Comments on: Australia’s first Transition Town http://www.eatthesuburbs.org/2007/12/australias-first-transition-town/ Creative adaptations to peak oil and climate change Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:38:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: William Vorobioff http://www.eatthesuburbs.org/2007/12/australias-first-transition-town/#comment-24870 William Vorobioff Thu, 15 May 2008 00:59:06 +0000 http://www.eatthesuburbs.org/2007/12/australias-first-transition-town/#comment-24870 Thanks Adam Just to let you know that Climate Action Newcastle is keen on taking up the task of bringing Newcastle into the Network. We have given one presentation to Council staff who were quite receptive, and of course interested in how we would fit in with some of their great current policy initiatives. Permaculture Hunter Region is very excited about the initiative and we are looking forward to the trainings, documents and templates to come from SEAC as we develop our own path. Optimistically William Thanks Adam
Just to let you know that Climate Action Newcastle is keen on taking up the task of bringing Newcastle into the Network. We have given one presentation to Council staff who were quite receptive, and of course interested in how we would fit in with some of their great current policy initiatives. Permaculture Hunter Region is very excited about the initiative and we are looking forward to the trainings, documents and templates to come from SEAC as we develop our own path.
Optimistically
William

]]> By: adam http://www.eatthesuburbs.org/2007/12/australias-first-transition-town/#comment-11165 adam Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:37:06 +0000 http://www.eatthesuburbs.org/2007/12/australias-first-transition-town/#comment-11165 Sonya sent through some updates last week: <blockquote>We've run the trial Time for an Oil Change Course which was a great success and we're busy working on writing up the EDAP. No small task, but it's important to get this first one in Australia right so other councils and community groups find it easier. We'll deliver it to council soon, who have it listed as a regional project and begin community presentations also. Requests for presentations are coming in thick and fast too. We're receiving requests from around the place for energy descent action planning courses and train the trainer courses so that will be our next step organising how we will effectively deliver those and keep the content true to form and non-hybrid. It seems this idea for a course specifically written to generate an edap and raise community awareness might just be the key. The Sunshine Coast Energy Action Centre is going ahead in leaps and bounds and we've recently been named Australia's first Transition Town (or Region actually) by Rob Hopkin's TT Network, and I believe the first outside the UK. Visitor numbers to the Centre are increasing weekly and we've just introduced a solar energy bulk buying program for the community. Next year we'll retrofit the building we are in and run courses for the community as we do it. We're in detailed talks with the local uni and will be working out the scope of a Memorandum of Understanding with them too. There's a need for intensive courses too and we're working on some short courses which will be delivered in January based on what we have found the community is looking for. We're also linked with ASPO in Brisbane too. It's all happening and the response we've had from the community, local business people, schools (we have one of our students facilitating edaps in six local schools), the uni and especially local government has just been amazing. Things are really steaming ahead and 2008 looks like an even bigger year for us.</blockquote> Brilliant stuff!! Sonya sent through some updates last week:

We’ve run the trial Time for an Oil Change Course
which was a great success and we’re busy working on
writing up the EDAP. No small task, but it’s important
to get this first one in Australia right so other
councils and community groups find it easier.

We’ll deliver it to council soon, who have it listed
as a regional project and begin community
presentations also. Requests for presentations are
coming in thick and fast too.

We’re receiving requests from around the place for
energy descent action planning courses and train the
trainer courses so that will be our next step
organising how we will effectively deliver those and
keep the content true to form and non-hybrid. It seems
this idea for a course specifically written to
generate an edap and raise community awareness might
just be the key.

The Sunshine Coast Energy Action Centre is going ahead
in leaps and bounds and we’ve recently been named
Australia’s first Transition Town (or Region actually)
by Rob Hopkin’s TT Network, and I believe the first
outside the UK.

Visitor numbers to the Centre are increasing weekly
and we’ve just introduced a solar energy bulk buying
program for the community. Next year we’ll retrofit
the building we are in and run courses for the
community as we do it.

We’re in detailed talks with the local uni and will be
working out the scope of a Memorandum of Understanding
with them too.

There’s a need for intensive courses too and we’re
working on some short courses which will be delivered
in January based on what we have found the community
is looking for.

We’re also linked with ASPO in Brisbane too. It’s all
happening and the response we’ve had from the
community, local business people, schools (we have one
of our students facilitating edaps in six local
schools), the uni and especially local government has
just been amazing.

Things are really steaming ahead and 2008 looks like
an even bigger year for us.

Brilliant stuff!!

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