Video: Rob Hopkins Explains Transition Towns

Posted on Friday, July 11th, 2008 at 10:47 pm by jsmcdougall

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In this video, Rob Hopkins, author of The Transition Handbook: From oil dependency to local resilience, sums up the Transition Initiative movement that he helped launch in Britain. He explains how the transition to a sustainable, oil-free society is working in his local community, and provides examples for what other communities around the world can do to transition away from oil dependence.

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3 Responses to “Video: Rob Hopkins Explains Transition Towns”

  1. Chelsea Green » Blog Archive » Burn Calories, Not Fossil Fuel Says:
    September 10th, 2008 at 12:49 am

    […] reminds me of a bit of trivia gleaned from Rob Hopkins [in the video here], author of our new Transition Handbook, to whit, that one liter of petroleum contains the same […]

  2. Chelsea Green » Blog Archive » Judy Wicks, the White Dog Café, and Living Local Economies Says:
    September 26th, 2008 at 6:48 am

    […] establishing a local economy benefits the community, reduces your carbon footprint, and gives people greater freedom and […]

  3. Communities Begin Printing Local Currency to Weather Recession : Chelsea Green Says:
    April 7th, 2009 at 9:02 am

    […] very old idea recently adopted by the Transition movement is gaining traction in the US as a means of fighting the economic downturn: local currency. A […]

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