[Pil-pc-oceania] [Fwd: CAT responds to NASA climate report] - would be great to see PIL doing this...

[kerry dawborn]

Hi All,

Last year I visited CAT - the Centre for Alternative Technology, in 
Machynlleth, Wales. I think it is possibly the best sustainability 
demonstration and education site I've been to anywhere, partly because 
of the great displays but probably more because of its education 
programs which extend to Masters level I think, and its research and 
outreach programs. It started much like other environment parks here in 
Australia, and not unlike the permaculture movement, around the same 
time. They are doing a great job as far as I can tell, in making a place 
for themselves in mainstream discussion, research, policy making 
etc...as per the press release below. Wouldn't it be great to see a 
unified aussie permaculture body able to do similar?

Kerry



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	CAT responds to NASA climate report
Date: 	Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:24:01 +0100
From: 	Jessa Latona <jessa.latona at cat.org.uk>
To: 	<jessa.latona at cat.org.uk>



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* Press Release



    NASA calls for radical reductions and a switch to renewables

/CAT project will present solutions for Europe
/

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        *Monday 7 April 2008:* A new report from NASA, released today,
        highlights the need for radical CO2 reduction targets and
        stresses the urgency of replacing fossil fuel energy such as
        coal with renewables.

        James Hansen, head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space
        Studies in New York, said that the European Union and its
        international partners must urgently rethink targets for cutting
        carbon dioxide in the atmosphere because of fears they have
        grossly underestimated the scale of the problem.

        Along with other leading climate scientists, Hansen insists that
        the major obstacle to saving the planet is not technology. The
        good news, he said, is that reserves of fossil fuels have been
        exaggerated, so an alternative source of energy will have to be
        rapidly put in place in any case.

        "The work of Hansen and others makes it blindingly clear. We
        have burnt quantities of carbon into the atmosphere that are
        already resulting in major climate damages. We can no longer
        contemplate stabilising the concentrations even higher than we
        currently have. Hansen's call to the EU should be read with the
        utmost urgency and our response should be nothing less than a
        zero carbon Europe.

        "The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) last year produced
        the Zero Carbon Britain report and is now coordinating a project
        entitled Zero Carbon Europe. 

        "We will be inviting contributions from research centres and
        think tanks regarding all aspects of Europe's transition to a
        zero carbon community. We welcome Hansen's calls to the EU and
        will be backing this up with a robust action plan to achieve a
        Zero Carbon Europe," said co-author,Tim Helweg-Larsen.
        *

        For further information and to arrange interviews, contact Jessa
        Latona on 01654 705957 or 07704273067

        www.zerocarbonbritain.org *



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