Transition Movement

also known as the

Transition Town Movement

What is a Transition Initiative?

A place where there's a

community-led process that helps that

town / village / city / neighbourhood

become stronger and happier.

� Resiliencethe ability of a system or community to

withstand impacts from outside.- Transition US

Impacts from the outside

� End of cheap energy(Peak Oil)

� Climate Change(global warming) (weird weather)

� Economic Contraction / Instability(collapse)

= Really Big Change(the end of the world as we’ve known it)

A very brief history

� 2005: Ireland

Rob Hopkins &

Permaculture students

Kinsale Energy Descent Action Plan

� 2006: UK: Transition Town Totnes

Transition Network establish

� 2007: Transition US

Localization & Reskilling

Colorado

California Oklahoma City, OK

Sarasota, FL

Seed: saving / exchanging / librariesPermaculture

Gleaning to feed families in needLocal / Alternative CurrenciesLocal Food

Ann Arbor, MICadillac, MI

Sebastapol, CA

Sandpoint, ID

Seattle, WA

Clothes mending evening

EmergencyCommunication Hub

Solar hot water heater construction

Soil fertility workshop

Folk Schools

LondonLondon

Malvern, UK

Lewes, UK

Refurbishing historic oil lamps

Trashcatchers CarnivalVeggie planting at tube station

1st community owned solar power station

Crowd-sourced

Inner TransitionIn the end this is about a change of heart; if that does not happen alongside the windmills, I’m not sure there’s really any point.

(Overheard at a Transition meeting)

Positive VisioningChange is happening – our choice is between a

future we want and one which happens to us.

Personal Resilience

Emergence

Cheerful disclaimer!

“Just in case you were under the impression that Transition is a process defined by people who have all the answers,

you need to be aware of a key fact.

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.”

For more info

• transitionnetwork.org :

• transitionus.org :

• transitionculture.org : Rob’s blogan evolving exploration into the head, heart and hands of energy descent

Credits:

Presentation / Power Point by Bonnie HendricksNovember 3, 2011

Photos thanks to numerous Transition Initiative websites