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Oamaru Victorian Heritage Celebrations Fete 16th November 2008

Transition Town Project Oamaru has an information stall at the fete. Many thousands of people from the Waitaki District and much further afield are expected to attend. We hope to inform more people of the existance of the Transition Town movement, the aims and specific projects that we are working on.

Healthy Active Lifestyles Oamaru - HALO ran their bi-annual Health and Well-being Expo on 19th October. The focus was on sustainable living and it was a zero waste event. Transition Town Oamaru had a large display outlining the seriousness of the problem, some solutions that are already underway in Oamaru as well as suggesting other possibible projects.

Climate Disruption

Transition Towns

One Response

Weekend Forum 2008

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.

Susan Krumdieck, University of Canterbury

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

Natural Heritage Society Oamaru