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Transition Initiative Introduction
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Transition Initiatives Local Actions Meet Global Challenges Earth Month 2010 Ohio University April 6, 2010 Athens, Ohio
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Transition Initiatives is a world-wide network of communities acting locally to address global challenges like climate change, peak oil, and economic crisis. Started in England in 2005 by Rob Hopkins, this framework for action has empowered communities to plan for the future in a meaningful and proactive way.
Transcript of Transition Initiative Introduction
- 1. Transition Initiatives
Local Actions Meet Global Challenges
Earth Month 2010
Ohio University
April 6, 2010
Athens, Ohio
2. Why
How
What
Now
Where
Who
3. We are concerned about
4. However,the roots of these issues are
5. This comic strip sums up our societys attitude quite well:
AGNES
6. Our ignorance is not so vast as our failure to use what we
know.
- M. King Hubbert
7. Beyond Cheap Energy Sources
By whichever economic indicator (at left) we choose, we have grown
at an exponential rate since the Industrial Revolution.
What will happen in the future?
8. Beyond Cheap Energy Sources
Our business as usual model assumes that new technology or
discoveries can accommodate our exploitive behaviors.
9. Beyond Cheap Energy Sources
However, if we continue to believe that they will take care of our
needs, we are likely to be faced with extreme shortages of fossil
fuel and limited adaptive capability.
10. Beyond Cheap Energy Sources
There is the hope that Green Technology will be developed quickly
enough to compensate for a stabilized demand.
11. Beyond Cheap Energy Sources
Or we can proactively move into a deep Earth Stewardship model
through deliberate action.
12. Inherent within the challenges of peak oil and climate change
is an extraordinary opportunity to reinvent, rethink and rebuild
the world around us.
Rob HopkinsThe Transition Handbook
13. The first Transition Town began informally in late 2005 in
Totnes, England through awareness raising about peak oil. This
built momentum for community-centered action based on a shared
vision.
14. The awareness raising in Totnes brought the community to
several Ah-Ha Moments:
- Life with less energy is inevitable, and it is better to plan for it than be taken by surprise.
15. We have lost the resilience to be able to cope with energy shocks. 16. We have to act for ourselves and we have to act now. 17. By unleashing the collective genius of the community we can design ways of living that are more enriching, satisfying and connected.
