The Transition Town concept and Transition Cotati
Transition Cotati is modeled on the Transition Towns concept initiated in the UK by Rob Hopkins. The Transition model is an inclusive, positive, engaging way for communities to come together and face the challenges of peak oil (read the Peak Oil Primer) and climate change.
One thing you can do right now! Click here and watch this YouTube video explaining Transition Towns.
Rebuilding the resiliency that has been lost to globalization is a main goal as we re-fashion our local economic, transportation, food, and healthcare systems and promote more community and connectedness and fun!
Does my little contribution to the Global Warming/Peak Oil/Economic Crisis movement really help?
"If you do genuinely care about global warming or peak oil then do what you can to manifest this concern within your own life. Look to the media and others who care for practical advice on how to do this, and in turn serve as an example for others. Strive to be an opinion leader on the issue, by showing forth your values, and being willing to talk about them, by being a good peer to your peers, by sorting through what the various media say, so that you can help others to do so. You do not have to be an expert or an ascetic, you just have to be a little further down the road to commitment than your peers so that they turn to you for advice. That is how successful mass movements are built and what is needed urgently right now is a successful mass movement."