"jampacked with sparkling nuggets of plagiarised brilliance and one exceedingly boring (but necessary) section"

The above title is a quote from the current draft Transition Initiatives Primer, an effort I have been spending a fair bit of time on here in Portland, OR.  My interest is specifically because it does the best job that I've seen on addressing global weirding (warming), peak oil and at the same time improving both community resilience and quality of life.

I have to add that this primer is written in British and at some point I'm going to write up a translation guide.

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http://www.transitiontowns.org/TransitionNetwork/Primer ...

Comprehensive information about embarking on a transition journey. This shiny new document is 49 pages in length (1MB pdf) jampacked with sparkling nuggets of plagiarised brilliance and one exceedingly boring (but necessary) section. Get it here.

And if you want to go onto the GoogleMap of people who are "mulling over" whether they might set up an initiative in their locale, send me an email. That way, anyone else from your community who gets in touch with us can be put in contact with you. Similarly, if there's anyone else who has already been in touch, perhaps you'd like to be connected to them too.

Here's the contents of the primer:

• Introduction
• Why Transition initiatives are necessary
• More about Peak Oil
• Taking action: the big picture - initiatives at global, national and local levels
• The Transition Model – what exactly is it?
• Kinsale 2021 – an Energy Descent Action Plan
• Transition Town Totnes
• Other Transition initiatives
• Setting up your Transition Initiative – criteria
• Setting up your Transition Initiative – different types
• Setting up your Transition Initiative – formal structures and constitutions
• Starting a Transition Initiative – 7 “buts”
• The 12 steps to Transition
• The wider context of Transition
• Questions of leadership and structure
• The role of local government
• Getting businesses involved
• Movies for raising awareness
• Transition Network
• Conclusion
• Further Reading