Transition town
The transition model can be applied to different types of places where people live, such as villages, regions, islands and towns.
[9] This looked at across-the-board creative adaptations in the realms of energy production, health, education, economy and agriculture as a "road map" to a sustainable future for the town.
They then presented their ideas to Kinsale Town Council, to which the councilors decided to adopt the plan and work towards energy independence.
[10] Hopkins moved to his hometown of Totnes, England, where he and Naresh Giangrande developed these concepts into the transition model.
[11] In early 2007,[12] the Transition Network UK charity was co-founded by permaculture educator Rob Hopkins, Peter Lipman and Ben Brangwyn.
[24] Some of the material has been translated and adapted to other languages/cultures, including Portuguese, Danish, German, Dutch, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese and Irish.
[25] TN has run seven conferences: Nailsworth (2007), Royal Agriculture College, Cirencester (2008), Battersea Arts Centre (2009), Dame Hannah's at Seale Hayne (2010), Hope University, Liverpool (2011), Battersea Arts Centre (2012)[26] and Dame Hannah's at Seale Hayne (2015).
Transition US is the national hub with a stated vision, "that every community in the United States will have engaged its collective creativity to unleash an extraordinary and historic transition to a future beyond fossil fuels; a future that is more vibrant, abundant and resilient; one that is ultimately preferable to the present".
[8][33] The Transition Network's (TN) stated aim is to promote awareness of sustainable living and building local ecological resilience.
[40] The Transition Network proposes an alternative from business as usual, or from 'shocked/doomladen' reactions to peak oil and an end to unlimited economic growth.
[43][44] The psychological work reframed as inner [45] continued through to 2024 Transition towns aim to reduce dependency on fossil fuels, and one way they do this is by developing a community Energy descent action plan (EDAP).
[51] Further, it saw the creation of local complementary currencies as reinforcing moves toward sustainable low carbon economies as well as being socially beneficial.
[52] Additionally, Hopkins also wrote that the movement does have an understanding of global economics and is critical of its systemic problems such as being "growth-based".
[55] Transition towns have been featured in the plot line of the long-running BBC Radio 4 series The Archers.
They document the progress of various initiatives: In 2008, the Trapese Collective published a critique called The Rocky Road to a Real Transition to which Hopkins replied.
