The Transition Companion: Making Your Community More Resilient in Uncertain Times

Forewords Introduction PART ONE: Why the Transition movement does what it does Chapter 1: The emergence of an idea: a potted history of Transition Chapter 2: Why Transition initiatives do what they do Chapter 3: Where we might be headed: the power of future scenarios Chapter 4: Resilience and localisation Chapter 5: A taste of a powered-down future PART TWO: What the Transition response looks like in practice Chapter 6: Framing Transition Chapter 7: The story of four Transition initiatives told using ingredients and tools PART THREE: the Transition movement does what it does - ingredients for success Starting out 1. Coming together as groups 2. Inclusion and diversity Tools for Transition No.1: Permaculture design 3. Respectful communication 4. Forming an initiating group Tools for Transition No.2: Standing up to speak 5. Understanding scale 6. Measurement Tools for Transition No.3: Transition Training 7. Visioning 8. Arts and creativity Tools for Transition No.4: Running effective meetings 9. Awareness raising 10. Forming working groups8 Tools for Transition No.5: Forming a legal entity 11. Building partnerships 12. The evolving structure Tools for Transition No.6: Communicating with the media 13. Backcasting 14. Creating a space for inner Transition Deepening 1. 'Transition Towers' - having an office, or not? 2. Practical manifestations Tools for Transition No.7: Volunteers and volunteering 3. The 'Great Reskilling' 4. we communicate Tools for Transition No.8: Financing your Transition initiative 5. Celebrating 6. Celebrate failure 7. How are we doing? 8. Local food initiatives 9. Momentum 10. Ensuring land access Tools for Transition No.9: Supporting each other 11. Personal resilience Tools for Transition No.10: Unleashings Tools for Transition No.11: Healthy conflict 12. Education for Transition Connecting 1. Forming networks of Transition initiatives Tools for Transition No.12: Street-by-street behaviour change 2. Involving the council Tools for Transition No.13: Becoming the media 3. Working with local businesses Tools for Transition No.14: Energy Resilience Assessment 4. Oral histories Tools for Transition No.15: Community brainstorming tools 5. Engaging young people Tools for Transition No.16: Meaningful maps 6. The role of storytelling Tools for Transition No.17: Speaking up for Transition 7. Pausing for reflection Building 1. Energy Descent Action Plans 2. Social enterprise and entrepreneurship 3. Scaling up Tools for Transition No.18: Community renewable energy companies 4. Strategic local infrastructure Tools for Transition No.19: Tools for plugging the leaks 5. Appropriate technologies 6. Community ownership of assets Tools for Transition No.20: Community-supported farms, bakeries and breweries 7. Strategic thinking Tools for Transition No.21: Peak oil resolutions Daring to dream 1. Policies for Transition 2. A learning network 3. Investing in Transition Epilogue: Where might all this be going? Appendices Notes and references Resources