Join leaders of the transition movement in Vancouver for a 2-day workshop and dialogue introducing the principles, steps and lessons of the successful Transition Town model of local response to global challenges.

• What are the lessons for activists and concerned citizens?
• How can we increase resilience in every neighbourhood?
• What are the ways we might collaborate to get the impacts that are needed?

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Leave this workshop:

• Better equipped to offer leadership and support transformation in the Vancouver region.
• With understanding of the impacts of peak oil and climate change and the context for “transition”.
• With practical tools for leading change in your community such as how to organize open space sessions and awareness activities.
• With an understanding of the potential of the Transition Town model to create transformation both here in Vancouver and globally.
• Motivated to become involved in Vancouver’s “transition movement”.
• Committed to personal change and feeling empowered to take action in your neighbourhood, organization and/or community. 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Civic and community leaders
• Anyone interested in strengthening a community-wide response to fossil fuel dependence and climate change

TRANSITION TOWNS MOVEMENT

Transition Towns (TT) was initiated over four years ago in Totnes, UK so citizens could take action and adapt their lives to peak oil and climate change. The movement has spread very quickly around the globe. After 4 years of learning in Totnes, the founders and others formed Transition UK as a network to support the newly emerging TT initiatives. They also developed training workshops to share their lessons and experiences more broadly. There are now thirteen officially
recognized Transition Town Initiatives in Canada, including Village Vancouver (VV), which is the Transition Hub for Metropolitan Vancouver. Within VV, there are a number of neighbourhood Transition Villages.