Transition Derby

Derby Carbon Initiative supported by Transition Derby and hosted by Derby College invite you to consider enrolling in one or more of the five new Sustainability Lifestyle Courses starting October 1^st at the Round house.

Derby Carbon Initiative hosted by Derby College and supported by Transition Derby are breaking totally new ground for the UK by launching a whole range of new Sustainability Life Style courses for people interested in a set of win-win-win courses where you save cash, save the planet and learn something new. The five courses are:

Tuesday evenings at 18.30 till 20.30 at the Roundhouse on Oct 4^th, Oct 11^th, Oct 18^th, Oct 25^th, Nov 1^st and Nov 8^th

• Tips for resourceful households – £65/6 modules - this course of six modules covers the following areas:

1. Food – resources, foraging, preserving, cooking and feeding
2. Energy - reading bills, energy usage, insulation, draughts and solar energy
3. Water – usage, savings, metering, grey water, harvesting and gardening
4. Transport – car ownership and pooling, using public transport, cycling and walking
5. Clothing - manufacture, exploitation, disposal, reselling, repairing, recycling and remaking
6. Waste - waste as resource, life cycle analysis and minimising consumption

• Keeping warm with Low Energy bills – £60 for 6 modules - this course of six modules covers the following areas, where delegates will recoup their course investment many times over:

1. Reading bills – understanding the jargon and buying better
2. Energy usage – minimising and reducing consumption
3. Insulating homes – keeping the warmth in and getting the best return for your investment
4. Draught proofing – keep out the cold and yet helping the house breathe
5. Using solar energy – he real costs of Solar PV, Solar Water heating and how to bring it all together.

 Saturdays from 9.00 till 17.30 at the Roundhouse on November 26^th, January 21^st, March 3^rd and April 21^st - £65 per day

• Environmental Sustainability - sustainable development, natural resources, industry pollution, transport and local communities
  • This specially designed programme is for those people who want to discover more about living by the definition that "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
  • The programme contains within it two key concepts:

1. the concept of 'needs', in particular the essential needs of the world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given
2. the idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organisation on the environment's ability to meet present and future needs.

• We will also be looking at the following:

1. What is Sustainable Development and unsustainable development?
2. What is our “eco-footprint”?
3. What are Fundamental Natural Resources?
4. We will also be looking at Industrial Economic Sectors, Globalisation, Waste and Recycling, Energy efficiency, Water usage, Environmental impacts of transport, different forms of emissions – food, commuting, sustainable forms of transport, sustainable communities, localisation and global sustainability organisations

 Saturdays from 9.00 till 17.30 at the Roundhouse on January 21^st - £65 per day

• Thrive and prosper in uncertain economic and financial times - This course is for anyone seeking to understand how they can benefit from global economic and environmental pressures on the local economy. It is highly interactive and very practical, delivering ideas to help individuals and communities and is led by very experienced teachers from the Transition Network:

1. Shows how the macro-situation re climate change and resource depletion, rising energy costs and enviro-economic pressures affect us – and how opportunities to thrive and prosper can be found
2. Explains the Macro picture and identifies new ways of looking at the world
3. Gives examples of what other communities are doing
4. Takes delegates through their own Carbon Footprint and gives practical examples of how it could be improved
5. Helps delegates identify options for delegates at home, in their community and at work
6. Explains how to become a green Ambassador

Saturday from 9.00 till 17.30 at the Roundhouse on November 26^th - £65 per day

• Introduction to Permaculture – this brand new course is a basic introduction to and taster of the non-political, non-religious permaculture approach to living. It is led by an experienced Transition practitioner and permaculture diploma student and will be practical and “hands on”
  • Tour of Broomfield showing off examples
  • Basic permaculture structures with examples
  • Demonstrate benefits for plants, vegetable, humans and communities
  • Provides diary of timeline to get started
  • Helps design plan for gardens and allotments
  • More sustainable lifestyles
  • Reconnect with the natural world
  • Refreshing new perspectives

 More information and booking details please ring the Masterclass Reservation team at Derby College on 01332 836638

William Barron

Derby Carbon initiative and Transition Derby

September 27^th 2011