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Overview and History of Transition SebastopolTransition Sebastopol was formed in the late summer of 2008 with a core group of people who had participated in a local discussion group called Peak Oil Sebastopol which was formed in 2007. Transition Sebastopol became an official Transition Town in December 2008 and was the 9th Transition Town in the US. There are now over 60 Transition initiatives in the US. Transition Sebastopol's first public event was in January 2009 and in its first year held over 20 local public events. Transition Sebastopol currently has eight active working groups including four sub-groups of the Food Group (iGrow, Local Food Directory, Re-skilling, Seed Bank), two sub-groups of the Heart & Soul Group (Elders Salon, Meditation Collective), an Energy Group, and Transportation Group (Car-lite). Each week there are now several Transition Sebastopol events and many projects underway. The mission of Transition Sebastopol is to create a positive vision of the future by cultivating community resilience in response to potential challenges of resource depletion, climate change, and economic instability. Why Transition SebastopolThe Transition approach empowers communities to squarely face the challenges of peak oil, climate change and global economic instability, and to unleash the collective genius of their own people to find the answers to this momentous question: For all those aspects of life that this community needs in order to sustain itself and thrive, how are we going to drastically reduce carbon emissions (in response to climate change), significantly rebuild resilience (in response to peak oil), and greatly strengthen our local economy (in response to economic instability)? Transition Initiatives make no claim to have all the answers, but by building on the wisdom of the past and accessing the pool of ingenuity, skills and determination in our communities, the solutions can readily emerge. Now is the time for us to take stock and to start re-creating our future in ways that are not based on cheap, plentiful and polluting oil but on localized food, sustainable energy sources, resilient local economies and an enlivened sense of community well-being. Read about the history of the Transition movement on the Transition US site. |
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Dear Transition community, As we review our past year we can be excited about the year to come. Our restructuring has produced a Working Group Council, made up of representatives from each of our working groups, a Constitution, and a Charter. These elements will serve as a foundation for the growth we expect to see this coming year. We have already had many new people relocate to Sebastopol specifically to be involved in Transition Sebastopol. All of us in Transition welcome you. With the completion of our restructuring we will re-continue our community potlucks and mixers each month, which will give all of us more opportunities to connect. We are also preparing to launch several additional working groups. A sample of just a few are: an education group, a water group, a group that helps people form communities and establish place, and a community support group. We are looking forward to all the different events we will be sponsoring this year, including the Reskilling events, Heart and Soul, the Seed Exchange, Ready for Anything, Energy, Transportation, the Elder Salon, and the Transition to Sustainable Living Course. Thank you for all your support. Happy Holidays, and we look forward to your participation in this great experiment of community transition in the New Year. |
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Transition Sebastopol is a grass roots; all volunteer movement that is comprised of working groups. The working groups are formed to address a particular aspect of our community needs and further the greater agenda of helping us all become more resilient and sustainable. We continue to grow; going through our own “transition” as an organization. A core group of us have met to stabilize and clarify more structure that will be able to accomodate the growing needs of our community. We have been working to get many of the pieces in place to respond to the needs and desires of the community as well as your requests for ways to get involved. Thanks to our restructuring work throughout 2011, we now have the new "constitution" of our organization, and we invite you to check it out once it is posted. A new core group, comprised of representatives from each of the working groups, the Working Group Council, officially began meeting in the Fall of 2011. To assist you in ways to plug in, we offer this list below. This is a list of our current operating “working groups”; and potential ways to connect. We anticipate that more groups will be added; so keep checking back! We welcome your interest; input and involvement! We are all in this together!
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Just in case you were under the impression that Transition is a process defined by people who have all the answers, you need to be aware of a key fact. |
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