Low Carbon Show #5: Transition Towns
First Broadcast: 5 June 2007
Featuring:
- Naresh Giangrande
- Nick Weir
- Dr Pamela Gray
- Jo Hamilton
The Transition Towns concept is a grassroots, action model for making the
change to a low carbon future. It's about designing the future and making it
positive rather than just waiting for it to happen. All the signs are that
it is a project that works and it's spreading like a virus throughout the
UK.
This programme features interviews with people involved in transition towns
projects recorded at the Transition Network inaugural conference. It
provides a snapshot of the many and diverse projects now underway.
a) Naresh Giangrande - Totnes Energy group co-ordinator - pioneering
community owned, large-scale renewable energy resources and bulk buying of
domestic solar water heating
b) Nick Weir - Transition Stroud food group member - pioneering
community supported agriculture projects, communal allotments, food co-ops,
and a new legal model - the Community Farm Land Trust
c) Dr Pamela Gray - Transition Penwith Medicine group co-ordinator -
asking how will we provide healthcare in a post-oil world?
d)Jo Hamilton - from Oxford Climate Exchange http://climatex.org/ - a
dynamic project connecting all the climate change resources in Oxfordshire
and aiming to engage all sections of the population
For more information see:
http://www.transitiontowns.org
http://www.transitionculture.org
If you live in London check out these fledgling projects:
http://www.transitioncitylondon.co.uk
http://transitiontownbrixton.org
Available Audio
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