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Visioning Forres in 2025with Transition Town Forres (TTF) and Transition Scotland Support (TSS)

Summary

Date:Friday 30th October 2009, Ramnee Hotel, Forres

Present: From TTF - Carin Schwartz, Kristy Puplett, Marie Jacques, Ella Young. From TSS - Gerri Smyth. Members of the public.

Aim: To visualise Forres in 2025 with less carbon emissions and less reliance on fossil fuels and the global economy. Then back-casting in 5 year increments, 2020, 2015, 2010 and now, to outline what would need to be done to make our vision of Forres areality in 2025.

Process: Carin introduced the evening. Gerri began the visioning with an exercise on futuristic movies from different eras, from

1924 to now. Four different groups were formed and each group was given a selection of movies to draw out common themes.The exercise showed that our world vision through movies through time went from plague, fuel scarcity, virtual reality living,disorder and order, alien invasion, to life on other planets. Basically the exercise showed a not so positive vision for the future.We were asked to remove all thoughts of this destructive future and wake up in Forres in 2025, you had survived and werethriving because of actions started in 2009. We were asked what would our world look like, what would you hear, smell, sense,

taste around you. How would you get to work? What would your work be? How do you earn your money? Where would youshop? How do you heat your home? Do you own your own home? Where do your children go to school? Where are the older folkin the community? Where do you celebrate? We where then asked to create picture and word collages to show our world in 2025in relation to Food, Transport, Learning/Re-skilling/Work, Housing and Energy, Community/Well-being and Fun. The resultingcollages are shown below.

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Now 2010 2015 2020

Food Planting initiative fromForres in Bloom andTransition Town Forres to

plant more nut and fruittrees in Forres greenspaces.

Perennial planting.

Forres Community Gardenannounces the beginningof a tree nursery project toproduce nut and fruit trees

for Forres.

Greater awareness of thenatural environment as aresource that needs

protecting for our ownsurvival.

Monthly farmers markets.

Land given for Market

Gardens and garden shareschemes.

Education facility exists toeducate on growing food,

composting, etc.

Resolution of land forbreeding common gullsand more allotments.

Government initiative totrain the unemployed inpermaculture to enablethem to grow food for the

community.

Weekly farmerscooperative andcommunity market.

All school food organic andseasonal.

Moray Council tax

reductions for less waste.

Moray Council agrees toparkland use for local foodproduction.

Permaculture a commonterm on Forres High Streetdue to new educationalfacility trainings.

Community EnvironmentalEducation Centre has its4th birthday.

Meat consumption half ofthat in 2010.

Neighbourhood allotmentscommon. Grant Park is full

of perennial plants andpartly allotments.

Community compostoutlet.

Forres surrounded bycommunity gardens.

Community orchardsproducing large quantities

of fruit and nuts.

Most people in Forres cancook from scratch withlocally produced seasonal

food.

Allotment sites inoperation and continuingto grow in numbers.

Attitudes to animalconsumption changed andless meat adopted.

Law passed allowing oneday off per week for a fulltime work week for familyfood growing.

Farming is now a highlyrespected profession.



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Greater emphasis onbiodiversity with foodgrowing and householdgardens.

Daily market for locallygrown produce. 2/3 of allproduce grown by localresidents.

Government procurementfor food all organic andseasonal.



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Now 2010 2015 2020

Housing &Energy

Findhorn Ecovillage seenas a global example of

sustainable design and theresident community having

very low carbon footprint.

Wind Park at Findhornproducing a renewablesource of energy for

residents as well as fundsfor community benefit.Transition Town Forres

reveal a plan to design anenergy efficient,

sustainable centre foreducation and foodresources on Bogton Road.

Local community groupsworking together with

Moray Council to findsolutions to building

standards, housing pricesand resource use.

Initiative to radicallyreform the current building

standards to include musthaves with all new buildsand subsidised retrofits.

Must haves include: 30cminsulation, locally sourced

sustainably harvestedbuilding materials, nontoxic paints and materials,water collection systems,assessment of most

efficient micro renewablesystem.

Moray Council taxreduction for completing a

carbon calculation and/orassessment.

Local based energycompany started sourcing

Community supportedaged housing coops

initiated.

Local land owners askminimal fees to donatetheir land to housing co-operatives with sustainableaims, outlined by the new

building standards.

Moray Council provides all

households with a meter tomeasure their electricity

use, and announces a capon electricity consumption.

Co-housing residentsreceive the first of their

promised tax breaks.

Moray Council announce

huge carbon and moneysavings from street light

reduction.

Building standards reformsstarted in 2010, have

saved billions of tax payerspounds, many reports

have shown.

Smart grids anddecentralised energy.

UK wide 20% energy fromrenewable sources.



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from local resources at acompetitive rate.

Government funded UKwide insulation and draft

proofing drive.

Government announcesfeed in tariff of 0.50/unitfor domestic energy

generation.



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Now 2010 2015 2020

CommunityWell-being

& Fun

Transition Town Forresunveil designs to create a

community cafe andeducation centre at their

leased site on BogtonRoad.

Elemental Arts work withlocal school children to

create a lanternextravaganza to startBonfire night celebrations.

Moray Council

acknowledges the need todevelop new politicalprocesses and attends aone day training on thetransition model for local

empowerment.Government on all levelsare showing that current

systems are problematicand that new positive

solutions are needed.Policies are focussing lesson progress in theeconomy, and more onhealth, wise, smart, green,

The NHS produce asystematic review of

toxicity in our bodies dueto current food,

vaccinations, diet, exercisehabits, addictions,revealing that those takingcontrol of their health arehappier.

Due to Forres High Stbeing closed to traffic,

local cafes are permittedto have outdoor seating.

Elemental Arts are beingfunded by Moray Council toextend Forres as thecelebration capital of the

North East!

Huge areas of locally

owned land is handed overto community ownership

for the purposes ofcustodianship, landregeneration andbiodiversity.

Elderly members of Forresare invited to be with a

variety of groups to sharetheir stories.

The elderly are cared for ina compassionate way.

Decrease in the production

of alcohol has lead theMalt Whiskey Trail to newcreative heights.

Forres High St hosts four

open air annualcelebrations coincidingwith the changes in seasonand day light.

Local weekly communitymarkets for food, music,integration of all ages,

celebration!

Old church on Forres HighSt is a hive of activity,

nourishing food, climbingwall, movies/lectures, cook

ins, parents and children,base for outdoor gear.

Forres Fiesta 2020! biggerbrighter than ever!



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wealth!

Local heart, soul and funsteering group startsmeeting and organising.

Tree planting as a way toengage varied groups ofpeople.

X-factor Forres heatsstimulate interest in musicmaking and the arts.

Steering group for Forres

Fiesta 2012 startsmeeting.



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Now 2010 2015 2020

Transport A new car share initiativeis started in Forres.

More bike racks placed

around Forres, including atthe Ramnee.

A new initiative toencourage more use of

public transport, freepublic transport!

A timetabled bus is startedto Findhorn on Sunday

mornings.

Kate Moss insists oncycling to pick up hercappuccino after a wild

night out!

Forres High Streetaccessible only by buses,

cycles, pedestrians anddisabled vehicles.

Increased demand forbiofuels has initiated alocally designed schemeturning waste from local

food production andanimal farming intoenergy.

Rail and bus providers

increase the frequency oftimetabled servicesthroughout Scotland, dueto the increasing demandon current services.

First local carpool socialenterprise begins in

Forres.

Innovative new schoolstarts at Altyre, educatingon horse transport andskills.

Moray Council unleashes a'Bike to Borrow' scheme

connecting Forres andsurrounding areas by

bicycle and also plans toensure all kerbs areramped and cycle lanes onall roads for the safety ofthe increasing number of

cyclists.

Carpools commonplace,

and supported by a localgroup administrating.

More public transportservices called for due tothe increasing demandlocally.

Campaign to stop flightsfor pleasure, only

necessity flights.

Bicycle parks in place ofcar parks, withmaintenance available.

Greater freedom for

cyclists on the road, lawspast to lessen car traffic onroads.



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Now 2010 2015 2020

Learning,Re-Skilling,

Work

An initiative started toassist in integrating youth

with other aged groups.

Increased integration ofrural, practical skills inschool curriculum.

Schools established

focussing on re-skilling i.e.blacksmiths, horse logging.

Transition Town Forresaided by Climate Challenge

Fund funding starts manyprojects leading to a morelocal sustainable lifestyle.

A re-skilling group formedto identify areas of need

and who can provide itlocally.

During their training schoolteachers are taught toolsfor supporting learning inthe outdoors and

environmental awareness.

Government subsidy for

re-skilling courses, fundedby increased taxes on

purchasing carbon emittingproducts.

Re-skilling classes taughtin local primary schools

including sewing, cooking.

Prince Charles states there

should be an emphasis onholistic education.

New television programmesparks a boom in locally

produced, seasonalcooking clubs throughout

the UK.

Educational policy statesthat half of primary schoollearning should be

outdoors, relating to theirenvironment.

Re-skilling centres set upall through UK, for all age

groups.

First graduates from Forresre-skilling centre.

Ecology and environmentalawareness is now a coresubject taught at school

alongside Maths andEnglish.

Youth mentoringProgrammes highlighted as

successful in increasinghappiness among young

adults, national mediaacknowledges.

Annual event to celebratecommunal skill sharing.

Part time paid work is thenorm, more time and care

taken in stewarding theland and growing local

food.


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