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TRANSITION TOWNS- ...the story so far

TRANSITION TOWNS- ...the story so far. “The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by sceptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who can dream of things that never were” John F Kennedy . Transition Oxford. Transition Forest of Dean:.

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TRANSITION TOWNS- ...the story so far

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  1. TRANSITION TOWNS-...the story so far “The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by sceptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who can dream of things that never were” John F Kennedy Transition Oxford Transition Forest of Dean: www.transitiontowns.org www.Livingonthecusp.org www.transitionculture.org Naresh Giangrande

  2. A community initiative with three essential components: • A Vision • Plans or Pathways that create the transition from where we are now to our Vision • A set of principles that guide and inform the pathways and plans. Transition Training 2007

  3. Visioning our Future…. What would a post carbon, energy scarce world look like?

  4. We need to address our collective inability to vision the future we actually want…. Transition Training 2007

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  10. Where are we going? Techno-Fantasy Climax Green-Tech Stability Energy & Resource Use Population Pollution Industrial Ascent (Modernism) Creative Descent (Permaculture) Earth stewardship Pre-industrial sustainable culture Mad Max Historical Time Future Time Baby Boom Agriculture 10.000yrs BP Industrial Revolution Great Grand Children

  11. Begin with the end in mind

  12. A positive vision creates its own call to action and self selects an initiating group

  13. “Hippy nonsense Vision can’t Create the Future???”

  14. “It will be a huge wrench to leave all this behind, but I have always wanted to live in the country. Our new house will be an eco-home. We are going from one extreme to another”. Anna Ryder Richardson Hello! magazine 1st January 2008

  15. TT project leaders need to develop and constantly feed an unshakable belief (founded on actual examples and by living their transition) that we can create a new environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, and socially just world. • This is one of the keys To creating a sustainable Transition Initiative Transition Training 2007

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