Hopkins, Rob

The Transition Companion.

Making your community more resilient in uncertain times.

Totnes

2011

9781900322973

9780857840554

085784055X

9780857840400

0857840401

Verlagsinfo:
In 2008, the bestselling The Transition Handbook suggested a model for a community-led response to peak oil and climate change. Since then, the Transition idea has gone viral across the globe, from universities and London neighbourhoods to Italian villages and Brazilian favelas. In contrast to the ever-worsening stream of information about climate change, the economy and resource depletion, Transition focuses on solutions, on community-scale projects and on positive results.

The Transition Companion picks up the story today, describing one of the most fascinating experiments now under way in the world. It shows how communities are working for a future where local enterprises are valued and nurtured; where lower energy use is seen as a benefit; and where cooperation, creativity and the building of resilience are the cornerstones of a new economy.

The first part discusses where we are now in terms of resilience to the problems of rising oil prices, climate change and economic uncertainty. It presents a vision of how the future might look if we succeed in addressing these issues. The book then looks in detail at the process a community in transition goes through, drawing on the experience of those who have already embarked on this journey. These examples show how much can be achieved when people harness energy and imagination to create projects that will make their communities more resilient. The Transition Companion combines practical advice – the tools needed to start and maintain a Transition initiative – with numerous inspiring stories from local groups worldwide.

Forewords
Introduction

PART ONE: Why the Transition movement does what it does
Chapter 1: The emergence of an idea: a potted history of Transition
Chapter 2: Why Transition initiatives do what they do
Chapter 3: Where we might be headed: the power of future scenarios
Chapter 4: Resilience and localisation
Chapter 5: A taste of a powered-down future

PART TWO: What the Transition response looks like in practice
Chapter 6: Framing Transition
Chapter 7: The story of four Transition initiatives told using ingredients and tools

PART THREE: How the Transition movement does what it does – ingredients for success

Starting out
1. Coming together as groups
2. Inclusion and diversity
Tools for Transition No.1: Permaculture design
3. Respectful communication
4. Forming an initiating group
Tools for Transition No.2: Standing up to speak
5. Understanding scale
6. Measurement
Tools for Transition No.3: Transition Training
7. Visioning
8. Arts and creativity
Tools for Transition No.4: Running effective meetings
9. Awareness raising
10. Forming working groups8
Tools for Transition No.5: Forming a legal entity
11. Building partnerships
12. The evolving structure
Tools for Transition No.6: Communicating with the media
13. Backcasting
14. Creating a space for inner Transition

Deepening
1. ′Transition Towers′ – having an office, or not?
2. Practical manifestations
Tools for Transition No.7: Volunteers and volunteering
3. The ′Great Reskilling′
4. How we communicate
Tools for Transition No.8: Financing your Transition initiative
5. Celebrating
6. Celebrate failure
7. ″How are we doing?″
8. Local food initiatives
9. Momentum
10. Ensuring land access
Tools for Transition No.9: Supporting each other
11. Personal resilience
Tools for Transition No.10: Unleashings
Tools for Transition No.11: Healthy conflict
12. Education for Transition

Connecting
1. Forming networks of Transition initiatives
Tools for Transition No.12: Street-by-street behaviour change
2. Involving the council
Tools for Transition No.13: Becoming the media
3. Working with local businesses
Tools for Transition No.14: Energy Resilience Assessment
4. Oral histories
Tools for Transition No.15: Community brainstorming tools
5. Engaging young people
Tools for Transition No.16: Meaningful maps
6. The role of storytelling
Tools for Transition No.17: Speaking up for Transition
7. Pausing for reflection

Building
1. Energy Descent Action Plans
2. Social enterprise and entrepreneurship
3. Scaling up
Tools for Transition No.18: Community renewable energy companies
4. Strategic local infrastructure
Tools for Transition No.19: Tools for plugging the leaks
5. Appropriate technologies
6. Community ownership of assets
Tools for Transition No.20: Community-supported farms, bakeries and breweries
7. Strategic thinking
Tools for Transition No.21: Peak oil resolutions

Daring to dream
1. Policies for Transition
2. A learning network
3. Investing in Transition

Epilogue: Where might all this be going?

Appendices
Notes and references

Resources

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15.10.2018