Transition Towns

[bjgnome]

Community preps gone viral, these are the same two vids, but I can't figure out how to edit out the dupe.

[bjgnome]

Name	City	State	Status
1. Transition Colorado	Boulder County	CO	Official
2. Sandpoint Transition Initiative	Sandpoint	ID	Official
3. Community Rising	Ketchum	ID	Official
4. Transition Cotati	Cotati	CA	Official
5. Transition Town Lyons	Lyons	CO	Official
6. Transition Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	CA	Official
7. Transition Town Montpelier	Montpelier	VT	Official
8. Transition Initiative Portland	Portland	ME	Official
9. Transition Sebastopol	Sebastopol	CA	Official
10. Transition Laguna Beach	Laguna Beach	CA	Official
11. Pine Mountain's Let's Live Local	Pine Mountain	CA	Official
12. Transition Town Ashland	Ashland	OR	Official
13. Sustainable Berea	Berea	KY	Official
14. Transition Pima	Pima	AZ	Official
15. Transition Los Angeles	Los Angeles	CA	Official
16. Transition Denver	Denver	CO	Official
17. Transition Whatcom	Whatcom	WA	Official
18. Transition Mount Shasta	Mount Shasta	CA	Official
19. Sustainable NE Seattle	NE Seattle	WA	Official
20. Transition Louisville	Louisville	CO	Official
21. Transition Newburyport	Newburyport	MA	Official
22. Transition Paso Robles	Paso Robles	CA	Official
23. Transition PDX	Portland	OR	Official
24. Transition SLO County	San Luis Obispo	CA	Official
25. Transition Town Hohenwald	Hohenwald	TN	Official
26. Transition Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor	MI	Official
27. Transition Town OKC	Oklahoma City	OK	Official
28. Transition West Marin	West Marin	CA	Official
29. Sustainable Tucson	Tucson	AZ	Official
30. Transition Greater New Haven	Greater New Haven	CT	Official
31. Transition Town Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	CA	Official
32. Stelle Transition Initiative	Stelle	IL	Official
33. Hancock County Towns in Transition	Hancock County	ME	Official
34. Hardwick Area Transition Towns	Hardwick Area	VT	Official
35. Transition Whidbey	Southern Whidbey Island	WA	Official
36. Transition Culver City	Culver City	CA	Official
37. Transition Sunnyside	Sunnyside, Portland	OR	Official
38. Transition Media	Media	PA	Official
39. Transition Carrboro/Chapel Hill	Carrboro/Chapel Hill	NC	Official
40. Transition Houston	Houston	TX	Official
41. Transition Olympia	Olympia	WA	Official
42. Transition Town Chelsea	Chelsea	MI	Official
43. Transition Anderson	Anderson	OH	Official
44. Transition Austin	Austin	TX	Official
45. Citizens for a Sustainable Monterey County	Monterey	CA	Official
46. Transition Northfield	Northfield	MN	Official
47. Transition Louisville	Louisville	KY	Official
48. Transition Shelburne	Shelburne	VT	Official
49. Transition Van Buren-Allegan	Fennville	MI	Official
50. Transition Reno	Reno	NV	Official

[gaffer]

These people are trying but I see too much greenie weenie global wamimg jive. Not survivalism. If it comes down to survival and family survival these squishies will jetison the green feel good stuff so fast.... Same as a vegan will meat rather than starve. At least I hope so

[Unclad Lad]

I have to disagree, gaffer. They're concerned about climate change, yes, but the emphasis is on Peak Oil and the necessary community changes it will bring. The concept of resilience is not far off from preparedness even if the point of origin is different. By practicing behaviors that require less dependence on distant or unsustainable resources they increase their odds of surviving a systemic shock. Having gardens and teaching children how to grow food is no different than what many GIMers do already.

[State of Jefferson]

Originally Posted by bjgnome

Whoa, these people aren't serious, are they? Los Angeles? Portland? Denver? Seattle? Large cities, concrete jungles, really, are the antithesis of "sustainability." "Sustainability" for such cities is, basically, rendering them ghost towns. They are each solidly dependent upon thousands upon thousands of acres, for dozens or even hundreds of miles out, for food & supplies of every sort. If these people are serious, I hope they're discussing moving, and not fantasies of clinging on to megalopolii.

Even some of the coastal areas, such as "West Marin," are unsustainable. Despite their proximity to lots of water (the ocean), none of it is drinkable. Such communities are bloated beyond carrying capacity, as hobbyist ranchers and leisure-lifestyle elitists moved into such areas in the last several decades.

If we do run out of (cheap) oil, two things must happen: first, the populations of the big cities each must disperse to hundreds of small, rural towns; second, many, many millions are going to have to die. That's not an inhuman wish; it's an observation of the full-scope implications of an end to readily-available energy.

[Prosepublico]

Originally Posted by State of Jefferson

Whoa, these people aren't serious, are they? Los Angeles? Portland? Denver? Seattle?

I can see them being transition cities. Transition from being alive to being dead.