"The Transition Network website contains a listing of the initiatives that have registered there.
"While the focus and aims remain the same, the methods used to achieve these vary. For example, Totnes [Devon, England] has introduced its own local currency, the Totnes pound, which is redeemable in local shops and businesses, helping to reduce 'food miles' while also supporting local firms. This idea is also planned to be introduced in three Welsh transition towns and in Maleny, Australia, the Baroon Dollar as a part of a regional transition towns project.
"Central to the transition town movement is the idea that a life without oil could in fact be far more enjoyable and fulfilling than the present: 'by shifting our mind-set we can actually recognise the coming post-cheap oil era as an opportunity rather than a threat, and design the future low carbon age to be thriving, resilient and abundant — somewhere much better to live than our current alienated consumer culture based on greed, war and the myth of perpetual growth.'
"An essential aspect of transition in many places, is that the outer work of transition needs to be matched by inner transition. That is in order to move down the energy descent pathways effectively we need to rebuild our relations with our selves, with each other and with the 'natural' worlds. That requires focusing on the heart and soul of transition."
Full article: Transition Towns - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (retrieved Dec. 5, 2010)
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