Description: Transition Olympia

Transition Olympia connects and strengthens our network of individuals and groups that focus on building local resilience. We support self-reliance and an abundant, vital community that can adapt to changes in food, energy, economic, and social systems.

By working in the community with volunteers, Transition is helping the residents and business of Olympia become more green. With classes teaching about food co-ops, and a handful of online resources, the Transition website is a great place for Olympians to start their transition into the greener lifestyle.

Transition Network:

Transition is a network that reaches out to all communities around the globe, pushing them to take the initiative and become eco-friendly. Transition Initiatives, community by community, are actively and cooperatively creating happier, fairer and stronger communities, places that work for the people living in them and are far better suited to dealing with the shocks that’ll accompany our economic and energy challenges and a climate in chaos. And here’s how they’re doing it…

• start awareness raising around peak oil, climate change and the need to undertake a fair and just community-led process to rebuild resilience and reduce carbon emissions
• connect with existing groups, including local government
• hold focused events that help groups to form to look at all the key areas of life (food, energy, transport, health, psychology of change, economics & livelihoods, etc)

Communities Taking the Initiative:

• Olympia
• Brockley
• Stamford
• Bell
• Ivercargill
• Kurlipa
• Santa Cruz
• Brazil
• UK
• ect…

Currently, there are over 984 communities seising the initiative! http://www.transitionnetwork.org/initiatives/map

 

Transition Network

Organization Type: Non-Government Organization