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The Transition Movement From Oil Dependence to Local Resilience

Climate Summit April 2011

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THE TRANSITION MOVEMENT: From Oil Dependence to Local Resilience

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Agenda

• Climate Change
• Peak Oil and its effects
• Economic contraction
• PO + CC + EC ≠ “business as usual”
• What is a transition town
• Examples and achievements so far
• Q&A discussion
• RESILIENCE

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Melting Ice Caps and All the Rest

Polar Science Center Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington

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Peak Oil

 we’ll never “run out” of oil  we’re running out of cheap, plentiful oil  oil underpins

– industrial development – agriculture – economics – population

 about ½ way through it…  it’s going to decline

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Peak Oil & Climate Change

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What can be done?

 Global

• Oil Depletion Protocol
• Contraction and Convergence
• Kyoto

 National

• TEQs, Cap & Share (energy rationing)

 Community

• Transition Towns, cities, villages, rural

 Personal

• “The work that reconnects”
• self directed re-education

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Can we respond?

 Going up the energy slope, we used

– ingenuity – creativity – adaptability – cooperation

 Going back down…

– if we’re early enough – if we’re cooperative – the future could be a whole lot better…

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What are the dominant myths stopping us?

• Things are getting better
• Tomorrow will be like today, but bigger and shinier
• Economic growth is good
• We must keep shopping
• Technology will solve all our problems
• There is no alternative
• You can’t stop progress
• Living standards are rising
• Humans are selfish and greedy by nature
• The market will solve it
• We’re all doomed anyway, so…

What’s stopping us?

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What are our stories for the future?

Industrial Ascent

• Energy use
• Resource use
• Environmental degradation
• Pollution

Peak Energy ?

Techno-Fantasy Green-Tech Stability Earth stewardship Post Mad Max Collapse

Great Grand Children Agriculture 10.000yrs BP Industrial Revolution Baby Boom

Pre-industrial culture

Historical Time

Future Time

Creative Descent (Permaculture)

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When the Crunch Comes... ...What’s it like?

• terminal decline
• demand destruction
• examples:
• Now: Poor countries
• 1990s: North Korea, an

example of non-resilience

• 1990s: Cuba, the 1st

Transition Country

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Segment from “In Transition, the Movie”

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Who’s designing a creative, positive energy descent? (Europe and beyond)

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Who’s designing a creative, positive energy descent? (Aus/NZ)

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Segment from “In Transition, the Movie”

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Peak oil, climate change, food and the Scottish parliament

 Unanimously passed motion  “…Parliament expresses its concern at the potential for global food

shortages; … food price inflation now exceeding 6%; calls on the Scottish Government, Her Majesty’s Government, the European Union and other relevant bodies to … seek solutions that take account of the growing pressures on agriculture from both climate change and the rush to biofuels as well as the peak in oil production … ensuring the long-term capacity and capability of our food supply; … encourage the development of local supply chains through public procurement, address the imbalance in power between the big supermarkets and our food producers....” (June 2008)

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Monteveglio council, Italy

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Oil and fossil fuel depletion is this administration’s priority, to be implemented through an Energy Descent Plan to turn Monteveglio into a “Post Carbon” City.

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Strategic partnership with the Association Monteveglio Città di Transizione [Transition T

• wn Monteveglio] with whom this administration shares:

 a view of the future (the depletion of energy resources and the significance of a limit to

economic development)

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methods (bottom-up community participation)

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• bjectives (to make our community more resilient, i.e. better prepared to face a low

energy future)

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an optimistic approach (although the times are hard, changes to come will include great

• pportunities to improve the whole community’s quality of life).

 Begin a participative and institutional process to promote Monteveglio as a

Transition T

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statement by the City Council.

 Define CO2 emission measurement tools and containment policies well beyond EU

targets and in line with the global objective of 350 ppm. excerpt from Monteveglio “Decree”

SLIDE 22 22 To: All residents of Wingecarribee Shire To: All Council Election Candidates We the undersigned recognize that: 1. Peak Oil is causing dramatic increases of oil, gas and petrol prices; 2. Our excessive carbon emissions are contributing to dangerous Climate Change; 3. The days of cheap energy, food and water are numbered; and 4. The days of car dependent suburbia and over-development are numbered. Therefore we declare: that, as a community, we need to make a planned transition from high consumption of energy, water and resources, to a low consumption of energy, water and resources. We will do this by:

• creating a resilient, relocalised, more self-reliant economy that can withstand the

increasing global and national economic and environmental shocks;

• producing as much of our energy as possible from local renewable sources;
• re-localising most of our food production for greater food security;
• improving public transport and using our cars less;
• building lively neighbourhoods and villages that are sustainable, more self-reliant

and better places to live. We will support: Council Candidates who realise that truly sustainable development is essential, and who endorse the development and implementation of a Community Transition Plan for a lower energy future. PETITION for a

Transition Shire

WINGECARRIBEE

Virginia Adlide, Bowral Geoff Allen, Mittagong Tina Allen, Bowral Anthony Alves, Bowral Daniel Anderson, Robertson Helen Archer, Yerrinbool Phillip Arundell, Mittagong

• D. Aylott, Moss Vale

Carole Baird, Burradoo David Baird, burradoo Peg Balderson, Colo Vale Francine Bartlett, Mittagong Jean Becher, Burrawang Lizzy Bennetts, Bowral

• T. Biddlecombe, Berrima

Kathy Biddlecombe, Berrima Ian Bowie, Bowral Bea Bowie, Bowral Greg Bray, Bowral Lyndal Breen, Moss Vale Greg Brown, Exeter Robert Browning, Bowral Daphne Browning, Bowral Raymond Bunker, Bowral Nathan Burke, Moss Vale Carolyn Burridge, Bowral Margaret Burton, Bundanoon Maree Byrne, Bowral Geoff Byrne, Bowral Vanessa Campbell, Mittagong Fernanda Campos, Bowral Bevin H Carne, Moss Vale Charmayne Carpenter, Alpine Jennifer Carroll, Bowral Edwina Carter, Bundanoon Samantha Catt, Bundanoon Clive Cawthorne, Mittagong Geannette Challis, Moss Vale Briget Chapman, Moss Vale Maeve Clark, Bundanoon Jim Clark, Bundanoon

• K. Clarke, Moss Vale

Michael Cleary, High Range Kim Clothier, Mittagong Jill Cockram, Exeter

• J. Compaggioni, Robertson

Lyn Conlon, Bullio Sam Conlon, High Range Pam Cooper, Exeter Ian Cooper, Mittagong Sue Cosgrove, Moss Vale

• P. Cosgrove, Moss Vale

Rick Crozier, Exeter Gayle Cunningham, Mittagong Leonie Cutroni, East Bowral Yvonne D Arcy, Berrima Julian D'Arcy, Berrima John D'Arcy, Berrima Nina D'Arcy, Berrima

• J. Dambrauskas, Moss Vale
• N. Deeprose, Bowral

Chris Deeprose, Bowral Rodney Dewey, Moss Vale Roma Dix, Mittagong Chris Donaldson, Mittagong John Dorman, Bundanoon Roma Dorman, Bundanoon Janette Dunn, Balmoral Durston, Berrima Geoff Dyer, Bundanoon

• D. Edwards, Moss Vale

Gail Edwards, Moss Vale Suzy Edwards, Penrose Kimberly Elliot, Moss Vale Peter Falk, Bundanoon Sara Farmer, Moss Vale Rod Farrow, Moss Vale Craig Faulkner, Bowral

• C. Fawcett, Mittagong

Ken Ferrier, Bundanoon

• K. Fisch, Exeter

Jennie Fisher, Bowral

• J. Fisk, Yerrinbool
• L. Fisk, Yerrinbool
• M. Flanigan, Moss Vale

Leanne Flaus, Moss Vale Tim Flaus, Moss Vale Sylvia Flower, Bowral Andrew Forbes, Burradoo Lucy Forbes, Burradoo Cam Ford, Moss Vale Diana Ford, Moss Vale Val Fox, Robertson Georgina Friday, Bundanoon Peter Gerlach, Burradoo Carol Gilpin, Moss Vale Sue Glover, Mittagong

• L. Godsell, Mittagong

Christina Goodall, Wildes Meadow Kelvin Gore, Kangaloon John Gorman, Moss Vale

• S. Gotlieb, Bowral
• K. Gow, Hill Top

Kyell Goyar, Bundanoon Catherine Grainger, Mittagong Lisa Grice, Berrima

• S. Gronow, Mittagong

Malcolm Gry, Bundanoon Patricia Guina, Bowral Helen Hackett, Bowral Margaret Hahn, Exeter Jan Hainke, Sutton Forest Len Hainke, Sutton Forest Judi Hainke, Sutton Forest Rhiannon Hall, Willow Vale Corrin Harlam, Metryon st Ray Harris, Wildes Meadow Jim Harris, Bowral Isabella Harris, Wildes Meadow Richard Hastings, Canyonleigh

• A. Hayes, Bowral
• A. Hearn, Berrima

Rosalind Hepher, Mittagong Tony Hill, Robertson Tony Hill, Bundanoon Rosalind Hinde, Mittagong Rick Hinde, Mittagong Moea Hine, Moss Vale John Hodson, Wingecarribee Lee Hoffmann, Mittagong John Hoogland, Mittagong Gar Houston, Sutton Forest Toni Houston, Wingecarribee Julie Hozjan, Penrose

• H. Huny, Mittagong
• C. Huseyin, Mittagong
• Y. Huseyin, Mittagong

Wendy Hyman, Bundanoon Alan Hyman, Bundanoon Vanessa Jackson, Avoca Phil James, Moss Vale Michael Job, Bowral Charlie Johns, Bowral Karen Johnson, Hill Top Rowhin Johnston, High Range Penny Josephson, Bowral Stephan Jouin, Bowral

• M. Kasapoglo, Mittagong

Rae King, Bowral Victoria Kleeberg, Bowral Ursula Lach, Bowral Peter Lach-Newinsky, Bundanoon

• C. B. Lach-Newinsky, Bundanoon

Sue Lane, Avoca Philip Lavers, Fitzroy Falls Jennifer Lea, Moss Vale Jane Lemann, Bowral Michael Lendrum, Mittagong Alison Lendrum, Mittagong Rad Lewis, Moss Vale

• E. Linden, Marulan

Pam Lindsay, Joadja Helen Ling, Bowral Lena Lockett, Bowral

• M. Long, Bowral

Justin Longhurst, Bowral Joan Lowe, Bowral Elisabeth Lowe, Mittagong Jane Loxley, Hill Top

• J. Luczak, Yerrinbool
• A. Mackevicius, Moss Vale

Camilla Mahony, Bowral Madeline Malcolm, Exeter Patricia Mansfield, Moss Vale Ronald Mansfield, Moss Vale

• J. Maree, Colo Vale

Cathy Mathews, Berrima Lynn Mathews, Berrima Keith Matton, Fitzroy Falls

• A. Matyear, Bowral

Alexandra McCaffrey, Bowral Tim McCartney, Mittagong Phil McCormick, Burradoo

• J. McDonell, Bowral

Lyndall McGrath, Burradoo

• R. L. McInnes, Bowral

Mary McKay, Mittagong Geoff McKew, Moss Vale Lynette McKew, Moss Vale Penelope McManus, Bowral Tania McRae, Bowral Russell Mente, Welby Sandra Menteith, Bundanoon Helen Milgate, Mittagong Julie Miller, Bowral

• K. Moore, New Berrima

Shonagh Moore, Mittagong Martyn Mordy, Bundanoon Heather Mori, Mittagong Wanda Mucha, Bundanoon Joan Muir, Bowral Barbara Mulder, Yerrinbool Mary Mulvaney, Canyonleigh

• K. Mundeil, Bowral

Malcolm Murray, Exeter

• S. Murton, Moss Vale

Linda Muschelknautz, Moss Vale John Myers, Bowral Pauline Nevell, Mittagong Ken Nevell, Mittagong Lucy Nias, High Range Warwick Nicholson, Burradoo Deidre Nielsen, Robertson Elizabeth Norrie, Bundanoon

• A. Orchard, Bowral

Louise Owen, Berrima Ann Parker, Berrima Brad Parker, Bundanoon Stuart Pearce, Hill Top

• S. Pearson, Mittagong

Michael Pearson, Burradoo

• J. K. Perrett, Mittagong

Anna Perston, Bundanoon Dianne Pittman, Hill Top Andrette Plangger, Penrose

• A. Polzill, Mittagong

Susannah Price, Bundanoon Ann Pryce, Colo Vale Tony Pryce, Colo Vale Antonio Ramos, Bowral Lilla Reed, Bowral Trent Rengger, Bowral Hayley Rennie, Wingecarribee Sheila Ring, Bowral Jennifer Robinson, Bowral Graeme Robinson, Bowral Rosemary Robinson, Bowral Peter Salk, Bundanoon Eric Savage, Berrima Helen Saville, Alpine James Saville, Alpine Bruce Schubert, Moss Vale Dawn Schubert, Moss Vale Julie Sedgman, Bundanoon Shona Seymour, Moss Vale Jenny Simons, Burradoo Jennifer Slattery, Colo Vale Jan Smith, Bowral Marian Smith, Fairlight

• E. Smith, Colo Vale

Pete Smyth, Bowral Betty Smythe, Bowral Mark Sneddon, Bowral Jonathan M Solomon, Mittagong Melissa Jane Sorensen, Moss Vale Jules Sosotta, Mittagong Chris Staubner, Exeter Jill Stenner, Bowral Lynette Stephens, Moss Vale Barbara Sterling, Mittagong Michael Stokes, Yerrinbool Sue Stott, Bowral

• M. Stuart, Moss Vale
• A. Stuckey, Berrima
• W. Stuckey, Berrima
• B. Sullivan, Bowral

Sharon Sumskis, Mittagong Robyn Sweeney, Bundanoon

• L. Sweiden, Mittagong

Teal, Robertson Jonquil Temple, Welby Robert Thomas, Bundanoon

• M. Thomson, Burradoo

Karine Timorf, Bowral Pam Tippett, Bundanoon David Tranter, Robertson Helen Tranter, Robertson Roy Truscott, Moss Vale Adrienne Tunchon, Bowral Denise Turner, Bundanoon Maree Tynan, Mittagong Chris Ann Urquhart, Colo Vale Nicole Usher, Bowral Ingrid van Krevel, Bundanoon Marius van Krevel, Bundanoon

• H. VanWilligen, Berrima
• S. Vaughan, Burrawang
• J. Vawdesande, Bowral

Ida Vincent, Bowral Pamela Voysey, Robertson Mike Walker, Bowral Sophie Walker, Robertson Brian Wall, Mittagong Bruce Walter, Bowral Rosalind Walter, Bowral Jenna Ward, Mittagong Steve Warner, Bowral Sally Waterford, Mittagong

• M. Weatherall, Bowral

Emma Welling, Bowral David Wells, Bowral John Wells, Meryla Larry Whipper, Robertson Mark Williamson, Moss Vale Geordie Williamson, Moss Vale Elliot Wilmot, Wildes Meadow

• D. Wilson, Moss Vale

Laura Wilson, Bowral

• H. E. Wiseman, Bowral

Susan Wolfe, Bowral Ian Wolfe, Bowral Dave Wood, Mittagong Ross Woodcock, Exeter Katinka Woodhouse, Burradoo Sharon Woods, Bowral Freya Worne, Bowral Isabel Yap, Mittagong Anis Yusuf, Exeter Authorised by Katherine Biddlecombe, 22 Wilkinson Street, Berrima NSW 2577

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Building Community Leadership Strong TSW involvement in workshops and Reference Groups in the 2031+ process

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‘Bundy on Tap’ at State Government conference Broken Hill Building relationships with State Government

SLIDE 25 Central group deepens Build partnerships Reskilling events and workshops Projects Form initiating group Initiator Working groups Awareness raising events, widen participation Open space, form working groups Unleash! Working groups Initiating group “Core” group forms & steers Awareness raising Hand over to new group Energy descent

The Early Stages of Transition

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CANWin ‘Re-visioning’ and AGM

Seeds of Transition. March 2008

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Segment from “In Transition, the Movie”

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Open Space Technology

 It shouldn’t work!  One long coffee break  World Café  Harrison Owen - Open Space Technology: A User’s Guide  Peggy Holman and Tom Devane’ - The Change Handbook:

Group Methods for Shaping the Future

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Segment from “In Transition, the Movie”

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TSW hosts state & national ‘Training for Transition’ workshops Kerever Park, February 2009 TSW hosts state & national ‘Training for Transition’ workshops Kerever Park, February 2009

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Kinglake man joins new national body ‘Transition Australia’ launched at Bowral workshop

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Training for Transition

…to inspire, encourage,inform & engage people in the Transition process 4th & 5th April , Bowral

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Facilitating Training for Transition at Fassifern NSW, 2010

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TSW ¡trainers ¡ running ¡2-­‑day Training ¡for ¡ Transi*on ¡ workshop ¡ for ¡Shoalhaven ¡ 5-­‑6th ¡March ¡

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Raising Awareness

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SLIDE 36 Uniting Church Hall Bowral Saturday 1 November 2008 5.30pm start $5 donation and a plate to share Towards a solution: a Transition Shire Wingecarribee presentation NSITION FILM AND INFORMATION FESTIV AL SPRING 2008

AUSTRALIA

PUMPING EMPTY The ¡Looming ¡Peak ¡Oil ¡Crisis ¡ Explore the real reason behind rising energy, food and fuel prices. Australia Pumping Empty (2008) features interviews with perts from a wide range of fields from urban research to il refining. They explain the implications of peak oil for Australia and the efforts that we can make to reduce our

• il dependence.

Film event Bowral Nov 2008 Transition Film Festival runs throughout Shire November 2008

TRANSITION FILM AND INFORMA TION FESTIVAL SPRING 2008 How do peak oil and climate change relate to you? What can you do to prepare ? The prices of fuel, food and energy are rising year by year and news about climate change is more alarming by the day. Don t miss this fascinating presentation about the coming energy transition and how you can participate in creating solutions in your community. AUSTRALIA PUMPING EMPTY The Looming Peak Oil Crisis Explore the real reason behind rising energy, food and fuel prices. Australia Pumping Empty (2008) features interviews with experts from a wide range of fields from urban research to oil refining. They explain the implications of peak oil for Australia and the efforts that we can make to reduce our oil dependence. The END of SUBURBIA This multi award-winning documentary is the definitive introduction to the peak oil issue. It has been screened all over the world and has spurred many communities to begin preparing for this momentous

• challenge. You won't see this film on television or at the Box Office.

It could change the way you look at the world. The Power

• f Community

How ¡Cuba ¡survived ¡Peak ¡Oil Everyone who is concerned about Peak Oil needs to see this film. Cuba survived an energy famine during the 1990s, and how it did so constitutes one of the most important and hopeful stories of the past few decades. It is a story not just

• f individual achievement, but of the collective mobilization
• f an entire society to meet an enormous challenge.
• Richard Heinberg, author of

The Party's Over and Powerdown Transition Shire WINGECARRIBEE Date Saturday 4 October 7pm Friday 10 October 7pm Saturday 11 October 7pm Friday 17 October 7pm Saturday 18 October 7pm Saturday 25 October 7pm Saturday 1 November 5.30pm Friday 7 November 7pm Saturday 8 November 7pm Saturday 15 November 7pm Location Mittagong Playhouse Supper Room East Bowral Community Centre Colo Vale Community Hall Civic Centre Theatrette - Moss Vale Exeter Community Hall Hill Top Community Hall Uniting Church Hall Bowral Robertson CTC Berrima Courthouse Bundanoon Memorial Hall Event Australia Pumping Empty & presentation End of Suburbia & discussion Presentation & discussion Power of Community & discussion Presentation & discussion Presentation & discussion Australia Pumping Empty & discussion & pot luck supper Australia Pumping Empty & presentation Australia Pumping Empty & presentation Australia Pumping Empty & presentation Entry to all events $5 donation

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Pot-luck tea and a special screening of the documentary movie…

• In Transition

From oil dependency to local resilience

November 27 Bundanoon

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“Australia Pumping Empty” film and information nights at Bowral & Bundanoon, November 2008

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Penrose School Sustainability Fair Transition presentation

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QUARTERLY LECTURE SERIES

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Interested in understanding and working with key factors that enable Sustainability, Resilient communities and Transformation?

Join

Professor Stuart B. Hill

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Friday 17th July 7.30pm, Wingecarribee Council Theatrette, Moss Vale

Deeply Engaging Communities in Their Journeys Toward Sustainability

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Friday, 24th September 2010 7.30pm

Wingecarribee Council Theatrette

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FRIDAY evening 23rd April, 7pm

Bundanoon

Venue: MEMORIAL HALL

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Media Exposure

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SLIDE 44 WHAT S ¡IT ¡ALL ¡ABOUT? ¡ Inside this issue: October in the Food Garden 2 Transition in the Community 2 Petition Success 2 What is peak oil? 3 Home Harvest 3 News from 2028 4 Issue 1, October 2008

TRANSITION SHIRE NEWS

Transition Shire Wingecar- ribee (TSW) is part of one

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the fastest growing community-scale initiatives in the world. Since the first (Totnes in Devon, Eng- land) was developed in 2006, about 100 official initiatives have emerged and many more communi- ties are considering the idea. Transition Initiative com- munities are committed to using less energy and mitigating climate change. The days of cheap and abundant oil are over and we need to discover some new

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responsibly meeting our material needs. In our rush to globalisation, we have abandoned much of our local defence against ex- ternal shocks. We need to reclaim it and the only way we can do that before peak

• il really starts to pinch is

by acting immediately as a community. Areas to be explored in- clude transport, waste management, education, health, housing, food, en- ergy and entertainment. A Transition Initiative is more party than protest. It takes a holistic view and works as a catalyst for community members to find solutions. The immi- nent challenges are too great for individuals to face, but there is no end to

• ur collective innovation

and energy. Kathy ¡Biddlecombe ¡ Areas to be explored include transport, waste management, education, health, housing, food, energy and entertainment. FILM ¡AND ¡INFORMATION ¡ ¡ FESTIVAL ¡SPRING ¡2008 ¡ ¡ The Transition Film and Information Festival has

• begun. Three films and a

presentation will be shown across 10 locations be- tween now and mid- November. First up was Australia Pumping Empty at the Mittagong Playhouse Sup- per Room. The film was followed by a TSW pres- entation of positive solu- tions to the problems ex- plored in the film. Attendance was good, with some interesting discus- sion after the screening. Other films showing are The End of Suburbia (back by popular demand) and The Power of Community, an inspiring film about Cuba s response to the energy famine

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the 1990s. Each screening will be followed by the opportunity for viewers to voice con- cerns and thoughts or con- tribute ideas. See below for the full schedule. Entry to all events is $5 donation. Date Saturday 4 October 7pm Friday 10 October 7pm Saturday 11 October 7pm Friday 17 October 7pm Saturday 18 October 7pm Saturday 25 October 7pm Saturday 1 November 5.30pm Friday 7 November 7pm Saturday 8 November 7pm Saturday 15 November 7pm Location Mittagong Playhouse Supper Room East Bowral Community Centre Colo Vale Community Hall Civic Centre Theatrette - Moss Vale Exeter Community Hall Hill Top Community Hall Uniting Church Hall Bowral Robertson CTC Berrima Courthouse Bundanoon Memorial Hall Event Australia Pumping Empty & presentation End of Suburbia & discussion Presentation & discussion Power of Community & discussion Presentation & discussion Presentation & discussion Australia Pumping Empty & discussion & pot luck supper Australia Pumping Empty & presentation Australia Pumping Empty & presentation Australia Pumping Empty & presentation Transition Shire WINGECARRIBEE

Transition Shire News launched October 2008 Go Kathy!

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NEW ENVIRO SHOW PREMIERES ON LOCAL RADIO

Our community radio station, Highland FM 107.1, proudly announces 'Eco Matters', an exciting new show about all things environmental in the Wingecarribee.

Each Tuesday evening from 6-8pm, presenters Claire Burniston and Annabel Brown will be bringing you news on some of the issues we face, highlighting local events and initiatives, and featuring interviews with many of the people working towards a more sustainable future for our region.

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Transition workshops get great media coverage in Southern Highland News

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Transition Exeter steps to local transition...

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Sunrise at 7 comes to Transition Town Bundanoon, July 2010

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Reskilling

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10.3 0.30am 0am Registration & Tour of Garden. 11.00 .00am am Solar Cooker Construction. Cost: Cost: $5 Tea/Cof ea/Coffee ee: $2 To B

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Railway Street, Moss Vale. Next to tennis courts.

MOSS VALE COMMUNIT Y GARDEN

TIME: 10.30AM 12.30PM DATE: SATURDAY 11TH JULY 2009

BUILD A SOLAR COOKER

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TSW at Schools Environment Day 16th March Lake Alexandra, Mittagong Solar cooking with Alison & Annabel

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Food ¡ Security

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Kathy spreads the word on Transition at Berrima farmers’ market

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Peter leads Transition Bundanoon in feature on local food

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Media Launch Montrose Berry Farm, 1st February 2011

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Bundanoon Commons

project team forms - November 09

Bundanoon Commons

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Got fruit that needs picking (now or later)? Fancy picking some fruit? Register online at www.canwin.org.au

FRUIT RESCUE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS

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Energy Efficiency

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sustainablehouseday.com

Sustainable living in a suburb near you Sunday September 12

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Community led free home energy and water assessments for Bundanoon Transition Bundanoon supported by the Bundanoon Community Association

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TSW team busy at the Sustainable Housing Forum Moss Vale, 20th February

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Empowering ¡

Youth

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TSW supports OzGREEN in another amazing YOUthLEAD... ...Sustainability Congress, November 2010

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Nathan organises Street Art event in Corbett Plaza with Chev students

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and ¡a ¡myriad ¡of ¡

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Transition ‘Permablitzes’ take off

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...allows ¡residents ¡of ¡the ¡Southern ¡Highlands ¡ to ¡trade ¡without ¡money. ¡ Members ¡can ¡offer ¡a ¡vast ¡range ¡of ¡services: ¡ lawn ¡mowing, ¡assistance ¡with ¡shopping, ¡dog ¡ walking, ¡bookkeeping, ¡pain=ng, ¡babysiSng, ¡ tui=on ¡in ¡just ¡about ¡anything, ¡yoga ¡instruc=on, ¡ hairdressing, ¡sewing…anything ¡you ¡can ¡think ¡

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Go ¡to ¡www.cesh.org.au ¡to ¡join

Community ¡Exchange ¡ Southern ¡Highlands (CESH) Launched March 2010...

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Resilient Hearts group meets regularly at Mittagong

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Community Meeting

when Wednesday 8 July, 7.30pm where Bundanoon Memorial Hall

For further information contact Huw Kingston 0418 977609 huw@wildhorizons.com.au Come and hear about plans to make Bundanoon Australia’s First Bottled Water Free Town

• The evening will be an
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the community to hear how we plan to achieve this, working with our businesses in town, the new ‘bubblers’ for Bundanoon and the availability of refillable bottles.

special guest Jon Dee

~ The founder, with Pat Cash, of Planet Ark ~ The founder of The Bottled Water Alliance ~ Behind Coles Bay becoming Australia’s First Plastic Bag Free Town ~ Behind Manly Council’s decision to ban bottled water from its facilities and place bubblers around the council area ~ Put together the 60 Minutes programme on Bottled Water ~ Has a regular media presence including as Environment Editor

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Bundanoon votes to become first bottled water free town... ...in the world

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OFFICIAL LAUNCH

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Join the Bundanoon Community to celebrate becoming Australia’ s First Bottle Water Free Town

10am Water Wander commences at Community Hall with local choir Serendipity singing ‘Bundy Fantastic’, A pied piper then leads the Water Wander to Bundanoon Primary School (Church St), where the first of three new water stations will be officially turned on*. The Water Wander proceeds then to a water station outside the Post Office before arriving

• utside the Primula Café (Railway Ave).

10.30am (approx) Official ‘Bundy on Tap’ launch ceremony on the footpath terrace in Railway Avenue, with presentations, and a Thank You to Bundanoon businesses.

• Music • Song • Food • Invited Guests •
• Official Tap Turnings • Water Wander • and More! •

visit www.bundyontap.com.au

Bundanoon Water Retailers Supporting Bundy on Tap Bundanoon Bakery Bundanoon Club Bundanoon Deli Bundanoon Hotel Bundanoon Newsagency Bundanoon Pizza & Pasta Bundanoon Supermarket Brigadoon Highland Gathering The Highland Fling Jimoru Service Station Pioneer Flask Bottle Shop Primula Cafe Red Violin Cafe Ye Olde Bicycle Shoppe Launch Organiser: Patrick Fitzgerald, Mobile 0412 204 262, patrick@bundyontap.com.au Media Contact: Huw Kingston, Mobile 0418 977 609, huw@bundyontap.com.au * A draw will be held to select the lucky local person to cut the ribbon and fill the first bottle at each of the three Official Tap

• Turnings. Food will available from local cafes and the Bundanoon Lions Club. The main street will be closed to vehicular traffic

for a few hours. Audio Visual presentations will run inside the Community Hall, during the launch. Bundanoon, a town in the Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia, voted to voluntarily become Australia’s First Bottle Water Free Town. The community of Bundanoon have agreed to support businesses and events in the town boundaries for not distributing (for sale, or as a give-away) “still, and lightly flavoured still water in sealed ‘single-use’ bottles.”

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What kind of things are they up to…?

 loads of awareness raising talks,

movies, discussions

 skill sharing  seed sharing  local food directories  local currencies  oral history archives  planting fruit trees  starting up locally owned renewable

energy companies

 garden share schemes  energy saving advice for the

community

 central buying of trees for “city

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 mending courses  loads of reskilling events, eg

Dr Bike, composting toilets, reed beds

 working with local schools  cutting out plastic bags and

holding workshops on how to make fabric ones out of scraps

 getting sustainability books

into their libraries

 car share schemes  community supported

agriculture schemes

 guerilla gardening  permaculture courses

Typical activities

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Our choice…

 We’ll be transitioning to a lower energy future

whether we want to or not. Far better to ride that wave rather than getting engulfed by it.