Transition Cities Conference 2008

[chris]

The Transition Cities conference:

Cities Conference 2008 Poster

Will be held at the Nottingham Arena, Bolero Square, The Lace Market, Nottingham, NG1 1LA. The conference will run from 10:00 am on Thursday 27-November through to 14:00 on Friday 28 November.

http://transitiontowns.org/TransitionNe ... ce-UK-2008

Some people from Sheffield plan to car share to get to this event.

[paul_newman]

I'd love to go (maybe my partner too), but have no car.

If anyone's going with spare seats, we'll happily contribute to petrol.

[steve]

Payment for the conference (£20 pp) was supposed to be in by the 14th November. However the booking form is still online and it's possible to pay by bank transfer.

Info: http://transitiontowns.org/TransitionNe ... ce-UK-2008

Booking: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=y ... 2fJg_3d_3d

You could try phoning: Kristin and Simone on 0117 963 8323 although I had problems getting through to them.

As for transport some folk are going by train. We may also be able to take a second car if required.

[chris]

Write ups from the sessions: http://transitiontowns.org/TransitionNe ... 08-WriteUp

Just 10 days after the conference, Nottingham City Council passed the first UK Peak Oil motion:

This Council acknowledges the forthcoming impact of peak oil. The Council therefore needs to respond, and help the citizens it serves respond, to the likelihood of shrinking oil supply but in a way which will nevertheless maintains the City’s prosperity. It acknowledges that actions taken to adapt to and mitigate against climate change also help us adapt issues around peak oil.

It will do this by:

• developing an understanding of the impact of peak oil on the local economy and the local community
• encouraging a move across the city towards sustainable transport, cycling and walking throughout the city
• pursuing a rigorous energy efficiency and conservation programme through its carbon management plan, the work towards EMAS accreditation and on leading on raising energy awareness across all sectors to reduce dependency on oil based energy in the city
• supporting research and production within the city which helps develop local effective alternative energy supplies and energy saving products in order to encourage a move away from oil based fuels and also in order to create local ‘green collar jobs’
• co-ordinating policy and action on reducing our city’s carbon dependency and in response to the need to mitigate and adapt to climate change and peak oil.

In this way Nottingham City Council will not only be helping the city to rise to the challenge of peak oil but also encourage the city to grasp the opportunities which peak oil offers.

Short video from the conference: