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About Transition Towns

Transition Towns is about responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change.

It's a process ...of developing an Energy Descent Action Plan within communities.

Read more about the 12 steps in the Transition Tools menus.

This is about community leadership - initiatives - ideas - actions - solutions.

We are turning problems into opportunities - and example being the growth of interest in local food production, energy solutions, transport solutions.

These things are achieved by finding our common bonds, the edges where we meet - working on them - and playing - above all, being humans in charge of our destiny.

One of us cannot find the solution alone - together we can.

  • Join the mailing list
  • Write to your local paper
  • Talk to neighbours
  • Develop your own EDAP
  • Read ...

We have been preparing for Transition Towns for years ...

Now is the time and we are the people.

What do we focus on ?

A dialogue in the TT group has been about focus on the 'pitch' that TT takes.

Is it Peak Oil and Climate Change, Economic Collapse and preparing for that - or it is building community from within - as  the primary reason  for being involved in TT as a process. Are both relevant? Ultimately if TT is to be a whole-of-community movement - then we have to move beyond our paradigm of ..if... then and move into a new thinking model that says both... and ...

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Here is a little insight ...that may help you bring clarity to the matter ...

www.ted.com/index.php/talks/bjorn_lomborg_sets_global_priorities.html

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