Notice from our friends at CanWin.

A public forum sponsored by
CANWin, Southern Highlands NPA
and the Bowral Uniting Church Eco-Justice Ministry,

A Simpler Way to Survive

A David-and-Goliath battle is on. On his side, Goliath has globalisation, marked in China and India by 1,000+ new automobiles a day and in the West by mountains of electronic consumer goods from Asia. Both sides are facing the prospect of peak oil. Against these odds, who can prevail?

-- One man who believes all of us can prevail is Ted Trainer. Ted argues that our consumer society is so grossly unsustainable that only a transition to a simpler way can solve our planet’s alarming global problems. His simpler way means we must achieve huge and radical change toward local economies using local resources and under local control, not driven by market forces. It means cooperative and participatory value systems that reject competitive acquisitiveness. It means zero economic growth.

Ted will suggest how we can make the necessary changes to survive the serious petroleum shortages that will impact rural areas such as the Southern Highlands especially hard.

Ted Trainer is a Visiting Fellow in the School of Social Work, UNSW. His interests are global problems, sustainability, radical critiques of the economy, and the transition to alternative social forms. He has written numerous books and articles, including his most recent book, Renewable Energy Cannot Sustain a Consumer Society. He is also developing an alternative lifestyle education site, Pigface Point, near Sydney.


Hear Ted Trainer 8.00 p.m. Tuesday 5 February,
Bowral Uniting Centre, cnr Bendooley & Boolwey, Bowral. Refreshments. Gold coin donation.

For more information:
Sandra Menteith 0403 790 777