Asking the question - 'is bigger better?'

The Surf Coast Energy Group wants to know if “bigger is better”.

Subsequently is has organized a forum at which the question, “Growth – is bigger better” will be examined.

Speaking at the November 16 forum will be Prof Ian Lowe of the Griffiths University; University of Melbourne’s Prof David Karoly, who was a lead author for an IPCC report; and Geoff Carr of Ecology Australia.

The forum, which will be held at the Quiksilver Auditorium at 27 Baines Crescent, Torquay, starts at two o’clock and continues through to 5:30pm.

Comedian and advisor to the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne, Rod Quantock, will be the forum’s MC.

A further highlight to an already informative program will be a state election question and answer session for candidates in the South Barwon electorate.

People with any questions can contact the organizers.

Surf Coast Energy Group spokesman, Graeme Stockton, said the forum is happening in an area which is targeted for high population growth and this, he said, will be topical both locally and in the wider sense.