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Archive for “Education for Sustainability” category
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12 Jul 2007
I’m sure I am not alone in having a pile of books by the bed that I am somehow all reading at once, dipping in and out of them, and occasionally reading something all the way through. Although not really the most satisfying way of reading books, it is, at the moment, just the way it is, but it does have the advantage of meaning that I am getting the flavour of a few different books, and thought I might take this opportunity to tell you about the 5 best ones that I wake up to in the morning. Most of them are recently published, and given that, with everything else going on at the moment, I seem to have little time for writing book reviews, you can consider these as very brief reviews.
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13 Jun 2007
One of the most important and prestigious events yet to be run by Transition Town Totnes tool place on Monday night in the Great Hall at Dartington. Entitled **Food and Farming in Transition: the Renaissance of British Food Culture as the Age of Easy Oil Draws to a Close**, the evening brought together a very impressive selection of speakers. Despite not publicising the event extensively, the evening was a sell out, and in the serendipitous way Transition Town events often occur, despite there being a lot of people with no tickets, everyone got in with only one or two seats to spare. The talks were designed to be short and to take the audience on a journey through to a rethinking of our food system.
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11 Jun 2007
The Totnes Pound continues to generate lots of press coverage in the UK and further afield. Last week The Daily Mirror, one of the UK’s tabloids, ran a piece on it. Resisting the temptation to indulge in silly titles or to take the mick, they infact treated it quite seriously. Any suggestions for possible tabloid titles for stories about the Totnes Pound? There was also a piece in the Buenos Aires Herald of all places. Plans are now being finalised for a second issue of notes, due to be released next week. I’ll keep you posted.
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8 Jun 2007
**Introducing Peak Oil into schools – Session 1, setting the tone.**
I have already described the second and third sessions we did on the recent visit to KEVICC school in Totnes, here, courtesy of **Transition Tales** co-ordinator Tamzin Pinkerton, is the write-up of Session One. This was led by Chris Holland, a bushcraft educator and storyteller from the organisation Wholeland. The idea of this workshop was to set the tone by introducing themes of nature, place and transition to the group. We decided it would be interesting to not tell the class about who we are and what we do for this first session, to retain some of the mystery about what was in store for them.
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4 Jun 2007
**Food & Farming in Transition: The Renaissance of British Food Culture as the Age of Easy Oil Draws to a Close.**
**The Great Hall, Dartington. Monday 11th June, 8pm.**
One of the highlights of the Transition Town Totnes calendar of events for 2007, indeed one of the most important events we have yet run, takes place at the Great Hall, Dartington on the evening of June 11th. Entitled **Food and Farming in Transition**, it is an exploration of how agriculture might adapt to an energy constrained world, and the opportunities as well as the challenges that it faces. The evening brings together 4 speakers who have all featured on **Transition Culture** at various times, Chris Skrebowski, Jeremy Leggett, Patrick Holden and Vandana Shiva. We are delighted to be able to bring you this event in association with Dartington Arts and Ecology. Tickets are now on sale from the Dartington Box Office.
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I’m sure I am not alone in having a pile of books by the bed that I am somehow all reading at once, dipping in and out of them, and occasionally reading something all the way through. Although not really the most satisfying way of reading books, it is, at the moment, just the way it is, but it does have the advantage of meaning that I am getting the flavour of a few different books, and thought I might take this opportunity to tell you about the 5 best ones that I wake up to in the morning. Most of them are recently published, and given that, with everything else going on at the moment, I seem to have little time for writing book reviews, you can consider these as very brief reviews.
