The Transition Handbook

Posted on 11 January 2017 by Rob Hopkins

We live in an oil dependent world Most people don t want to think about what happens when the oil runs out or becomes prohibitively expensive This title shows how the inevitable and profound changes ahead can have a positive effect. New Read eBook The Transition Handbook by Rob Hopkins – kino-fada.fr So, to what extent is Transition Towns like John Lennon s Imagine This is the question that was posed by a Mexican reporter to Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition movement That the Transition Town of Totnes, Devon was even of interest to a Mexican reporter is a testament to how far reaching and inspiring the concept is Hopkins may have struggled to deftly answer the John Lennon question, but he writes with clarity and passion on the issues surrounding the Transition movement in this So, to what extent is Transition Towns like John Lennon s Imagine This is the question that was posed by a Mexican reporter to Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition movement That the Transition Town of Totnes, Devon was even of interest to a Mexican reporter is a testament to how far reaching and inspiring the concept is Hopkins may have struggled to deftly answer the John Lennon question, but he writes with clarity and passion on the issues surrounding the Transition movement in this book.The Transition Handbook provides both an overview of the twin crises of peak oil and climate change and practical advice for transition to a lower energy,localised future As well as providing the standard information about peak oil, the book also includes some charming twists A psychologist explains our addiction to oil fuelled, consumptive lifestyle, which uses the same instruction for overcoming the addiction that recovering drug addicts use There is also a ch...For me, the Transition Town movement is one of the best things going right now taking a realistic look at peak oil, climate change, and our long term economic problems, and then finding ways for citizens to take collective action to address all of these together The message is think about the world you want to see one in which these long term dilemmas area addressed and rather than wait for government officials or someone else to make it happen, make it happen yourself, with your family, For me, the Transition Town movement is one of the best things going right now taking a realistic look at peak oil, climate change, and our long term economic problems, and then finding ways for citizens to take collective action to address all of these together The message is think about the world you want to see one in which these long term dilemmas area addressed and rather than wait for government officials or someone else to make it happen, make it happen yourself, with your family, friends, and neighbors.And while other movements with a focus on self sufficiency can often fall into unhelpful modes of hyper individualism, I think the Transition movement manages t...I am always dreaming enormous dreams, such as giving this transformative book to ten carefully chosen people within every American town Some of the 10 will already understand the exponential problems the world faces Some will remember and miss the way things used to be Others will see the vision as a reason to get up in the morning All of the 10 will be willing to acknowledge the concepts of peak oil and climate change All will recognize the opportunity to prepare for life beyond oil depe I am always dreaming enormous dreams, such as giving this transformative book to ten carefully chosen people within every American town Some of the 10 will already understand the exponential problems the world faces Some will remember and miss the way things used to be Others will see the vision as a reason to get up in the morning All of the 10 will be willing to acknowledge the concepts of peak oil and climate change All will recognize the opportunity to prepare for life beyond oil dependency and without government support It will take the few a long time to con...This book is somewhere near the radical end of environmentally conscientious living The premise is that we are near, at, or past peak oil, meaning we need to change how we rely on energy NOW The main tool by which to minimize energy reliance is to develop communities that provide as much for themselves as they can We still ...This book has so affected my life that I ve begun the process of bringing Transition to my home town by scheduling a training for 50 attendees The trainers actually went to Britain and trained with the founder and author, Rob Hopkins Rob tells a story about how we environmentalists usually approach change he says, you tell someone about this nasty, cold, ugly, bed and breakfast situated behind a high rise in northern England on the wrong coast and then you tell your friend, You REALLY REA This book has so affected my life that I ve begun the process of bringing Transition to my home town by scheduling a training for 50 attendees The trainers actually went to Britain and trained with the founder and au...Someone else here described this book as a hippie dippy community self help book for utopic apocolyptos And while I won t go quite that far, I was very frustrated by this book The author went on exhaustively really, too much about peak oil and why it s important to develop local community living now, as much as we can The big problem for me is that I already agree with much of that, but the book was very short on tips, objectives, and clear examples Mostly it was about organizing and Someone else here described this book as a hippie dippy community self help book for utopic apocolyptos And while I won t go quite that far, I was very frustrated by this book The author went on exhaustively really, too much about peak oi...Incredible Here you can read about the Transition towns in the UK, way ahead of their time Laugh now, wait 20 years, we ll say then that The Transition Towners were prescient I was kind of turned off by the spriritual side of it all, Gaia, etc But don t let that stop you,...If you re going to read this, be sure to skip right to The Transition Companion, which is the updated, expanded, and reformatted version of this same book based on another 5 years of experience I love it I love the book, I love the idea, I love the plan in action.I ll start with the book A thorough guidebook for creating a community response to climate change and peak oil based on a broad application of permaculture principles, starting from scratch The arc of the book is just fantastic, anIf you re going to read this, be sure to skip right to The Transition Companion, which is the updated, expanded, and reformatted version of this same book based on another 5 years of experience I love it I love the book, I love...Parts of this book are excellent and other parts are tedious, hence my change from 4 down to 3 stars The general gist of the book is still important, though what can you do at the community level to prepare for changes in the economy energy landscape Resilience is the new term en vogue what can your community do on its own Any sources of food dairy Water Heating Textiles To the extent that most or all of these things come to you from far away illustrates your vulnerability should sy Parts of this book are excellent and other parts are tedious, hence my change from 4 dow...I feel like this book primarily serves as a conversation starter in mainstream environmentalist circles It does a good job of envisioning a sustainable future for Western civilization and provides an almost too optimistic vision of a pathway to it, but is still confined by many of the existing flaws of mainstream environmentalism It manages to overcome societal nihilism and all the rampant pessimism that many environmental authors like Jensen rely on as well as avoiding the naivete and lack of I feel like this book primarily serves as a conversation starter in mainstream environmentalist circles It does a good job of envisionin...

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11 January 2017

Rob Hopkins