In contrast to the ever-worsening stream of information about climate change, the economy and resource depletion, Transition focuses on solutions, on community-scale projects and on positive results. The bestselling The Transition Handbook suggested a model for a community-led response to peak oil and climate change. Since then, the Transition idea has gone viral across the globe, from universities and London neighborhoods to Italian villages and Brazilian favelas. The Transition Companion picks up the story 5 years later, describing one of the most fascinating experiments now under way in the world. It shows how communities are working for a future where local enterprises are valued and nurtured; where lower energy use is seen as a benefit; and where cooperation, creativity and the building of resilience are the cornerstones of a new economy.
PART 1: Why the Transition movement does what it does -- The emergence of an idea: a potted history of Transition -- Why Transition initiatives do what they do -- Where we might be headed: the power of future scenarios -- Resilience and localisation -- A taste of a powered-down future -- PART 2: What the Transition response looks like in practise -- Framing Transition -- The story of four Transition initiatives told using ingredients and tools -- PART 3: How the Transition movement does what it does : ingredients for success -- Starting out -- Tools for Transition No.1: Permaculture design -- Tools for Transition No.2: Standing up to speak -- Tools for Transition No.3: Transition Training -- Tools for Transition No.4: Running effective meetings -- Tools for Transition No.5: Forming a legal entity -- Tools for Transition No.6: Communicating with the media -- Deepening -- Tools for Transition No.7: Volunteers and volunteering -- Tools for Transition No.8: Financing your Transition initiative -- Tools for Transition No.9: Supporting each other -- Tools for Transition No.10: Unleashings -- Tools for Transition No.11: Healthy conflict -- Connecting (Forming networks of Transition initiatives). Tools for Transition No.12: Street-by-street behaviour change -- Tools for Transition No.13: Becoming the media -- Tools for Transition No. 14: Energy Resilience Assessment -- Tools for Transition No. 15: Community brainstorming tools -- Tools for Transition No. 16: Meaningful maps -- Tools for Transition No. 17: Speaking up for Transition -- Tools for Transition No. 18: Community renewable energy companies -- Tools for Transition No. 19: Tools for plugging the leaks -- Tools for Transition No. 20: Community-supported farms, bakeries and breweries -- Tools for Transition No. 21: Peak oil resolutions -- - Daring to dream -- Epilogue: Where might all this be going?