Downloads

Papers

• The Future is Local: Empowering communities to improve their neighbourhoods - Sustainable Development Commission Report July 2010

• Committee on Climate Change's "Meeting Carbon Budgets - ensuring a low-carbon recovery" 2nd Progress Report to Parliament June 2010

• Sustainable Energy Security - a June 2010 "risk insight" white paper by Lloyds/Chatham House that triggered the first ever Transition Network Press release. Yes, that is "Lloyds" as in the Insurance Industry giant. They say "Businesses which prepare for and take advantage of the new energy reality will prosper - failure to do so could be catastrophic", "Market dynamics and environmental factors mean business can no longer rely on low cost traditional energy sources", "We are heading towards a global oil supply crunch and price spike", "Energy infrastructure will become increasingly vulnerable as a result of climate change", "To manage increasing energy costs and carbon exposure businesses must reduce fossil fuel consumption" and "Business must address energy-related risks to supply chains and the increasing vulnerability of 'just-in-time' models"

• The Hartwell Paper - "A new direction for climate policy after the crash of 2009" - May 2010 - "....proposes that the organising principle [...] should be the raising up of human dignity via three overarching objectives: ensuring energy access for all; ensuring that we develop in a manner that does not undermine the essential functioning of the Earth system; ensuring that our societies are adequately equipped to withstand the risks and dangers that come from all the vagaries of climate, whatever their cause may be."

• The Oil Crunch- A wake-up call for the UK Economy - February 2010 (2nd) report of the UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and Energy Security (ITPOES)

• Factsheets for the IEA's (International Energy Agency) "World Energy Outlook 2008" (November 2008)

• Executive Summary for IEA's (International Energy Agency) "World Energy Outlook 2008"

• The Oil Crunch - Securing the UK's energy future - The first report of the UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil & Energy Security (ITPOES)

• Q&A for the ITPOES "The Oil Crunch"

• Welsh Assembly Study on Peak Oil - well researched paper

• The Future of Oil - Energy Security, Climate Risks and Market Opportunities June 2007 study by CERES for JPMorganChase (Wall Street Investment Bankers)

• Biofuels - an interesting study of Biofuel potential in the UK market (of unknown origin)

• Zero Carbon Britain - a great insight from the CAT

• The Hirsch Report - infamous SAIC Peak Oil 'risk analysis' for the US Department of Energy

• The Oil Depletion Protocol - great idea by Colin Campbell

• The Truth About Oil - a great piece of work loaded with fascinating facts and analysis. Read it here or get your copy from energyandcapital.com.

• Twilight of the Modern World - doomster report by Paul Thompson of the "wolfatthedoor.org.uk" fame

• Peak Oil and Rural Communities - prepared by Groundswell Cornwall but applicable everywhere including High Wycombe

• Forfas Peak Oil "Key Policy Considerations" - Executive Summary of an Irish Government Study on Ireland's exposure to Peak Oil

• Forfas Peak Oil "Ireland's Oil Dependence, Trends, Prospects & Options" the full Forfas Study

• Global Oil Depletion - An assessment of the evidence for a near term peak in global oil production by the UK ERC - UK Energy Research Centre. Although the report rather sits on the fence about the date of Peak Oil it is critical of the lack of UK Government mitigation given the potential risks from lack of investment in Oil Supplies.

• The Peak Oil Market - techno-optimistic study on price dynamics of fossil fuels at the end of the age of oil by Deutsche Bank

• 2008 DEFRA Third Sector Strategy

• 2009 "The UK Low Carbon Transition Plan" - National strategy for climate & energy

• 2009 "The UK Renewable Energy Strategy"

• 2009 "The UK Renewable Energy Strategy" - Executive Summary

• 2010 Feed-in Tariffs - Government's Response to the Summer 2009 Consultation - February 2010

• 2010 Renewable Heat Incentive - Consultation February 2010

• 2010 Warmer Homes, Greener Homes - March 2010

• Preparing for Peak Oil - Local Authorities and the Energy Crisis - prepared by the UK's Oil Depletion Analysis Centre and Post Carbon Institute

• Executive Summary of the "Preparing for Peak Oil" document above

• Green Street Initiative by the Institute for Public Policy Research - creating the Neighbourhood Watch of energy saving

• "How Much?: The Cost of Alleviating Fuel Poverty" - from the Association for the Conservation of Energy

• Towards Oil Resilience - The Queensland Government's Community Information Paper

• Biomass Task Force - Report to Government 2005 - recommends scrapping the Clean Air Act for biomass

• Planning Policy Statement 22 2004 - good Policy encouraging renewable energy through local government acion - but is only policy & largely ignored. Recommends targets for biomass heating installations and removal of unnecessary restrictions.

• Planning Policy Statement 22 2004: A Guide

• The Feasability of Energy Service Companies - everything you ever wanted to know about ESCos

• Pathways to 40% Carbon Reducion by 2020 - report by Carbon Descent based upon Hampshire, Tower Hamlets and Middleborough Councils

• Pathways to 40% Briefing - 13 page briefing on the above report

• Getting Serious About Climate Change - FOE Campaign Report, 24 pages covering Local Government actions based upon the Carbon Descent Report

• Get Serious - Four page brochure on how local government can create jobs, save cash & cut carbon

• A Persuasive Climate - Personal Trading and Changing Lifestyles - a study on Personal Carbon Trading

TTHW Newsletters

TTHW Agendas

TTHW Minutes

TTHW Pictures

Picture of the Committee	The Committee at work
Sat 25th Oct 08 - Our Chilterns Showcase. Celia, Jen & visitor.	Sat 25th Oct 08 - Our display at the Chilterns Showcase
Sat 21st March 09 - Visitors to our stand at the Reggie Goves Technology Showcase	Sat 21st March 09 - The TTHW Crew Paul & Julian enjoying the Technology Showcase on our stand

TTHWPress Releases

TTHW "the year in retrospect" Annual Activity Summary

• 2008 to 2009

• 2009 to 2010

TTHW Brochure

• TTHW Brochure - A3 gatefold - July 2010

TTHW Wycombe Home Power

• Home Power Brochure - please print onto A4 double-sided and share with friends, neighbours and community via church, school, playgroup, clubs and societies

TTHW Factsheets

• Transition Town High Wycombe Factsheet 8th September 2008

• Food and Oil

• How to Buy Solar

• How to Buy Firewood

• Local Firewood Merchant Survey - June 2009

TTHW Logos

NOTES: TTHW only use the Black & White or the Blue/Gold/White logos. The Green version is a spare. Hex codes are: Blue: 0f395b, Green: 007138, Gold: fabb01. Colour values are (four-colour process printing (cmyk)): Blue: c100, m50, y0, k70, Green: c100, m0, y100, k40, Orange: c0, m30, y100, k0. Spot colour (pantone) printing: Blue: pms2955c, Green: pms349c, Orange: pms1235c.

TTHW Constitution

• Final Constitution

TTHW Presentations

• PowerPoints covering Peak Oil, Climate Change and examples of what Transition Towns do

General - Making Transition Happen

• Working With Councils - by the Community Development Foundation

• Who is in Transition? - a survey of Transition Norwich

• Making Local Currency Happen - a guide from Lewes

General - Transition Leaflets

• Transition York - pretty but the Wirral one is better

• Transition Wirral - an exceptionally nice example

• Transition Network - highly 'wordy'

General - Local Works & Sustainable Community Act 2007

Transition Town High Wycombe supports the Sustainable Community Act 2007 and is endeavouring to get it adopted by our local Council. You can help by using the sample letter below and sending it to YOUR Local Councillor. If you don't know who that is we'll try and find out for you!

• Sustainable Communities Act 2007 - groundbreaking Act that backs relocalisation through local government action - undermined by an opt-out clause

• Sustainable Communities Act 2007: A Guide

• Local Works short Guide to the Act

• Local Works long Guide to the Act

• Local Works Briefing for Councillors

• Local Works Flyer

• Local Works Draft Resolution for Local Authorities

• Local Works sample Letter to YOUR Councillor

General - Community Supported Agriculture

• Ecologist Article Oct 2008 - a good overview of the state of CSA's in the UK today

• CSA Flyer (spoof seed packet)

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