How will our town cope when the oil begins to run out?

THIS question is beginning to be faced by towns and villages all over the world, including now Thame.

Transitions Towns is an international movement gaining more and more support, as the realisation begins to dawn that the world has reached the top of what is called the ‘peak oil’ curve which will create the need for communities to become less reliant on oil and able to depend on its own resources to as great an extend as possible. For example, growing more food locally will lessen the reliance on imports. Other initiatives could include a garden share scheme, re-skilling courses e.g. painting, knitting, planting nut or fruit trees, how to repair things and herbal medicine.

Some of the buzz words for the movement are “Re-localisation,” “Earth stewardship,” “oil depreciation protocol,” “Local energy descent plans.”

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