Shortest round up of the week?

Christmas is coming…

With the Copenhagen Climate Talks about to kick off, a few of us had a great time at the Wave last weekend. One of us even drove the student minibus up to town! A report by one of those students appeared in yesterday’s Farnham Herald.

With those talks on-going, the New Scientist published some research last week on how much it would cost to avert dangerous climate change — the answer is, “surprisingly little”.

What will life be like after we have done this? “In Transition”, The Transition Movie, is now available to watch on YouTube!

It paints a realistic and enticing vision of what is possible, so to mark the half-way point of the climate talks, we will be holding a candle-lit vigil on Saturday afternoon at the top of Downing Street.

Finally, last Monday’s meeting was a lively affair, held in Three Stiles Lane, but we don’t have the notes on-line yet. (It’s Christmas, you understand )

But next week our meeting is our Christmas Party, so we do hope you can come.

Have a great weekend.

10) How to be with one another

And here, finally, is Margaret Wheatley again on the tenth key principle of what it takes to build community, mutual trust:

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There’s a lot in it!

9) If we work together we can handle ANYTHING

Here is Margaret Wheatley again on the ninth key principle of building community:

Life is cheap!!!

Climate deniers (and yes, there are still one or two of them left out there) have two main arguments for not doing something about climate change.

The first is that “it’s not proven”. And the second is “it’ll cost money”.

The answer to the first is something like, “It’s not proven that if I’m 15 stone overweight then I’ll definitely have a heart attack either — but if 99.9% of the world’s doctors all line up to tell me I will, doesn’t it make sense to cut down on the fatty food a little?”

And the answer to the second is, “The cost is barely a fraction of what you might think.”

Thanks to Paul for pointing out that the New Scientist has done some research to work out that “We can afford to go green“.

You can read the full article here, but some of the headlines are:

In Transition

Not sure what Transition is all about?

You can watch the movie, here:

8) Everything seems like a failure during the middle part

Here is Margaret Wheatley again on the eighth key principle of building community:

A candlelit “Vigil for Survival”

Actually, we just think it’s going to be a lot of fun!

Today we have obtained permission to hold a “candlelit vigil” at the top of Downing Street on Saturday.

We talked to the police, the Town Council, Waverley Borough Council, and finally to the Surrey County Council, who after some discussion amongst themselves told us to… “just get on with it.”

To mark the half-way point of the Climate Talks in Copenhagen, and as part of 350.org’s worldwide event, we be lighting at least 200, and possibly as many as 350 candles.

The event will take place between 4pm and 6pm on the Traffic Island at the top of Downing Street. Saturday 12 December.

We hope to see you there.

The Wave on Saturday

I couldn’t make it to the Wave on Saturday, but I heard last night that it was a lot of fun — people getting lost, dancing in the streets, stumbling upon hidden corners of London filled with tropical paradises (I kid you not) and community cafes.

Some of us went up on the train. One of us drove the minibus for some students from the UCA (remember being a student and needing someone over 21 to drive the minibus?).

They have written a piece and sent it with some photos to the Farnham Herald, which is where we hope to see it on Thursday.

7) The wisdom is within us

And here is Margaret Wheatley on the seventh key principle of building community: