Transition Towns WIKI

Open Space write ups from May-07 Conference

At the conference we ran an Open Space meeting.

The "Overarching Question" was:

In total there were 21 discussions covering a wide range of topics. The original plan was to set each of these up as Forums so that the discussion could continue. There's still some work to be done on the forum before that can happen, so I'm writing them up here:

• The challenges of leadership and activism
  • How to avoid burnout
  • Leadership
  • Who are we to decide?
• Inclusivity - getting as many people as possible engaged in the project
  • Working with the Mainstream
  • Engaging the whole community
  • Engaging the Disengaged
  • Working with Government
  • Persuading people that less is good
  • The role of schools and education in transition initiatives
  • Getting the whole community to develop abundant visions for the future
• Transitioning - the specifics and technicalities
  • How to put together the Energy Descent Action Plan
  • Specific challenges of transitioning a City
  • Sharing good practice
  • Psychology of Change
  • The local economy of transition
  • Funding the transition
  • Training
• Overcoming objections and barriers to action
  • Disarming the technofix solutions argument
  • Expanding people's concerns beyond Climate Change to incorporate Peak Oil
  • Presenting Peak Oil to sceptics