Transitions to a Low Energy Future -- forum

The Sociology and Anthropology forum will be holding a seminar on the topic - Transitions to a Low Energy Future. This event will be co-hosted by the National Students of Sustainability Conference at Newcastle University (Sunday - Tuesday). All staff, students and members of the public are welcome. There is no charge. Speakers will be: Janet Millington - Permaculture Designer and coordinator of the Transitions Towns Movement on the Sunshine Coast. She will be speaking about the inevitability of a transition to a low energy future in the context of peak oil and global warming and how we can start preparing for this now. She will explain the ideas behind the "Transitions Towns" movement - an international community initiative to start us to develop strategies to deal with a low energy future. She will give examples from the work of her community of the Sunshine Coast. William Vorobbioff - From Climate Action Network in Newcastle. The coordinator of the Transition Towns organisation in Newcastle, The Hunter. He will be reporting on initiatives that are taking place in the Hunter Valley. Terry Leahy - sociologist and permaculture educator. He will be arguing that the capitalist mode of production cannot survive a transition to a low energy future. He will consider the kinds of social scenarios that might evolve out of this context. The forum will be held in W301A; Behavioural Sciences Building. University of Newcastle Monday 7th July 2pm - 4 pm.