----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Feasta News <[email protected]> To: Feasta News Subscriber <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 29 March 2012, 13:43 Subject: Feasta Climate Group Weekend and the launch of our new book: Sharing for Survival Feasta Climate Group Weekend and the launch of our new book: Sharing for Survival The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability "Designing systems for a changing world" Feasta's Climate Group would like to extend an invitation to members of our wider network to its annual gathering, to be held this year in the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in Wales. This year's gathering will see the first public launch of Sharing for Survival, Feasta's latest publication (please see below for more details). Dates: Weekend of April 13-15th 2012 Venue: Centre for Alternative Technology, Machnlleth, North Wales. Costs: accommodation aprox £70 per person sharing for the 2 nights (plus £5 for bed linen) plus cost of travel, food and drink. Below you will find the provisional programme for the weekend and a brief introduction to Sharing for Survival. If you would like any more information or want to book a place please contact John Jopling directly (rather than responding to this mailing). His email is [email protected]. ---------------------------------------------------- Provisional Programme Friday 13th Book Launch Gathering, Machynlleth, 6.30pm to 8.30pm Saturday 14th Morning Zero Carbon Britain and CAT's current work and perspectives (to be confirmed) Policy Roadblocks - why current political systems are unable to deliver climate mitigation - Brian Davey Legal strategies to get action on climate change - John Jopling and Brian Davey - what is currently being done and might be done Climate change - influencing values and frames - work being done by PIRC - Richard Hawkins Afternoon Increasing and making more resilient the biological productivity of land-based ecosystems - Bruce Darrell Communicating with non-environmentalists - Laurence and Alison Matthews on the book they are currently working on If we lose the battle against a 2 degree increase, what then? Brainstorming the horror scenarios..... Evening The science of Shale Gas and Climate Change - David Knight - by video link Climate change and the commons - defending the land rights of poor communities to defend carbon in biomass - Justin Kenrick - recorded video talk The poor with a high carbon lifestyle - research by Milena Buechs - recorded video talk (tbc) Sunday 15th Morning Feasta Climate Group Business Agenda items: Promoting the book The future of the Feasta climate group, its finances and organisation and what it can/should do in the future ----------------- We are delighted to announce the publication of Feasta's new book, Sharing for Survival: Restoring the Climate, the Commons and Society, a 200-page collection of essays by nine Feasta Climate Group members. Sharing for Survival recognises that official climate policy is dominated by states in thrall to fossil fuel and financial lobbies. It offers a realistic radical way to rapidly reduce emissions through stabilising the economy and ensuring social justice. Its authors explore climate policy in a way that ensures social justice and equity matter, recognising that the UNFCCC process is going nowhere. They explore the impact of fossil fuel depletion on the climate crisis, and challenge the idea that the climate crisis can be resolved in a growth economy. The book’s editor, ecological economist Brian Davey, is a long-time Feasta member and co-ordinator of the Cap and Share campaign for cutting carbon emissions. The book concludes with the final piece of work by our much-loved late colleague, Richard Douthwaite, with help from David Knight: an essay entitled “Time for some optimism about the climate crisis”. The UK launch of the book will take place on April 13th 2012 at 6:30pm at Machynlleth, Wales, as the kick-off for the Feasta Climate Group weekend (see above). There will also be a launch in Ireland in May 2012; details about that will be announced shortly. To find out more about the book please see www.sharingforsurvival.org. 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