Report from 2 March event "Sustaining Transition Town Initiatives"

[Richard Walker]

Did anybody from K2K attend this event yesterday?  Any feedback?

 

This was the programme (copied from http://www.ecobuild.co.uk/seminars/urban-planning-the-public-realm/...):

Sustaining Transition Town initiatives

With grass roots, the Transition Towns Initiative is now several years old, and this seminar considers the lessons learned so far, how to build and sustain public awareness and adoption, and its critics’ views.

chair: Liz Cox, Head of Connected Economies, New Economics Foundation

 

14.30 – 14.50

Transition Towns today and in the future

Rob Hopkins, Co-founder Transition Network and Co-founder Transition Towns Totnes, Transition Network and Transition Towns Totnes

 

14.50 – 15.20

Transition – the role for local economies and communities

Liz Cox, Head of Connected Economies, New Economics Foundation

 

15.20 – 15.40

Lessons from a Transition Town

Mark Brown, Chairman, Transition Town High Wycombe

 

15.40 – 16.00

Population growth, economic expansion, increased energy use: are they really a problem?

Alastair Donald, Urban Designer, mantownhuman