Transition Forums
Sometimes we can't meet face to face. So let's thank the enlightened geeks who designed the internet while souped up on caffeine and pizzas and allowed us to talk asynchronously from different sides of the planet.
In response to feedback and requests from Transitioners everyone, including particularly from the 2008 conference, we've created the following forums, all of which can be accessed from this page. These are for all transitioners around the world to discuss their initiatives and learn from eachother.
- TransitionGroup: Arts and crafts - For discussing how art and craft can contribute to the challenges of transition
- TransitionGroup: Business and Economics - For discussing how we will earn our livelihoods in a relocalised world
- TransitionGroup: Cities - For discussing the challenges and solutions to transition our cities
- TransitionGroup: Education and Universities - For discussing how we might redesign education to take account of peak oil and climate change, how we might establish universities of transition and how we might encourage universities to undertake wholesale transition initiatives at the institutional level
- TransitionGroup: Energy - For discussing post carbon energy solutions and challenges
- TransitionGroup: Food - If we get the food right, the rest will be soooo much easier...
- TransitionGroup: Health - For discussing health and healthcare in a transitioning communities
- TransitionGroup: Initiating and awareness raising - For discussing the first stages of a transition initiative
- TransitionGroup: Inner world, heart & soul - For discussing the psychological and emotional aspects of transition
- TransitionGroup: International - For transitioners thinking about the international dimensions of moving to a lower carbon, more resilient future
- TransitionGroup: Local Government - For discussing our relationship with officials in our communities
- TransitionGroup: Research - For academics and researchers delving into the intracacies of transition and helping us figure out what works best
- TransitionGroup: Transport - For discussing how we'll transport ourselves and our necessities in a transitioned world
- Transition Network: Mission, Principles, Structure and Strategy - Evolving the network to serve the needs of our worldwide network of transitioners
If you don't yet have a forum account, you'll need to create one. You can also subscribe via RSS to get the postings delivered to your email inbox - just click on "Add this topic to your favorites" when you're in the forum.
The Art of Conversation
Most of the people using these forums will be motivated to cooperate, learn and exchange in a respectful way. There may be others that don't. The two important things to be aware of is:
- if you feed the trolls, they'll keep coming back
- non-violent communication is a key skill - go here for more information
Happy conversing with the levels of respect you'd expect if you were, indeed, face to face.