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Is wood burning carbon neutral ?

Chris

On Tuesday, July 08, 2008 8:59 PM [GMT+1=CET],
Graham  wrote:

>> Transition Town Westcliff in partnership with
>> Scarlett Fireplaces
>>
>> *WOOD ENERGY FOR A LOW CARBON FUTURE*
>>
>> 17th July 2008
>>
>> 7.30 onwards
>> at
>> Scarlett Fireplaces
>> 164 London Road
>> Southend on Sea
>>
>> *ABOUT THIS EVENING*
>>
>> A presentation and discussion led by Jason Scarlett
>> exploring how we
>> can ensure future fuel resilience for Westcliff on
>> Sea.
>>
>> Current energy and environmental issues are on all
>> our minds. With
>> gas and oil prices rising and stocks depleting the
>> mention of
>> renewable energy is no longer just the concern of
>> the green ones
>> among us. One answer lies wood fuel derived from the
>> sustainable
>> management (coppicing) and replanting of our local
>> indigenous
>> woodlands.
>> Wood burning can be eased into modern lifestyles as
>> part of a real
>> and necessary carbon neutral alternative to fossil
>> fuels. Heating
>> your home with logs can mean that your energy bill
>> incurs no
>> standing charge and is paid directly to the local
>> forest industry
>> that manage our woodland, street and garden trees.
>> In turn, local
>> councils, farmers and land owners see tree planting
>> more favourably.
>>
>> Free admission, however due to limited space booking
>> is essential,
>> please email info@... or ring 01702
>> 335054 to ensure
>> your place!
>>
>> Download a PDF poster for display
>> http://www.spiralseed.co.uk/transition/ttwwoodenergyposter.pdf
>>
>> *ABOUT TRANSITION TOWN WESTCLIFF*
>>
>> *Transition Town Westcliff* is an exploration of how
>> the people of
>> Westcliff on Sea and the surrounding area can
>> prepare for a carbon
>> constrained, energy lean world. TTW is a
>> community-led initiative
>> which is working towards the creation of an Energy
>> Descent Action
>> Plan
>> <http://transitiontowns.org/Totnes/Main/WhatIsAnEnergyDescentPlan?>
>> for the town. The thinking behind TTW is simply that
>> a town using
>> much less energy and resources than we presently
>> consume could, if
>> properly planned for and designed, be more
>> resilient, more abundant
>> and more pleasurable than the present.
>>
>> SOME BACKGROUND - PEAK OIL AND CLIMATE CHANGE
>>
>> Cheap oil has made possible much of what we take for
>> granted. However
>> many experts now agree that world oil production is
>> reaching its peak
>> and that the age of cheap oil is drawing to a close,
>> a phenomenon
>> known as ‘peak oil’. Oil and Gas Journal reports
>> that;
>>
>> * For every 6 barrels of oil we consume, we are only
>> discovering one
>> new one.
>> * Nearly all the world’s large oilfields are in
>> decline
>> * World oil production reached its all time high in
>> 2004, and has
>> declined since
>> * It takes 10 calories of oil to put 1 calorie of
>> food on our table
>>
>> From scientists to economists, activists to
>> businessmen, politicians
>> to campaigners, there is now universal consensus
>> that Climate Change
>> is perhaps the single greatest environmental
>> challenge in our
>> history.
>>
>> * Our world is hotter than it has been in two
>> thousand years. All ten
>> of the hottest years on record have occurred since
>> 1990
>> * Already 150,000 people die each year as a result
>> of climate change
>> and the problem is getting worse. Floods in
>> Mozambique, forest
>> fires in
>> Indonesia, hurricanes in Florida, storms in the UK –
>> these are all
>> exacerbated by climate change
>>
>> LIFE BEYOND OIL - THREAT OR OPPORTUNITY
>>
>> Climate Change and Peak Oil can cause us to feel
>> confronted by
>> something overwhelmingly huge that we cannot do
>> anything about. The
>> central message of the Transition Movement is that
>> this state of
>> mind is not the place to start from if we want to
>> achieve something,
>> do something or create something. Indeed, by
>> shifting our mind-set
>> we can actually recognise the coming post-cheap oil
>> era as an
>> opportunity rather than a threat, and design the
>> future low carbon
>> age to be thriving, resilient and abundant –
>> somewhere much better
>> to live than our current alienated consumer culture
>> based on greed,
>> war and the myth of perpetual growth.
>>
>> SOME QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
>>
>> * What would a low energy society look like?
>> * How would Westcliff house and power itself?
>> * How will we meet our food and health needs?
>> * What will our transport look like?
>> * Where will business and economics fit in?
>> * What about education, arts and culture?
>>
>> If these issues concern you and you would like to
>> find out more about
>> how communities can respond and plan proactively and
>> positively for
>> the future, please come along to our forthcoming
>> meetings, events and
>> presentations.
>>
>> Website; www.transitionwestcliff.org.uk
>>
>> Blog; http://westclifftransition.wordpress.com/
>>
>> CONTACT TRANSITION TOWN WESTCLIFF
>>
>> Kamil kamilpac@...
>> <mailto:kamilpac@...>
>>
>> Tel 07707 676308
>>
>> Graham graham@...
>> <mailto:graham@...>
>>
>> Steve stephen.jordan2007@...
>> <mailto:stephen.jordan2007@...>
>>
>> --
>> Graham Burnett
>>
>> Integrated Design for Local Environmental Resources
>>
>> www.spiralseed.co.uk
>>
>> www.grahamburnett.net
>>
>> Transition Town Westcliff
>> www.transitionwestcliff.org.uk
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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Transition Town Westcliff in partnership with Scarlett Fireplaces

*WOOD ENERGY FOR A LOW CARBON FUTURE*

17th July 2008

7.30 onwards
at
Scarlett Fireplaces
164 London Road
Southend on Sea

*ABOUT THIS EVENING*

A presentation and discussion led by Jason Scarlett exploring how we can
ensure future fuel resilience for Westcliff on Sea.

Current energy and environmental issues are on all our minds. With gas
and oil prices rising and stocks depleting the mention of renewable
energy is no longer just the concern of the green ones among us. One
answer lies wood fuel derived from the sustainable management
(coppicing) and replanting of our local indigenous woodlands.
Wood burning can be eased into modern lifestyles as part of a real and
necessary carbon neutral alternative to fossil fuels. Heating your home
with logs can mean that your energy bill incurs no standing charge and
is paid directly to the local forest industry that manage our woodland,
street and garden trees. In turn, local councils, farmers and land
owners see tree planting more favourably.

Free admission, however due to limited space booking is essential,
please email info@... or ring 01702 335054 to ensure
your place!

Download a PDF poster for display
http://www.spiralseed.co.uk/transition/ttwwoodenergyposter.pdf

*ABOUT TRANSITION TOWN WESTCLIFF*

*Transition Town Westcliff* is an exploration of how the people of
Westcliff on Sea and the surrounding area can prepare for a carbon
constrained, energy lean world. TTW is a community-led initiative which
is working towards the creation of an Energy Descent Action Plan
<http://transitiontowns.org/Totnes/Main/WhatIsAnEnergyDescentPlan?> for
the town. The thinking behind TTW is simply that a town using much less
energy and resources than we presently consume could, if properly
planned for and designed, be more resilient, more abundant and more
pleasurable than the present.

SOME BACKGROUND - PEAK OIL AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Cheap oil has made possible much of what we take for granted. However
many experts now agree that world oil production is reaching its peak
and that the age of cheap oil is drawing to a close, a phenomenon known
as ‘peak oil’. Oil and Gas Journal reports that;

* For every 6 barrels of oil we consume, we are only discovering one
new one.
* Nearly all the world’s large oilfields are in decline
* World oil production reached its all time high in 2004, and has
declined since
* It takes 10 calories of oil to put 1 calorie of food on our table

  From scientists to economists, activists to businessmen, politicians to
campaigners, there is now universal consensus that Climate Change is
perhaps the single greatest environmental challenge in our history.

* Our world is hotter than it has been in two thousand years. All ten
of the hottest years on record have occurred since 1990
* Already 150,000 people die each year as a result of climate change
and the problem is getting worse. Floods in Mozambique, forest
fires in
Indonesia, hurricanes in Florida, storms in the UK – these are all
exacerbated by climate change

LIFE BEYOND OIL - THREAT OR OPPORTUNITY

Climate Change and Peak Oil can cause us to feel confronted by something
overwhelmingly huge that we cannot do anything about. The central
message of the Transition Movement is that this state of mind is not the
place to start from if we want to achieve something, do something or
create something. Indeed, by shifting our mind-set we can actually
recognise the coming post-cheap oil era as an opportunity rather than a
threat, and design the future low carbon age to be thriving, resilient
and abundant – somewhere much better to live than our current alienated
consumer culture based on greed, war and the myth of perpetual growth.

SOME QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER

* What would a low energy society look like?
* How would Westcliff house and power itself?
* How will we meet our food and health needs?
* What will our transport look like?
* Where will business and economics fit in?
* What about education, arts and culture?

If these issues concern you and you would like to find out more about
how communities can respond and plan proactively and positively for the
future, please come along to our forthcoming meetings, events and
presentations.

Website; www.transitionwestcliff.org.uk

Blog; http://westclifftransition.wordpress.com/

CONTACT TRANSITION TOWN WESTCLIFF

Kamil kamilpac@... <mailto:kamilpac@...>

Tel 07707 676308

Graham graham@... <mailto:graham@...>

Steve stephen.jordan2007@...
<mailto:stephen.jordan2007@...>

--
Graham Burnett

Integrated Design for Local Environmental Resources

www.spiralseed.co.uk

www.grahamburnett.net

Transition Town Westcliff www.transitionwestcliff.org.uk

Transition Town Westcliff in partnership with Westcliff Land Cultivation
Society present;

Grow Your Own film show and discussion/social
7.30 onwards, Thursday 19th June at the Canteen, Springfield Drive
allotments, Springfield Drive, Westcliff on Sea

Celebrate (nearly) the solstice with TTW as we show this homegrown
British comedy drama in which gardeners at an English allotment are
shaken up when a group of refugees are given plots there. Followed by a
discussion about the issues raised, and a chance to see some real
Westcliff allotment culture!

Free admission, however due to limited space and restricted access to
the site, advance booking is essential, please email
graham@... or ring Graham on 01702 303259 to ensure your
place.


Westcliff Land Cultivation Society www.wlcsallotments.org.uk

Transition Town Westcliff www.transitionwestcliff.org.uk
*
SOME BACKGROUND

Transition Town Westcliff is an exploration of how the people of
Westcliff on Sea and the surrounding area can prepare for a carbon
constrained, energy lean world. TTW is a community-led initiative which
is working towards the creation of an Energy Descent Action Plan for the
town. The thinking behind TTW is simply that a town using much less
energy and resources than we presently consume could, if properly
planned for and designed, be more resilient, more abundant and more
pleasurable than the present.

Climate Change and Peak Oil can cause us to feel confronted by something
overwhelmingly huge that we cannot do anything about. The central
message of the Transition Movement is that this state of mind is not the
place to start from if we want to achieve something, do something or
create something. Indeed, by shifting our mind-set we can actually
recognise the coming post-cheap oil era as an opportunity rather than a
threat, and design the future low carbon age to be thriving, resilient
and abundant – somewhere much better to live than our current alienated
consumer culture based on greed, war and the myth of perpetual growth.

SOME QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER

* What would a low energy society look like?
* How would Westcliff house and power itself?
* How will we meet our food and health needs?
* What will our transport look like?
* Where will business and economics fit in?
* What about education, arts and culture?

If these issues concern you and you would like to find out more about
how communities can respond and plan proactively and positively for the
future, please come along to our forthcoming meetings, events and
presentations. Our Blog site http://westclifftransition.wordpress.com is
also regularly updated with reports from meetings and events, articles
and other resources.

--
Graham Burnett

Integrated Design for Local Environmental Resources

www.spiralseed.co.uk

www.grahamburnett.net

Transition Town Westcliff www.transitionwestcliff.org.uk

Didn't look at the links provided but the general tone of the homepage
seemed quite apocalyptic with a "we're all doomed, Captain Mainwaring!"
tone, which probably isn't all that helpful...

However events of the last few weeks have shown that food security is
certainly coming onto the global and even national agenda, and will
become even more of an issue if Peak Oil becomes a reality.

Its something we are thinking about as Transition Town Westcliff, in
fact we held our first 'Open Space' event around the question of 'How
will Westcliff feed itself when the oil runs out?"

http://westclifftransition.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/wen-earth-day-2008-food-secu\
rity-open-space-at-porters/

*http://tinyurl.com/6b55rq*

Perhaps if we start addressing these issues now rather than later we can
design some kind of locally based (food feet, not food miles!) solution
that might just avoid the 'Mad Max' style scenarios of the doom-mongers???

Cheers Graham

Mick wrote:
>
> Hi Max
>
> I fully agree with Davids reply, but with one addition. The Bible.
> It is a book written for Christians and Jews. If you are not
> Christian or Jew it has no relevance what so ever. So is this all
> going to happen to them only? The good old U S of A has always had
> more of its share of doom mongers. It sort of goes with the zeal with
> which they pursue their particular brands of religion.
>
> In 18th Century Briton produced an economist that predicted that if
> the population continued to grow expediently / Geometrically (as
> opposed to linearly) the ability to provide food would be
> outstripped. Then we went through the Agrarian revolution followed by
> Industrial revolution then War. Problem solved.
>
> The real issue is what would happen if the world economies were on
> equal footing and the true cost of goods were to be paid? As a nation
> we have taken advantage of "cheap" goods. We have also along with
> others outsourced the supply of what we consume. We are largely
> dependant on other nations for our up keep. This is the true danger
> to be considered and dealt with.
>
> The USA presumably has the same issues but compounded by the fact
> that as a nation they rely on selling their goods which are produced
> using foreign components. A sort of double whammy. So its not
> surprising that some citizens and factions are paranoid!
>
> Finaly never forget that what you read on the internet is not always
> true or as it seems.
>
> Regards Mick
>
> --- In southendcafe@...
> <mailto:southendcafe%40yahoogroups.co.uk>, "mxwlflndr" <mxwlflndr@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > This site was posted on another one that I belong to. It scared the
> > daylight's out of me!
> >
> > http://www.theamericannightmare.org/FOOD_SHORTAGE__AAK415.html
> <http://www.theamericannightmare.org/FOOD_SHORTAGE__AAK415.html>
> >
> > Max
> >
>
>

--
Graham Burnett

Integrated Design for Local Environmental Resources

www.spiralseed.co.uk

www.grahamburnett.net

Transition Town Westcliff www.transitionwestcliff.org.uk

Hi,
Im getting a little up-set by the constant re-branding
of the Palace Theatre Westcliff (yes Westcliff) . The
Palace Theatre sits in the heart of Westcliff and not
Southend,so why do the new leaseholders keep trying to
move it to Southend.In all new adds and flyer for the
Palace Theatre Westcliff it seems to have moved to
Southend.I hope this is a mistake on the part of
Southend Theatres and not a attempt to rip the heart
out of Westcliff! It has a new website with Southend in
the title surly this can only lead to confusion with
visitors old and new looking for a new Theatre in
Southend (Or is it me that is confused do we have a new
theatre?).

The Palace Theatre Westcliff has been in Westcliff form
the day the first brick was laid and I feel it is
un-fair of the new leaseholders to try and take away
our history by the constant use of Southend instead of
Westcliff. The Palace Theatre (The Old Lady Of
Westcliff) has been a part of westcliff since 1912 and
is the pride of Westcliff,so hands off!

I think it's time for the good folks of Westcliff to
take the matter up with the HQ Theatres the
leaseholders " mike@..."

Ok end of moan
Chris...









http://www.palace-theatre.info

http://westclifftransition.wordpress.com/

Press release from Spiralseed/Transition Town Westcliff;

COMMUNITY ORCHARD

Watercolours by Graham Burnett

10 - 17 May 2008

at Scarlett Fireplaces
164 London road
Westcliff on Sea
Essex

Part of the 2008 Westcliff Art Trail

“In orchards, we and nature together have created an exuberant and a
secret landscape – a treasury of genetic diversity and a repository
of culture. They are a wise way of sharing the land – a positive
gift to those who follow.”

- The Common Ground Community Orchards Handbook

These paintings have been inspired by, and are interpretations of,
St Lawrences’ orchard in Eastwoodbury Lane.

Originally planted during the 1920’s, and neglected for many years,
this orchard is currently being restored and revitalised by Growing
Together, a local project promoting horticulture and health.

St Lawrences’ orchard is a reminder of more resilient times for the
Southend area, a tiny fragment left over from a time when much of
the land surrounding the town was covered by acres and acres of
orchards and small holdings, before we became totally reliant upon
supermarkets, imported food and fossil fuels to feed ourselves.

The partnership of Scarlett Fireplaces, Spiralseed and Transition
Town Westcliff hope that you will be inspired to once again
rediscover this sense of self-reliance and community sustainability.

www.spiralseed.co.uk
www.transitionwestcliff.org.uk
www.designafireplace.com

--
Graham Burnett

Integrated Design for Local Environmental Resources

www.spiralseed.co.uk

www.grahamburnett.net

Transition Town Westcliff www.transitionwestcliff.org.uk

Coverage of our recent Open Space event on post-cheap oil food security
for Westcliff and the surrounding area;

Blog entry *http://tinyurl.com/4dcn4o*

Images *http://tinyurl.com/6b55rq

See our website for upcoming events!*

--
Graham Burnett

Integrated Design for Local Environmental Resources

www.spiralseed.co.uk

www.grahamburnett.net

Transition Town Westcliff www.transitionwestcliff.org.uk

Here are some photos from a project I've been working on with
transition Town Brixton, promoting localised food growing on the
Loughborough Estate. Hope they are of interest!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23738784@N08/sets/72157603949146874/

For more details see the latset blog post at
http://westclifftransition.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/transition-town-westcliff-go\
es-global/

Looks good to me, thanks Kamil for taking on this task,

cheers Graham

--- In transitionwestcliff@..., Kamil Pachałko
<kamil.pachalko@...> wrote:
>
> the text which will be automatically sent to all new members of the
> yahoo group. Feel free to edit and give suggestions for the final
version.
> I'd like to keep it short and concise as people don't like to read
> long rules:
>
>
> "The Transition Westcliff Yahoo Group makes it easy to exchange ideas.
>
> Just send an email to:
>
> transitionwestcliff@...
>
> and all the group members will receive it.
>
> Share your ideas to spark of others!!!
>
> 1)Be polite, we all share a common vision.
> 2)Be concise and use bullet points if presenting ideas.
>
> If you are receiving too many emails
> 1) change your settings on the www.yahoo.com groups page to receive a
> Daily Digest - with the emails of that day in one email
> 2) if you are having difficulties ask the moderator
> kamil.pachalko@... to do it for you:)
>
> Share your ideas to spark of others!!!
>
> Visit www.transitionwestcliff.org"
>
> Kamil
>

the text which will be automatically sent to all new members of the
yahoo group. Feel free to edit and give suggestions for the final version.
I'd like to keep it short and concise as people don't like to read
long rules:


"The Transition Westcliff Yahoo Group makes it easy to exchange ideas.

Just send an email to:

transitionwestcliff@...

and all the group members will receive it.

Share your ideas to spark of others!!!

1)Be polite, we all share a common vision.
2)Be concise and use bullet points if presenting ideas.

If you are receiving too many emails
1) change your settings on the www.yahoo.com groups page to receive a
Daily Digest - with the emails of that day in one email
2) if you are having difficulties ask the moderator
kamil.pachalko@... to do it for you:)

Share your ideas to spark of others!!!

Visit www.transitionwestcliff.org"

Kamil