| Seeking common ground on wind turbines and pylons in rural areas Wednesday 11th March online on Zoom,7 to 9pm (UK time) – this event is FREE of chargehttps://buytickets.at/talkshop1/2071284 Wind turbines and their associated infrastructure are a topic of huge debate in communities across the UK and beyond. This workshop aims to breach the divides and find common ground. The Win-Win Workout has been developed over the last five years, in 80 events on 30 different topics and planning issues, for example: Intensive poultry units; Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and 20mph speed limits. We will begin by identifying three fundamental starting points. (One reason for having three is to avoid the binary yes/no.) On the issue of wind turbines and pylons in sparsely populated rural areas, the three starting positions are: National need – “The climate crisis is the overriding priority. We have a national duty to generate clean energy for the grid.” Stewardship – “These industrial-scale installations and lines of pylons permanently industrialise our wild landscapes and rural vistas.” Community benefit – “Rural communities are being used as a resource for urban demand without proper say or fair reward.” Once the common ground has been identified, our policy expert, Dr Alan Owen of the Centre for Alternative Technology, will help us work out what policies may be built on that common ground. Wednesday 11th March online on Zoom,7 to 9pm (UK time) – this event is FREE of charge https://buytickets.at/talkshop1/2071284 Do come – and do tell your friends Perry and Paul – perry@talkshopuk.org paul@thinkingbox.info | Chwilio am dir cyffredin ar dyrbinau gwynt a pheilonau mewn ardaloedd gwledig Dydd Mercher 11eg o Fawrth ar-lein ar Zoom, 7 i 9pm (amser y DU) – mae’r digwyddiad hwn AM DDIM https://buytickets.at/talkshop1/2071284 Mae tyrbinau gwynt a’u seilwaith cysylltiedig yn bwnc trafod mawr mewn cymunedau ledled y DU a thu hwnt. Nod y gweithdy hwn yw torri’r rhaniadau a dod o hyd i dir cyffredin. Mae’r Ymarfer Corff Ennill-Ennill wedi’i ddatblygu dros y pum mlynedd diwethaf, mewn 80 o ddigwyddiadau ar 30 o bynciau a materion cynllunio gwahanol, er enghraifft: Unedau dofednod dwys; Cymdogaethau Traffig Isel a therfynau cyflymder 20mya. Byddwn yn dechrau trwy nodi tri phwynt cychwyn sylfaenol. (Un rheswm dros gael tri yw osgoi’r ie/nage deuaidd.) Ar fater tyrbinau gwynt a pheilonau mewn ardaloedd gwledig prin eu poblogaeth, y tri man cychwyn yw: • Angen cenedlaethol – “Yr argyfwng hinsawdd yw’r flaenoriaeth bwysicaf. Mae gennym ddyletswydd genedlaethol i gynhyrchu ynni glân ar gyfer y grid.” • Stiwardiaeth – “Mae’r gosodiadau a’r llinellau peilonau ar raddfa ddiwydiannol hyn yn diwydiannu ein tirweddau gwyllt a’n golygfeydd gwledig yn barhaol.” • Budd cymunedol – “Mae cymunedau gwledig yn cael eu defnyddio fel adnodd ar gyfer galw trefol heb lais priodol na gwobr deg.” Unwaith y bydd y tir cyffredin wedi’i nodi, bydd ein harbenigwr polisi, Dr Alan Owen o’r Ganolfan Technoleg Amgen, yn ein helpu i weithio allan pa bolisïau y gellir eu hadeiladu ar y tir cyffredin hwnnw. Dydd Mercher 11eg o Fawrth ar-lein ar Zoom, 7 i 9pm (amser y DU) – mae’r digwyddiad hwn AM DDIM https://buytickets.at/talkshop1/2071284 Dewch – a dywedwch wrth eich ffrindiau Perry a Paul – perry@talkshopuk.org paul@thinkingbox.info |
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