Welcome to Transition Oxford
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Latest - July 2009 The Seed Group that coordinates activity for TO has declined in numbers and energy, and now recognises it is not able to carry the project forwards. Transition Oxford is on the verge of becoming dormant. If you are willing and able to step in, now is the time to do so! please email us for latest developments, or to discuss how you might participate.
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What is a Transition Town (or village, city, forest, island)?
A Transition Initiative is a community that seeks to face up to the dual challenges of Peak Oil and Climate Change and to discover ways to address this BIG question:
For all those aspects of life that this community needs in order to sustain itself and thrive (e.g. food, education, business, environment, community, etc.) how do we significantly increase resilience (to reduce the effects of rising oil prices) and drastically reduce carbon emissions (to reduce the effects of climate change)?
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The aim is to generate a range of projects across these areas which will lead to a collectively designed energy descent action plan. The working title for Oxford's version of this document is "Transition Oxford – The Plan".
Transition Oxford – The Plan
Triggered by a Transition Oxford gathering on 25 November 2008, a group (calling itself the 'TOP group') has formed to guide this process. A draft contents page [link to chapter headings] has been produced along with guidelines for contributors.
A Transport chapter is already under way. If you think you have something to contribute, please read about the TOP group's activities and make contact. There will also be opportunities to provide online comment when drafts are published on this website.
By December 2009 we hope to have something that we can show to a wider public. Transition Oxford – The Plan will be a 'living document', permanently open to new ideas and perspectives.
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The Transition Oxford website is a work in progress!
Our first priority is for all the information on it to be up to date, so we have changed our editing tool. To achieve this, we had to abandon the lovely graphic design work that was done for us in 2008, at least temporarily. As our skills improve, we will develop ways for you to participate, and the glitches and oddities we are asking you to ignore for now will be a lost memory for you. |