From oil dependency to local resilience. "We have little time, and much to accomplish" - Richard Heinberg, author of 'Peak Everything'.
This is a ground breaking book! Not just because it says so on it's back cover but because the idea of transitioning anywhere from the mindless slog of capitalism and endless (though the end appears nearish) growth and expansion is both refreshingly freeing and utterly terrifying. But this book is a solid how to, not in the sense of the appropriate forms to have prepared for your new community's various activities but in the sense of preparing yourself and your neighbours and family, mind, body and soul or in their words head, heart and hands for a move towards self-sufficiency and local community living.
Transition Initiatives are based on four key assumptions:
• That life with dramatically lower energy consumption is inevitable, and that it’s better to plan for it than to be taken by surprise.
• That our settlements and communities presently lack the resilience to enable them to weather the severe energy shocks that will accompany peak oil.
• That we have to act collectively, and we have to act now.
• That by unleashing the collective genius of those around us to creatively and proactively design our energy descent, we can build ways of living that are more connected, more enriching and that recognise the biological limits of our planet.
This great upbeat guide offers the tools, resources and reasons to prepare ourselves adequately for the coming economic, social and cultural renaissance.
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