Transition Town Hackney presents.... In Transition 1.0

During times such as these, the need for community based initiatives really becomes clear. Come along to meet others and to watch, learn and eat.

Presenting positive pictures and providing a discussion space for people to be inspired, proactive and positive members of our flourishing Hackney community. It’s a space for learning, sharing ideas, and finding solutions to challenges that our locality faces such as peak oil, climate change, and an unsustainable economy in ways that strengthen community.

For the third event we will be screening 'In Transition 1.0: from oil dependence to local resilience', the first detailed film about the Transition movement filmed by those that know it best, those who are making it happen on the ground. The Transition movement is about communities responding to peak oil and climate change with creativity, imagination and humour, and setting about rebuilding their local economies and communities. It is positive, solutions focused, viral and fun.

The screening will be followed by group discussion on:
"Hackney In Transition: What's already happening and what needs to happen?"

7.00pm - Food Share - Bring a dish and take a little from the many dishes provided by others
8.00pm - Film screening
9.00pm - Discussion and presentation from success stories within the Transition Network

Entry: Donations

This is a new beginning for Transition Town Hackney, an urban initiative grown in order to work together to reduce oil dependency, network skills and ideas, and generally make our patch of the planet a lovelier place.

We aim to build Transition Town Hackney to a critical point whereby ward based Transition Groups can splinter off (Transition Stoke Newington and Finsbury Park are already well established groups). Please be empathetic and realistic with time commitments whilst we encourage you to get involved and to help with this growth.

Every third Tuesday of the month we'll have inspirational local speakers, films, entertainment and open discussion covering a range of issues from consumerism to energy use, food production to finance. We will combine our energies and explore the possibilities of creating a resilient Hackney community: increased awareness and participation in existing local projects perhaps, or the beginnings of a wave of exciting new initiatives. At the very least it'll be an eclectic mix of positive people, positive pictures, and plenty of possibilities...

Upcoming Programme:
16th August - In Transiton 1.0: From Oil Dependence to Local Resilience - An insight into the Transition movement
20th September - Dirt! The Movie - Delving inside the wonders of soil from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation

18th October - Robert Newman's History Of Oil - Standup comedy filmed at the Hoxton Hall
15th November - The Story Of Stuff - An animated documentary about the lifecycle of material goods