Transition Town Resources

Transition Town Resources
(much more info after link below)


Jim Barton
Smith Mill Creek School
PO Box 6821
West Asheville, NC 28816
http://smithmillcreek.blogspot.com


Useful Transition Town (or Movement) websites
WIKIPEDIA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_Towns
THE BLOG http://transitionculture.org
THE WEBSITE http://www.transitiontowns.org
THE US SITE http://transitionus.ning.com
THE PRIMER http://transitiontowns.org/TransitionNetwork/TransitionPrimer
YOUTUBE http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=transition+towns
THE BOOK The Transition Handbook, by Rob Hopkins (~$25)
(at the West Asheville Library, Malaprops, or Firestorm Books)
& Transition Timeline, by Shaun Chamberlin & Rob Hopkins ($23, 5/9/09)
EDAP http://bit.ly/abnc
THE TOWNS http://bit.ly/3NpVcM
CRIERIA http://bit.ly/JyxpR
Twelve Steps of Transition

#1. Set up a steering group and design its demise from the outset
#2. Awareness raising
#3. Lay the foundations
#4. Organise a Great Unleashing
#5. Form sub groups
#6. Use Open Space
#7 Develop visible practical manifestations of the project
#8. Facilitate the Great Reskilling
#9 Build a bridge to Local Government
#10 Honour the elders
#11 Let it go where it wants to go…
#12 Create an Energy Descent Action Plan (EDAP)



US Towns (140 worldwide)
* Boulder, CO, USA
* Sandpoint, ID, USA
* Cotati, CA, USA
* Ketchum, ID, USA
* Lyons, CO USA
* Santa Cruz, CA, USA
* Montpelier, VT, USA
* Portland, ME, USA
* Sebastopol, CA, USA
* Laguna Beach, CA, USA
* Pine Mountain, CA, USA
* Ashland, OR, USA
* Berea, KY, USA
* Pima, AZ, USA
* Los Angeles, CA, USA
* Denver, CO, USA
* Whatcom, WA, USA
* Mount Shasta, CA, USA
* NE Seattle, WA, USA
* Louisville, CO, USA
* Newburyport, MA, USA