Annual Gathering 2019

Annual Gathering 2019
March 30 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Transforming Energy, Transforming Lives
Saturday 30th March, 10am to 4pm at Gate Church International, Dundee.
We know that we have to radically change our way of life in Scotland. Changing the way we use energy means changing both our way of life and our economy; in heating our homes, travel, food and farming.
The 2019 annual gathering will explore this transformation with speakers who are leading the changes and congregations who are responding to this challenge: transforming energy; transforming lives.
Keynote Speakers
Professor Jim Skea is chair of Scotland’s Just Transition Commission, a leading expert on energy and climate change and co-chair of Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Neil Kermode is the managing director of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) responsible for the deployment of pioneering marine technology in Orkney
Programme
10:00–10:30 Registration
10:30–10:45 Welcome and Worship: Mary Sweetland, Eco-Congregation Scotland chair and Rev’d David Coleman, Environmental Chaplain
Inspiration
10:45–11:30 Professor Jim Skea: How do we make a Just Transition to a Low Carbon Economy?
11:30–12:15 Neil Kermode: Transforming Energy in Orkney, opportunities and challenges
Sally Foster-Fulton, Christian Aid Scotland head and Eco-Congregation Scotland trustee will chair the keynote speakers’ session, respond from a climate justice perspective and open up for questions
12:15–13:00 Lunch: locally sourced, low carbon produce
13:00–13:30 Annual General Meeting for members, Climate Conversations for other attendees
13:30–14:15 Workshops and Seminars
14:15–15:00 Workshops and Seminars
- Transforming Buildings: James Anthony, Eco-Congregation Scotland programme coordinator
- Transforming Awards: David Bethune, Eco-Congregation Scotland programme coordinator
- Transforming Homes and Communities: Faith Pashley and Diane Alexander, Home Energy Scotland with Local Energy Scotland
- Transforming Energy, more lessons from Orkney: (to be finalised)
- Transforming Money, ethical finance: (to be finalised)
Action
15:00–15:30 Inspiration to Action, ideas from congregations
Local examples, successful and succinct, shared by eco-congregations from all over Scotland, convened by Elizabeth South, Eco-Congregation Scotland vice-chair
15:30–16:00 Prayer and Finish
(Programme may be subject to some amendment)
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