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Welcome to Transition Lower Hutt

To a new era of sustainable, low-carbon, quality living.

 

 

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Pot Luck Dinner and Settling In

Welcome To Our New Home, a chance to share dinner, get to know some new friends and have a bit of a chat to some old friends you have not seen for a while.

Bring your own meal to share, or locally there is a fish and chip shop or chinese take aways.

As a bit fun, entry is a photo of you as a child or baby. Yes there will be prizes.

When:    Tuesday night, 13 July 2010
Time :    6.30pm for a 7.00 entree
Where:   Transition Towns at the Transition Centre, 38 Victoria St, Alicetown, Lower Hutt
Entry:     A photo of you as a child/ baby.

Have a shared dinner, enjoy a cup of tea and biscuit, you're all welcome, bring a friend.
Any questions ring Richard on (04) 5686838  on behalf of TT Lower Hutt

Background

Transition Initiatives are based on four key assumptions:

  1. That our settlements and communities presently lack the resilience to enable them to weather the severe energy shocks that will accompany peak oil.
  2. That life with dramatically lower energy consumption is inevitable, and that it's better to plan for it than to be taken by surprise.
  3. That we have to act collectively, and we have to act now.
  4. That by unleashing the collective genius of those around us to creatively and proactively design our energy descent, we can build ways of living that are more connected, more enriching and that recognise the biological limits of our planet.

The future with less oil could, if enough thinking and design is applied sufficiently in advance, be preferable to the present. There is no reason why a lower-energy, more resilient future needs to have a lower quality of life than the present. Indeed, a future with a revitalised local economy would have many advantages over the present, including a happier and less stressed population, an improved environment and increased stability.

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Lower Hutt contacts

Paul Kennett, ph 027 442 1055, email: paul at kennett dot co dot nz
Stuart Edwards, ph 021 074 6640, email: xtracycler at gmail dot com

Interest Groups

Following a series of eight talks/films/discussions held in 2008 several interest groups have/are formed/ing:

Other events

PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE

WEEKEND WORKSHOPS 2010

How to design your life with the future of the planet in mind.

Based in the Horowhenua region of the lower North Island, we offer permaculture workshops and a Permaculture Design Course which is divided into 12 modules, held on weekends throughout the year. All workshops include small group exercises and discussions, with hands-on demonstrations. If you want to attain the Permaculture Certificate you need to attend the first two base modules — Design Course Introduction — and at least 8 of the other 10 modules of the course.

For more information please contact:
Gary and Emily Williams
at (06) 362 6684 email: gary@waterscape.co.nz  

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