Transition Towns WIKI

Getting Involved

You want to get involved? That's great!

Here are some things you could do to get more involved...

• Come to an event
  • Check out the Events page for what's coming up, and come along to something that takes your fancy!
• Join/start/help out with a group.
  • At present we have five groups at work (though more will form in time). If you're interested in being part of the Steering group, the Awareness Raising group, the Food group, the Heart and Soul group, or the Reskilling group, then check out the group's page on the website to see when the next meeting is taking place.
  • If you're interested in starting a new group (whether it's about an issue or based around your neighbourhood) drop us a line to talk about it. We can put you in touch with other people who've shown an interest in a group on that issue. Chances are the first step would be to organise an event to draw out lots of other people who are also interested, so the group could develop out of that.
• Organise an event.
  • Have you got an idea for an event you'd like to happen? A film showing at your local community centre? A day of workshops about Peak Oil? A festival of 100% local and carbon neutral fun activities? A skill you'd like to share? If you want to organise something under the Transition banner, we'd be happy to help you to make it happen.
  • We've also got loads of ideas waiting in the wings for events that we'd love to do but haven't found time so far to organise - we can provide ideas if you've got the initiative!
• Organise a film showing and discussion
  • We can lend out DVDs (End of Suburbia, Power of Community, A Convenient Truth, and many more..) if you want to organise a film showing. This could be anything from inviting some friends over to your house, to putting on a film in your local community centre, to booking a cinema and inviting everyone!
• Invite us over to give a talk.
  • We're keen to give talks about Transition to anyone who'd like to hear from us. This could mean anything from workplaces/schools/mosques to inviting some friends around to your house or the park and having us talk to a small group there. We'd love to share what we think the Transition idea could mean for whoever we meet up with and start discussing how we could work together.
• Donate us some money.
  • We're entirely volunteer-run and we're not getting any grant funding (yet - fingers crossed for the future...), so donations are really useful for covering printing costs, stall costs, room bookings and the like. If you'd like to support us by donating some money to the cause, we'd be really grateful. Drop us a line at transitioncity [at] freeuk [dot] com and we can pass on our bank account details, or you can donate to us at one of our events.
• Spread the word.
  • One of our main aims at the moment is simply awareness raising. This is something we can all do by just talking to our friends and colleagues about Peak Oil and Climate Change, and exploring what we should be doing to respond to these challenges.
• Learn more.
  • Check out some of the links on our website and learn more about the Transition process and about Peak Oil and Climate Change. Then tell your friends and family!