The Transition approach involves the intentional engagement of local assets in order to build resilient communities: places that are more economically independent, ecologically sound, and socially connected.
In the face of diminishing supplies of fossil fuels, and the parallel depletion and /or compromise of other natural resources that we rely on, we are coming to realize that growth is not sustainable, and that reliance on imports from afar may become an impossibility within just a few years. Far from being in a hopeless situation, we have the ability to begin to respond to some of these challenges now. We can start down the 'transition' path.
Transition Towns are a response that is sweeping the globe and helping communities to start planning now, for tomorrow's challenges. Transition Towns (which were born in the UK) embrace the opportunity to become more self-reliant by supporting local citizens in a variety of working groups based on their interests.
In the UK and some of the US Transition Towns, these groups have focused on increasing local food production, encouraging alternative transportation, engaging youth in stories about their future, energy re- fitting of houses, and education related to building skills that we seem to have forgotten.
Neighbourhoods, villages, and larger communities are embracing the challenge with gusto, as they begin to place people above profits, discover the limits of consumerism, and undertake a local 'energy descent plan': weaning themselves from reliance on fossil fuels and other scarce resources. The results are more independent places, with deeper relationships with the land and each other.
This two-day workshop will be delivered by two North American instructors who have been trained directly by the founders of Transition in the UK. The session will provide you with the knowledge, tools, and skills to move your community to Transition thinking. And doing!
The cost is $240 per person for the two-day session, including lunch, refreshments, and course materials. There are only 24 seats, with the session now half full.
An outline of the course can be viewed here>>
Please email Stacey Corriveau directly for a registration form. And by all means, do forward this notice to anyone who would find this of interest!
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Stacey Corriveau
BC Centre for Social Enterprise
stacey@centreforsocialenterprise.com
http://www.centreforsocialenterprise.com
