What is a Transition Town?

The twin pressures of peak oil and climate change will change the way we live—big time. Food, transport and energy costs are already starting to climb dramatically. Weather patterns are changing. Mankind will face unprecedented challenges. While it means big changes in everyday life, it doesn’t have to mean doom and gloom. Pioneering communities around the world are taking a creative grassroots approach: rebuilding communities, sharing ideas and skills, growing food locally and solving their own unique problems.

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!

In 2008, Transition Cotati is sponsoring an awareness-raising program that includes a series of events including films, speakers, poetry, food, and other good stuff! Check the events listings in the sidebar for details as they're published.

To learn more, please contact Laurie-Ann at 792-1195 or email: info@transitioncotati.org

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."

Brian Morton 2007
Read the full article at: http://jedimomma.livejournal.com/78950.html#cutid1

What can I do now that will make a difference?

• A small thing you can do is click here and watch this YouTube video. It is a very positive message and will not only inspire you but will help you to understand what we are trying to do here in Cotati. Rob Hopkins, the founder of the Transtion Initiatives movement shows us around "Transition Town Totnes" in Devon, England and talks about peak oil, the origin of the Transition Towns concept and how to help your community develop an "Energy Descent Action Plan" and prepare to "power down."

• Show Up! Come to Transition Cotati events. Meet your neighbors and share your vision.

• Plant a vegetable garden. (how to make your own seed-starting pots)

• Ride your bike, walk or use public transportation whenever possible

• Bring your own shopping bag

• Use FSC certified lumber.

Join in the discussion on the TC forum and let us know what you're doing!