• 1 Overview
• 2 What is a Transition Initiative?
  • 2.1 What are we “transitioning” towards?
  • 2.2 Here’s how it all appears to be evolving
  • 2.3 What about local and national governments and businesses?
  • 2.4 The different shapes of Transition
  • 2.5 Cheerful disclaimer!
• 3 Additional Resources

Overview

The Transition Town Movement is a vibrant, grassroots movement that seeks to build community resilience in the face of such challenges as peak oil, climate change and the economic crisis. It represents one of the most promising ways of engaging people in strengthening their communities against the effects of these challenges, resulting in a life that is more abundant, fulfilling, equitable and socially connected. The following is taken from the Transition Network website, based in the UK. Here is a video featuring the founder of the Transition Network, Rob Hopkins:

Here is another video with transition activists describing the basic ideas:

Additional Resources

• Transition Network
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_Towns
• Rob Hopkins, The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience (2008)