BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anguilla X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anguilla BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:19700101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2432395:Event:106 DTSTAMP:20091112T013342Z SUMMARY:Transition Towns: from Oil Dependency to Resilient Communities DESCRIPTION:Event flyer: Naresh Giangr ande_Montpelier Visit.pdf\n\nTransition Towns:\nFrom Oil Dependenc y to Resilient Communities\n\nPresented by\nNaresh Giangrande\nco-foun der of Transition Town Totnes.\nThe Transition Town movement has seize d the historic opportunity presented by our global challenges to creat ively examine the choices we have and choose the future we want. We st and at a cross roads in human history where the choices we make now †“ about economic growth, energy usage and carbon emissions -will effec t generations to come.\nThis talk will look at what those choices are, and why they are so important; and why the Transition movement offers us solutions to the many problems with energy security, carbon emissi ons, food, and how we can learn to live with the inevitable changes to the way we live and work.\nNaresh Giangrande is the co founder of the first Transition Town in Totnes in the UK. Transition Towns began in September 2006 and has since morphed into a world wide movement with o ver 100 official Transition Towns, cities, counties, and islands, and several thousand who are considering this model for positive change.\n ‘Transition Town’ is an inspiring vision and action plan for how a community can transition to an energy lean, carbon constrained, and r elocalised future that is abundant, sustainable, pleasurable, and resi lient. http://transitiontowns.org/\nUnitarian Church, Main St, Montpel ier, across from the library\n\nMonday, November 24, 2008, 7:00 pm\n\n FREE, Donations accepted.\n\nContact Annie McCleary, 802-456-8122\n\nP resented by Transition Town Montpelier and the Post Carbon Sustainabil ity Network\nRefreshments will be served. Donations by Red Hen Bakery. \n\nFor more information visit http://transitionvermont.ning.com/event s/transition-towns-from-oil DTSTART;TZID=America/Anguilla:20081124T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anguilla:20081124T200000 CATEGORIES:A, Public, Talk, by, Naresh, Giangrande LOCATION:Unitarian Church WEBSITE: URL: CONTACT:802-456-8122 ORGANIZER:Transition Town Montpelier ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://api.ning.com/files/n-TiUJB5wWblZQGY Bz1iK9I2BQbkMejJRuSlcfE9kJpLzHdBcj9dhzEJ10Ai5qM*YjhnTGqlMnui2efCMVfNxZ gQ5zIdvTWp/meonDartmoor.JPG ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="George L isi":http://transitionvermont.ning.com/profile/GeorgeLisi ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Kathryn Blume":http://transitionvermont.ning.com/profile/KathrynBlume ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="will raa p":http://transitionvermont.ning.com/profile/willraap ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN=matt:http ://transitionvermont.ning.com/profile/matt END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR