Open Space Exercise
"How can we support Transition in our Communities"
Practical Demonstration Projects - "Yes, you can do this! - yes there is a future post peak oil!"
Food Sources
- grow at home
- nature strips
- community gardens
- CSA
- market gardens
- school and church gardens
- co-ops
- grocers supporting local producers
Demonstrators
Diet advice
Open Gardens
Preserving
Education - council officers - TAFE - permaculture
Storing
Signs on houses - "This is a TT House"
Reskilling / Mentoring
Garden Guides - resilience / disaster / essential survival food - beginners guide
Aim
Build resilience & reduce dependency on non-local food
Goals - strategy / criteria
- obtain fresh fruit & veg within 10 minutes walk
- delivery systems to suit
- green eating - seasonal - low carbon - fresh
- seed saving - seed bank in each location
