Over fifty people met at Cafe Dawn on Wednesday to discuss the potential for Salida to become a Transition Town. “Transition Town” or “Transition Movement” is a concept credited to Louise Rooney and popularized by Rob Hopkins. It was founded in Kinsale, Ireland and was then spread to Totnes, England by environmentalist Hopkins during 2005 and 2006. The aim of the project is to equip communities for the dual challenges of climate change and peak oil. The movement currently has hundreds of member communities worldwide.
Local massage therapist and yoga instructor, Denise Ackert, along with Merry Cox presented an overview of the concepts and asked the room what each person brought to the table. The group will meet again on Thursday, April 2nd at 7pm in the Salida Library basement. Those who attended the previous meeting were asked to read to page 146 in the Transition Handbook. To purchase a book or for more information, please contact Denise Ackert at 539-2906.
For additional information about the Transition Movement go to www.transitionculture.org
I’m working on researching Transition Towns and the Transition Movement for the Phoenix Permaculture Guild and Arizona Homegrown Solutions. I lived in Salida prior to moving to AZ and am excited to learn that Salida is looking into becoming a Transition Town. I do hope that all those who live in Chaffee County and are interested in this movement are also fighting against Nestle. Are you having any communications yet regarding printing your own local currency?
I would like to keep in touch with any of you who are interested in order to add to my own data base of information.
Thank you,
Lindy Barnes
@Lindy, I wasn’t able to make the meeting so I don’t know what was discussed, but I’ve been interested local currencies like Berk Shares and Ithaca Bucks for some time. I’m looking forward to a wider discussion about currencies and time banks.
Dear Lindy:
We are in the infancy of this process, but we will entertain all the possibilities as we begin to put things into action! Keep checking back for updates on what we are up to.
Thanks for your work in AZ.
Warmly, Denise