Britain has the potential, skills, and natural resources to lead the world in carbon reduction.

On October 16th our CEO Juliet Davenport will be speaking at this year’s Bristol Schumacher Conference, arguably one of the most crucial in its 33-year history. Bringing together major players in the renewable sector, this event will be addressing the huge promise of a Zero Carbon Britain – from Aspiration into Action.

Most people have almost no idea just how well endowed Britain is with renewable energy or that, as the Centre for Alternative Technology’s recent report shows, a zero carbon Britain is actually possible. The purpose of the 2010 Schumacher Conference is to open our eyes to these very real possibilities.

Juliet will be joined by two fellow leaders in the renewable field: Peter Harper, Head of Research and Innovation at the Centre for Alternative Technology and author of its major new report Zero Carbon Britain 2030; and Jacquline McGlade, Executive Director of the hugely influential European Environment Agency in Copenhagen.

Each speaker will be articulating their pathway to shifting the UK from where it is today to a brighter, greener, zero carbon future. Juliet will describe how Good Energy is applying its innovative thinking to identify the changes the UK needs to make to the process which takes power from a windy hilltop to a light switch at home; ranging from smart grids and demand side management to the true cost of energy – environmental as well as financial.

Juliet’s vision of the future looks very different to what we see today: energy companies will be transformed from leviathans to enablers and, maybe, by 2050, they will all look like Good Energy.

“The approach of powering down (reducing demand) and powering up (building a new, zero carbon energy infrastructure)...is the logical, achievable next step forward...a move towards entrepreneurship, resilience, connectedness and stability. It offers a return to scale, a bringing home of the impacts of our actions, and a shift to a world that we can hand on to our grandchildren with relief and pride, and with a twinkle in our eyes,” says Rob Hopkins, co-founder of Transition Towns 

For anyone interested in a sustainable future this is not an event to be missed. Book your ticket here.