15 February 2019, Lower Deck Café in Tavistock
28 people gathered for a vegan feast provided by Blue Skies Catering, with BarnabyÂÌñ»»ÆÞ™s table once again providing the centrepiece. At the back of the room two display boards were set up with string; luggage labels and pens were laid on every table, with paper copies of inspirational ideas including 10:10 Carbon Crush suggestions, BioRegional One Planet principles, the Top 10 from Drawdown.org, and a multitude of pictures. At the start of the meal the hosts declared that theyÂÌñ»»ÆÞ™d like people to think about what a utopia of 2068 might look like, and also what needs to be done by 2030 in the context of our Climate Emergency.
And then people just started talking ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ and continued to talk until the meal was over and everyone left!
The world you want to see in 2030
- Dramatic increase in the insect world
- End to corruption in public life ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ especially financial
- Cycling and green transport
- Towns will be easy to travel around using no fossil fuel
- Travel by green train from Tavistock
- Cancel high speed rail
- Cook in a slowcooker/crock pot
- Teach people how to grow food and cook it
- Public transport show be affordable and accessible for all
- Children to be able to eat their produce and learn about nutrition
- Maintain a socialist government after getting rid of the Tories in 2020
- Renewable energy
- Fair rights to food, homes and culture
- More use of brownfield sites where suitable for housing
- Stay home, grow your own
- Fashion industry using recycled fabrics to cut down on carbon emissions
- Local food on lovely pottery and energy from the sun, wind and sea
- Plastic free
- Celebrity-led drive to make conspicuous consumption ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ˜uncoolÂÌñ»»ÆÞ™, encourage mend, repair and charity shop purchases, designer brands not an aspiration for the young
- Use spare waste patches in towns to grow veg and flowers for local residents ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ healthy eating for everyone
- Get more and more people involved
- Local infrastructure updated for the smart grid
- Local affordable housing for local people
- Local power generated from renewables
- Local energy plan implemented
- All local travel by EVs
- More provision for self-build
- Making new things with our old things, accessible recycling
The world you want to see in 2068
- Monopolies banned, big business no longer ruling the world
- Climate change has stabilised
- The final destruction of capitalism and inequality
- All new developments community owned, developed and managed
- Communities where people can live and work easily, with efficient and sustainable homes and lots of walking and cycling
- All new houses must have greywater recycling
- An end to homelessness and affordable housing for all
- 100% renewable electricity and heat
- Educate adults, children and grandchildren
- Learn how to reduce your own carbon footprint in your home
- All houses made energy efficient by retrofit or design
- Tavistock has its railway back
- 80% of food produced locally and consumed within the locality ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ no more food miles
- 100% love
- Everyone has a home and a right to contribute and be valued by society
- Limited production of new goods and reuse/recycling paramount
- Everyone should know where their power comes from
- Education ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ taking the message to everyone, care for our environment
- 99% recycling
