Archive for May, 2007
Movement - Transition towns
Posted in Movements by fedwards on May 1st, 2007
What do Totnes, Kinsale, Ivybridge, Falmouth, Forest Row, Moretonhampstead, Stroud, Penwith, Lewes, Row, Ottery St. Mary, Ashburton, Bristol, Lampeter, Glastonbury, Mayfield, and London’s Brixton district all have in common? They’re ALL transition towns! The transition town movement is a mixture of towns, counties and even cities mainly within the UK that have all agreed that "peak oil", the year when oil extraction peaks, is a real problem that must be acted upon now. The communities in these towns are not waiting for government recognition nor support, instead working together now to re-design their towns and re-skill their populations to better address the upcoming oil depletion change. This emerging transition town movement resembles US Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement which 400 mayors have signed up to - without waiting for government support - to pledge a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
Tags: Carbon-neutral, energy, networks
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