– 7 til 9pm, Monday 9th March

- Dempseys Pub, opposite the castle

- £2 entry (to cover room hire)

Alan Gillard and Daniel Stollar from Gillard Associates, a Cardiff based firm of sustainable architects, will be presenting their ideas on community based housing and low carbon design and refurbishment.

Followed by an opportunity for questions and facilitated discussion.

ROB HOPKINS will bring the ultimate transition talk to Cardiff. Covering the foundations of why climate change and peak oil need urgent action and an outline why and how transition can provide some inspiration in working towards solutions, he’ll also present a few examples of what Transition projects around the UK are up to.

Tickets £4, £3 concessions (details about where to buy tickets will be circulated nearer the time)

Organised by Cardiff Transition Project.

Visit Rob Hopkins’ home page Transition Culture here

On MONDAY 12TH JANUARY 2009, between 7 – 9pm,

@ DEMPSEYS PUB, on CASTLE STREET (CORNER WOMANBY STREET) CARDIFF.

Entry: £2 on the door (to cover cost of hiring room)

All welcome.

Speaker is… Molly Scott-Cato – Reader in Green Economics and Economics Speaker for the Green Party who will share her thinking about what transition means for the way we organise our economic life, and specifically in relation to trade and money. Followed by an opportunity for questions and a facilitated exercise/discussion

For further information, please contact info@cardifftransitionproject.org.uk

Entry: £2 on the door (to cover cost of hiring room)

Bring an ‘Old Treasure’ for Bring and Show

Whether you’ve inherited something that you hold dear and still provides good use,

are the proud owner of a tattered ‘hand-me-down’ or

have purposefully set out to purchase recycled stuff –

bring it along and share the story about how it makes the world a better place.

This week the speakers are…

Frank O’Connor – Director of the Eco Design Centre Wales who will share the Eco Design Centre experience of working with companies on embedding life cycle analyses in their design process in order to reduce their products’ ecological impact.

Phil Hurst & Ellen Petts – the communications manager for Cylch, the Wales Community Recycling Network, and Ellen, who works on developing new start-up business in the reuse and recycling sector will offer their insights as to how what is commonly seen as waste offers a host of community business opportunities