Peak Oil - Peak Phosphorus – Climate Change... How to transform overwhelming global problems into positive local opportunities/solutions in a cooperative way? Relative isolated Bonaire might take it self further as important part of TRANSITION Initiatives to make out of existing problems opportunities/solutions in a cooperative and positive way with creative thinking. Maybe many of you will find their own individual points of connections to local Transition Initiatives by sharing skills and experiences with. Have a look through: - WEB: http://www.transitiontowns.org/ http://transitionculture.org/ - TEXT: http://transitionnetwork.org/Primer/TransitionInitiativesPrimer.pdf - FILM: Transition Towns - Part 1 to 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtcGTIsR964&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=509IZOMJz80&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3mxCxA-t3s&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtV2Ut9g54k&feature=related - BOOK: The Transition Timeline: for a local, resilient future. By Shaun Chamberlin. Green Books. 2009. http://transitionculture.org/shop/the-transition-timeline/ The "Transition Timeline" lightens the fear of our uncertain future, providing a map of what we are facing and the different pathways available to us. It describes four possible scenarios for the UK and world over the next twenty years, ranging from Denial, in which we reap the consequences of failing to acknowledge and respond to our environmental challenges, to the Transition Vision, in which we shift our cultural assumptions to fit our circumstances and move into a more fulfilling, lower-energy world. The practical, realistic details of this Transition Vision are examined in depth, covering key areas such as food, energy, demographics, transport and healthcare, and they provide a sense of context for communities working towards a thriving future. Franny Armstrong, Director of The Age of Stupid film : "Transition has emerged as perhaps the only real model we have for addressing our current crisis – a new, if vital, format for reconsidering our future. The Transition Timeline strengthens a fragile form, something that might, without a trace of irony, be called one of the last, best hopes for all of us." With My Best Wishes Detlef
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