Futures Forum: Climate Change: There is a growing recognition that affordable, scalable solutions are available now that will enable us all to leapfrog to cleaner more resilient economies
Futures Forum: Climate change conversation: 21st September ... 12 noon ... on the Esplanade
The event now has a Facebook page:
Sidmouth Sunday Save Our Planet | Facebook
Here is the press release for the Sidmouth event - where the focus is on "informed dialogue":
At
noon on Sunday 21st September a Climate Change Conversation is to
take place on Sidmouth Esplanade.
One of thousands of
events run by hundreds of organisations (Oxfam, Christian Aid, Sidmouth Vision
Group, etc.) from
Bradninch to New York, London to Blandford Forum, Rio to Glastonbury, Exeter,
Bristol and around the world, the aim
is to send a message to the 23rd September emergency climate summit
of world leaders at the United Nations.
“In Sidmouth we love ❤ island
nations especially those who, unlike us, have no higher ground to retreat
to,” said sea-level Sidmouth resident Robert Crick, 70.
“At the eleventh hour
(11 a.m. BST) Sid Valley residents and visitors from far and wide will start
from wherever we happen to be (geographically and in terms of our understanding
of this complex but urgent issue) to walk, cycle, paddle-board, skate-board or
march to the Esplanade by the Lifeboat station. On the beach we will engage in
a climate change conversation from about 12 noon.
“Over the years Sidmouth
organisations have held many meetings and debates and initiated several
practical projects; this is a chance to share the knowledge, the questions, the
wisdom, the doubts, the hopes and fears of as many residents and visitors as
possible.
“At 1.30 the tide will
start coming in and all participants can decide whether to sign a petition to
our representatives at the United Nations, and what message to send to other
sea-level communities around the world where it is not just the tide and the
waves that are rising.
“Some of us may plunge
into the sea, or make music or art works or even speeches and plan future
events. This is a leaderless open democratic conversation.”
More information is available from:
http://www.un.org/climatechange/summit/
https://www.visionforsidmouth.org/ (which
also accesses SidEnergy and Sidmouth Futures Forum and Sidmouth Science
Festival)
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/join_to_change_everything_rb/?slideshow
LATEST NEWS: By Saturday 13th
September over one and a quarter million people had signed the petition, of
whom more than one thousand two hundred live in East Devon.
Robert Crick, 01395 519292 or 07808
344227 or RAMCrick@gmail.com
As reported by independent Cllr Claire Wright on her blog:
People concerned about climate change should march on Sunday… in Sidmouth - Claire Wright
There are events happening in other Transition Towns in Devon:
Sustainable Crediton - People's Voice about Climate Change
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