Proposed purpose statement:  "Transition Network supports community-led responses to climate change, inequality and shrinking supplies of cheap energy, building resilience and happiness.”

Who proposed this and why

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By Louis Alemayehu, Transition Minnesota, Transition US Trainer

Thanks to Don Hall for sharing this interview with Woody Tasch for Greater Sarasota's EAT LOCAL! Resource Guide & Directory, a project of Transition Sarasota, Florida.

On Monday, July 18, Transition US hosted a Maestro Conference call featuring a fascinating conversation between Transition Movement founder Rob Hopkins and the author of the recently published book, The End of

Today I caved and did something I've only done a few times over the last four years: I turned on my air conditioner. It's not particularly stifling according to the thermometer, but after 24 hours with a heat index in the mid-to-upper nineties, it was steamy inside my house. The six of us (including one 90-pound, long-haired dog) were starting to wilt. 

'Community' is a term widely used in conversation and writing on Transition. What does community mean to you? Here's a guest post shared by Jim Belcher, a member of Transition Orlando, Florida, exploring a vision of community.

Essential to the effective Transitioning from fossil fuel dependence to local resilience is our own Transition from isolated, self-centered individualists to compassionate creators of genuine community. Here's one vision for genuine community: 

Written by Kentaro Toyama on May 26, 2011

ALBANY, CA: “Urine, if you dilute it and drink it, is great for your health,” a woman claimed. My disbelief must have registered on my face, because she continued, “I used to do it all the time. It’s good for you!” I wasn’t sure that something that my body works so hard to get rid of should be ingested.

Luckily, Lourdes Gonzaga, the woman leading the group came to my rescue: “Of course, even if you doubt its medicinal value, urine is still great for your garden if you dilute it with water. It’s rich in nitrogen.”

(Thanks to Jim Belcher of Transition Orlando for submitting this piece to the Transition US Community Blog)

Guest blog post by David Johnson - originally posted 15 Feb 2011 at Transition Voice. 

Guest blog post by Katy Locke, originally posted on the Keene Transition Movement's Community Website and Blog, January 28, 2010.

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Over 40 folks from Sonoma Valley, the Bay Area and beyond attended the two-day, one-evening workshop,Training for Transition: Building Resilient Communities for a Post-Carbon World. Among the participants were Mayor Laurie Gallian, and Councilman Ken Brown.