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 * CCT434 Lesson #10 In Class Assignment: Energy Efficiency, Transition Towns and Sustainable Energy Solutions**


 * 1. List the twelve principles of Transition Towns.**


 * 8 Principles of Transition Towns:**
 * 1) Positive Visioning
 * 2) Help People Access Good Information and Trust Them to Make Good Decisions
 * 3) Inclusion and Openness
 * 4) Enable Sharing and Networking
 * 5) Build Resilience
 * 6) Inner and Outer Transition
 * 7) Transition makes sense - the solution is the same size as the problem
 * 8) Subsidiarity: self-organisation and decision making at the appropriate level


 * 12 Steps of the Transition Town Process:**
 * 1) set up a steering group and design its demise
 * 2) start raising awareness
 * 3) lay the foundations
 * 4) organize a great unleashing
 * 5) form theme groups
 * 6) use open space
 * 7) develop visible practical manifestations of the project
 * 8) facilitate the great reskilling
 * 9) build a bridge to local government
 * 10) honour the elders
 * 11) let it go where it wants to go
 * 12) create an energy descent action plan


 * 2. Describe why Rob Hopkins calls Transition Towns ‘a design concept’.**

3. What is ‘peak oil’ and how was Transition Towns created to correct it?

4. What is a community wind farm? How is it different than any other wind farm?

5. Dan Juhl says that community wind is a “trifecta,” what are the three reasons he thinks this is true? Do you agree? Why or why not?

6. What is micro-credit? What are the benefits and challenges?

7. The United Nations stated that sustainable development “implies meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. Given this definition do you think the programs of Grameen Bank and Grameen Shakti (the non-profit organization) are promoting sustainable development? Why or why not? Use specific examples.

8. How did access to renewable energy help the economic growth of the poorer communities of Bangladesh?