Twinning with an exemplar town in Europe
Host: Charley
The task: implementing major changes in renewable energy infrastructure.
The obstacle: public misunderstanding, planning resistance.
Possible solutions:
- twin with exemplar town from Europe, for example Freiburg, Germany.
- Woking? Waldshut? Blois? Brixton?
- Developing World? Contact Natalie Lerner (Fairtrade). Ghana? Joint initiative on learning, hospitals. Gossypium - India. Intermediate Technology. Cuba. Uganda. http://sendacow.org/
- Contacts - key start point.
- Two way flow between communities.
- Established rules for North/South communication.
- Watch for language prejudice.
- Communication reasons:
- Examples of best practice
- Solidarity
- Connection for joint interests
- Cultural Exchange -> own initiatives
- Openness - connect on a small level
- Find different models of how citizens interact with their government/councils
- Look at Local Agenda 21
Get involved: contact hello [at] TransitionTownLewes.org.uk
