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Transition, a volunteer organization, was formed to actively find & implement solutions to help our area be better prepared (more resilient) for the inevitable changes due to energy shortages, climate change & economic collapse.
Upcoming Events (3rd Saturday of the Month from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
June 16th  - Introduction to Permaculture
July 21st - Practical Energy Retrofits (aka Saving Money Long Term)
August 18th - The Round Garden Solution
If interested, contact Cassa for more information or to sign up:  cassavk(at)gmail(dot)com
Our vision, mission and values are posted on our Who we are page. Please read this.

A 10 minute documentary on living sustainably with an emphasis on small, organic farming featuring Jon Towers:
BALLE The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
Activist for the Earth: Interview with permaculturist, peace, environmental, and global justice activist Starhawk.
In Transition 1.0 the movie
How Will You Ride the Slide? must see youtube video
350.org:Because the World Needs to Know  Sustainable World Radio Interview with Carolyn Baker, author of Sacred Demise (click link to play or right click and "save as" to download)
The Story of Stuff (highly recommended viewing)
Belief in Climate Change Hinges on World View
A Post Oil Man a not so subtle call to action video


WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN BECOME MORE RESILIENT

Transition sees these areas of change as interconnected. Any effective solutions must address all these areas; fortunately, there are many ways to become more resilient.

  • Encourage local food production, distribution and consumption

  • Improve self-reliance (living within our local means) in terms of basic products/services needed often, such as supporting small businesses to create jobs and products used locally

  • Retrofit our community to use less energy

  • Develop more efficient transportation systems within the county

Read more about our mission here.

Unleashing the Collective Genius of Engaged Community

The Transition movement  believes that on the other side of the transition lies a more fulfilling life, when all of our necessities are produced locally, sustainably, with less energy and more labor. After all, in an economy with over 20% unemployment, what need have we of labor-saving devices?

Transition is about being a participant, not an observer, of life in a democratic society.

Transition is about facing reality, not hiding our heads in the sand.

Climate Change/global warming will effect us right here in Washington County and the U.S., not just in far-off parts of the world.

We are exiting the Age of Cheap Energy.  Our economy cannot sustain unlimited growth fueled by nonrenewable fossil fuels.

Transition Abingdon/Washington Co. aims to catalyze change in Abingdon, VA, Washington County, and surrounding regions. We can no longer count on the old ways continuing - expanding GDP, job growth, cheap gas to put in your car and cheap diesel to transport your food from California or China. We can't even count on the weather being anything like it used to be.

The world is changing rapidly around us, and we must adapt - or have that adaptation forced upon us. Nevertheless, we see this as a positive change. For too long we have been bound up in a downward spiral of consumption, madly purchasing every cheap and not-so-cheap "good" that the commericals on TV say we should buy - flatscreen TVs, big cars, bigger houses - and what has it left us with? Out-of-control debt and an economy that reels when the savings rate jumps from 1% to 2%, and an Earth that is poisoned, struggling to cleanse itself.
"Indeed, we must begin learning to apply ecological principles to the design of our food production systems now—we are rapidly approaching or are already at the peak of planetary oil production, and the world of energy descent is upon us. This sea change in our culture will require that we learn to live within our energetic means and begin to rebuild ecosystems that support human and humane lives without diminishing the ability of the ecosystem to support our children and grandchildren."

-David Jacke Edible Forest Gardens		 The Permaculture Center of Southwest Virginia
growing the future for the
Southern Appalachians

The Story of Stuff (highly recommended viewing)

Abingdon Carbon Cutters
(Our Sister city - Oxfordshire, UK)

We're now on Facebook!
Join us there.

Southeastern Permaculture
Gathering

Calculate your carbon footprint!
myfootprint.org
Transition Initiatives are part of a vibrant, international grassroots movement that builds community resilience in response to the challenges of global climate change, peak oil, and economic crisis. Check out
Charles Eisenstein,
author of The Ascent of Humanity
and regular contributer
 to RealitySandwich.com
Spreading the Word  Encouraging public awareness, as well as participation, is a critical part of our mission. We have had excellent attendance at our film screenings and discussions. If you missed seeing In Transition 1.0, you can view it here online. Share this link with a friend.  Appalachian Sustainable Devopment
developing healthy, diverse and ecologically sound economic opportunities

 
 
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