Transcript Transition Towns

Transition Towns
What are Transition
Towns?
A way for us to build strong, local
communities to create a future we want
to live into
Transition: An Overview
• A vibrant, international grassroots movement
that builds community resilience in response to
the challenges of peak oil, climate change and
the economic crisis.
• Started in the UK and is outlined
in The Transition Handbook.
PEAK OIL
How will these
affect us?
CLIMATE
CHANGE
How can we
prepare ourselves?
ECONOMIC
INSTABILITY
Energy Descent is Inevitable
Do we want to ride that wave………….Or be engulfed by it?
Energy Use Through
Human History
Techno-Fantasy
Peak
Energy
Preindustrial
culture
Agriculture
10.000yrs BP
Green-Tech
Stability
Post
Mad Max
Collapse
Future Time
Historical Time
Industrial
Revolution
Earth
stewardship
Baby
Boom
Great Grand
Children
Transition: Guiding Principles
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Inner and Outer
Transition
Positive Visioning
Inclusion and Openness
Enable Sharing and
Networking
Build Resilience
Self-organization and
decision making at the
appropriate level
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Transition: Ingredients
• Set up a temporary
steering group to:
– Raise awareness
– Lay the foundations
– Organize a Great
Unleashing
– Form Working Groups
– (Steering Group re-forms
at this point)
• Create visible,
practical projects
• Facilitate the Great
Reskilling
• Build a bridge to local
government
• Honor the elders
• Let it go where it
wants to go…
• Create an Energy
Descent Plan
The Solution: Co-create a Resilient, Thriving, low
carbon community together in (your town)
Want to join us?
What would Richmond look like?
Permaculture apprenticeship
Local
Agriculture
Farms in Richmond High Schools
The seed landing library
Fruit tree give away
Community sharing food, skills and resources
Local Transportation
Economical!
Refreshing
Build community
Improve our health!
What if Richmond was ‘energized’ by windmills
and solar panels?
Green Jobs
Training +
opportunities
How are Transition Towns Different?
Like the string that holds
a necklace together
Food
Transportation
Water
Heart & Soul
Energy
Education
Health
Currency
Recreation
Arts
Transition: A Movement
• As of today, March 2010:
– 60+ “official” Transition Initiatives (TIs) in 24 states
across the US (250+ in the world)
– We estimate that for every “official” TI there are 1520 similar groups doing this work and “mulling” it
over (and an ever increasing number of people
“waking up”)
Where to Find Out More
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Transitionus.org
Transitioncalifornia.ning.com
RichmondRivets.org
The Transition Handbook by Rob Hopkins
Transition: Cheerful Disclaimer
• We truly don't know if this will work. Transition
is a social experiment on a massive scale. What
we are convinced of is this:
– If we wait for the governments, it'll be too little, too
late
– If we act as individuals, it'll be too little
– But if we act as communities, it might just be
enough, just in time.