The National Trust In Transition

Building Resilience in Uncertain Times

2nd July 2009Rob HopkinsTransition Network

Peak Oil

Peak Gas

Peak Coal

The UK’s Energy Balance

Climate Change

The Economy

The Transition Response

The Transition Response

Designing for a New World

•Strive for oil independence•Aim for being carbon negative•Plan for economic contraction•Become a catalyst•Resilience, rather than sustainability

“Existing patterns of food production are not fit for a low-carbon, more resource constrained-future”.

UK Cabinet Office 2008.

Food

Observe and Interact

•Rely on detailed observation and good design rather than energy intensive solutions•Draw from the membership •Don’t accept the conventional wisdom

Catch and Store Energy

Catch and Store Energy

• Move from just in time, and start planning for a rainy day• Stop talking about “when this recession is over”• Local seed heritage

Obtain a Yield• Create a broad base of incomes• Place productive landscapes at the centre and don’t be ashamed of them.

Agroforestry EstatesModelling sustainability, the arts and social justice?

A vital model: timber, food, fruit, nuts, medicines, fibres, biodiversity, carbon storage, building materials, an international first for education, a diversity of livelihood opportunities, research and development, a replicable model, a unique environment,

If not the National Trust, then who?

Transition KapitiRoving Garden Project

Produce No Waste

Design from Patterns to Details

• Place National Trust properties in wider context

• Look at sites in a holistic way• Engage with local

EDAP process

Integrate Rather Than Segregate

• Design so as to maximise beneficial relationships

• Start at home

The Lewes Pound

Totnes Garden Share Scheme

Use and Value Diversity

• A National Trust ‘Locally Resilient’ Certification and label?

Maximise Edge

• Create as many ‘hooks’ as possible

• Engage as broad a base of local organisations as possible

Creatively Use and Value Change

• See this as an extraordinary opportunity to do extraordinary things

• “Yes We Can”....

The Great Reskilling

Transition BS3 Community Garden

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