TRANSPORT

Participants :

David Hutton, Joanna Santa Barbara, Janet Taylor, Simon Clearwater, Jenny Easton.

Ideas:

• 3 Different ideas :

• - booking systems :TDC website - use Mapua as a trial. TDC willing to assist.
• - J Ride , Take-a-Mate Golden Bay.
• - Safety

• flexibility and back-up for car pooling

• - armband /flag ideas
• - payment ideas (Golden Bay suggests $1 per 10km - legality issues ?)

• hitch-hiking. Willing to pay?

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COMMUNITY

The contact person for the community group is Roger Waddell

To join this group email  mapua.heartandsoul@transitiontowns.org.nz

Participants :

Roger Waddell, Hilary Blundell, Hugh Gordon, John Grungy, Christine Gillespie, Robin Simpson, David Kemp, Janet Taylor, Adele Smith, Charlie Goulter, Bruno Lemke. » Read more

ENERGY

The administrator for the energy group is Hilary Blundell

To join the group email mapua.energy@transitiontowns.org.nz » Read more

The Power of Community: how Cuba survived peak oil

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990 Cuba's economy went into a tailspin. With imports of crude oil cut by more than half -and food by 80 percent-people were desparate. This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the community and creativity of the Cuban people.

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