King Street Halls, Kirkwall, Orkney.

12 May 2010, 11am-6pm
13 May 2010, 8am-3pm

Transition Towns has emerged only in recent years. It is a citizen-led model for communities to progress their own ways of reducing CO2 and energy consumption. Rooted in an understanding of the need to become less dependent on fossil fuels in an age of rising energy prices, the Transition Towns model offers practical ways for communities and councils to manage their own process of using or needing less energy; what is called “energy descent”. There are currently 12 fully-fledged Transition initiatives in Scotland but a further 40 that are in the process of becoming so.

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Launched by Transition Town Totnes in 2006, there are already 270 official Transition initiatives across the world and nearly a thousand communities are at some stage of considering or adopting the tools developed there. (To see information on many of the official Transition places go to www.transitiontowns.org)

Training for Transition - Content
The course is designed to give a detailed introduction to the most important skills necessary to successfully set up, develop, and run a Transition project in your locality.

Transition Training will give participants an opportunity to

• Understand the drivers for Transition- peak oil climate change, and social equality- and the need for us as a society to undertake a transition.
• Understand the principles of Transition and Resilience.
• Understand the Transition model and process, tools and ethos.
• Experience processes on how to envision positive fulfilling future scenarios, and why this is so important.
• Learn how to form an Initiating Group and the benefits as well as the challenges of working in groups.
• Hear more on the importance of awareness raising, networking, as well as tools for accomplishing these tasks.
• Understand the stages of personal change, and the differing perspective and needs that people will have at each stage.
• Increase awareness of the link between personal change and community change, and how to harness this awareness.
• Experience different social methodologies such as Open Space or World Cafe, and explore how these techniques can help unleash the collective genius in your community.
• Deepen the connection to this work, and how this deepening can enhance personal, professional, and community life.
• Understand what an Energy Descent Plan is and how to create and use one.
• Hear how Transition is developing across the world and the role and influence of this network of Transition Initiatives.
• Develop a personal action plan and/or a group action plan.
• Access training materials that will help the creation and maintenance of an initiating group.

Transition Training will be particularly useful for

• Community representatives
• Local Authority representatives
• Development Officers
• Community Businesses
• Community Planning Officers
• Social and Economic Development Officers

You will leave inspired and motivated to bring Transition to your community!



Organised by CIFAL Findhorn and Transition Network in partnership with Orkney Islands Council, Community Energy Scotland and the Scottish Government