Yorkshire Chapter Stall at Steady State Economy Conference
With the Yorkshire Chapters 2nd stall planned for Leeds city center on Saturday 19th June, a member of another chapter brought it to our "awareness" that there was an economics conference happening in Leeds that day. The conference would feature talks by many authors and progressive thinkers including Kate Pickett, co-author of "The Spirit Level". A book often referenced by Peter Joseph. The subject of the conference was on the idea of a "Steady State Economy", and how to implement it. One of their tag lines
"Never-ending economic growth is not possible on a finite planet; nor is it improving well-being. This conference will bring together NGOs, academics, businesses, politicians, the media, and the general public to explore an ecologically and socially responsible alternative to economic growth: the steady state economy."
http://steadystate.org/leeds2010/
So obviously we thought it would be a great idea to have TZM represented there. However tickets were £30 per person and they were sold out!
We began to think maybe we could catch some of the participants at lunch, chat to them and give them some info, or maybe when they finish.
Well we decided to go along and just have a chat to some of the organizers, then go on and set up our stall in the city as planned.
When we got here they had started a few hours earlier. Through a combination of charm, praise, admiration, and saying all the other right things, they allowed us to set up our stall right outside the conference hall !!
They even allowed us to attend the workshops and lectures, all free of charge!
So it was a great result, we gave out over 70 compilation dvds and leaflets, spoke to lots of people about TZM and TVP and had some great responses. Met people who had heard of the movement, some who had seen Addendum, and even a guy from one organization who had met Jacque. Obviously the subject of a "Steady State Economy" is not what TVP proposes, and so when in conversation we borrowed from Jacque and said that we thought a "Steady State Economy" was a great idea but doesn't go far enough.
Overall a great day, and we have already been contacted by a university lecturer we met who wants to screen Addendum.
I've always thought that, if its a good cause and if they can, people will generally help, just need to give them the opportunity by asking.
More to follow.
Great work you guys, the transition has started well & truly,
I was supposed to be filming this conference but had a last minute change of plan. Asked lucy who is the girl with the curly hair in the picture if she had heard of zeitgeist and then she mentioned you guys were there. When is trhe lecturer going to be showing addendum?
Hi LANewton, we havn't heard from the Lecturer recently, and in fact your post serves as a good reminder to get in touch with her and others that we met at the event. How did you come to be potentially filming the event? Do you work for the uni? Also i notice you are from Bingley, have you been to any of our meet ups? Are you on our email list? If you're not then just Private Message me an email address and i'll put you on.
I'll update this post if i hear anything more from the contacts we made.
DanBoom