Last week James Samuel from Waiheke Island came to Wanaka and gave a talk at the Lake Wanaka Centre. James has been involved in supporting the Transition Town movement in New Zealand Aotearoa. There are now 50 communities that have joined this grass roots movement and are committed to moving their communities away from oil dependence to local resilience.
Some communities are just starting on the journey while others have an active program of initiatives and growing support within their community for more action. Check out Grey Lynn 2030 or Project Lyttelton.
At the meeting, which was attended by more than 60 people James ran a session where we all picked a date in the future and wrote down ideas about what Wanaka might look like at that time. This is what they wrote…
The summary “what they wrote” is a fantastic record of everyone’s input. Great job!