Resources

Websites
Transition Towns Wiki What is a Transition Town (or village/city/forest/island)? This Wiki gets you started!
Transition US Social Network The social Ning site for the US Transition Movement.
Transition United States Providing inspiration, support, training, and networking for Transition Initiatives across the United States.
Transition Town Totnes The first Transition initiative in the UK, where it all began.
Transition Culture Blog by Rob Hopkins, the “father” of the Transition Movement.
Organic Transitions Organic Consumers Association’s transition resource page.
Transition Virginia A networking site for those who seek local-scale green-oriented implementation of Transition models for local communities.
The Oil Drum Discussions about energy and our future.
Permaculture Activist Liberating people to provide for their needs for food, energy, shelter and a decent life from the smallest practical area of land.
Post Carbon Institute Robust site for information on the energy crisis and Peak Oil.
Energy Farms Network Energy Farm Initiative—demonstrating systems of agriculture that can sustain both farms and communities in the face of climate change and peak oil.
Casaubon’s Book Sharon Astyk’s Ruminations on an Ambiguous Future.
Global Public Media Articles, books, media—public service broadcasting for a post carbon world.
Books
The Transition Handbook: from oil dependency to local resilience by Rob Hopkins
Depletion and Abundance: Life on the New Home Front, by Sharon Astyk. One woman’s solutions to finding abundance for your family while coming to terms with Peak Oil, Climate Change and Hard Times.

Articles
Who We Are and What We Do. Transition Network’s document explaining what it is all about.
Relocalization: A Strategic Response to Climate Change and Peak Oil, Posted by Nate Hagens on The Oil Drum.
Is Relocalization Doomed?: A Response to Staniford’s “Fallacy of Reversibility” Posted by Sharon Astyk on The Oil Drum.
Media
The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream. A film by James Howard Kunstler
What A Way To Go: Life At The End Of Empire. A film by Tim Bennett and Sally Erickson
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil. Documentary
Flow. Documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century – The World Water Crisis.

Local Focus

Meet the Farmer TV Food from the Farm to the Plate. Explores the relationships between growers, local chefs and consumers in an effort to educate people to Buy Fresh Buy Local.

Buy Fresh Buy Local helps consumers find local products while building relationships between growers, food artisans, farmers’ markets retailers, restaurants, and institutions.

Locallectual.com. Your tool to assist you to “Buy Local.” Live a local lifestyle by supporting local producers.

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