rob hopkins - transition network

The Transition model

From oil dependency to local resilience....

15th March2011

Rob Hopkins

Transition Network

The ‘Totnes, the nut tree capital of Britain’ project, planting hybrid walnut and almond trees, sponsored by local businesses

Lloyds & Chatham House

“...energy security is now inseparable from the transition to a low-carbon economy and business plans should prepare for this new reality”.

Totnes, Penwith, Kinsale, Ivybridge, Falmouth, Moretonhampstead, Lewes, Stroud, Ashburton, Ottery St. Mary, Bristol, Brixton, Forest Row, Mayfield, Glastonbury, Lostwithiel, Forest of Dean, Nottingham, Wrington, Brighton&Hove, Portobello, Market Harborough, Sunshine Coast, West Kirby, Llandeilo, Bro Ddyfi, Whitstable, Marsden & Slaithwaite, Frome, Brampton, Isle of Wight, Waiheke Island, Orewa, Dunbar, Rhayader, Seaton, Bath, Exeter, Isle of Man, Canterbury, Kapiti District, Biggar, Presteigne, Wolverton, Leicester, Holywood, Westcliff-on-Sea, Isles of Scilly, Liverpool South, Norwich, Tring, Crediton, Boulder County, North Howe, Lampeter, South Petherton, Armidale, Chichester, Bell, Bellingen, Berkhamsted, Forres, Sandpoint, Opotiki Coast, Newcastle, Chepstow, Coventry, Bungay, Nelson, Hervey Bay, Dorchester, New Forest, Mersea Island, Maidenhead, Ladock & Grampound Road, Leek, Horsham, Stafford, Chester, Exmouth, Cambridge, Hereford, Kingston-upon-Thames, Buxton, Taunton, Eudlo, Ketchum, Kildare, Cotati, El Manzano, Sydney, Lyons, Whanganui, Langport, Sidmouth, York, Transition Blue Mountains, Louth, Fujino, Monteveglio, Arran & Holy Isle, Ely, Monmouth, Sampford Peverell, Berlin, Friedrichshain Kreuzberg, Tunbridge Wells, Hastings, Deventer, Brooklyn, Kilkenny, Wingecarribee, Kenmore, Newton Abbot, Peterborough, Montpelier, Portland, Belsize,High Wycombe, Lancaster, Sebastopol, Bassingbourn, Leamington Spa, Sevenoaks, Chesterfield, Sheffield, Woodbridge, Laguna Beach, Pine Mountain, Ashland, Kirkbymoorside, Downham Market and Villages, Berea, Pima, Dorking, Castle Ward, Bedford, Tayport, Bro Ffestiniog,Redland, Barraba, Denver, Newent, Whatcom, Mount Shasta, NE Seattle, Louisville, Newburyport, Omagh, Northern Ireland, Oxford, Thornbury, Bro Gwaun, Farnham, Paso Robles, Portland (PDX),San Luis Obispo, Hohenwald, Ann Arbor, Oklahoma City, Guelph, Diss, Maleny, Llantwit Major, Wigan, Ashtead, Helston and District, Kurilpa, QLD, West Marin, Tucson, Greater New Haven, Santa Barbara, Trawsnewid Bangor Transition, Downton, Wivenhoe, Dundas, Anglesea, Siirtymäliike Hämeenkyrö, Victoria, Stelle, Hancock County, Torquay, Malvern Hills, Hardwick Area, Whidbey, Andover, Brisbane East, Nelson, Finsbury Park, Liskeard, Culver City, Sunnyside Neighborhood, Portland, Media, St Albans, Weymouth and Portland, Horncastle, Thorncombe, Marlow, Sherborne, Letchworth, Lavenham, Timaru, Haywards Heath, Eynsham Area, Carrboro/Chapel Hill, Stamford, Stratford Upon Avon, Darebin, Melbourne, Ipswich, Trawsnewid Calon Teifi, Ottawa, Evesham Vale, Far North Queensland, Sydney North, Olympia, Chelsea, Southwell Area, Matlock, Bielefeld, Transition BH hub, Transition Town Tooting, Melrose, Hertford, Henley on Thames, Worthing, Eumundi Markets, Denmark, Anderson, Austin, Monterey, Northfield, Minehead and Alcombe, Cocagne, Hull, South Barwon, Moffat, Hemel Hempstead, Parramatta, Tavistock,

Resilience

“the capacity of an individual, community or system to adapt in order to sustain an

acceptable level of function, structure and identity.”

Edwards, C. (2009) Resilient Nation. DEMOS. P18

Unit District Region Nation Continent GlobeSize (miles) 20 100 500 2000 10,000Population 100,000 2 million 50 million 1 billion 5 billionProduction Food crops Building materials Clothes, textiles Vehicles Microchips

Cash crops Processed food Small machines & components

Electronic systems Pharmaceuticals

Housing Furniture Electronic devices

Small aircraft Large aircraft

Hardware Steel ShipsEnergy (micro-renewables)

Renewable energy (wind, hydro, solar)

Oil, gas, coal

Energy- efficiency, housing, retrofitting

Civil engineering

Books, films, bicycles

Distribution Fresh food ‘Groceries’ Bulk commodities, e.g. grain

Oil, gas

Daily supplies Clothes Industrial machinery

BooksCarsHousehold applicancesSeeds

Services Schooling Universities Insurance AviationGP medical Hospitals RailwaysHouse repair Public Health News MediaRestaurants Safety TelecomHotels ‘High Street’ and

local bankingWholesale banking

Waste recycling Buses Electricity

Theatre/cinemaWater

Transition as... • Transition as an inner process• Transition as leading by practical example... • Transition as an approach rooted in place and

circumstance...• Transition as a tool for turning problems into

solutions...• Transition as a cultural shift...• Transition as an economic process....• Transition as a storyteller...

Using Open Space as a tool for big community think tanks

The Mayor of Slaithwaite, Yorks, presented with a ‘veg bouquet’ at the Transition North conference, sponsored by the Co-operative Bank

A timeline visioning workshop in December 2010 in Koganei, Japan, invites participants to tell the story of their town’s transition

The Mayor of Brixton unveils the new notes at the launch of the Brixton Pound

‘Towards a Resilient Taunton Deane’: October 2009

‘Transition Endorsements’: Malvern Hills Unleashing.

Transition Town Totnes celebrate being one of DECC’s ‘Low Carbon Communities’, an award of £625,000 for ‘Transition Streets’

Totnes Renewable Energy Society becomes the first community-owned energy

company to launch in a Transition initiative...

Energy Resilience Assessments, a tool developed by Transition Training and Consulting...

Transition Dorchester’s new community farm

The Handmade Bakery: a subscription based bakery

The UK’s first community-generated ‘Energy Descent Plan’,

produced in Totnes.www.totnesedap.org.uk

ATMOS Project in Totnes, seeking to develop a 8 acre site

for the community.

‘Garden Share’ schemes match people who want to garden with those who have unused garden space

Transition Town Tooting’s Trashcatchers’ Carnival...

Transition Belsize’s ‘Draught Busters’

Transition Town Portobello’s new market, Edinburgh.

The first Unleashing in a Brazilian favela....

A food footprint map of the South West of England, part of a Transition Network food mapping project.

80/20? The Fife Diet

80/20? The Local Passivhaus

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