rob hopkins - transition network
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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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