This Wednesday (31st March) the Camden Council all-party Sustainability Task Force will look at whether every Camden Council action should be obliged to minimise use of natural resources like carbon or water; to increase the community’s ability to withstand external shocks like peak oil; and make residents genuinely happy! At the moment everything Camden does has to be signed off by the council’s Finance Director and its Legal Team. But should policies also require a sustainability sign-off?
We'll be hearing from Duncan Law of Transition Brixton and Lucy Neal of Transition Tooting who’ll talk about resilience indicators for councils; Sam Thompson from the new economics foundation, who’ll talk about wellbeing/happiness indicators; and Sue Riddlestone from Bioregional who’ll talk about ecological footprinting.
The Task Force is made up of councillors concerned about climate change and peak oil. It works a bit like a parliamentary select committee and makes recommendations which go to the Leader of Camden Council. It starts at 6.30pm on Wednesday 31st March in Camden Town Hall (Judd Street entrance) and all are welcome.
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