What is the Transition movement?

Transition is an international movement of communities coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world. Since 2005, thousands of groups have emerged in villages, cities, universities and schools in more 50 countries

Transition is about people taking practical action together in their local area to address the big challenges they face. In practice, this can mean setting up renewable energy projects, re-localising food systems, sparking entrepreneurship, re-wilding cities, creating important community spaces and weaving webs of connection and support.

What makes the transition movement unique is its commitment to Transition Principles. We aim to respect resource limits and create resilience, promote inclusivity and social justice, pay attention to balance, decentralise power, experiment and encourage learning, collaborate and foster positive visioning and creativity.

Transition groups around the world are supported by the charity, Transition Network, which works to inspire, connect and train communities as they self-organise around the Transition model

 

This video features Rob Hopkins talking at a TED conference. He talks about the need for us to come together, using our imagination to vision the future we want to create.

We have carried out several ‘Visioning’ sessions with different groups/events including with the Shoreham Society, Lancing College Eco Symposium and at the Summer festival in Shoreham.