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Transition Towns

Transition Towns. Molly Scott Cato. Living Experimentally. A brief history . . . Transition Towns launched in Totnes in September 2006 if we wait for the governments, it'll be too little, too late if we act as individuals, it'll be too little

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Transition Towns

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  1. Transition Towns Molly Scott Cato

  2. Living Experimentally

  3. A brief history . . . • Transition Towns launched in Totnes in September 2006 • if we wait for the governments, it'll be too little, too late • if we act as individuals, it'll be too little • but if we act as communities, it might just be enough, just in time. • Transition Stroud launched in January 2007

  4. Three key concepts • Resilience: ‘the property of a material to absorb energy when it is deformed elastically and then, upon unloading to have this energy recovered.’ • Ecological citizenship: intrinsic and ethical motivations towards protecting the environment • Critique: the importance of political economy

  5. Psychological aspects • ‘Moving from probabilities to possibilities’ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q90_phxAOk

  6. Taking a bioregional approach to land „Nature is not a place to visit, it is home“ Gary Snyder

  7. Reclaiming the local food economy

  8. Stroud Community Agriculture

  9. Apple day

  10. Celebration!

  11. Preservation

  12. Close to zero food miles • Genuine ownership • Production not just consumption • Seasonality and concept of ‘share’ • Annual cycle and community in festivals

  13. Conviviality: Stroud Farmers’ Market

  14. Open Homes and Gardens

  15. The Seeds of a Greener Future?

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