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The big questions
 What happens when we reach Peak Oil?
 How do we adapt to Climate Change?
 How do we survive the next economic crash?
What would be impacted?
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Transport
Food
Work
Clothes
Holidays
Buildings
Heating
Lighting
Business
Education
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So what are you doing about it?
 What’s your plan?
 Ignore it?
 Dismiss it?
 Do nothing?
 Wait for someone else to solve it?
 TECHNOLOGY!!
 Pray?
 Transition’s first response: “Energy Descent Plans”
 Less affected, less dependent
 More resilient, more self-reliant, more community-based
So what are you doing about it?
You must be the change you wish to see in
the world.
Mahatma Gandhi
“It starts with me...”
Transition Network supports community-led responses to
climate change and shrinking supplies of cheap energy,
building resilience and happiness.
Resilience
 Working and living within the natural world (Permaculture)
 Renewable energy sources
 Enough: using less, living more
 Sharing, Collaborating
 Local Community: streets/towns
 Independence...
 Self-sufficiency
“it’s not just about being
less-unsustainable
– we need to figure out how to
live sustainably”
 Skills: repairing, making,
 Resources: using less, up-cycling, re-cycling, re-using
 Food: Growing; Cooking; Buying: “LOAF” Local, Organic, Animal-Friendly, FairTrade
 Consultation: local councils (community, environment, development)
 Education, training, support
Resources...
Global movement...
...and if all the science is wrong?