March 23, 2009
· Filed under Transition Towns
On Tuesday 17 March a group of inspired and enthusiastic Mt Albert Community members gathered at Gladstone Primary School and formed a steering group that will grow Transition Towns Mt Albert. We shared some ideas about how we feel about community, ecology, and the future, as well as discussing some of the many opportunities we can see as we make connections.
We have a movie night on April 8. Details on the Transition Towns site.
Anyone interested in being part of Transition Towns Mt Albert can contact Jo or Karen at mtalberttt@gmail.com
February 23, 2009
· Filed under Community, Events, Gardening
Some people want to join our group Grey Lynn, Westmere, Ponsonby Transition Town group, not realising that Pt Chev, Titirangi, New Lynn, Kingsland all have active groups. The idea of Transtion Towns is to keep it local.
But please do come along to us if you like to see what we are up to or have a good speaker or a film you want to see. There is lots of cross pollinating going on!
Transition Town New Zealand gives the full listing throughout NZ.
Titirangi
There will be Transition Titirangi/Green Bay meeting at Pam Sellers
house -12 Verena Pl., Green Bay, Tuesday, 24 Feb at 7:30. Helen Biffin
from Waitakere Parks, will be there at the beginning, to talk about
the potential to use public land for growing fruit and nut trees.
Pt Chevalier
There is a meeting this coming Tuesday (Feb 24) to discuss if and how we could make it easier for transition town people to purchase food and other products consistent with what we are trying to achieve (e.g. local, organic, low packaging, fair trade). This may lead to a sub-group, discussions with the Pt Chev organic shop, co-ops or a calendar of suppliers and purchase dates.
All welcome for this initial discussion.
7.30-9pm, 69 Dignan St.
January 28, 2009
· Filed under Events, Film, General, Grey Lynn 2030, Transition Towns
Note: Grey Lynn 2030 will be showing the End of Suburbia
Friday 27th Feb 7.30
Grey Lynn Community Centre Hall
510 Richmond Rd
Cost $2
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The full title of this film is “End of Suburbia- Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream”
This award winning documentary certainly focusses the mind and it is easy to see how it has been been influential to the Transition Town Movement. Rob Hopkins talks about the film in his book “The Transition Handbook” . TransitionUS cites this film as an important motivator.
If you feel complacent about our endless consumption of oil, watch this film and prepare to wake up! It was made in 2004 and it is interesting to see how the recession/depression that we are entering into now was being predicted in this film.
Here is the promo for the film which will give you a good idea of what it is about and here is the website.
Both the book and the DVD are available from Auckland Library so get them out and get motivated.
If you want to catch up with what some of the commentators from the film are saying more currently here are their websites and blogs.
Mike Ruppert
Matthew Simmons
Richard Heinberg
James Howard Kunstler
The Post Carbon Institute
