SA branch meeting – Tuesday 13 October – Designers Forum
When: Tuesday 13th October
Time: 6.30pm (Note the early start time for this meeting only).
Where: Enfield Community Centre, 540 Regency Road, Enfield.
Entry fee: Gold coin donation to assist with hall hire.
Read the minutes from the September meeting here and the agenda for the October meeting here.
Program
This meeting is the Designers’ Forum in which our panel of house designers and energy ratings auditors – Jack Metcalf, Ian Dolman, Andrew Tidswell and Allan Johanson – will discuss the practicalities of eco house design and the wider issues of sustainable living and answer questions from the floor. This is a follow-on from Sustainable House Day and will give an opportunity to explore sustainablility concepts in more detail than is possible during house tours. The panel will also cover issues such as micro climate, garden intergration, material choices, embodied energy, life-cycle analysis, affordability, durability plus physical and environmental footprint.
You are welcome to publicise the forum to any interested parties and ask them to register via saevents@ata.org.au. A flyer for the forum is available here.
Forthcoming meetings
November 10th at the regular time of 7.30 pm: Steve Poole – Eco Villages. Steve is an eco-village consultant who has been involved with several projects including Aldinga Arts Eco Village and has given many presentations on the topic. What they are, the aims and philosophy, how they begin and develop – plus a few trials and tribulations.
ATA news
On 24 October 2009 the Alternative Technology Association is hosting an online 350.org event. All you need to take part is a camera and take a high resolution photo of yourself and your favourite sustainable living activity or technology. This could be anything from you on the roof with your solar panel system to growing your own veggies or riding/walking to work. Email your jpgs to 350photos@ata.org.au. For more details see www.ata.org.au/news/global-day-of-climate-action.
350.org (www.350.org) is an international campaign to create a global climate treaty to lower atmospheric CO2 to below 350 parts per million – it’s currently above 390 ppm.
Other events and news
Energy Matters are continuing their petition for a national gross metered feed-in tariff of 80 cents per kW-hour. You can sign via www.feedintariff.com.au.
Regards
Alan Strickland
ATA SA Branch Convenor
alanmarg@cobweb.com.au
ph 0419 813 965
