This is a transition town training to better educate people about how to ease through the challenges facing communities today such as peak oil, climate change, and the economic crisis.  It is a positive approach of focusing on solutions that lead to a more satisfying life.

This training will follow the transition model in paying attention to both the outer work and the inner work necessary for a successful transition process.  This will be a participatory process, with participants invited to share their own experience and learn from the many different transition initiatives represented at the course.

At the end of the course, participants will:

• Have a clear understanding of the context for Transition Initiatives, the current global situation and the transformational possibilities that arise from climate change, peak oil prices and the economic crisis.
• Know what the Transition model is–including an in-depth look at the 12 steps, from inspiration, setting up the initiating group, all the way to having active and effective working groups.
• Have experienced a joint visioning process.
• Understand how to organize effective meetings such as public talks, open space days, and small theme working groups.
• Understand the purpose and principles of an Energy Descent Action Plan.
• Have the outline of an effective and inspiring talk on the Transition movement.
• Have formed useful contacts with other Transition initiatives and individuals interested in the Transition model.
• Have a plan of action for themselves and their locality.

Who Should Attend: Transition initiative leaders, steering group members, working group members and those considering Transition in their communities.

Prerequisites: For this introduction to Transition to be effective, participants are asked to do advance preparation work as follows:

Required Reading 
• The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Self-Reliance (Rob Hopkins). 
• Transition Primer (free: download here.)

Suggested Viewing 
• Farm for the Future (50min BBC Documentary) May be viewable on Youtube 
• Crude Impact or A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash 
• 6 Degrees

Schedule: 
Sat, March 27, 8:30 registration; workshop runs 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., (1 hr lunch break). 
Sun, March 28, the workshop runs 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., (1 hr lunch break).