Permaculture Research Digest
Initiatives to make towns more sustainable (#journal)
The Transition Town movement seeks to assist towns
to transition to a new future beyond the negative effects
of Peak Oil and Climate Warming. A 12 Step Programme helps identify key sectors of
transitioning, such as reducing energy use and providing more local food
supplies and employment. A
parallel movement is spreading through the
United States; the EcoDistrict organization communicates
its ideas through an active website, annual meetings and the development
of university course linkages. These two
examples of grass-roots activism provide an important addition to the
ways in which urban places can become more sustainable and locally
resilient.
The Transition Town movement seeks to assist towns
to transition to a new future beyond the negative effects
of Peak Oil and Climate Warming. A 12 Step Programme helps identify key sectors of
transitioning, such as reducing energy use and providing more local food
supplies and employment. A
parallel movement is spreading through the
United States; the EcoDistrict organization communicates
its ideas through an active website, annual meetings and the development
of university course linkages. These two
examples of grass-roots activism provide an important addition to the
ways in which urban places can become more sustainable and locally
resilient.
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