Just think back to summer last year when oil prices spiked to $150 a barrel – 10 times the level of a decade earlier. In petrol stations in some European countries, people started to drive off without paying and drivers had to be banned from filling cars before they had paid up. In Britain, people stole heating oil out of the tanks that sit outside many houses in the country.
The Hungry for One World event was an afternoon with Derby Forum of Faiths www.ffderby.org.uk and Transition Derby UK www.transitionderby.co.uk – sharing bread from different cultures, looking at how our food supply is changing and seeing what we can do about it. A broad age range was in attendance of various religions, cultures and community groups.
Here’s a doc describing our visit to Proffessor Tony Marmont’s sustainable energy farm.
The Perma-Action event has received wonderful coverage in the paper. Hopefully this will be the first of many news stories we create. It’s vitally important we reach beyond the usual folk and get our message across to the people of Derby – Peak Oil & climate chaos are coming; we need to prepare now. Next meeting: this Saturday 15th Aug, starting 6.30pm. See the calendar for more info.
As part of a Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire chamber of Commerce presentation on Environmentally Sustainable Construction at the unique state-of-the-art Sir Colin Campbell Building, there was an opportunity to visit the award winning University of Nottingham Jubilee campus and take the optional tour around six recently completed ‘emissions-free homes’.
Lots has happened over the last few weeks.
We now have a seperate group that is organising our appearance at the Derby EcoFest on 19-20 Sept. If you are free, please come along to the Festival and support us. We will be needing volunteers to get involved with the activities.
This post has been adapted from an article by Richard Heinberg
On July 11, 2008, the price of a barrel of oil hit a record $147.27 in daily trading. That same month, world crude oil production achieved a record 74.8 million barrels per day.
Thanks to everyone that came along to the last meeting. Because we hadn’t had a discussion meeting for a month we had lots to discuss and I think we achieved a fantastic amount. Well done everyone! Topics discussed included:
