The Summer is over!
It was less than 15 degree today and the rain was pouring down in the remainder of an old hurricane from Caribbean. The Energy Academy has had a good summer with many visitors from near and fare.
Curious pedestrian tourists, who wants to know what the Energy Academy is doing and professionals and politicians who can’t keep them self from coming to the Academy when on holiday on Samsø.
We didn’t go to RIO+20 in the holiday together with all the other energy people, but instead we went to Brussels, where we received the ManagEnergy Award: Samsø 2.0 – Energy Educations: See here: http://www.managenergy.net.
It was a huge experience together with other good projects in Europe to receive a price for the work we do. The Vision in praxis!! Thanks for all the visitors!
Fossil Free Island.
The project is started again after the tourist activities in the summer. People are busy during the summer on Samsø. That is why we took a break in most of the workgroups. See the development of the projects in Fossil Free Island at the website.
New manager at the Energy Academy in Samsø
Michael Larsen is the Energy Academy’s new manager. He is educated architect/ MAA and he has also a master degree in change management E*MBA from Aarhus School of Business. He comes from a position as project manager in the Technical Department of Vejle Municipality and has previously worked as a private consultant and planner.
Michael has great expectations to the new job and the many exciting tasks with the continuation of the Renewable Energy Island and the new vision of a Fossil Free Island on Samsø.
“My first impressions are for one part the huge results already made on Samsø, and the ambitious goals for the initiatives already launched, and that all the results are locally anchored and implemented in cooperation with people on Samsø, which is unique both in Denmark and International.
Therefore I am glad to be able to be a part of the Energy Academy and to create future results.” Welcome to Michael – there are great expectations to his efforts at the Energy Academy. The future is right around the corner and we are starting with Version 2.0 both for the plans for Fossil Free Island and for the development of the Energy Academy.
Samsø Conference
The 26th October Samsø is going to hold a large conference on the future of Samsø! Please note the date so you can participate in the day’s work and contribute to the road Samsø is going to take in the years to come. A program will be distributed later, both on the website and in Samsø Posten so you can follow the plans.
The purpose with the conference is to talk about what livelihood we shall have in future. Who are we at that time and what will we do together? There are many unknown and in trouble times it is necessary to talk together about a common direction on the work in front of us. Samsø Energy Academy is showing some sort of line with a 2.0 Version on the Renewable Energy Island project.
What does the tourist industry, agriculture, holiday home owners, business, our national and international networks say? We are using a day to make a plan for Samsø 2030. The day will be documented and all the gems will be noted, so that we in a couple of years can look at the visions and plans again and readjust them. Samsø as a community is many things. The 26th we will look together at the possibilities we have and how to embark from each corner with a common goal.
Remember the 26th October and follow on the website www.energiakademiet.dkand in Samsø Posten. Samsø need for us all to come!
Fælledskab
On the basis of the book ”Commonities” 25 women met in the study group Æseløre in the weekend 8-9th September to discuss communities. Tor Nørretranders and Søren Hermansen made a presentation; there was talked and developed new commons.
There will be a film and a graphic documentation of the process. ’Thoughts on Time Kurt Strand has had Søren Hermansen in the studio to talk about Communities. For more see here: TANKER TIL TIDEN: Søren Hermansen – dansk svar på Al Gore.