The Transition Movement

Pioneering Community-Led Change for a

Positive Future
Mama Benyang’ Restaurant
July 27, 2019
Bayawan
Presented by

Penelope Reyes, MEM, BAT, CBP

WHAT IS
TRANSITION?

1. passage from one form, state,

style or place to another

2. a period of transformation.
Transition is a
movement of
communities
coming together to
re-imagine and to
rebuild our world.
Creating
a strong,
connected,
self-sufficient
community
Based on
Permaculture
Principles
Resilience

Resilience is the ability of a system, such as a

local economy or community, to withstand
shock and then adapt to that shock.
Relocalization

An effort to revitalize societies and improve

security by developing LOCAL sources of food,
water and energy and strengthening local
governance, culture and trade or currency.
Why DO TRANSITION?

• Peak oil

• Climate Change

• Economic Crisis
 Peak Oil
 we’ll never “run out” of oil
 we’re running out of cheap, plentiful oil
 oil underpins
– industrial development
– agriculture
– economics
– Population
 it’s going to decline
History of Transition

ROB HOPKINS
History of Transition
 Conventional The Transition
Environmentalism Approach

Individual behavior Group Behavior

Single Issue Holistic

Sustainable Development Resilience/ Relocalization

 Conventional The Transition
Environmentalism Approach

Tools: Tools:

Lobbying, campaigning Public participation

Protesting Eco-psychology,
Arts, Culture,
Creative Education
 Conventional The Transition
Environmentalism Approach

Drivers of Action: Drivers of Action:

Fear Hope
Guilt Optimism
Shock Proactivity
 Conventional The Transition
Environmentalism Approach

The person in the street The person in the street

as the problem as the solution

Single level engagement Multi-level engagement

Prescriptive – Acts as Catalyst –

Advocates answers No fixed answers
and responses
 Conventional The Transition
Environmentalism Approach

Carbon Footprinting Carbon Footprinting

plus Resilience Indicators

Belief that economic Designing for a local

growth is still possible – economic renaissance
greener growth
 People do TRANSITION:

• to get to know their neighbors;

• to feel like they are making a difference in the world;
• because of the world’s huge challenges
• to catalyze new projects, enterprises and investments
• to learn new skills;
• to feel like they are creating a new story for their place;
• to feel connected to other people
• to do something historic and exciting
• because they feel it is “the right thing to do”.
Successful
Transition:

Finding a Balance
TRANSITION PRINCIPLES

• We respect resource limits

and create resilience.

• We promote inclusivity and

social justice.
TRANSITION PRINCIPLES

• We adopt subsidiarity

• We pay attention to balance

TRANSITION PRINCIPLES

• We are part of an experimental

learning network

• We freely share ideas and power

 TRANSITION PRINCIPLES

• We collaborate and look for synergies

• We foster positive visioning and creativity

 LOOKING TO THE PAST

• Honoring Elders
– old wisdom

• Creating new
stories, sense
of place
7 Ingredients
of Transition
1. Healthy Groups
2. Vision
2. Vision
3. Community Involvement
4. Networks & Partnerships
5. Practical Projects
6. Part of a Movement
7. Reflect & Celebrate
RESILIENCE
INDICATORS
 Our choice…
 We’ll be transitioning to a lower energy future
whether we want to or not. Far better to ride that
wave rather than getting engulfed by it.
GLOCAL: Another world is possible!
Transition Towns / Cities

39
 More than 3,000 ‘Official’ towns
Worldwide More than 8,000 ‘mulling’

Peterborough,
ON, Canada

Berlin, Friedrichshain
Kreuzberg, Germany
Boulder, CO
Fujino,
Japan
COSTA RICA
Santa Cruz, - Puerto Viejo
CA, USA - Tejar

Katoomba,
Newcastle,
CHILE Sydney, NSW
- El Manzano
- Santiago, Regíon BRAZIL
Metropolitana Brasilandia, Granja
Viana, Vila Mariana SP
Santa Teresa, Grajau,
ARGENTINA Cosme Velho, Whanganui,
- Buenos Aires Petropolis– RJ Orewa,Nelson,
20 ‘mulling” New Zealand
TRANSITION
BAYAWAN