Global Green Transition Initiative
An outgrowth of the global ecology movement, the Transition Initiative was developed in Kinsale Ireland and taken to Totnes, Devon, England by permaculture teacher Rob Hopkins in about 2004. The movement spread throughout the UK, then abroad. As of 2010 there were more than 300 official Transitions Initiatives worldwide, many of which are Transition Towns, committed to community organizing in accord with a loosely-defined Transition Model.
Green Transition is essentially a lay movement, focused on personal recognition of green issues and values, grassroots organization of groups and communities to undertake green projects with a practical, local, emphasis and an overall vision of vibrant and sustainable local communities creatively adapting to change. Community resilience in the face of unpredictable events, food security through a revival of small-scale, sustainable agriculture, and appropriate-scale solutions to problems of a life without abundant oil are central concerns. Transition thinking, as captured in Rob Hopkins's Transitions Handbook, has been inspirational to our local Green Transition in Action division of LCGG.
Links
In Paperback or Kindle Books from Amazon.com: Rob Hopkins and Richard Heinberg, The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience, (Transition Guides, 2008).
The Transition Primer can give you much more than you may want to know is about Transition Towns.