Quote of the Month
June 2008
‘I think we are entering a new world oil order. I think we should leave oil before it leaves us. That should be our motto. So we should prepare for that day - through research and development on alternatives to oil, on which living standards we want to keep and what alternative ways we can find.’
Fatih Birol, Chief Economist International Energy Agency (IEA)
April '08
‘The Transition Handbook will come to be seen as one of the seminal books which emerged at the end of the Oil Age and which offered a gentle helping hand in the transition to a more local, more human and ultimately more nourishing future.’
Patrick Holden, Director of the Soil Association UK.
October '07
‘The sustainable communities (Transition Towns) movement is still in its infancy, taking tiny steps and wobbling as it goes but it’s growing bigger and stronger by the month. This is one baby that we’d be wise to nurture and keep a hopeful eye on. One day it might be looking after us.’
Jane Powers, Irish Times.
September '07
‘In my view, the Transition movement is one of the most important developments of the new millennium. It not only addresses climate change and fossil fuel depletion imperatives, but also captures the spirit of a move away from Government and corporate dependency towards individual empowerment.’
Patrick Holden, Director, Soil Association, UK.