The 'Transition Initiative' - Chiropractor in Billings Montana

There are some serious threats out there, and unless you’ve been spending most of your time in an underground bunker, or visiting Mars, you’ll know what I’m talking about. The environmental challenges we face as a result of climate change and the depletion of energy supply instigated by peak oil has come of age. Many individuals are turning a blind eye to the prospect of having no oil, or even to the prospect of a prohibitively expensive supply.

So, I’d like to tell you about a movement, an initiative, a call-to-action that’s sprouting up all across our planet. It’s called the Transition Initiative. Simply put, it’s a community-led process that develops projects in fields of energy, food, water, education, transportation, housing, etc. in an effort to respond to the global challenges of climate change, diminishing supplies of energy, and the economic impact that is destined to follow.

The Transition Initiative has been referred to as a ‘social experiment on a massive scale’. The concept was developed in large part by permaculture teacher Rob Hopkins at the Kinsale Further Education College in Ireland. A ‘Transition Town’ is a grassroots network of individuals who have joined forces to fortify their community against impending environmental and economic instability. Totnes, England was the first official town where the concept was adapted and expanded. There are now hundreds of communities worldwide, officially committed to a future ‘beyond fossil fuels’. The global aim of this project is to ‘raise awareness of sustainable living, and build local ecological resilience in the near future’.

Transition is a movement about communities joining forces, getting involved and standing together towards a durable and sustainable ‘low-carbon’ future. We now have a Transition group right here in Billings, Montana! Still in its formative months, we’ve been brainstorming, communicating, listening and gathering to bolster and secure our community. We’ve started by showing films at our local co-op, the Good Earth Market, highlighting the global crises.

There are many ways to learn about Transition. You can pick up a copy of Rob Hopkins’ book “The Transition Handbook” at your local co-op or Whole Foods. You can also go to the Transition Initiative website at www.transitionnetwork.org for more information.

We are living in a time of unprecedented change. Converging influences are brewing a ‘perfect storm’. We don’t have another minute.

The Transition Network provides a concise synopsis in their disclaimer:

           “If we wait for the governments, it’ll be too little, too late

            If we act as individuals, it’ll be too little

            But if we act as communities, it might just be enough, just in time.”

Global changes affect all of us, and local changes affect each of us. So step up, and get involved. And remember, ‘nothing about you, without you’. Quote by Jane Holl Lute