Transition City Lancaster, a local group inspired by the now worldwide Transition Town movement, is inviting everyone from the Lancaster area to particpate and share their experiences and ideas about how best we can meet the challenges of creating a sustainable city in the face of rising energy costs, shrinking fossil fuel supplies, increasing climate change and tightening economic conditions.
TLC will be hosting a day of films, activities and discussions at the Friends Meeting House, Meeting House Lane, Lancater from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm on Saturday 15th November. Admission is free and food drinks, cakes and music will be on offer, along with plenty of opportunities to meet, talk and share the huge wealth of knowledge and experience that already exists in the area.
The Transition Town movement, which has now spread worldwide, started only two years ago in Totnes, Devon. It was started by permaculture designer Rob Hopkins, now the author of The Transition Handbook, who was alarmed at the ecological and social challenges facing us as a society. He responded by developing a model by which people could come together locally to develop what’s known as an Energy Descent Pathway, best described here as a community response to the issues raised by the changing world around us in terms of dwindling fossil fuels and more.
The key aspect of the Pathway is that it’s primarily developed from the experience and skills of the community and maximises local resilience and knowledge, resilience described by Rob Hopkins as “being able to respond creatively to change and shock.”
“This is a chance for everyone to create the kind of City they would like to see as we meet these challenges,” says organiser Chris Hart.
As Lancaster makes the vital social transformations that a low carbon economy needs, the wealth of wisdom, traditions, ideas, fun and creativity are all TLC ask you bring along on the 15th.
• For more information the programme for the day at www.transitioncitylancaster.org or ring Margaret Lyth on 01524 60387.