Minister Conor Lenihan T.D opened this years event, and the key note was given by Dr. Jacques Bus Head of Unit F5 DG-INFSO, European Commission, who provided findings on the recently published RISEPTIS report, titled 'Trust in the Information Society'. The panel session proved that research in Ireland is mature in many aspects, mainly technical, but the subsequent cluster session highlighted that often the weakest link in internet security is the 'user', education and awareness along with technical development will go a long way in ensuring that Irish citizens are not subjects of criminal activity.

"for all those aspects of life that this community needs in order to sustain itself and thrive, how do we significantly increase resilience (to mitigate the effects of Peak Oil) and drastically reduce carbon emissions (to mitigate the effects of Climate Change)?"

The resulting coordinated range of projects across all these areas of life leads to a collectively designed energy descent pathway.

The community also recognises two crucial points:

* that we used immense amounts of creativity, ingenuity and adaptability on the way up the energy upslope, and that there's no reason for us not to do the same on the downslope
* if we collectively plan and act early enough there's every likelihood that we can create a way of living that's significantly more connected, more vibrant and more in touch with our environment than the oil-addicted treadmill that we find ourselves on today.

For more information please look at the Transition Towns WIKI.

There are a group of us in Tramore
that have started to start this intiative ...life evolves ..its time to become active

There are solutions emerging ..educate yourself about this - there are many resources out there including lots on youtube
If you would like to contact the Tramore Transition Initiative directly please email:
transition-town-tramore@googlegroups.com.