Coromandel

Rimu — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:48:07 +0000

Background To Coromandel Town activity

In 2005 'The End of Suburbia' was screened in Coromandel Town, introduced by Jeanette Fitzsimons. The screening started local interest in Peak Oil and questions about sustainability in the new century.

A local series of articles on issues including Peak Oil and Climate change was started in the towns gazette, the Coromandel Chronicle under the 'Green Blog' title.

Recently a group began investigating the possibility for a small community owned Wind Farm.

The Power of Community - Coromandel

admin — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:45:22 +0000

An inspiring documentary on the effects of peak oil on the community of Cuba after the collapse of the Soviet Union, which subsidized a large part of Cuba's oil and energy imports. Plus: Screening of Transition Town lecture by Joe Duff from the Hawkes Bay Transition Town initiative.. Discussions after the screening of the films. Koha requested at the door.

Coromandel

admin — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:39:59 +0000

Background To Coromandel Town activity

A local series of articles on issues including Peak Oil and Climate change was started in the towns gazette, the Coromandel Chronicle under the 'Green Blog' title.

Recently a group began investigating the possibility for a small community owned Wind Farm.

Steering Committee of the Coromandel Transition Town initiative

admin — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:39:39 +0000

The first task that the Steering Committee set itself is the development of a 'Mission Statement' for the initiative. The Mission Statement will be a collaborative work and will evolve here in this WIKI.

The draft Mission Statement is here: Mission Statement.

The next meeting of the Steering Committee is on Wednesday, 26th of June at 2:00 pm at the Coromandel Steiner School, Coromandel

For information contact Thomas Everth 07 866 7462 everth at te-software.co.nz

Mission statement

admin — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:30:00 +0000

Our premise are the four key assumptions of the Transition Town Movement:

(1) That life with dramatically lower energy consumption is inevitable, and that it's better to plan for it than to be taken by surprise.

(2) That our settlements and communities presently lack the resilience to enable them to weather the severe energy shocks that will accompany peak oil.