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A Transition town, or more generally a transition initiative, is a grassroots community project that seeks to build resilience in response to peak oil, climate destruction, and economic instability by creating local groups that uphold the values of the transition network. Local projects are usually based on the model's initial '12 ingredients' and later 'revised ingredients'. The first initiative to use the name was Transition Town Totnes, founded in 2006. The socioeconomic movement is an example of fiscal localism. Since then, many Transition groups have started around the United Kingdom (UK) and, in recent years, the world.

Budding communities[edit | edit source]

Some Transition initiatives have not reached recognized transition Town status, and may not even have gained traction in their local communities. Try an internet search for "Transition Town" and the name of your town, suburb,city, region and/or country, or ask on one of the networks found above.

Related initiatives[edit | edit source]

  • Auroville and other Appropriate technology villages tend to have a more radical view of necessary change, with an emphasis on overcoming poverty, the use of simple appropriate technologies and simple living.
  • Ecovillages are widespread but there is less agreement on the use of the name, and while some are very serious efforts at transitioning to a global economy, others are examples of:
  • Greenwash - where the "ecovillage" name and image is a marketing ploy, at least in part (see co-opting)
  • Shallow green - where the image is green, but the reality is no significant impact, or even a negative impact - for example through locating the development in an isolated place, from where residents regularly commute by car.
  • Common Security Club 50 communities around the USA have piloted "Common Security Clubs" in 2009

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Authors Chris Watkins
License CC-BY-SA-3.0
Language English (en)
Translations Persian
Related 1 subpages, 17 pages link here
Aliases Transition Town, Transition Towns around the world, Transition towns
Impact 1,279 page views
Created April 21, 2007 by Chris Watkins
Modified October 3, 2022 by Irene Delgado
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