The Next Stages of Transition

The journey to Transition Energy descent Form initiating group Awareness raising Working groups Hand over to new group Project support Initiator Deepening Initiating group Unleash! “Core” group forms & steers Working groups Awareness raising events, widen participation Build partnerships Reskilling events and workshops Open space, form working groups Projects Central group deepens

Ethos Tools Great Unleashing Community EDAP Initiating Group Core Group Energy Awareness Raising Economy Food Arts Community EDAP Great Unleashing Heart and Soul Lay Foundations Transport Health Buildings Ethos Inclusivity Authenticity Collaboration Honor the Elders Let It Go Where It Wants To Build Bridge to Local Government Great Re-skilling Practical Manifestations Work With Business Open Space Fishbowl Teleconferences Tools Positive Vision and Back-casting Transition Network

Transition Model Integral Model Individual Permaculture your life Energy efficiency in the Home Sustainable transportation Personal coaching Connecting to nature Joanna Macy work Inner Outer Talks and films Community Conversations Heart & Soul home groups CSA’s Community Gardens Food Directory Collective

Transition Town Totnes Initiating Group Start to 1st program Communication & Information Organise & facilitate group Networking & partnerships Finance Events management Publicity Group forming & relationships Public speaking Initiating Group Evolving diagram of structure of how it happened in totnes Initially was just Rob & Naresh doing it all until Jan 2007 Then in Jan 2007, then invited coordinators of each of the working groups Evolution of initiating group into central functions group Then did review of giving & taking, realised couldn’t keep going without paid worker to take workload off key people, employed administrator to take a lot of the stuff on

Transition Town Totnes Food Energy Heart & Soul Local govt Ceremony TRESCO Publicity Network Events Communication & IT Solar WH challenge Local food directory Nut trees Arts Transport Housing TTT Group Focalisers Group Central functions Organise Did run for a long time without being legal, run as community group with bank account Decided to have small central group as limited company with charitable status, fairly conventional, TTT ltd legally responsible for building, bank accounts, insurance, employment contracts, all that does is provide core services to TTT itself. It’s the funnel through which funding applications can go, its basically a small central support service which provides services to the rest of TTT This is what the Gaia foundation of Western Australlia do cos they tried to incorporate the whole lot and it didn’t work But the rest of TTT isn’t incorporated and is separate and independent Management structure is 4 unpaid key people ensure things happen managerially, this should really get done by TTT ltd as it gets more established. Is there a recommended plan for a management structure which could be modelled by other groups Transition is not going to happen entirely on voluntary scale Either the world wakes up enough to pay people enough money to do this stuff, or it may not happen We don’t dictate anything about how those groups organise themselves. There are some requirements to setting up the working groups, then its up to the group to decide how they get represented. TTT ltd is service support, doesn’t make any decisions for any of the rest of TTT, just provides support services, also, network is trying to sort out its own structure, membership and processes, operating at regional, national and international scales across all themes This is just totnes, look at other places like lewes, bristol etc. to see how they do it

Transition Town Totnes Admin + fin Housing Energy Arts Transport Publicity Project support TTT Ltd Heart & Soul Fundraise Food Proj support home groups events ceremonies TRESOC Solar Challenge Retrofit Training EDAP TT national network Other TTs Vols Reprs, forum? EDAP/ timeline Outreach Local govt Education

Transition Sebastopol (After 2.5 years) Ready For Anything Elders Salon Seed Bank Car-Lite Food Health Care Initiating Group Education Heart & Soul Comm-unications Collective Meditation F.E.A.S.T Reskilling Energy

Evolving diagram of structure of how it happened in totnes Initially was just Rob & Naresh doing it all until Jan 2007 Then in Jan 2007, then invited coordinators of each of the working groups Evolution of initiating group into central functions group Then did review of giving & taking, realised couldn’t keep going without paid worker to take workload off key people, employed administrator to take a lot of the stuff on

Support and deepen the center Training Celebration Deepening Balance of giving and receiving Takes out of normal meeting routine and builds capacity of group

Core Group Functions: Supporting and enabling Supporting the creative force in the field. Website support Funding applications for projects and Core Group Evolving structures, feedback mechanisms Project support: advice, training, models, interrelationships Volunteer coordination

Core Group Functions: Communications Email list E-newsletter Initiative Website Logo / graphics Google Groups Blogging Transition in Action NING site Transition US e-newsletter TUS discussion listserve Communicating with other TI’s

Strategy Energy Descent Pathways Scenarios Visioning Transition Tales Evolving structure and decision-making Metrics How do we know we are having an effect? What does the community value and want to measure? How do we measure resilience and well-being, as well as carbon? Next bit about strategic & focussing One is supporting, need to set a direction and go there

Supporting projects Oil Vulnerability Audits Seed & Plant Swap Solar Thermal Challenge Sustainable Fish Garden share Totnes Cycling Group Totnes Pound Transition Tales TRESOC Renewable energy events Transition Streets 19

TTT Next Steps

Wider community Projects Public Events Working groups Central support Get involved Get involved Inspire & inform Attend & $ Projects Autonomous Doing Public Events Project support Reps attend Synergy Working groups Autonomous Coordination of area Ideas & events Central support This diagram shows flows as well as structure The general flow of transition projects goes something like this: From the centre, with contributions from different working groups & individuals we create a programme of events including films, speakers, workshops, public discussions, visits to gardens / houses, making and doing days, open space This continues to draw in, deepen & help people move through stages of change People from wider community come in to projects or working groups Working groups send reps to core groups which shapes overall direction & shares information & inspiration The whole process is something I’ve called “centre” but would rather call “support” or something else. In John Croft’s model this is called the Project Support Project. Share info Inform decisions Reps attend Share info Sets priorities Supports meeting Core group Strategy Coordination 22

Stages of Transition Initiatives Starting out (early stage)— wild and brainstorming. Deepening — Now we are becoming Transition ________ Connecting –  how do we broaden and connect with the community around us Building — Things start to step up – social enterprise, strategic local infrastructure, community ownership of assets. Daring to Dream— what would it look like scaled up? Next bit about strategic & focussing One is supporting, need to set a direction and go there

Stages of Transition Initiatives Starting Out Coming together as groups – the importance of getting the group things right. Sometimes we dash in and start without getting the group stuff together. Measurement — how are we going to document what we are doing is working or not? Keeping an eye on how we are doing. Arts and creativity is in there as well. Building Partnerships Doing fishbowl events, nice way of doing deepening enquiry rather than polarising debate, nice way of getting people to have conversations about charged issues Have 200 people on mailing lists, counsellors, etc giving mentoring for activists, now giving massages too, also mediation skills The more we deepen in this work, the more people get attracted to it Attending to the deepening of the group

Stages of Transition Initiatives Deepening Local food initiatives — they are usually first. Personal resilience — Be mindful of how YOU are doing -- creating a balance of doing Transition and taking care of yourself and your family and earning a living. Reduce burnout. Unleashing – May not need to be called “unleashing.” Doing fishbowl events, nice way of doing deepening enquiry rather than polarising debate, nice way of getting people to have conversations about charged issues Have 200 people on mailing lists, counsellors, etc giving mentoring for activists, now giving massages too, also mediation skills The more we deepen in this work, the more people get attracted to it Attending to the deepening of the group

Stages of Transition Initiatives Connecting Street by street behavior change — (Transition Streets) Meaningful Maps — Interesting maps, local food resources, etc. Storytelling — The power of getting people to share their stories. Doing fishbowl events, nice way of doing deepening enquiry rather than polarising debate, nice way of getting people to have conversations about charged issues Have 200 people on mailing lists, counsellors, etc giving mentoring for activists, now giving massages too, also mediation skills The more we deepen in this work, the more people get attracted to it Attending to the deepening of the group

Stages of Transition Initiatives Building Things start to step up. If we are serious about this, nobody is going to do this on our behalf. There will need to be new businesses, new infrastructure put into place. Social Enterprise — Transition groups setting up local food businesses, energy, community breweries. Strategic local infrastructure — what are the viable businesses that the place needs? Food processing? Community ownership of assets — become our own developers. Allow that money to cycle locally and not go out. Doing fishbowl events, nice way of doing deepening enquiry rather than polarising debate, nice way of getting people to have conversations about charged issues Have 200 people on mailing lists, counsellors, etc giving mentoring for activists, now giving massages too, also mediation skills The more we deepen in this work, the more people get attracted to it Attending to the deepening of the group

Stages of Transition Initiatives Daring to Dream • What would it look like if it all went totally big? Own energy company? Investing in local community rather than large outside banks? • Investing in Transition — We need some serious investment in this. Loan funds to local resilient infrastructure. • Policy for Transition — what would it look like? A “Transition Enabling Act”. Try to get a bigger picture of where this would go. Doing fishbowl events, nice way of doing deepening enquiry rather than polarising debate, nice way of getting people to have conversations about charged issues Have 200 people on mailing lists, counsellors, etc giving mentoring for activists, now giving massages too, also mediation skills The more we deepen in this work, the more people get attracted to it Attending to the deepening of the group

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