News Bulletin
APRIL 8th 2007
Transition Penwith continues to grow in leaps and bounds - a big thanks to all the support we've received over the last few months! More good news is that we recently secured an office space in the Penwith Centre in Penzance. We hope this will help us to build stronger partnerships with the wider community, so that we can get more practically involved in moving Penwith towards an abundant and resilient, low energy, low carbon future.
1. NEW PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
We are delighted to present our new programme of talks, films and events for the next 3 months.
Wed. April 25th. Union Hotel, Chapel St., Penzance 7.30pm
Impact of Peak Oil on Health & Medicine
An inspiring and informative talk by Dr. Pamela Gray, well-respected holistic scientist, theoretical physicist, author and researcher in the field of integrative medicine. Cost £3
Wed. May 9th. Queens Hotel, Promenade, Penzance 7.30pm
Transition Penwith in association with Penwith Film Society presents:
A Crude Awakening - The Oil Crash
Premiere of award-winning, startling documentary, one of the essential films of the year. Followed by a discussion with an invited panel. Cost £3
Sat. May 12th, Newlyn Community Centre, Chywoone Hill, 10am to 4pm
Transition Penwith - Open Space.
Exploring the question: How To Create a Vibrant, Resilient & Sustainable Penwith? Free. All welcome.
Tuesday, June 12th. Queens Hotel, Promenade, Penzance 7.30pm
Food & Farming in Transition
A talk by Patrick Holden, Director of the Soil Association and leading voice on the impact of peak oil on food and farming. Cost £3
Saturday, June 16th Queens Hotel, Promenade, Penzance 10am to 4pm
Food & Agriculture Open Space Day
Exploring the question: How Will Penwith Feed Itself Beyond the End of Cheap Oil? Free. All welcome.
Thursday, 28th June. Union Hotel, Chapel St, Penzance 7.30pm
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
Back by popular demand! This empowering film looks at how Cuba responded to the collapse of the Soviet Union and to the overnight disappearance of its oil imports. 50-minute film followed by a discussion. Cost £3
To book places at the above events, please Tel: 07734.692435 or email: peak.oil@virgin.net
2. THE GREAT RESKILLING - A TOOLKIT OF HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS
Saturday April 21st. 10am to 5pm. Chy Ena, Sancreed.
Treebogs - Composting Toilets Workshop with David Smartknight and Mat Kraft. Donations.
Saturday May 5th and Sunday May 6th. 10am to 5pm. Chy Ena, Sancreed.
Wetland Reed Bed Ecosystem Treatment with permaculture designer and microbiologist, Jay Abrahams. Cost: £20 (concessions available).
To book places at either of these workshops, please contact Rachel Smartknight on Tel: 01736 810660 or email: reskilling@transitionpenwith.com.
3. NEWS FROM THE TP GROUPS
We now have four vibrant Transition Penwith Groups up and running: Health & Medicine, Food & Agriculture, Education, and Energy. These Groups offer people an opportunity to engage more deeply with peak oil issues, and specifically provide a networking forum for people to begin to feed information, research and ideas into the Penwith Energy Descent Action Plan. The Group contacts are:
Health & Medicine: Dr. Pamela Gray, email: pagray3333@yahoo.com Tel: 01736.732524. Next Meeting: Saturday, 28th April, 2 to 4pm, Newlyn Community Centre.
Food & Agriculture: Sarah Gale, email: sarahgale@cooptel.net Tel: 01736.732535
Next Meeting: Friday, 13th April, 7 to 9pm, Penwith Centre, Parade Street, Penzance.
Education: Rachel Smartknight, email: smartknight@ukonline.co.uk Tel: 01736.810660. Next Meeting: Monday, 16th April, 8 to 10pm, Chy Ena, Sancreed.
Energy: Piers Guy & Holly Moore, email: holly.moore@nuonrenewables.com Tel: 01736.3301. Next Meeting: Monday, 30th May, 7.30 to 9.30pm, Nuonrenewables, Longrock.
Everyone is welcome to come along to these meetings! The notes from previous meetings are posted on the website forum: www.transitionpenwith.com/forum
The forum is a great place to share ideas, resources and inspiration between members. Please do sign up and join our online community! For reasons of security and privacy, you will need to register your full name to use the forum.
We have other groups forming in the areas of transport, housing, local economics, local policy - if you'd like to be involved in any of these new groups, please contact peak.oil@virgin.net or tel: 07734 692435.