Chair, Transition Winnipeg Mark Burch Chair, Transition Winnipeg

Overview What is Transition Winnipeg? Transition Drivers Possible Responses Transition Winnipeg Proposes… What Transition Winnipeg Promotes Examples of Transition in Winnipeg

What is transition winnipeg? a community-based network strengthen community relationships enhance economic, social and ecological resilience relocalize the regional economy strengthen food system security and literacy steady-state economy and equity-based monetary system encourage re-skilling of local society inclusive of everyone in the community informed by the best science available promote joy, celebration, and community solidarity

Transition Drivers Peak Everything (particularly peak oil) Climate change Economic contraction Government paralysis

Possible responses Complacency -- Business as usual; all is well. Survivalism -- Buy canned goods, AK47, and head for the hills. Consciously Managed Transition -- Create a new culture starting in our own neighbourhoods.

Transition Winnipeg Proposes accept that the drivers of transition are real, inescapable, and call for a creative response from us; meet challenges through creativity, cooperation, and celebration; take an inclusive and community approach; focus on local, neighborhood-based actions; focus on actions that would strengthen and improve our neighborhoods even if peak oil, climate change and economic contraction weren’t happening.

Transition Winnipeg Promotes Re-creating the energy supply system Re-creating the financial system Evolving transportation infrastructure Evolving residential and commercial infrastructure Evolving a culture of greater simplicity and resilience, with justice and equity Evolving education toward re-skilling and local self- reliance Developing a secure, healthy, locally self-reliant food system

Examples of Transition in Winnipeg Intergenerational gardening program; Permaculture forest garden; Orchard project; Gardening in the schools program; A bike station and repair shop; PegCity Car Co-op; Accessible garden project at RVHC; Community Conversation Series; Community gardening sites at RV Garden Society, RVCC, and LRCC; Active partnerships with the community centres in both neighbourhoods to promote sustainable community development in the area;

Contact Transition Winnipeg www.transitionwinnipeg.ca info@transitionwinnipeg.ca