Training for Transition

Canadian Centre for Community Renewal

Taken together, Climate Change and Peak Oil make a nearly airtight argument. We should reduce our dependency on fossil fuels for the sake of future generations and the rest of the biosphere; but even if we choose not to do so because of the costs involved, the most important of those fossil fuels will soon become more scarce and expensive anyway, so complacency is simply not an option. (Richard Heinberg)

Transition Towns (TT) are sweeping the globe as a means to engage whole communities in responding and adapting to the pressures of climate change, increased fossil fuel costs and increasing economic instability. The Transition Town model originated in the United Kingdom four years ago and there are now several hundred around the world.

Check out Transition United States and the first Canadian Transition Town.
View a short interview with UK founder Rob Hopkins.

Other Canadian transition towns include Victoria and Nelson in B.C. and Guelph and Dundas in Ontario, plus dozens of groups getting started and soon to be official TTs. Click here to be added to the email list for announcements of workshops and new resources.

Workshops and Presentations

The Canadian Centre for Community Renewal (CCCR), together with colleagues from the United States, also offers workshops and presentations to orient and train groups in the TT model. Click on the registration package for the 2-day workshop nearest you, or see below for the Host Organization package if you are interesting in bringing a training to your region. One day and tailored workshops on specific topics are also available on request.

Please note that registration for each workshop is through the respective Host Organization (not necessarily through CCCR).

Clinton, Ontario: September 19 & 20, 2009
Vancouver, B.C.: October 2 & 3, 2009 (package coming soon)
Victoria, B.C.: October 23 & 25, 2009

The Transition model is an exciting opportunity to engage whole towns in understanding and acting on a vision for positive change for more resilient communities. (workshop participant 2009)

A positive vision of the future challenges the culture to dare, to be open to change, and to accept a spirit of creativity that could alter its very structure. (David Spangler)