The Transition Movement Comes to America

(Peak Moment TV episode 139). One response to the global crisis that is gaining enthusiastic momentum is the Transition Towns movement. Jennifer Gray, a pioneer in the Transition Initiative in the UK and cofounder of Transition US, describes it as "a community-led response to the twin crises of peak oil and climate change. It's ... positive, pro-active [and] engages the whole community in building resilience into their world."

Sharing highlights from The Transition Handbook by founder Rob Hopkins, she elaborates on a flexible twelve-step process to empower community organizers in unleashing the creative genius of their community and building an Energy Descent Action Plan. One innovative aspect is backcasting: envisioning one's community in 20 years, and then designing steps to get from here to there. [www.transitionus.org]

For other online Peak Moment Conversations and dvds, visit www.peakmoment.tv.

Get Embed Code

Rating:
Tags: jennifer gray, peakmoment, resilience
Views: 342

You need to be a member of Transition California to add comments!

Join this social network

2 Comments

Comment by bob banner on January 25, 2009 at 9:44am: Thanks Jed,

Please use the INVITE / SHARE method to send it to people on your lists or listservs. Click the film, then below is the word SHARE, click it and pop in the email addresses of your friends or listserv email addresses (or gov officials), write a brief note (max 200 words) and away we go... getting the word out...
thanks

bob

Comment by Jed Diamond on January 25, 2009 at 8:53am: This is a nice piece to give those who want to understand the origins of the Transition Movement and how it has spread to the U.S.