Building Resilient Communities
Richard Kuhnel
Building Resilient Communities: Transition Town Movement - Richard Kuhnel
Richard will introduce us to the vision of Transition and how Transition Initiatives work to create sustainable cities, villages, neighborhoods and places. He will cover the story of the Transition Town Movement, its vision, the Transition Model, its evolving implementation and strategies with examples from Sandpoint, Idaho and beyond. Mixed in with the talk will be short exercises, discussions and brain-storming to reflect and experience practically what Transition is all about.
The Transition Movement is comprised of vibrant, grassroots initiatives that seek to build community resilience in the face of such challenges as peak oil, climate change and the economic crisis. Transition Initiatives seek to mitigate these and other converging global challenges by engaging communities in home-grown, citizen-led education, action and processes. They aim to increase local self-reliance by developing practical, fun and regenerative alternatives employing whole systems design. They work regeneratively using local assets and creativity; through innovating, networking, and collaborating, as well as replicating, proven strategies and applying patterns of nature and diverse cultures to their situation. Transition Initiatives work with deliberation and a positive vision to create a fulfilling and inspiring local way of life that can withstand shocks and respond flexibly to rapidly shifting global systems.
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