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Transition Lower Hutt

Transition Lower Hutt - to a new era of sustainable, low-carbon, quality living.

Including people from: Belmont, Korokoro, Normandale, Maungaraki, Petone, Moera, Warterloo, Naenae, Wainuiomata, Days Bay, and Eastbourne. Upper Hutt has it's own Transition Town group: Upper Hutt

Contacts

Paul Kennett, ph 027 442 1055, email: paul at kennett dot co dot nz
Stuart Edwards, ph 021 074 6640, email: xtracycler at gmail dot com

Transition Initiatives are based on four key assumptions:

  1. That our settlements and communities presently lack the resilience to enable them to weather the severe energy shocks that will accompany peak oil.
  2. That life with dramatically lower energy consumption is inevitable, and that it's better to plan for it than to be taken by surprise.
  3. That we have to act collectively, and we have to act now.
  4. That by unleashing the collective genius of those around us to creatively and proactively design our energy descent, we can build ways of living that are more connected, more enriching and that recognise the biological limits of our planet.

The future with less oil could, if enough thinking and design is applied sufficiently in advance, be preferable to the present. There is no reason why a lower-energy, more resilient future needs to have a lower quality of life than the present. Indeed, a future with a revitalised local economy would have many advantages over the present, including a happier and less stressed population, an improved environment and increased stability.

 

Join the Transition Lower Hutt email group to keep informed on activities.

Events

Tues 21st Oct Core group meeting to plan next steps
TBA PARTY! Let's have a party to celebrate what we've done so far and what will come next.
February 2009 Tiger Worm Award - Register by the end of November!

Sunday 14 December

12 - 4pm

 The "Good Life Tour " of Hill Road Community

 

 

 

Interest Groups

Following the series of eight talks/films/discussions several interest groups have/are formed/ing:

 

 

Other events

Sunday 14th December from 12 - 4pm - the Good Life Tour of Hill Road is an opportunity to visit the locals on Hill Road and find out about their efforts to create a more sustainable and neighbourly community. Lots to see, learn and enjoy. The Good Life Tour is a fundraiser being organised by local school students who wish to attend a youth conference in Switzerland in April 2009

Otaki Permaculture course sprinkled throughout 2009.

Council presentations

May 2008 - Natalie, Stu and Juanita made a written submission on behalf of Transition Town Lower Hutt to the Hutt City 2008 draft Annual Plan.

27 May 2008 - Paul Kennett then gave a 5 minute oral submission on behalf of the TT Lower Hutt to the Hutt City Council.

In the news

 

Gearing now for peak oil shock - Hutt News, 3 June 2008

 

Ideas for further investigation

Resources

 

Previous events and meetings

Full contacts list

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