Bioregional Congress

Transition Town training answers the question: How can our community respond to the challenges, and opportunities, of Peak Oil and Climate Change?

Four Key Assumptions of the Transition Initiative Process:

• That life with dramatically lower energy consumption is inevitable, and that it’s better to plan for it than be taken by surprise.
• That our communities presently lack the resilience to enable them to weather the severe energy shocks that will accompany peak oil.
• That we have to act collectively, and we have to act now.
• That by unleashing the collective genius of those around us to creatively and proactively design our energy future, we can build ways of living that are more connected, more enriching and that recognize the biological limits of our planet.

Learn from experienced trainers Michael Brownlee and Lynette Marie Hanthorn, certified Transition Trainers and co-founders of the first official Transition Initiative in North America.

Saturday & Sunday, April 18 & 19, 2009
City Hall Council Chambers, Bloomington City Hall, Bloomington

This workshop fulfills the training requirement for initiating local Transition groups.

Learn now, apply your skills here, take it with you. Be ready to foster Transition wherever you go.

Cost $225. Deadline April 6. If extra space is available, late registrations will be $250. Some partial scholarships.

For registration or information: [email protected] 812-339-0383

Join us for a free viewing of these films at Monroe Co Public Library Auditorium:

Tuesday March 24, 7 pm: “A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash”
Thursday April 9, 7 pm: “The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil”

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The following is of great importance to the bioregional movement. The number of potential allies is about to swell dramatically. You all should take this opportunity to investigate and join the Transition Town movement as their values and goals are very compatible.

To all members of the Transition US community:

It is with great pleasure that I write to tell you that we have secured seed funding to support the growth of the Transition movement in the US. This funding, which comes as a combination of cash and in-kind services, is being provided by Post Carbon Institute, with whom we expect to develop a strong strategic alliance. The agreement not only provides us with funding sufficient to support an Executive Director but also gives us immediate non-profit status.

Post Carbon Institute will no longer be providing active support to the Relocalization Network (RN). Instead we will be working with members of the RN to inspire them to join Transition US, where they will be able to share their experiences and know-how with other Transition Initiatives. Please help in the process of welcoming RN members into Transition US and supporting them in whatever ways you can.

We are in the process of forming a Board of Directors for the non-profit Transition US. For purposes of moving forward quickly, the initial members of the Board are to be Pamela Gray and Jennifer Gray, founders of Transition US, together with Asher Miller, Executive Director of Post Carbon Institute and Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute. Peter Lipman, Chair of the Transition Network Board of Trustees has been asked and has agreed to join the Transition US Board. Together with Pamela’s participation as a Transition Network Trustee, this will enable us to stay in close touch with decisions taken in the UK.

The negotiations for this agreement took place very quickly in the last few weeks of 2008. It was a surprise to all involved that we could find a way to work together to the benefit of both organizations without coming across barriers that would cause delays. Please accept my apologies for not involving more of you in the decision-making but it was not possible to do so in the time allowed. In the future we will be posting news of developments on the Transition US web site. Our web site will be redesigned and developed over the next few months as a result of the investment.

Following the tremendous success of the trainings that took place in the latter part of 2008, and the steady stream of new Transition Initiatives that are appearing in the US, 2009 will be a year of rapid growth for the US Transition Movement. We must act collectively to prepare our communities to build resilience in the face of change. By continuing to work together, sharing ideas, resources and experiences wherever possible, we will be able to show communities the way to a future that holds the promise of being happy, healthy and strong.

Best wishes and Happy New Year, Pamela Transition US ==================================================
Transition Network - tackling peak oil and climate change together ==================================================
Pamela A Gray, PhD Trustee,
Transition Network 77 Del Casa Drive
Mill Valley, CA 94941

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