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Caradon: Caradon and Global Warning

Caradon needs to meet the challenges of global warming and oil depletion
and on Friday 12th October Transition Caradon will be organising the
first of a series of events to raise awareness about the global warming
and oil depletion.


There will be a film showing of The End of Suberbia which explores the
American Way of Life and its prospects as the planet approaches a
critical era, as global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip
supply the film will be followed by a discussion and ideas for local
community initiatives.

The End of Suburbia will be shown The Liskerret Community Centre,
Liskeard, at 7.30pm, admission is £2-50

Across the country awareness is rising about the impact of decreasing
oil production will have on peoples lives. Under the banner of
"Transition Towns" people are coming together with the aim of developing
a strategy of preparing for the transition from an economy based on
cheap oil and high energy consumption to one that uses less energy.

Transition Caradon aims to raise awareness of Transition initiatives
that already exist across the world and in the UK and to help local
communities within Caradon develop there own initiatives to deal with
climate change and oil depletion and the transition to an economy that
consumes less energy.

Over the coming months other events are planned across Caradon
including film shows and discussions with the aim of helping local
communities develop their own Transition initiatives.

Klaudia VanGool, group coordinator says

*"Transition initiatives are really important. We want to spread the
word about the two challenges of oil depletion and global warming and
get people motivated to take action." *

The group are looking for individuals, groups, community centers,
village halls, parish councils or community leaders that would like to
get involved or to host a transition event.

For more information contact Klaudia VanGool on 01579 346487 or visit
www.transitiontowns.org or www.endofsuburbia.com



About End of Suburbia


Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound
wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability,
family life and upward mobility. As the population of suburban sprawl
has exploded in the past 50 years, so too has the suburban way of life
become embedded in the American consciousness.

Suburbia, and all it promises, has become the American Dream.

But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to
emerge about the sustainability of this way of life. With brutal honesty
and a touch of irony, The End of Suburbia explores the American Way of
Life and its prospects as the planet approaches a critical era, as
global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply. World Oil Peak
and the inevitable decline of fossil fuels are upon us now, some
scientists and policy makers argue in this documentary.

The consequences of inaction in the face of this global crisis are
enormous. What does Oil Peak mean for North America? As energy prices
skyrocket in the coming years, how will the populations of suburbia
react to the collapse of their dream? Are today's suburbs destined to
become the slums of tomorrow? And what can be done NOW, individually and
collectively, to avoid /The End of Suburbia/ ?

_Background information:_

Transition Caradon is an initiative to raise awareness and then
facilitate local projects to reduce our long term dependency on fossil
fuels. Initially we are putting together a programme of thought
provoking films to travel round the key towns and make them available
for other local groups & places to show. It follows the methodology
first tried out in Kinsale and then Totnes.

In response to the twin pressures of Peak Oil and Climate Change, some
pioneering communities in the UK and Ireland are taking an integrated
and inclusive approach to reduce their carbon footprint and increase
their ability to withstand the fundamental shift that will accompany
Peak Oil.

The transition initiatives currently in progress in the UK represent the
most promising way of engaging people and communities to take the
far-reaching actions that are required to mitigate the effects of Peak
Oil and Climate Change.

Kinsale 2021 – an Energy Descent Action Plan

The first draft of the Kinsale Energy Descent Action Plan (EDAP) was
completed in 2005. It sets out how Kinsale, an Irish town in West Cork
of about 7,000 people, could make the transition from a high energy
consumption town to a low energy one in response to the challenge of the
impending peaking of world oil production.

This has been followed by Transition Town Totnes. The thinking behind
TTT is simply that a town using much less energy and resources than
currently consumed could, if properly planned for and designed, be more
resilient, more abundant and more pleasurable that the present.

Other towns and areas that have followed Totnes include:
Bristol, Penwith, Lambeth, Stroud etc.

For more information see: www.transitiontowns.org