Transition Town Training: Moving from Oil Dependence to Resilience

Join certified Transition Trainers in Nelson, BC for a 2 day workshop introducing the skills and practices required to initiate a Transition Town model of local response to global challenges. Learn how to start a transition group in your community, how to build awareness of peak oil and climate change, and how to engage citizens from all walks of life in neighbourhood or community projects.

With guest facilitators Michelle Colussi (certified TT Trainer from the Canadian Centre for Community Renewal in Victoria, BC) and Karen Lanphear (Transition Sandpoint Idaho), the “Training for Transition” workshop is for anyone interested in strengthening a community wide response to fossil fuel dependence and climate change. In a very full two days of learning, from the practical (organizing Open Space sessions and planning awareness activities) to the theoretical (principles of resilience and theories of change), you will leave the session better equipped to offer leadership in the place you call home. The Transition Town philosophy is to start where you are, encourage a positive vision for the future, build on your assets and resources – and let it evolve from there!

TRANSITION TOWNS MOVEMENT
Transition Towns (TT) was initiated over four years ago in Totnes, U.K. 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 all the TT initiatives that were springing up. They also developed training workshops to share their lessons and experiences more broadly. Peterborough and Guelph, Ontario are the first designated Transition Towns in Canada.

For more information regarding Transition Towns go to: www.transitiontowns.org.