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Transition town

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The terms transition town, transition initiative and transition model refer to grassroot community projects that aim to increase self-sufficiency to reduce the potential effects of peak oil, climate destruction, and economic instability. [1]

70 relations: ABC News (Australia), Association négaWatt, Australia, Autonomy, BBC News, BBC Radio 4, Bill Mollison, Bristol Pound, Brixton, Canada, Carfree city, Chile, Circles of Sustainability, Climate change, Colin R. Turner, Community gardening, Community project, Complementary currency, David Fleming (writer), David Holmgren, Degrowth, Devon, Ecological resilience, Electric vehicle, Energy descent, England, Exeter pound, Fairtrade Town, Financial crisis of 2007–2008, Fiscal localism, Food miles, Food swap, France, Global warming, Grassroots, Great Transition, Industrial symbiosis, Ireland, Italy, Kinsale, Lewes Pound, Local currency, Maleny, Queensland, New Economics Foundation, New Economy Coalition, New Zealand, Ning (website), Open Source Ecology, Peak oil, Penwith, ..., Permaculture, Portobello, Edinburgh, Power Down: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World, Renewable energy, Rob Hopkins, Shaun Chamberlin, Social network, Solidarity economy, Stroud pound, Sustainable city, The Archers, The Nelson Mail, Totnes, Totnes pound, Transition management (governance), United Kingdom, United States, Wales, Winning the Oil Endgame, Wiser.org. Expand index (20 more) »

ABC News (Australia)

ABC News is a national news service in Australia produced by the News and Current Affairs division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Association négaWatt

Association NegaWatt Power, Is a French advocacy group.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Autonomy

In development or moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, un-coerced decision.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a radio station owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history.

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Bill Mollison

Bruce Charles "Bill" Mollison (4 May 1928 – 24 September 2016) was an Australian researcher, author, scientist, teacher and biologist.

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Bristol Pound

The Bristol Pound (£B) is a form of local complementary currency, or community currency launched in Bristol, UK on 19 September 2012.

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Brixton

Brixton is a district of south London, England, within the London Borough of Lambeth.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Carfree city

A car-free city or car free city is a population center that relies primarily on public transport, walking, or cycling for transport within the urban area.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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Circles of Sustainability

Circles of Sustainability is a method for understanding and assessing sustainability, and for managing projects directed towards socially sustainable outcomes.

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Climate change

Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time (i.e., decades to millions of years).

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Colin R. Turner

Colin R. Turner is an Irish author and social activist.

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Community gardening

A community garden is a single piece of land gardened collectively by a group of people.

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Community project

A community project is a term applied to any community-based project.

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Complementary currency

A complementary currency is a currency or medium of exchange which is not a national currency, but which is thought of as supplementing or complementing national currencies.

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David Fleming (writer)

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David Holmgren

David Holmgren (born 1955) is an Australian environmental designer, ecological educator and writer.

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Degrowth

Degrowth (décroissance) is a political, economic, and social movement based on ecological economics, anti-consumerist and anti-capitalist ideas.

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Devon

Devon, also known as Devonshire, which was formerly its common and official name, is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south.

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Ecological resilience

In ecology, resilience is the capacity of an ecosystem to respond to a perturbation or disturbance by resisting damage and recovering quickly.

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Electric vehicle

An electric vehicle, also called an EV, uses one or more electric motors or traction motors for propulsion.

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Energy descent

Energy descent is the post-peak oil transitional phase, when humankind is predicted to move from the ascending use of energy that has occurred since the industrial revolution to a descending use of energy.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Exeter pound

The Exeter Pound (£E) is a form of local complementary currency, or community currency launched in Exeter, UK on 1 September 2015.

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Fairtrade Town

The Fair Trade Towns campaign is the result of a grass-roots citizens movement that started in the UK in 2001 (see below).

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Financial crisis of 2007–2008

The financial crisis of 2007–2008, also known as the global financial crisis and the 2008 financial crisis, is considered by many economists to have been the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

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Fiscal localism

Fiscal localism comprises institutions of localized monetary exchange.

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Food miles

Food miles is a term which refers to the distance food is transported from the time of its production until it reaches the consumer.

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Food swap

Food swaps are events where members of a local community meet up to share homemade, homegrown, and foraged foods with each other.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Global warming

Global warming, also referred to as climate change, is the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects.

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Grassroots

A grassroots movement (often referenced in the context of a left-wing political movement) is one which uses the people in a given district, region, or community as the basis for a political or economic movement.

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Great Transition

The Great Transition is a term used by the Great Transition Initiative and its predecessor, the Global Scenario Group (GSG), to describe a vision of a just and sustainable global future.

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Industrial symbiosis

Industrial Symbiosis a subset of industrial ecology.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Kinsale

Kinsale (meaning "Tide Head") is a historic port and fishing town in County Cork, Ireland, which also has significant military history.

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Lewes Pound

The Lewes Pound is a local currency in use in the town of Lewes, East Sussex.

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Local currency

In economics, a local currency is a currency that can be spent in a particular geographical locality at participating organisations.

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Maleny, Queensland

Maleny is a town and a locality in the Sunshine Coast Region of the Australian state of Queensland.

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New Economics Foundation

The New Economics Foundation (NEF) is a British think-tank that aims to help build a "new economy where people are really in control".

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New Economy Coalition

The New Economy Coalition (NEC) is an American nonprofit organization based in Boston, Massachusetts, formerly known as the New Economics Institute.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Ning (website)

Ning is an online platform for people and organizations to create custom social networks.

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Open Source Ecology

Open Source Ecology (OSE) is a network of farmers, engineers, architects and supporters, whose main goal is the eventual manufacturing of the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS).

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Peak oil

Peak oil is the theorized point in time when the maximum rate of extraction of petroleum is reached, after which it is expected to enter terminal decline.

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Penwith

Penwith (Pennwydh) is an area of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, located on the peninsula of the same name.

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Permaculture

Permaculture is a system of agricultural and social design principles centered around simulating or directly utilizing the patterns and features observed in natural ecosystems.

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Portobello, Edinburgh

Portobello is a coastal suburb of Edinburgh.

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Power Down: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World

Power Down: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World is a 2004 book by Richard Heinberg in which Heinberg discusses peak oil and its attendant implications for the global economy.

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Renewable energy

Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources, which are naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat.

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Rob Hopkins

Rob Hopkins is an activist and writer on environmental issues, based in Totnes, England.

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Shaun Chamberlin

Shaun Chamberlin is an author and activist, based in London, England.

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Social network

A social network is a social structure made up of a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations), sets of dyadic ties, and other social interactions between actors.

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Solidarity economy

A solidarity economy is based on efforts that seek to increase the quality of life of a region or community through local business and not-for-profit endeavors.

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Stroud pound

The Stroud Pound is a local currency in use in Stroud, Gloucestershire.

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Sustainable city

Sustainable cities, urban sustainability, or eco-city (also "ecocity") is a city designed with consideration for social, economic, environmental impact, and resilient habitat for existing populations, without compromising the ability of future generations to experience the same.

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The Archers

The Archers is the world's longest-running radio soap opera.

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The Nelson Mail

The Nelson Mail is a 4 day a week newspaper in New Zealand.

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Totnes

Totnes is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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Totnes pound

The Totnes pound is a complementary local currency, intended to support the local economy of Totnes, a town in Devon, England.

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Transition management (governance)

Transition management is a governance approach that aims to facilitate and accelerate sustainability transitions through a participatory process of visioning, learning and experimenting.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Winning the Oil Endgame

Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for Profits, Jobs and Security is a 2005 book by Amory B. Lovins, E. Kyle Datta, Odd-Even Bustnes, Jonathan G. Koomey, and Nathan J. Glasgow, published by the Rocky Mountain Institute.

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Wiser.org

Wiser.org, formerly WiserEarth.org, was a user-generated online community space for the social and environmental movement.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_town

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