Book Review: Transition Timeline for a Local, Resilient Future

The Transition Timeline for a Local, Resilient Future by Shaun Chamberlin
White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2009
ISBN 978-1-69358-200-1

The Transition Town movement started in Ireland and England in 2005 and now has extended all around the world. It is a local, town by town, citizens’ movement which prepares people and communities for the transformation of our energy regimen in the face of Peak Oil and climate change. The idea is to envision a workable future taking climate and the decarbonization of our fuel cycle into consideration and begin practical steps to make the transition to that future. It is an extremely powerful exercise.

The transition vision: The nagging sense of a problem too huge to grapple with was replaced by the satisfaction of working together to improve the world’s future.

In a culture which is attracted to catastrophe, the possibility of building a workable future without oil while ameliorating climate change is a radical thought. To envision a positive future has become a radical act. This book shows you how to become radically active.

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