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Grassroots movement urges simpler living
10.02.09
A NEW grassroots group
has been formed in Inishowen to help people move
away from oil dependence to simpler "more rewarding"
lives locally.
The Transition Inishowen Initiative wants to raise
awareness of issues such as ‘peak oil’, climate
change, alternative renewable energy sources and
local food production.
The group - a new branch of a growing worldwide
movement - will host a series of film screenings
this month to help explore, as a community, life
after oil and local solutions for a more sustainable
future.
The first film will be ‘The Power of Community’ and
will be screened at three Inishowen venues. It will
be shown on Saturday, February 21 in St Eugene’s
Hall, Moville, from 2pm - 4pm; on Saturday, February
28 in the Partnership offices, Pound Street,
Carndonagh, from 2pm - 4pm and on Sunday, March 1,
in Buncrana Library at the same time. |
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The film tells how Cuba
faced its own peak oil when the Soviet Union
collapsed in the 1980’s and Cuba consequently lost
most of its oil imports overnight. There will also
be an exhibition of a natural building technique
using hemp and lime, demonstrated by Brendan Farren.
The Transition Inishowen Initiative programme
continues in March and April with further film
screenings on Saturday, March 21 and March 28, at
2pm in the Carndonagh venue. On April 4 at the same
venue and time, another film will be followed by a
discussion led by Dr. John Barry, professor of
environmental politics and sustainability at Queen’s
University, Belfast.
Transition Inishowen Initiative member Claire Uí
Shúileabháin said people still had time to change
their way of life and "prepare for what will happen
when cheap, easily available oil has gone". Another
member, Bev Doherty, added: "We are facing
challenges brought about by climate change and we
all need to play our part to strengthen our
communities so that we can work together in order to
develop renewable energy sources, boost local food
production and become equipped to live simpler, but
more rewarding lives." Everyone is welcome to attend
and be part of this "exciting, new community
initiative", the group says. For more information,
contact Kathleen O'Hara on 0861861211898, Bev on
9374581 and Claire 9378577. You can also visit
www.transitiontowns.org for more on the
worldwide Transition Movement. |
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