09 October 2008 Time 19:00
Von Krahl Academy

Lecture. Rob Hopkins (videoconference) "Transition culture"

Rob Hopkins"Transition Culture" (videoconference), 9. Oct at 7pm at Von Krahl Theatre

The supporter of the lecture by Rob Hopkins is the British Council.

*The lecture will be held in English with simultaneous translation into Estonian.

*Comment in forum!

Rob Hopkins is the originator of the Transition concept, having set up the UK's first Transition initiative, Transition Town Totnes.  He is the author of 'The Transition Handbook: from oil dependency to local resilience' and he publishes www.transitionculture.org.  He also works for Transition Network, the organisation set up to support the international spread of the Transition movement.  He lives in Totnes in Devon with his family, is a keen gardener and planter of trees.  He was a teacher of permaculture for many years, setting up the world's first 2 year fulltime permaculture course, in Kinsale, Ireland.  He is the winner of the 2008 Schumacher Award, and is researching a PhD at Plymouth University. 

About the lecture:

Peak Oil? Don't Panic! The Transition from oil dependency to local resilience.

Rob Hopkins is the founder of the Transition movement, and author of The Transition Handbook. His talk will offer an overview of the peak oil concept, and why an understanding of it is so pivotal to successful navigation of the next few years. He will also discuss why peak oil and climate change need to be seen as two aspects of the same issue.

The bulk of his talk will look at the Transition movement which is emerging as a grassroots response to these twin challenges, and which is growing rapidly around the world. Transition is a positive, solutions-focused response which seeks to engage ordinary people in creative responses, in moving their communities towards relocalisation. Communities are starting to grow their own food, set up their own energy companies and print their own money. Rather than waiting for complacent government to act, Transition initiatives start the process of rebuilding local resilience themselves, working with local businesses, schools and a range of other organisations.

His talk will set out the principles on which Transition is founded, and will be illustrated with examples of what communities are already doing. It will be an inspiring and positive talk that will give you a new sense of what might be possible, and how your community might be able to thrive in terms of great uncertainty.

About himself:

transitionculture.org/about/

and his ideas:

transitionculture.org/essential-info/why-transition-culture/

vonKrahl.Akadeemia / Rob Hopkins from VonKrahl on Vimeo.