Transition Towns (also known as Transition network or Transition Movement) is a grassroots network of communities that are working to build resilience in response to peak oil, climate destruction, and economic instability. The Transition concept emerged from work that permaculture designer Rob Hopkins had done with the students of Kinsale Further Education College in writing an “Energy Descent Action Plan”. As of May 2010, there are over 400 communities recognized as official Transition Towns in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Italy and Chile. The term transition towns has morphed into transition initiatives to reflect the range and type of communities involved – e.g. villages, neighbourhoods of cities, through council districts, to cities and city boroughs.
Find out more about Transition Initiatives near you by visiting:
Transition U.S.
Transition Network
Or by viewing our Sonata: Transition Town Totnes here on this site.
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