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November 2008 Blog Posts (8)
CAROLINE LUCAS MEP and HOWARD LEE on THE FUTURE OF FOOD
For our fourth public event (6 Nov) since we started in July, we had invited Caroline Lucas, MEP and Green Party Leader, and Dr Howard Lee, Professor of Sustainable Land Management at Hadlow College, to come and talk to us about 'The Future of Food'. We hired the main hall at The Camden Centre which was just as well as we had a good turn out - about 80 people.
The presentations were concise but comprehensive, with the speakers… Continue
Added by Robin on November 29, 2008 at 13:12 — No Comments
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I'm mentioning this generally as I've noticed there are several other shadowy male silhouettes like mine on the site. They may be having the same difficulty or on the other hand they may just be shy.
Can… Continue
Added by Amanda Lynch on November 29, 2008 at 13:04 — No Comments
Petition (courtesy of Keith Obbard in Groombridge)
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/goodenergy/
Added by Robin on November 23, 2008 at 10:43 — No Comments
TTW BECOMES AN OFFICIAL TRANSITION INITIATIVE
...makes our 'Unleashing' seem even more attainable :-)
Added by Kelly Howe on November 18, 2008 at 18:52 — No Comments
Caroline Lucas and Howard Lee on The Future of Food - notes by Sue (thankyou!)
The Future of Food 6 November 2008
At the Camden Centre
Speakers:
Caroline Lucas MEP
Howard Lee
Caroline spoke about food security, in the context of the economic crisis, peak oil and climate change, and referred to the findings of the Chatham House Think Tank, available at http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/research/global_trends/
1 UK consumers use six times the amount of land we have in the UK.
2… Continue
Great News
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> Amanda
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Added by Amanda Lynch on November 15, 2008 at 14:10 — No Comments
TTW BECOMES AN OFFICIAL TRANSITION INITIATIVE (full text)
(email from Ben Brangwyn follows):
Hi All,
For those who have waited a while for our response on this, thanks for your patience. It gets a little crazy here in the transition maelstrom sometimes.
And to all of you, thanks so much for strengthening our growing network with your community initiative. This new set of "official" initiatives is truly wonderful - so many great people, so much excellent work already… Continue
Added by Robin on November 14, 2008 at 8:42 — 2 Comments
New Report on Peak Oil 29 Oct 08
The report was issued today by the recently established UK industry taskforce on peak oil and energy security, a group of eight companies including transport firms Virgin, Stagecoach and FirstGroup, engineers Arup, architects Foster and Partners, and energy giant Scottish and Southern.
Entitled The Oil Crunch, the report argues that the risk of an early peak in oil production poses a bigger threat to UK society than tightening gas… Continue
Added by Robin on November 7, 2008 at 9:09 — No Comments
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