11 Apr 2007
Transition Penwith Launches Its New Programme of Events!
A bit like buses, Transition Town projects flyers don’t come along for months, and then three come along at once. Last week you’ll have seen the Transition Town Totnes and Transition Town Lewes flyers, today it is the turn of Transition Penwith. Things are continuing to grow well there, and the programme is a confirmation of that. You can download the pdf of the inside here and the outside here.
**Programme of Events**
**April to June 2007**
Wed. April 25th. Union Hotel, Chapel St., Penzance 7.30pm
**Impact of Peak Oil on Health & Medicine**
A 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 new film, 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
**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).
We are in the process of developing a series of practical sustainable skills workshops in partnership with other organisations and individuals in the community. If anyone has any ideas or skills they would like to contribute please email peak.oil@virgin.net so that they can be integrated and included.