transition-Towns, Re-Localisation and Permaculture.

www.mech.canterbury.ac.nz/people/krumdieck.shtml

Timetable:

Saturday, 15th March 2008
10:00am	Welcome
10:15am	Dr Susan Krumdieck From Pre-Oil Settlements through to “Future” versions of settlements that have adapted their oil based forms to renewable energy.
11:15am	Break (morning tea)
11.30am	Dr Susan Krumdieck . . . continued.
12:30pm	Lunch
1:30pm	Dugald MacTavish & Hampden Community Energy Members Local Case Study: the challenge of making it work in Hampden.
2:30pm	Break (afternoon tea)
3:00pm	Transition Towns - One Response Discussion
4:30pm	Finish

Sunday, 16th March 2008
10:00am	Welcome
10:15am	Dr Susan Krumdieck with students from Canterbury University Transition mapping of Oamaru with application to other areas.
11:00am	Break (morning tea)
11:15am	Planning Session. . . continued.
12:30pm	Finish

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