Ah, at last some top quality bedtime reading for all budding transitioners…

Two exciting new publications about Transition initiatives – one is a new version of the fabulous Transition Handbook and the other is a ‘who are we and what do we do’ paper from the international Transition Network Ltd. It’s online and available here.

Transition Towns founder Rob Hopkins has released a new version of his 2008 groundbreaking The Transition Handbook – From Oil Dependancy to Local Resilience.

This Australian version outlines the philosophy behind the Transition movement and describes the very recent emergence of 15 formal Transition Towns around Australia and New Zealand (with a further 20 TTs in development), including Transition Katoomba.

The book has three sections:

The Head

explores the issues of peak oil and climate change and how, when looked at together, we need to be focusing on rebuilding resilience as well as cutting carbon emissions. It argues that the focus of our lives will become increasingly local and small scale as we come to terms with the real implications of the energy crisis we are heading into.The Heart

looks at where we find the personal tools for responding to what can feel like overwhelming challenges. It argues that the key to success will be our ability to generate positive visions of the future, to harness the power of engaged optimism and overcome powerlessness.The Hands

offers a detailed exploration of the Transition model, setting out its principles, its origins, the 12 Steps of Transition, how they were applied in the first year of Transition Town Totnes, as well as offering a taste of how the model has been applied in a range of other settings. The book also contains lots of ‘Tools for Transition’, exercises and activities that can help to deepen this work in your community. 

‘The Transition Towns process is one of the most exciting outcomes of permaculture thinking and action in the world today. … It promises to be the guide for peak oil and permaculture activists everywhere who are taking action in their local communities.’

DAVID HOLMGREN, co-originator of the permaculture concept and author of Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability

RRP $34.95

More information here.