Videos now available from Aberdeen event ‘Diversification from Oil, Arms and Nuclear to Alternative Energy’ March 25th
The four speakers and audience all watched the 1978 film on the Lucas Plan and then there was discussion. Here are the four presentations. This is an example of the type of local community organizing for socially useful production that the http://www.lucasplan.org.uk is now working to inspire across the UK and Ireland. Thanks CND and Aberdeen Climate Action plus trade union support for organizing this!
‘Diversification from Oil, Arms and Nuclear to Alternative Energy’
Some cities have suffered more than others from oil price collapse, job-losses and economic downturn. With it's engineering tradition and skills base Aberdeen could be at the forefront of a dynamic alternative energy economy but instead politicians and business leaders are leaving the city in the tail end of a declining fossil fuel industry with no planning for the future. Building an alternative economic plan for Aberdeenshire was discussed at the event ‘Diversification from Oil, Arms and Nuclear to Alternative Energy’ on March 25, 2017at the University of Aberdeen.
After a 35 minute film on how the Lucas Aerospace workers in the 1970’s when faced with redundancy put forward a historic plan to stop job losses and convert from arms to socially useful production, there was a panel and audience discussion:
Chaired by Fiona Napier, Trade Unionist
event sponsored by
other links
Please share this with people who may be interested- and especially share those who wanted to attend but who could not because of all the many other events happening during Climate Week North East!
The four speakers and audience all watched the 1978 film on the Lucas Plan and then there was discussion. Here are the four presentations. This is an example of the type of local community organizing for socially useful production that the http://www.lucasplan.org.uk is now working to inspire across the UK and Ireland. Thanks CND and Aberdeen Climate Action plus trade union support for organizing this!
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zKGLJKOdHE Erik Dalhuijsen, Aberdeen Climate Action
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1ejCiUQttU Jelte Harnmeijer, Hutton Institute
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz-VYRf0X74 Veronika Tudhope, Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oScLf7p3er0 Myshele Haywood, Green Party
‘Diversification from Oil, Arms and Nuclear to Alternative Energy’
Some cities have suffered more than others from oil price collapse, job-losses and economic downturn. With it's engineering tradition and skills base Aberdeen could be at the forefront of a dynamic alternative energy economy but instead politicians and business leaders are leaving the city in the tail end of a declining fossil fuel industry with no planning for the future. Building an alternative economic plan for Aberdeenshire was discussed at the event ‘Diversification from Oil, Arms and Nuclear to Alternative Energy’ on March 25, 2017at the University of Aberdeen.
After a 35 minute film on how the Lucas Aerospace workers in the 1970’s when faced with redundancy put forward a historic plan to stop job losses and convert from arms to socially useful production, there was a panel and audience discussion:
Chaired by Fiona Napier, Trade Unionist
- Veronika Tudhope, Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
- Jelte Hammeijer Hutton Institute,
- Erik Dalhuijsen, Aberdeen Climate Action
- Myshele Haywood Green Party.
event sponsored by
- Aberdeen Climate Action and
- Aberdeen and District Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
other links
- http://www.banthebomb.org/index.php/local-groups/Aberdeen
- http://www.aberdeenclimateaction.org/
- http://lucasplan.org.uk/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pgQqfpub-c
Please share this with people who may be interested- and especially share those who wanted to attend but who could not because of all the many other events happening during Climate Week North East!