Transition movement brings new environmental approach. "For ourselves, we delight in the stupendously grand thoughts and germs of thoughts" [of the utopians].- Fredrick Engels, "Socialism: Utopian And Scientific" A new movement is afloat.
The Transition movement blends aspects of the environment movement and broad grassroots organizing. It combines some 19th century utopian thinking with new technology and daunting data about peak oil and climate change. Portland, Ore., and Oakland, Calif., have officially declared themselves Transition Towns. What's going on here? Transition towns USA - Sustainable Community Action. Index of /Transition_Relocalisation_Resilience/Transition_Network.
Files.uniteddiversity.com/Transition_Relocalisation_Resilience/Transition_Network/Transition-Handbook.pdf. Hay River Transition Initiative 2011. Transition Culture. Transition Network. Less carbon, more skills and connection. Less carbon - more skills and connection posted Feb 01, 2008 Rob Hopkins was teaching permaculture in Kinsale, Ireland, when he encountered the concept of peak oil.
Hopkins and his students were shocked at the looming prospect of a world without cheap energy, and at the absence of plans to deal with the repercussions. Rather than wait for someone else to act—government or otherwise—they figured out how to address the problem, one community at a time.